:00:09. > :00:14.Welcome to BBC Channel Islands live in the Isle of Wight for the Island
:00:14. > :00:19.Games. From the spectacular opening ceremony to the all-important first
:00:19. > :00:24.medals, we will bring you all the action from the heart of the island
:00:24. > :00:30.teams. Back here, should Jersey register
:00:30. > :00:40.sex offenders? One mother says now is the time. And a report -- is a
:00:40. > :00:44.
:00:44. > :00:47.report which slams the historic Welcome to the programme. Welcome
:00:47. > :00:51.to stand down in the Isle of Wight where right behind us and our
:00:51. > :00:56.athletes are limbering up to take on the best of the rest of the 24
:00:57. > :01:02.islands competing here. Guernsey is leading the medals table with
:01:02. > :01:06.Jersey not far behind and Sark has already bagged its first gold.
:01:06. > :01:10.will bring you all the sporting action, the highs and lows and the
:01:10. > :01:15.spectacular opening ceremony but first I will hand you back to
:01:15. > :01:18.Edward Sault for the rest of the day's news.
:01:18. > :01:22.Thank you. Good evening. A woman whose daughter was sexually abused
:01:22. > :01:25.says Guernsey needs a sex offenders' register. The island's
:01:25. > :01:30.govern ment is to debate the new sexual offences law later this year
:01:30. > :01:35.which could bring in greater monitoring of sex offenders.
:01:35. > :01:40.This woman's 11-year-old daughter was sexually abused by a man living
:01:40. > :01:44.nearby. He already had a conviction for sexually assaulting the child
:01:44. > :01:48.and a string of allegations against him which she knew nothing about.
:01:48. > :01:52.Despite this, he was still allowed to live near children and monitored.
:01:52. > :01:57.She told me the abuse has devastated their lives. She was
:01:58. > :02:02.really sad. She was crying. She would sleep in a ball all curled up.
:02:02. > :02:07.The court case brought it all back again. The criminal who has
:02:07. > :02:12.committed the crime, in a couple of years, they are out. It is done.
:02:12. > :02:19.4th them, things carry on. A sex offenders' register would mean the
:02:19. > :02:22.man was monitored by the police and may not commit the crime. He was
:02:22. > :02:27.sentenced to four years but with time off for good behaviour and
:02:27. > :02:31.parole, he could end up serving only a third of his actual sentence.
:02:31. > :02:34.Guernsey police told me they do effectively monitor known sex
:02:34. > :02:39.offenders but without a register it is much easier for them to slip
:02:39. > :02:44.through the net. At the moment, there is no compulsion on people to
:02:44. > :02:48.let us know what they do and where they are going. So that is where
:02:48. > :02:52.the problem lies. The mother I spoke to is pleased there are plans
:02:52. > :02:56.to introduce a sex offenders' register but she says her daughter
:02:56. > :03:03.is living a life sentence. She says she hopes other parents do not have
:03:03. > :03:10.to go through the same thing. A 23-year-old labourer has appeared
:03:10. > :03:15.in Guernsey's magistrates' court after fire at a house in St Peter
:03:15. > :03:19.Port. Maxwell Charles Roberts did not enter a plea of threatening
:03:19. > :03:25.criminal damage to this house on the Millbrook estate. He was
:03:25. > :03:30.remanded in custody for two weeks. A 21 year-old-man has been charged
:03:30. > :03:34.in connection with a stabbing in St Peter Port. A 20-year-old man was
:03:34. > :03:40.attacked here at the Grange early on Sunday morning. Police have
:03:40. > :03:43.charged the alleged attacker with indecent assault and unlawful
:03:43. > :03:47.wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. A second man
:03:47. > :03:50.has been bailed pending further inquiries.
:03:50. > :03:55.Guernsey police say a man found dead in a St Peter Port Street did
:03:55. > :04:00.not die in suspicious circumstances. The body of a 48 year-old-man was
:04:00. > :04:04.found early on Sunday morning. A Home Office pathologist was flown
:04:04. > :04:08.to the island and assisted with the post mortem investigation. Police
:04:08. > :04:11.say the man's family have been informed and an inquest into his
:04:11. > :04:15.death will be opened. Jersey police say crime has dropped
:04:15. > :04:21.to its lowest level for over a decade. Assaults at night in St
:04:21. > :04:25.Helier dropped by a 5th while theft was down by 6% and criminal damage
:04:25. > :04:29.fell 12 %. Please feel the drop is down to new ways of working which
:04:29. > :04:35.have been brought in since the start of this year. I do not think
:04:35. > :04:39.it is down to a lack of reporting. People in Jersey to report crimes.
:04:39. > :04:43.Hopefully it is associated with more licensed visits during the
:04:43. > :04:51.night time, more patrols during the day and consequently, less crime.
:04:51. > :04:56.Jersey States is reviewing a report which criticises the way the abuse
:04:56. > :05:01.inquiry was managed. One politician is concerned about its fairness.
:05:01. > :05:06.Now, a scrutiny panel has been set up to investigate.
:05:06. > :05:11.Operation rectangle was the police investigation into allegations of
:05:11. > :05:16.abuse at Haut de la Garenne. It cost half a million pounds,
:05:16. > :05:21.thousands of pounds over budget. A local accounts company, BDO Alto,
:05:21. > :05:26.produced a report. But now Trevor Pitman has introduced a scrutiny
:05:26. > :05:30.panel to look at if the report was fair and accurate. What I would
:05:30. > :05:34.like to do is to put this to bed. We can see if everything was done
:05:34. > :05:38.above board, fairly and transparency and both sides of the
:05:38. > :05:42.story were heard so hopefully we can move on. A man who was heavily
:05:42. > :05:48.criticised in the report was Lenny Harper, the senior investigating
:05:48. > :05:53.officer. When I read through the BDO Alto report I was absolutely
:05:53. > :05:56.shocked at the number of mistaken assumptions and wrongful
:05:56. > :06:01.assumptions and downright factual inaccuracies which were in the
:06:01. > :06:05.report. I'm hoping it will clear those up as well. The Minister for
:06:05. > :06:09.Home Affairs says the BDO Alto report, combined with reports from
:06:09. > :06:15.Wiltshire Police into the handling of the abuse inquiry was sufficient.
:06:15. > :06:19.I am surprised they are doing this. It is a matter of public importance
:06:19. > :06:26.two years after the reports came out. There were two reports. The
:06:26. > :06:31.first report was Wiltshire report and I view the BDO Alto report as
:06:31. > :06:35.merely providing more detail. Alto did not want to comment on the
:06:35. > :06:41.plans to investigate their report. The scrutiny panel will hold a
:06:41. > :06:45.public hearing in July and will then report to the States.
:06:45. > :06:49.Still plenty more to come on BBC Channel Islands news this evening.
:06:49. > :06:56.We are live in the Isle of Wight as I was sportsmen and women go for
:06:56. > :07:00.gold at the Island Games. -- our sports men and women.
:07:00. > :07:05.First, growers in the Channel Islands say now is one of their
:07:05. > :07:09.busiest times of the year. Jersey plants direct export fruit and
:07:09. > :07:14.flowers from Jersey to the UK and so this year is one of their best.
:07:14. > :07:21.It comes after an established company was forced to offer --
:07:21. > :07:25.issue a profits warning. Aad Jersey Plants Direct bucking the trend?
:07:25. > :07:30.Packing up and sending away, this factory line in a greenhouse is
:07:30. > :07:36.non-stop at the moment. These boxes are being sent off to the UK full
:07:36. > :07:41.of plants. Our typical customer is over 55. A lot of them are retired
:07:41. > :07:45.so we get a lot of our orders in the post. Tim Birmingham is in
:07:45. > :07:51.charge here and he says now has one of his busiest. At the moment, we
:07:52. > :07:56.have about 70 people here. We have four acres of glass. We grow a lot
:07:56. > :08:00.of bedding plants. That is the majority of the products we send
:08:00. > :08:05.out. We are in the middle of our peak sending season at the moment.
:08:05. > :08:10.The company claimed people from the UK would rather order plants from
:08:10. > :08:15.the Channel Islands rather than go to a garden centre because they
:08:15. > :08:20.claim the quality is better. But at the time that rivals have forced --
:08:20. > :08:25.reported a plunge in profits, what is this company doing right? Hour
:08:25. > :08:28.at sales have not been affected by the economy in the UK. Our
:08:28. > :08:32.customers are buying more plants this year. That may be because we
:08:32. > :08:36.are taking trade from our competitors because we have got a
:08:36. > :08:41.different strategy to them. Customer demand is helping this
:08:41. > :08:45.company to bloom. Others will also be helping -- hoping they can
:08:45. > :08:50.benefit from its green shoots of successful stock that is it from me
:08:50. > :08:59.in the studio. I'm back at 8:00pm and 10:25pm. Now
:08:59. > :09:03.I will hand you back to Claire and Mike in the Isle of Wight. Hello.
:09:03. > :09:09.Hello. The Island Games are in full swing. We have all the action and
:09:09. > :09:13.some medals from athletics, cycling, sailing, basketball and too many
:09:13. > :09:18.sports to mention. Before the competition started it was the
:09:18. > :09:25.opening ceremony featuring the former Olympic champion, Lord Coe.
:09:25. > :09:32.There was a long procession through the streets of ride town centre.
:09:32. > :09:42.Local schoolchildren cheered on the islanders -- Ryde town centre.
:09:42. > :10:00.
:10:01. > :10:06.Four - at 4,000 athletes, 15,000 And we have found Alderney. Peter,
:10:06. > :10:16.how are you feeling leading Oldham into the island games? Wonderful.
:10:16. > :10:22.
:10:22. > :10:28.And we have spied a bit of green. Guernsey is in the house. How are
:10:28. > :10:38.you feeling? A bit hot now the sun is out. It is great for everybody.
:10:38. > :10:43.
:10:43. > :10:47.High expectations? Definitely, high And carrying the flag for Jersey,
:10:47. > :10:51.Neil is a swimming coach. How are you feeling? It is a great
:10:51. > :10:55.atmosphere. Fair play to the Isle of Wight, they have put on a
:10:55. > :11:05.tremendous Carnival. It is great to see all the children involved as
:11:05. > :11:13.
:11:13. > :11:16.And we have got Stefan. How do you think Sark will do? Hopefully
:11:16. > :11:26.extremely well. We have punched well above our weight in the
:11:26. > :11:30.
:11:30. > :11:35.previous five games so let's hope And say our teams make their way
:11:35. > :11:39.into the official opening ceremony where the games will be started by
:11:39. > :11:43.former Olympic medal-winner and London 2012 chairman Lord Coe.
:11:43. > :11:48.one thing I know from my previous career as an athlete is the
:11:48. > :11:54.athletes sitting in front of me are not really wanting to be here for
:11:54. > :12:04.very much longer and they certainly don't want long speeches. So I am
:12:04. > :12:11.
:12:11. > :12:16.going to hereby formally declare So, we have got the go-ahead from a
:12:16. > :12:22.man who is no stranger to winning medals. Now it is down to this lot
:12:22. > :12:26.to go for gold. And go for gold they did. First
:12:26. > :12:31.thing on Sunday morning with strong showings from Guernsey and Jersey
:12:31. > :12:38.in the half marathon. There were very mixed fortunes for
:12:38. > :12:43.our undoubted stars of the show. Feeling relaxed before her big race,
:12:44. > :12:50.Jersey runner Katie Thomson has come to the Games for one race and
:12:50. > :12:53.one race only, the half marathon. And she has not come alone. On the
:12:53. > :12:59.sidelines, her husband and daughters were cheering Peron.
:13:00. > :13:06.it was fun, wasn't it? It was kind of fun but you had to run around to
:13:06. > :13:11.catch up. It probably adds a bit of a boost if you are feeling like you
:13:11. > :13:16.need a bit of a push so screaming and shouting from the side is
:13:16. > :13:23.always encouraging. It was going so well for Katie until disaster
:13:23. > :13:29.struck. An old injury in her foot returned with a vengeance forcing
:13:29. > :13:33.her to pull out of the marathon. Unfortunately, Katie had to pull
:13:33. > :13:38.out of the race. She has damaged her for it and she has been taken
:13:38. > :13:43.off to hospital to find out what is wrong with it but she is very
:13:43. > :13:47.disappointed. She has been planning and training for this all year so
:13:47. > :13:52.she has had to pull out and she is devastated. While Katie and her
:13:52. > :13:57.family made their way to hospital, Guernsey favourite Lee Merrien
:13:57. > :14:04.scored gold in the half marathon. The first one for the island.
:14:04. > :14:08.worked hard, it was a tough course. It was a good workout and I am
:14:08. > :14:12.pleased with the run. Guernsey were also awarded team gold but they
:14:12. > :14:20.were not the only Channel Islanders standing on the podium. Katie
:14:20. > :14:25.hobbled her way back to receive team silver. They said where is
:14:25. > :14:29.your third member and they said she was not able to complete the whole
:14:29. > :14:34.thing because of her injury and they said we have three medals and
:14:34. > :14:38.we think she deserves it to come up which was very nice of them! It has
:14:38. > :14:46.been a day of high is and lows for this athlete but it has ended with
:14:46. > :14:52.a medal and a smile. Unfortunately, Katie's injury was
:14:52. > :14:56.not the only one on day one of the Games. The cycling race claimed
:14:56. > :15:00.eight cyclist before the race even began. Dozens of cyclists in
:15:00. > :15:04.blistering heat tearing down narrow roads, you could say it was an
:15:04. > :15:09.accident waiting to happen. Underneath the baking sun and
:15:09. > :15:16.beneath these sunglasses are cool characters with legs and nerves of
:15:16. > :15:20.steel. Cycling at this level is tough. It is fast, aggressive and
:15:20. > :15:24.dangerous. And Jersey's Chris Spence was dealt a cruel blow when
:15:24. > :15:29.he was involved sodium five bike smash. Chris broke his collarbone
:15:29. > :15:35.and had to go to accident and emergency with two other riders.
:15:35. > :15:39.One who escaped serious injury was the Jersey rider Greg Mansell.
:15:40. > :15:49.hope Chris Spence get better soon. There was a massive crash first lap
:15:49. > :15:56.and I could not believe it.. After the race restarted, the men battled
:15:56. > :16:00.it out with Guernsey's Tobin Horton taking gold with a well-timed
:16:00. > :16:07.breakaway sprint. I used my head as much as possible. I did not plan to
:16:07. > :16:10.attack but I did and I thought I would go for it. I pulled a bit of
:16:10. > :16:16.a sneaky move just before a corner and managed to get a gap and held
:16:17. > :16:22.it. Watching the nail biter was there for me - a former Formula 1
:16:22. > :16:28.champion Nigel Mansell whose son took silver. The camaraderie, the
:16:28. > :16:33.competition, it is fantastic. It is intense. I am worn out after that
:16:33. > :16:41.race. The games have been good so far for Guernsey whose ladies' team
:16:41. > :16:46.also triumph. The Guernsey ladies also took the team gold. There were
:16:46. > :16:52.a lot of nerves this morning in our mobile home. I think that has
:16:52. > :16:57.really settled us for the week. For Sam, it is her first Island Games
:16:57. > :17:00.in cycling. To settle the nerves and make them realise they are
:17:00. > :17:05.there and they are competitive. move among the riders is friendly
:17:05. > :17:15.but be under no illusion, cycling at this Island Games has been a
:17:15. > :17:18.
:17:18. > :17:22.With over 600 Channel Islanders competing at hear from four
:17:22. > :17:26.different islands in 14 different sports, but as a whole lot of sport
:17:26. > :17:29.to cover. I will have the latest on the medals tables and a couple of
:17:29. > :17:39.minutes but first, here is a quick round-up of some of the other
:17:39. > :17:46.
:17:46. > :17:53.It was a case of spot the boat on Sunday morning as sailing got off
:17:53. > :17:57.to a foggy start. Jersey's Martin Speller came eighth. You will have
:17:57. > :18:04.to take our word for it. All in a day's work when your sport relies
:18:04. > :18:08.on whether. Nine times that of 10, the weather is good enough to sail.
:18:08. > :18:12.Every time you go sailing there is something you that you can think
:18:12. > :18:19.about which makes you win a race or lose a race.
:18:19. > :18:24.Indoors, there was better news for Guernsey's ladies basketball team.
:18:24. > :18:29.A convincing victory over hosts the Isle of Wight. They play Bermuda
:18:29. > :18:35.today for place in the next round. Another convincing victory was in
:18:35. > :18:45.football, sadly not for one of our islands. Alderney was thrashed 6-1
:18:45. > :18:47.
:18:47. > :18:53.by Gibraltar. Our first direct into insular clash came this morning in
:18:53. > :18:56.the table tennis. Jersey were triumphant and progress to the next
:18:56. > :19:01.stage. It was a great start for Jersey's
:19:01. > :19:05.men's volleyball team winning their first set against Greenland. But it
:19:05. > :19:15.did not last long. Their opponents came back fighting and took the
:19:15. > :19:20.
:19:20. > :19:26.So, a great start for our two biggest teams out here, Jersey and
:19:26. > :19:31.Guernsey and I am joined now by the bosses of both teams, chairman of
:19:31. > :19:36.the Island Games Association and team manager. Guernsey are leading
:19:36. > :19:42.the medals table at the moment so John, we should start with you.
:19:42. > :19:47.Absolutely fantastic week. It is unbelievable. What more does
:19:47. > :19:54.Guernsey have to do this week? is a nice place to work away from.
:19:54. > :19:58.Hopefully, some more medals tonight. Coming to you now, Steve, Jersey
:19:58. > :20:04.are perhaps going to be a late bloomer, what are we looking out
:20:04. > :20:08.for? We certainly hope for. Tonight we are in 10 finals in the swimming
:20:08. > :20:12.so we will hopefully get some medals there. Most of the team
:20:12. > :20:17.events are coming to an end now. We are starting to get the individuals.
:20:17. > :20:20.We have had a few accidents on the first day which was unfortunate for
:20:20. > :20:26.the athletes involved but fair play to Guernsey, they have done really
:20:26. > :20:34.well. I think it is important that the Channel Islands as a whole win
:20:34. > :20:39.medals. We are great friends. diplomatic of you! Are the athletes
:20:39. > :20:46.having a good time? What is the atmosphere like? Lots of happy
:20:46. > :20:52.campers? There is in our camp, very much so. No problems, very good.
:20:52. > :20:56.team Jersey in high spirits? Yes, we are in a big camp. We have
:20:56. > :21:00.Alderney and Gibraltar with us. Everyone has settled in and got
:21:00. > :21:08.used to wear things are. I think we have one of the better camps, very
:21:08. > :21:14.close to Shanklin. I have to say how welcome the locals have made us.
:21:14. > :21:19.There are thousands of people out there, more than we have had before.
:21:19. > :21:24.There were 40,000 in the opening ceremony. It is great. Of course,
:21:24. > :21:28.Jersey is hosting the Island Games in 2015 and both Jersey and
:21:28. > :21:33.Guernsey have hosted it before, what you make of the organisation
:21:33. > :21:38.and support? The support has been fantastic. The 40,000 at the
:21:38. > :21:44.opening ceremony, that will never be beaten. On the whole, the games
:21:44. > :21:50.are very well run. Do you have any tips for 2015 was Mac yes, we have
:21:50. > :21:55.all the members of the organising committee taking notes. We take
:21:55. > :21:59.note of what the athletes want as well as the public. We try not to
:21:59. > :22:06.make the opening ceremony long- winded but the spectacle like the
:22:06. > :22:11.Isle of Wight put on would be hard to beat. Watch this space for
:22:11. > :22:17.Jersey 2015. Mike has the latest now on the medal situation.
:22:17. > :22:26.It has been a great start for the Channel Islands. Guernsey, Jersey
:22:26. > :22:30.and Sark are all in the top 10 of the medal table. Guernsey won the
:22:30. > :22:40.gold, silver and bronze in Men's mountain biking. In shooting, Sark
:22:40. > :22:45.were not to be out done. And it has been a fascinating day and a half.
:22:45. > :22:55.There is still plenty to see. That is how things are looking sport
:22:55. > :22:58.
:22:58. > :23:02.wise. Now we can find out what the Hello. The weather is generally
:23:02. > :23:07.settling down. We have wished -- we have a few more showers to get out
:23:07. > :23:12.of the way. We have seen some unsettled weather moving. That is
:23:12. > :23:17.thanks to this cold front. It has also brought in some fresh air. A
:23:17. > :23:23.cloudy start to the day tomorrow. Then we have this high pressure
:23:23. > :23:27.that will building from the West. The weather will settle down. It
:23:27. > :23:33.pleasantly warm and the sunshine, remaining settled for Wednesday
:23:33. > :23:38.with a chance of a shower. Quite a lot of low cloud and fog patches.
:23:38. > :23:45.Most of the showers do disappear by the early hours of tomorrow morning.
:23:45. > :23:51.Fairly mild overnight under the cloud. For tomorrow morning, quite
:23:51. > :24:01.a grey start. The risk of one or two fog patches around. During the
:24:01. > :24:33.
:24:33. > :24:43.afternoon, it should dry out but For the Island Games in the Isle of
:24:43. > :24:46.
:24:46. > :24:56.Wight tomorrow should be generally fine. The outlook is generally
:24:56. > :25:00.
:25:01. > :25:07.looking settled with the risk of a Only joking, don't worry about the
:25:07. > :25:12.jackets, we at the BBC are totally impartial. We have not forgotten
:25:12. > :25:18.about stark and Alderney. I don't know about you but I have seen some
:25:18. > :25:22.fantastic sporting events. What have been the highlight so far?
:25:22. > :25:26.highlights were the Guernsey ladies basketball. Fantastic action with a
:25:26. > :25:32.lot of supporters yesterday. I could not see much of the sailing.
:25:32. > :25:36.I went out in a boat but it was not the best weather conditions. The
:25:36. > :25:40.atmosphere here is absolutely incredible. We are staying on the
:25:40. > :25:45.same campsite as the athletes and they are having a good time as well.
:25:45. > :25:49.Remember, you can get the latest on the Island Games on the BBC Jersey
:25:49. > :25:53.and BBC Guernsey websites and tomorrow morning, the Breakfast
:25:53. > :25:59.show will be coming live from the Isle of Wight between seven and