26/07/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


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

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Sault. Our headlines this Tuesday evening.

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Game over. The pub landlords confused about Guernsey's gambling

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laws. Also, childcare crisis. Why the number of childminders in

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Jersey is falling. And we're on standby. The local innovation in

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Good evening. Could pub landlords in Guernsey be breaking the law?

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There's confusion that current gambling laws mean some gaming

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machines, common sights in many Guernsey pubs, could be illegal.

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The Government has sent letters out warning landlords they could be

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fined up to �2,000. This has angered many in the industry as

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Emma Thomas explains. A common sight in many pubs but

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gaming machines could be illegal under the isalnds gambling laws.

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Well this machine's been entertaining cutomers here for a

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while now. But landlords here have just received a letter saying it

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could be illegal. The news has come as a shock to the people running

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this pub. I just find it very, very confusing. I don't know if we're

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allowed to put the machines on, or if we're not allowed to put the

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machines on. The Home department says any machine offering the

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possibility of a cash prize constitutes gaming. Defined by law

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as the playing of a game of chance, or chance and skill combined. If

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caught with an illegal machine, pubs could face fines of up to

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�2,000. The department became aware that there are a growing number of

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machines in licensed premises and felt that it was a proportionate

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response to write to the licencees and remind them of their

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obligations under the law. Pubs are being told not to take a chance and

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take legal advice, which many say will be costly. They are being

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advised to speak to machine manufacturers and Machine

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Manufacturers and of the Home Office if they had any doubt.

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There has been a fall in the number of childminders or registered

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family childcarers in Jersey. The latest figures from the Education

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Department show there are now less than half than at a peak in 2003.

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The main reason is that, until last week, there were high social

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security contributions for many wanting a career change as a

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childminder. Amy Harris reports. Jennie Marriott has been a

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childminder in Jersey for 15 years. She believes it's a unique service

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that provides quality childcare in a family setting. The advantages

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for parents is that their child will be in a loving home

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environment with lots of other children of other ages which, in

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effect, mimics their home environment, a family environment.

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They also go out and about a lot. But despite those advantages,

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childminder numbers in Jersey have taken a dip in the last ten years.

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There were less than half last year than in 2003. And the figure's

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expected to go down again next year. Whilst the decline can be put down

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partly to some childminders retiring, it's also believed

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parents are using family childcare less. Either because they are

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looking after the children themselves to save money. Or simply,

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because many don't realise childminders like Jennie are out

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there. And there has been little financial incentive to entice new

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people into the job. Until last week, social security contributions

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for those starting out were based on their previous earnings, which

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for many made it unprofitable. have changed the law so that people

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starting up a new business will be able to submit a business plan with

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projected income throughout the first two or three years, and we

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will base their contributions on that projection. Childcare advisors

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believe this will lead to a turnaround. I think we're going to

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see a remarkable increase in family child carers. People will have

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their children after working in an industry like the finance industry

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will now be able to afford to become a family child carers.

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believed there is demand for more childminders like Jennie. The task

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now is increasing parental awareness that they exist.

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Crimes reported to the police in Jersey fell by about 7% last year.

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Nearly half of the 4,500 offences were for stealing. The next most

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committed crimes were against the person such as assaults, harassment

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and child cruelty. The police say Jersey is one of the safest places

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in the British Isles. The crime rate is even lower in Jersey but

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when they do occur, prosecutions are difficult because people are

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unwilling to give evidence in such a small committee. A new house to

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house campaign has been launched. Many crimes in Alderney would go

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unreported elsewhere in the United Kingdom. However, there is an

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underlying problem which is compounded by the reluctance of

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people living in a small community such as Alderney to provide the

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police with vital information. we're trying to do is offer a

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service where people can come to us in complete confidence so that we

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can progress matters. So if anybody has any information, crime or drug-

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related offences, we can work together to maintain a lifestyle.

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The Alderney States Member responsible for police liaison,

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himself a former police officer, would agree. Policing in ordinary

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is done as it is in the rest of the British Isles with the consensus of

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the populace. This is intelligence gathering to reassure people on the

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island of the police to care for them but it can only do it with

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their help. Whilst police chiefs admit they have a long way to go in

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order to win the hearts and minds of the population, the initial

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results appear to be encouraging. In the last week, we have managed

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to, 80% of the population, more than a leaflet drop, we spoke to

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people on their doorsteps. They were welcomed by the local

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population. The feedback has been marvellous. If anyone has any

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information, the Guernsey Police can be contacted on 07781 406706. A

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multi-million pound regeneration project in Guernsey has moved a

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step closer. This is what the second phase of the Grand Bouet

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redevelopment is expected to look like. A planning application has

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been put in for 80 new homes for families, first-time buyers and

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older people. The social housing will sit alongside new homes for

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the elderly that are already under construction. A planning decision

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is due in early October. Grand Bouet was a typical 1960s

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development, fairly cheaply built and it was a continuous replication

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of the same units over and over again in a barrack blocks style.

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What we are going for is much more community-based. It's much more in

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the Guernsey vernacular of curved streets and different buildings

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faced against each other. Thanks for being with us this Tuesday

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evening. You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in

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Spotlight with Simon and Victoria: Two men, three legs. But can this

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pair of army commandos break a record? We may just find out before

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7:00pm. Make sure you stay tuned for that.

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In the past, wildfires have tested the Jersey fire and rescue service

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almost to breaking point. But now a new hose laying system, designed in

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the island, is being introduced. It will assist the service with more

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water to the harder to reach areas in the island. Chris Harrison

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explains. It's this kind of blaze that pushes

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Jersey Fire Service to the limit. Furze fires like this one two years

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ago move quickly and are difficult to put out. But now the service has

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this new hose system to tackle furze fires more efficiently.

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of our major weaknesses was when we were catching a fire in the early

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stages, we would run short of water. And the solution to get in water to

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remote places was to find some sort of system that could be deployed

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very, very quickly, very simply, without taking too much fire-

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fighting resources away, so we put our thinking caps on and came up

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with this idea. That idea is now this reality. It has been two years

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in the making and is a towable hose system. It's designed to run

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between the fire and the nearest water hydrant so the fire service

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have as much water as they need. It's been praised by

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environmentalist. Sometimes they are quite horrible, the fires we

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have. Something that cannot react quickly to it has got to be a good

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thing for everybody, I'm sure. hose has not yet been used for real,

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but with furze fires common at this time of year, that might not be the

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case for much longer. I got rained on early on this lunchtime which

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was a bit of a pain, as I was out for a family birthday lunch. The

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sun came out when I came to work. It's always the way. Time now for a

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Hello, good evening. The cloud should have allowed the sunshine to

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come through here and there. I think it will be a similar case

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tomorrow. Perhaps more sunshine through the afternoon. No rain in

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the forecast at the moment. These weather fronts to the West will get

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closer by lunchtime tomorrow, coming into the western end of the

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English Channel but not much of those. By lunchtime on Thursday,

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they remain to the west and we have winds from the north-east, which is

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generally a dry direction for us. Tonight, shallow mist forming here

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and there. Most of the night, fine and clear. 13 degrees, the minimum

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temperature. Tomorrow, after a cloudy start to the day, it will

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brighten up quite nicely. In the afternoon, plenty of sunshine to

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enjoy. 20-21-22 degrees. A light, north-westerly wind. These are the

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Here is the forecast which includes the weekend. Expect on Thursday to

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be a lot more cloudy. It could be reluctant to break through the day.

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Some sunshine coming through every now and then that still dry. Friday,

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a bright a story with temperatures of 21 degrees, 70 Fahrenheit. And

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the winds from the north and north- east through Friday and Saturday,

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there is a very slight chance through both days, with Friday and

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