22/07/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


22/07/2011

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Good evening. The top stories around our region. Less for your

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cash if you are in Jersey, as the cost of living rises dramatically.

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But in Guernsey, prices increase more slowly. Plus, both islands are

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a step closer to the cricket World Cup, after a successful day at the

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wicket. Stay tuned to find out why all these people behind me are

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training for a whole weekend on the The cost of living in Jersey has

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risen dramatically according to inflation figures released today.

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The rise is being blamed on an increase in the rate of GST that

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came into effect in June. Prices are now increasing at 4.4% - three

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months ago they were increasing at just 2.9%. Meanwhile, inflation in

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Guernsey remains lower, rising more slowly in the last three months.

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Prices increased by 2.6%, that's less than three months ago. Amy

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Harris has been looking at the figures. Friday lunchtime and the

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shoppers in Jersey are out in force. But with costs rising, many are

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feeling the pinch. The live with it but it is a little bit annoying.

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Considering that the majority of people have frozen wages and

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everything. Everyone is feeling the pinch. The price of food has shot

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up. I do my own shopping now rather than my mum doing it, so it does

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cost more than I thought. figures out today indicate life has

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got more expensive. Prices in Jersey are now increasing at 4.4% -

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an increase of 1.5% from three months ago. The increase in GST is

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the main reason for the rapid rise. More evidence, say critics, that

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it's hitting islanders hard. affects the basic living costs of

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many ordinary people. That's what the fight was about. Unfortunately,

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not enough of my colleagues' support of that, which is sad.

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Meanwhile inflation in Guernsey is now nearly 2% lower than Jersey and

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if you take away the effect of GST, underlying inflation is much lower

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in the Channel Islands than in the UK with Guernsey and Jersey both

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below the 3.7% rate there. So why? Well, motoring makes up a large

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proportion of the UK figures and we don't spend as much on motoring

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here. Clothing and household goods are also rising at a slower rate.

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Our suppliers at the end of 2010 told us we were likely to expect

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about a 10 % increase in prices due to roll materials increasing in

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price. They were going to swallow half of that, so it left us with an

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increase of four to 5%. The figures coming out don't surprise us really.

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So a little good news for shoppers, but these figures will make you

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feel much better if you're spending in Guernsey rather than Jersey.

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Meanwhile, the price of gas is going up in Guernsey from the

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beginning of next month. The 7.6% rise follows a similar increase in

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February, so it means customers will be paying 15% more than at the

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start of the year. Guernsey Gas says it's necessary because of

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continued high world energy prices. Work on a new nuclear reactor on

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the French coast has been delayed by further two years. The plant at

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Flamanville won't now open until 2016, and it'll cost nearly twice

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the original estimate. Guernsey and Jersey get nearly all their

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electricity from France. EDF, who own the plant, say two serious

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accidents on the construction sites and safety tests carried out after

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the Fukushima accident are amongst the reasons for the fresh delays.

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The rate of tax paid by some of the wealthiest people in Jersey will be

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going down. The States has approved new rules for 11K residents, which

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will mean they pay 20 % tax on their income up to �625,000 and

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then 1% on income after that. The government wants to encourage more

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high-earners to move into the island. People in Guernsey are

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being warned they need to do their bit to help bring poisonous weeds

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and plants under control. Noxious weeds like ragwort and spear

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thistle are in flower and will seed over the next couple of months. If

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eaten, ragwort can kill humans, horses and livestock. People with

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land are being asked to stop its spread or States contractors will

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tackle the problem and send owners the bill. We are really concerned

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about it appearing in large quantities in fields and on

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wasteland, because it spreads so much by seed. That's the major

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problem because it spreads hugely around the island. Guernsey and

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Jersey cricketers have reached the semi finals of the European

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Division One Championship that is being played in the islands. It

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means they are both just one victory away from securing a place

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at the final qualifying tournament for the cricket Twenty20 World Cup.

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Ian Kelly has been watching the action. It was a must win game for

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Jersey and right from the off they never looked in trouble. They

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limited France to just 98 in their 20 overs and cruised past them with

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wickets and overs in hand. An unbeaten half century from Ed

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Farley lead the way. The team has played well all week. We've been

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playing pretty well over the last two years. It's a lot of hard work

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and it's nice to see it paying off. We just got to keep working now and

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keep winning. It's an amazing feeling, the boys have done very

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well this week. A glitch in the system yesterday but four super

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games of cricket. We can't wait for tomorrow. Guernsey also had an easy

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victory over Gibraltar. Chasing a target of 117, Jeremy Frith and

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Ross Kneller steered Guernsey home with 15 balls to spare. It's great,

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that was what we set out to do. We take every game as it comes but

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ultimately we wanted to win this stage, get through to the semis and

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take it from there. So Guernsey will take on Denmark and Jersey

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Italy in tomorrow's semi final. Victory will not only earn a place

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in Sunday's final but also an invite to the final round of

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qualifiers for the Twenty20 World A year on from the introduction of

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a kerbside recycling scheme in St Helier, the first load of material

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is ready to be shipped off to France. Cardboard, paper, plastic

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bottles, aluminium and steel cans are being sorted, crushed and

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bundled onto trailers. They'll be sent to France to be sold as

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commodities. The success of a pilot area in town means recycling pick-

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ups will be rolled out. We are rolling out cardboard collection

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across town. Some more businesses will be invited to separate their

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recycling, so that we can collect the cardboard so we can send more

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for recycling. Beach volleyball is coming this weekend. We see a

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massive tournament on Jersey's guns side. Those in charge want your

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help. Edward has been to find out The sun is out finally, it's got to

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be, I'm in my shorts. I'm right here at the Gunsite in Jersey,

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where loads of people are getting ready for this weekend's volleyball

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tournament. There's a chance that you can get involved, too. Alex,

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what's going on this weekend? is the first of the three

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tournaments we hold every summer. It's the heritage oil mixed fours

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tournament, which means he will have teams of four or more players

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on court. They will be all abilities. We will have some people

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who play for the island or regularly, and you will have some

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people who've never played before. They will be having a great time.

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This lot are begging to start, Don't worry if you can't make the

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tournament this weekend, there was here say you'd be more than welcome

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to join them on Thursday night at 6pm for training. Just keep fingers

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64,000 girls, 12,000 volunteers and 16 counties and islands - and this

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Jersey woman has taken on the task of looking after them all. Solange

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Rebours is the first woman from Jersey to become the head of Girl-

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guiding for the whole of the South West. A very proud to be from

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Jersey and being in this role and from the islands. Some of the

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things I'll be doing is visiting girls in various units throughout

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the south-west, listening to what they've got to say and meeting

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their leaders and finding out what they are enjoying about guiding,

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The weekend promises some sunshine for the Channel Islands. We may see

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a few early showers tomorrow morning, most of which will

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disappear into the afternoon on both Saturday and Sunday afternoon

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it is dry with sunny spells. It's a bit warmer, too. There's this

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weather front here which will continue to generate showers

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through the English Channel coming into the Channel Islands overnight

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tonight. The remnants of that will be around first thing tomorrow

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morning but into the afternoon it will clear. Even though there are

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weather fronts trying to get in from the West on Sunday, they

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mainly affect the Bay of Biscay and the western side of France. We may

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see an increase in the cloud amounts but it remains dry and a

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bit warmer. Tonight, temperatures similar to what we've seen for the

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past couple of nights. The risk of showers right through until dawn

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tomorrow morning, as that line of cloud comes in. It will be around

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tomorrow morning, too, but it will gradually move its way away from us.

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Winds from the north-west and It may be that on Sunday we have

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some morning sunshine. Then into the afternoon it is generally

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clouded over but remaining dry. Monday, the weather front close by

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