15/06/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


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Good evening. Welcome to BBC Channel Islands. Wednesday's

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headlines: Shape up or ship out. Condor is told it must improve

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services or lose its permit. Also tonight: Fresh hope for

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disability and gay rights campaigners.

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And he's the bee's knees. Find out For good evening. Late arrivals,

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delays and engine failures. Condor have had a number of technical

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issues with its bleak recently and has been told it could face losing

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its permit if services do not improve -- its fleet. For some, the

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reason delays have been there for hours. There were some people who

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had tiny little children, and we felt so sorry for them. Those

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children, they had to wake them up and carried them in. It is not just

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this woman who is unhappy. At a ferry terminal today, there were

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plenty more disgruntled customers. Every time I come over, it is the

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the late or something has gone wrong. -- it is by their late.

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Today, Jersey's minister who is responsible for the island's ferry,

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admits the service is not up to standards. There are quite a number

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of unacceptable delays caused by mechanical issues. There has been a

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repeat in a recent weekend, and that is not acceptable. Condor says

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it understands people's frustrations but insists this is

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doing all it can. We have been spending a lot of money on

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overhauls. We have had a few issues in the last few weeks, but we're

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confident we will have a trouble- free summer. There is no direct

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competition on the route, and Condor has until next year to

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improve its services. Until then, passengers have no choice but to

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stay on board. Guernsey is a step closer to

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introducing Disability discrimination laws. More than 60 %

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of islanders want greater it in -- protection for employers, so the

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Commerce and Employment Department is making it a top priority. But

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changes could still be a long way off. Dania Lloyd used to work for a

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trust company but had to give it up after a horse-riding accident left

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her with brain injuries. She now has mobility issues and has

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struggled to get a job. We would have the interview, and it would go

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really well, and then I would get a planned walkout. It is not

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something that is horrendous, but it is something you can see that

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isn't 100 %. It automatically frightens them. Error via by the

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Commerce and Employment Department found that more than 60 % of people

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wanted greater protection for workers -- a review. The chair of

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Guernsey's Disability Alliance has welcomed the news, but any news --

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any change in the law is still a way off. It could take several more

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years before this even comes to the States for a vote. Even then it is

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not guaranteed. Meantime, this is a global financial centre, and we

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don't have laws against discrimination against disabled

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people. Some people find that quite shocking. May is now working as a

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carer. She says her experience mean she can understand patients better.

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She hopes new legislation means that employers will give more

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people like her chance. Now to another complained of

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discrimination. Currently, gay men are offered -- forbidden from

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giving blood to the Islands' health services. The living blood is a

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crucial part of the Islands' health services. But if you're gay man,

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you're not allowed to do it. One man wants the rules to change.

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is another form of discrimination in all of the prejudice that we

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face in our lives. The health department so that they follow the

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same rules as the UK when it comes to donating blood. It means anybody

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with HIV or hepatitis cannot donate blood, or anybody who has ever been

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an intravenous drug user. It also means that any man who has ever had

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sexual contact with another man also cannot donate blood. It is not

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a case of discrimination, it is a case off criteria laid down. We are

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a small jurisdiction, as is Jersey, and we followed the guidelines laid

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down by the UK blood transfusion services. They advise us on who

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they consider are appropriate as donors. My argument is that they

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are homosexual men and women poor in loving monogamous relationships,

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the same as heterosexual. So why can't those people give blood as

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well? Until the rules are changed in the UK, this laboratory at a

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Guernsey's hospital will be processing blood from straight men

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only. Another issue facing the Islands'

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homosexual community is the ban on civil partnerships. Same-sex

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weddings are not legal, but today views have been had by a government

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committee in Jersey. We went to work -- to meet one month calling

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for air quality. He eventually proposed on the long denied to me.

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Stephen Edwards tells me about the love of his life. If he goes away,

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I go away, we do miss each other. And what emotions does he bring out

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in new? He annoys me, he frustrates me, he understands me, he calms me.

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Everything you would accept -- expect from a loving relationship.

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Stephen is preparing to fight for love. He cannot be legally wed to

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his fiancee, and -- because the civil partnership law has not been

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passed in Jersey. He has come across several other gay couples

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battling for quality. When you go up to somebody and introduce them

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as your partner, it is different from introducing them as your

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husband. There's a different social context. It is up to scrutiny to

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make sure the public has been fully consulted before any decision is

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made. Stephen Edwards will be asked his opinion about gay marriage in a

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place of worship in Jersey. The civil law partnership is due to be

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debated later in the States. Being very close to his fiancee's family,

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Stephen point out that if the day comes, the couple have already

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considered how they would like their big day to be. I think of

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something more akin to a registry marriage, where is he wants more of

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a party. Whether or not Stephen get his dream wedding remains to be

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decided. Guernsey Post wants to increase its

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stamp prices from August. The price of sending a letter to the UK bull

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rise by 2p to 47 pence. The company still needs permission from the

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regulator. Job losses are also likely.

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A former politician will find out next week if he has have won the

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right to sue Jersey's government. Stuart survey claims he was

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unfairly dismissed as Health Minister in 2007. He also says that

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there will servants covered up child abuse. Stuart Syvret a was

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Health Minister until 2007. He wants to sue the state for what he

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claims was failing in their duty of care towards him when he was a

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politician. But SLS -- solicitor acting for the state says that as

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he is there longer a politician, he cannot sue the state. He now want

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their review and says there is a problem with the chosen judge

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Jonathan Sumpton QC, claiming as too many ties with their legal

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system. We're standing in Court Number to this morning. The man

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said he had been left bankrupt which had led to increasing

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problems on is how. The judge said he would not make a decision today,

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instead that will come on Monday when he would decide on whether

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their case should be struck out. A decision on a review is yet to be

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made. Jersey's breeding pedigree is going

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global. For the first time, a Jersey bull will be bred around the

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world. This is Bee's Knees. His owners have always thought it, and

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now it seems he really does have the X factor. He eats huge

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quantities of grass, brings the milk home and produces a high

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quality product. His mother has tremendously healthy milk. That is

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why Bee's Knees has been singled out by bull breeding giant cogent.

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The company will be selling and marketing his Amen globally. And

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this is 100 % pure Jersey cards. It is the first time a global breeding

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company will market the seamen from the pure Ireland bull. -- semen.

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The response we are getting is lovely. The only hitch is that

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Bee's Knees has to move to the UK. While it might be the end of a

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beautiful friendship, his owners believe it will be the beginning of

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a big future for the Jersey cow across the globe. Which you could

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say it is the Bee's Knees. Let's see if it's going to rain.

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Here is the weather. Some welcome rain and the forecast over the

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coming days, but quite unsettled at generally. We have low pressure in

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the Atlantic and a number of Whether funds at close by. By

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lunchtime tomorrow, those by the front starting to move away. --

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weather fronts. This one will bring some very wet weather as we end the

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week. This evening and overnight, generally fairly cloudy skies. One

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or two showers which could be quite heavy tomorrow morning. Tomorrow,

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perhaps a wet start of the day but those showers through clearing,

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allowing some lengthy spells of sunshine. Just one or two isolated

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light showers possible into the afternoon, but generally it is

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looking dry almost a bath. Top temperatures 18 or 19 -- dry for

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Here is the out look over the coming days. It is remaining fairly

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and settled, just a few isolated showers possible tomorrow. On

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Friday, wet and windy weather. Turning a little quieter into the

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Tomorrow morning, on BBC Radio Jersey, you can post your questions

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ahead of the National Trust for Jersey. Listen from 9am with

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