21/03/2017 Channel Islands News


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?80 million - the cost of a cruise berth for Guernsey

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The investment required and the return at the moment doesn't stack

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up. Good evening and welcome

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to the late news from BBC Jersey politicians get

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a grilling from students More shops, ferry services and

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ultimately more money for Guernsey. That's what a deep water berth

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could provide according to a member of the island's Development

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and Planning Authority. Deputy Victoria Oliver says

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if there are wider economic benefits then the cost of building a berth

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could be justified. The first cruise ship

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passengers of the season As Guernsey doesn't have a cruise

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liner berth, people have to come ashore on these small boats,

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known as tenders. And it's something tourists

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didn't seem to mind today. On many cruisers we have made,

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we have been taking the boats onshore when the harbour was not

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as big for the cruise ships. We spend a lot of time at sea

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and we've made two cruises. Cruise ship companies are very

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happy visiting Guernsey, and that's reflected

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in the growing visitor numbers. More than 130,000 people came ashore

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last year, that's 10,000 more But feedback from the bigger ships

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shows ferrying large numbers of people to and from the shore can

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cause problems and they'd welcome Deputy Victoria Oliver

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is a member of the Development She says if there are wider economic

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benefits then the cost of introducing a berth

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could be justified. It would have to show

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that it is a benefit that we could get a more reliable

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ferry service and also it would have If you are going to build

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something like this, if you look at Hong Kong,

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they have shops where their ferry terminal is, a huge outlet and it

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could be a benefit to the island without taking away

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from the main town. But the man who's responsible

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for Guernsey's ports says a cruise The return at the moment,

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it doesn't stack up. There are high capital priorities

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for the ports and that is not one When the States last considered

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a deep water berth it was estimated But when cruise ship passengers

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alone contribute more than ?4 million a year to Guernsey's

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economy, it's an issue that some An extensive search involving

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Alderney's lifeboat, air search and the island's

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emergency services led to the discovery

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of a man's body last night. It was found at Crabby

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bay, near Alderney's Earlier in the day the police

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were looking for island resident, A formal identification

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will take place later. Meanwhile in Jersey,

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the police have confirmed that the body found off the south

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coast of the island last week The pensioner went missing

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on March 3rd after catching Her body was found by fishermen

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near Noirmont Point. A file is being prepared

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for the Coroner. Police are appealing

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to a skateboarder to come forward after an accident

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in St Helier this morning. Just before nine, a 63-year-old

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woman was knocked The skateboarder who was involved

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in the collision stayed with the woman as they waited

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for an ambulance. Today, Jersey students got

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the chance to grill the islands politicians at The Youth Assembly

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in the States Chamber. Topics which came up

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for debate included student Luxmy Gopal joined me earlier

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and I asked how it compared It was quite a similar format

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whether Bailiff Presiding Officer it. A lot of tough questions were

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put to ministers which drew praise. The students were given credit for

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their challenging questions and sharp observations. Was there any

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debate? Gas and questions on a ridge all topics. A lot of questions

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directly impacting on student's lives. The condition of school buses

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and as you mentioned, the student loans scheme. That kick-started

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things today with students asking why there isn't more funding in the

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island to help go to university. They explain the island can't afford

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to set up a student loans scheme on its own and the UK isn't interested

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in setting up a joint challenge is one. Today isn't going to lead to

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any immediate policy change but it covered the main topics of the day.

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The main thing is to get youngsters involved in politics. This is the

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20th you simply on the idea is to get the more engaged in politics and

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make them more accessible. This is what some of the students told me

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earlier. It is important, especially for the youth of the island. We have

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such a small States assembly and it is important for people to get

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involved and get their voice heard. It gives an opportunity for the

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members of the states to hear what young people have to say. It

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inspires people to go in the realm of politics. As young people, we are

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not really involved and it gives us an opportunity to get an opportunity

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to learn what is going on inside there. What is the impact? It is

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hoped it could be felt in a wider democratic process. The bailiff

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asked students to remember it was their duty to vote in elections.

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Historically, there has always been a low turnout of young voters and it

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is hoped it will tackle that. Do you remember this

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stunning installation at the Tower of London -

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well in Jersey this year to mark Remembrance Sunday there are plans

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for a swathe of poppies - albeit not on the same scale

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as London - but with a twist. Alison Moss went

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to find out more... Here we are in Jersey's

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Central market. The old Victorian fountain

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is being refurbished but also that Tell me about this

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big vision of yours. It started very small and the idea

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was to get volunteers from the community to make poppies,

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knit, crochet, whatever, so we could do a display

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for Remembrance Day. Also forpeople to reflect

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on what remembrance means to them. It is a community-based thing

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and we are trying to get community spirit back into this beautiful

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market and for the island. Initially my first

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thoughts were 5000. There are classes being held

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in the central market on how to learn to crochet but how

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difficult is it for a novice It is tricky because you have to be

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confident with the first stitch. Hopefully there will be thousands

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of poppies by the time November comes around and we will come back

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then to have a look. Now lets take a look at the latest

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weather forecast with David Braine. Good evening. At this time of year,

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if we get any sunshine like we have had today, it is quite pleasant.

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However, there are showers dotted around and it feels like winter. A

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lovely shot taken today. We will continue to see a risk of showers

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tonight and tomorrow. Some sunny spells through the afternoon and

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lighter winds than we have seen today. You can see the line of cloud

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on the satellite picture. This next line is a rash of showers that will

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come in later on tonight. It will be around during the morning. We are in

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the centre of high pressure. Feeling pleasant with light winds and stop

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also the risk of slow-moving showers. Through Thursday into

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Friday, we draw easterly winds and it means seeing some lower

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temperatures. Overnight tonight, it is initially dry but this line of

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showers will turn up. By the time we get to the small hours of the

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morning, we are looking at somewhere whether for a time. Blustery winds

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also. Five Celsius is the minimum temperature. We have a wet start of

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the day. Sunny spells and a few showers. Lighter winds than we have

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seen today with a top temperature of eight Celsius.

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Heavy rain, snow and ice are all in the forecast once again. It was

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quite a wintry scene today, especially in Scotland. Some very

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cold looking winter skies here, and we had some snow falling at times in

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West Lothian. For a while earlier today, there were quite a few

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showers running through central Scotland, all in that cold air.

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Right now, we have two areas of cloud, one in northern Scotland and

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this deepening area bringing heavy rain into south-west England and

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Wales overnight, with snow over the hills. That wetter weather will move

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into the

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