20/01/2017 Channel Islands News


20/01/2017

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It's a quick procedure, that can save lives.

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But, some women in Guernsey may be putting off going for a cervical

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The problem has been highlighted after one woman, who took advantage

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of a little-publicised free screening service wrote

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about her experience online, and saw her post go viral.

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I pressed post and then I saw the likes were going up,

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and within six minutes, I had over a hundred

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When Lara Allen shared her post about free cervical

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smears in Guernsey, it struck a chord with

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I'm really pleased, because some ladies commented that

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I could have saved lives and I didn't even think

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I purely posted to try and save ladies' money.

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It's not a nice procedure, but women over the age of 25

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are advised to get screened regularly to reduce the risk

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However, if you go to your GP in Guernsey,

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The charges vary across the island surgeries, and range from ?61

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if it's carried out by a nurse, to ?86 if done by a doctor.

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But what many people on Social Media didn't realise, is that if you go

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to the Orchard Centre at the hospital,

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We have tended to focus on vulnerable women and women who find

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it difficult to bear the costs of St Michael screening tests.

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It is important women have access to this

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and do not prejudice their health and well-being.

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The Orchard Centre has seen an increase

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at the Orchard centre for the last 20 years.

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We have focused on people who are vulnerable and who cannot

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But screening figures in Guernsey are already above the national

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average with 80% of women registered with a GP

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going through the programme, compared to just over

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Health and Social Care say the cheaper screening alternatives

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provided by the Orchard Centre, and the Choices Guernsey

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aren't widely advertised as numbers are limited,

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Regardless of where it takes place, screening saves lives and all women

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are being encouraged to make an appointment when it's due,

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As new anti discrimination laws are due to be brought in in Jersey -

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in the next few months, people with disabilities are being

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asked to shape where they live - with the potential to make lives

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Peter's been visually impaired since childhood.

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A retired grower, he still keeps busy planting,

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as it's something he can do just by touch.

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He's keen for Jersey to improve for his fellow disabled islanders.

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I'm very lucky, because I'm mobile, when I go to town on the bus,

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I have my white cane, I'm very lucky the bus

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Depending where you live, you can have a long walk to a bus,

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People are trying to make things better.

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Nearly 14,000 people in Jersey are disabled

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60% surveyed said they found it hard to get involved

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in community activities and 41% found it hard

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And 28% said they've been discriminated

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A new law to tackle that discrimination is due

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But in the meantime, people are being asked their views

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Today was the first of three public meetings to discuss how life

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in Jersey could be made better not just for disabled people but also

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It is an island wide issue and the war responses

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understand what their needs are, we will hopefully be able to provide

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services across the board to meet the needs of people.

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Along with this, it is hoped the new strategy

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will help people like Peter find the island more accessible.

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The final coin has been lifted from the Jersey Hoard -

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The find - back in 2012 - remains one of the most

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Robert Hall has more on a momentous day.

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A small but symbolic moment, in a story no one

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The last coin from one of the most important finds in Western Europe,

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The story began with a 30-year search for treasure buried by Celtic

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tribes from France, well over 2,000 years ago.

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Their coins kept turning up, but the hoard found in 2012 was far

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Since then, it has been giving up its secrets.

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precious objects have emerged, including gold

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neckpieces, silver brooches and personal posessions.

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As soon as that hoard was found it went on show to the public.

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Then it was put in a laboratory, purpose-built, so the public could

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We were part of our journey, right the

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Now, at last, this phase of the restoration is complete.

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Every day there have been surprises and we

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think there is so much more to find out in the future.

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Today marks an end to three years of painstaking work.

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But there are many here in Jersey who

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believe this is not the end of the story.

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There is so much study to do with the board itself at what we can

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learn about events 2000 years ago, but in a much broader context, what

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It is as if it found us, we didn't find it.

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Maybe there is a reason for it for the future.

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You're up to date with the news in the Channel Islands.

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I'll leave you with the forecast and David Braine.

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Good evening. It is unusual for us to see so much in the way of cold

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weather in the Channel Islands but more of it is to come. A bit more

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cloud around tomorrow. Still dry and still feeling quite cold and still

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with the temperatures today, there won't be changed tomorrow. It may

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become slightly less cold as we move into Sunday, just a change in the

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wind direction to make society less cold air but for the most part, we

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are in the grip of some pretty chilly conditions, the frost

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starting to reform overnight tonight. Just below freezing. Frost

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is forming. Some patchy cloud around. It won't stop the

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temperatures falling. A widespread overnight frost. For tomorrow, the

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cloud amounts will be higher than we have seen the last couple of days.

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Generally light winds from the south-east and temperatures in the

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range of four all 5 degrees. Quite cold a, it will be will bid for all

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of us. Sunday, more cloud to start with but the winds started shift

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direction, they come up from the south and by the time we get to

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mid-morning, a lot of the cloud disappearing.

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feel cooler. Can we keep it going until the start of the new week? I

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suspect we can. Unconfirmed about -- concerned about the fog around. Here

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is Helen with the national picture. Good evening. The weather is upon

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us. The cloud has made all the difference this week in particular.

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We have had some wonderful weather watcher pictures, this is Marlowe in

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Buckinghamshire, this was Conwy earlier in the day. Some areas still

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have the cloud. What a difference that makes. Edinburgh, the central

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lowlands, plagued by this band of narrow cloud, overnight more areas

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share in the frost. Pretty widespread, the frost overnight,

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cold across northern England, Southern Scotland and Northern

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Ireland than it has been this week. These are town and city temperatures

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but in the countryside a harsh

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