25/07/2011 BBC Channel Islands News

Good evening. Welcome to BBC Channel Islands News. I'm Edward

Sault. The headlines this Monday evening.

Delays, digging and drains. The radical overhaul of Guernsey's

sewage system. Scoop the poop. The plea to dog owners to clean up

after their dog. And how did they do? Our cricketers play off to keep

Good evening. A new stage in the transformation of Guernsey's ageing

sewage system has started today. Guernsey Water wants to connect 95%

of properties onto the sewerage system. And that's meant closing

off roads and causing traffic disruption as Mike Wilkins reports.

The start of six weeks of noise and disruption for residents and

motorists along this road in St Peter Port. Every Guernsey

household is now paying a new waster water charge, around �150 a

year, with some of it enabling work like this to be carried out. Many

people's bills have gone up recently and this is partly the

reason why. They are installing a new sources Water sewer. But

because most of the buildings don't have a deal or foul water and

surface water drain. When it rains, it gets washed straight into the

file water system. And some feel that it's not very efficient if the

sewage treatment plant is overloaded with treating surface

water. It takes an excessive amount of rainfall as experienced last

week when we had a high intensity rainfall. A lot of it went into the

sewage system and consequently, the pumps were working flat out to be

able to keep pace with the rain coming down. In the sewage world

it's a sad state of affairs. This old, rusting, stinking facility is

well past its sell by date. Just over two years ago the pipe cracked

and sewage was dumped off Guernsey's west coast. It's a slow,

expensive process. But separating surface water from foul water is

something that should make sewage easier to treat and mean less

sewage going into the sea. The boat of a French fisherman who

died when it collided with a Condor ferry has been lifted from the sea.

The collision took place near the Minquiers in March, killing 42-

year-old fisherman Phillippe Le Saulnier. The remains of his boat

have now been towed to St Malo. The French authorities say a decision

whether to bring manslaughter charges will be made in September.

Guernsey company Moonpig.com has been sold for �120 million. The

online retailer produced more than 12 million greetings cards in the

island last year. The new owners, Photobox, say they are committed to

Guernsey and hope the take over will allow Moonpig to expand into

new overseas markets and offer a wider range of products.

Jersey can't afford to be complacent despite a fall in crime.

That's according to the islands' new head of crime. Detective

Superintendent Stewart Gull comes to Jersey after working on high

profile cases such as the Ipswich and Soham murders. He joined me

here in the studio earlier and I began by asking him why Jersey's

needs a head of crime and what the job involves. It is quite a complex

role. Responsibility for all of crime. Services from financial

investigation, CID, intelligence, Special Branch,, specialist

operations. Whilst the Islands are very safe, crime is actually at its

lowest level now for seven years. Jersey and its committees, much

like any other, sadly do suffer from elements of crime and obvious

serious criminality, some more times organised. Hopefully with my

background, it can bring experience here. You worked on the Suffolk

murders which everybody will be well aware of. How can you bring

what you learned in the UK to Jersey? I think those skills are

transferable. Whilst there is different legislation here,

different policy and procedure, law enforcement is the same the world

over and those skills are transferable. I have got a strong

back ground in crime. Serious organised crime. I'm looking

forward to the challenge here and working with new colleagues. What

are your objectives? We have a policing plan and there are

priorities around violent crime, persistent offenders, organised

crime. But also communities. Not just feeling safe but being safe,

as well. I'm hoping that once I have got my feet under the table

and I have assimilate that the eight challengers here, I can make

a different. Thank you for joining us. It has annoyed most of us at

sometime or another. Whether it's on the beach or in the park. Dog

poo is one of those problems we hope we never have to deal with.

Well today is International Pooper Scooper Day. And you are being

asked to clean up after your dog. Anisha Shah reports.

Fouling the law and leaving an eyesore. It's an offence to leave

dog mess in public places like the beach, but foul play by a minority

is spoiling Jersey's beaches for the law-abiding majority. Worse

than not having a bike are people who use them and then leave the bag

on the beach. -- bag. You're better to leave the theses on that beach

because the sea will take it. But the bag is not biodegradable.

Baker walks Piglet here at St Brelade's Bay where she says it's

not as bad as on country paths. One foot wrong has landed her and

Piglet in dog mess. Another victim is Gail Hickmott who walks up to

eight greyhounds daily. Although it's a quick act, Gail's constantly

on the lookout for offenders. never see them do it. I have missed

the odd one in time, but I'm sure somebody would pointed out to me.

It is an issue and it needs to be looked into. The messages, leave

the bike on the beach is an offence for which you can be prosecuted and

fined. If they were to appear at parish hall, the dog faeces on the

beach, the road, apart, they could be fined up to �200. If they went

to the magistrates' court, it would be �500. But in St Helier, there

have been no prosecutions for dog fouling in the past three years.

The JSPCA says it's about education people and that incentives in

Jersey do help. In St Hellier, they have got free bags, so it's good

but of course, there is always a small minority that don't. That is

an issue, especially on beaches and cliff walks. It's simple, leave

nothing but pawprints in the sand. You're watching the BBC in the

Channel Islands. Thanks for being with us this evening. Later in

Spotlight with Simon and Victoria: Ding Dong! Raising the roof in a

garage. The new technology keeping It was a key weekend for Guernsey

and Jersey cricketers. They had both reached separate semi finals

in the Twenty20 European Division One championship. At stake, not

only a place in the final but also a place in the final qualifying

round for the World Cup. Ian Kelly watched the action.

Twenty20. Cricket's fast and furious format. It requires

athletic fielding. Clever bowling. And, above all, big hitting. It's a

game Channel Island cricketers and their supporters haven't really

mastered. It had all started so well. Jersey, playing in red,

bowled and fielded like finalists. They kept taking wickets and

limited Italy to a rather modest score of 133. As Jersey began their

innings, a place at the World Cup qualifying tournament in Dubai was

beckoning. That's until the wickets From the jaws of victory, defeat

Terribly disappointing. Fair play to the Italians, they bowled well.

It was a game we threw away. We started well. Bad dismissals. And

then not to actually go ahead of the run rate in those middle overs,

but too much pressure on the team. Guernsey were playing their semi

final at the same time. They limited Denmark to 136 runs. Again

the fielding and bowling was excellent. But, like Jersey, when

it came to batting they just collasped. Guernsey never looked

like scoring enough runs. The guys stuck to the task rebel. We fired

once in the batting and today, it let us down. Credit to Denmark,

they bowled pretty well. So the joint hosts were knocked out.

Consolation was an inter insular play off for third place. But the

dream of World Cup qualification was gone. For the record, Jersey

won that play off but both islands were left thinking if we only

batted better. Fog has closed the island airports

this morning. Let's find out if tomorrow will be any better.

There is a fair amount of cloud tonight so that will soon be around

first thing tomorrow morning but it should be quite nice but tomorrow

afternoon. Some low pressure near by to the east and with some other

funds, that is what is bringing in this cloud with humid conditions,

as well. -- fronts. Settling down to about tomorrow and then, by

Wednesday, although still find, more weather front's to the west

and there or introduce cloud later in the week. Looking quite misty

and murky tonight with some fog patches overnight. A chance of

drizzle, as well. Quite cloudy but mild. 14 Celsius, the minimal

overnight temperature. Light winds coming in from the north and north-

west. A pretty grey start to the day tomorrow. Mist and fog patches

around initially and a chance of a spot or two of rain. The cloud

should lift and break. Plenty of sunshine to come by the end of the

day. Temperatures responding in the sunshine, up to 21 Celsius during

tomorrow afternoon. The Marine forecast for tomorrow, then, fog

patches but then the weather becomes fair. It should become

fairly good. The wind from the north, 2-4. The times of high water

For the surfers, not a huge swell around today. Possibly three ft

waves. Generally, quite clean. The outlet, as I said, cloudy at first