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Good evening. Off the buses, but are rising fares | :00:10. | :00:15. | |
to blame for the biggest passenger dip in a decade? | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
Also, upheld, but this former politician opts for community | :00:17. | :00:22. | |
service rather than prison. And what a kick off. Guernsey FC | :00:22. | :00:32. | |
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make their debut in the English The number of journeys made on | :00:44. | :00:47. | |
Guernsey's buses has fallen for the first time in over a decade, with | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
100,000 fewer journeys being made in the last year. The fall is being | :00:51. | :00:56. | |
blamed, in part, on rising fares, as Emma Thomas reports. | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
The cost of taking the bus in Guernsey went up last year. No | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
surprise, then, that the number of users went down. It now costs �1 to | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
use the bus and that has forced some people to find other options. | :01:07. | :01:11. | |
It has got quite expensive and also life ended just as quick to jump | :01:11. | :01:17. | |
into my car. I would be far happier than -- using my car than using the | :01:17. | :01:27. | |
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bus. I used to use a boss, but then I bought a car. The actual number | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
of passengers using buses fell in the last year to 1.5 million | :01:30. | :01:35. | |
passengers. That's 100,000 fewer than in the year before. A rise in | :01:35. | :01:40. | |
fares was not the only cause. year, we had the snow and so a lot | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
of policies that were out of commission for various reasons. | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
Earlier, the Environment Department told the BBC the increase was | :01:46. | :01:56. | |
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necessary. We were under, not pressure, but it was suggested, it | :02:01. | :02:03. | |
was highlighted by the Financial Transformation Group that there was | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
an opportunity to reduce the subsidy that States of Guernsey pay | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
for the service without damaging the number of people using the | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
service and to that extent it has been successful. We have increased | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
the income to the which is a substantial amount, which means | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
that the taxpayer is subsidising that service less. With passengers | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
numbers dropping and a further fare increase likely, the Environment | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
Department will have its work cut out to stop users switching from | :02:23. | :02:25. | |
the buses. A Jersey boy attacked by a polar | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
bear in Norway is in a stable condition at Southampton General | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
Hospital. Patrick Flinders was one of four people injured in the | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
attack on Friday. A 17-year-old boy was killed. Patrick was flown to | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
the UK yesterday after a surgeon in Norway removed some of the polar | :02:37. | :02:40. | |
bear's teeth from his skull. He has been described as a hero, after | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
trying to defend his friends by punching the polar bear. | :02:45. | :02:48. | |
And a 47-year-old man from Jersey has been killed while on holiday in | :02:48. | :02:53. | |
Norway. Kent Pinglaux died in a motorbike crash on Friday. | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
The Yorkshire Building Society in Guernsey is closing. 14 staff will | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
lose their jobs. The company says the subsidiary no longer serves its | :03:01. | :03:07. | |
original purpose and customers are being contacted. | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
The former Jersey Senator Stuart Syvret has had his convictions for | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
contempt of court, data protection and motoring offences upheld by the | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
royal court. He had claimed that the evidence against him was not | :03:17. | :03:22. | |
gathered fairly but the court today rejected that. But he was allowed | :03:22. | :03:25. | |
to opt out of his 10-week prison term and instead will undertake 80 | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
hours of community service. Anisha Shah was in court. | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
Jersey's former health minister was arrested and charged with breaching | :03:33. | :03:35. | |
data protection laws two years ago, when he published personal | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
information on his blog site. Syvret failed to appear before | :03:40. | :03:46. | |
magistrates and fled to England. That meant he was charged with | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
contempt of court. When he eventually returned to Jersey, he | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
was convicted of all the charges and, because he refused community | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
service, was sent to prison for ten weeks. He only served one night, as | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
he appealed, saying the evidence was gathered unfairly. Today, the | :03:59. | :04:02. | |
judge, Sir Christopher Pitchers, rejected that appeal but said the | :04:02. | :04:12. | |
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police could have done some things differently. Mr Syvret today opted | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
out of prison, choosing instead to do the 80 hours of community | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
service. His fines were also reduced, given his financial | :04:21. | :04:24. | |
hardships. After sentencing, he told reporters that he now intends | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
to stand in the forthcoming senatorial elections. | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
with Justin and Natalie: Feeling crabby? Why one seaside | :04:31. | :04:41. | |
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town devoted a day to the humble crab. | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
Jersey badminton player Elizabeth Cann has won her first round match | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
at the World Championships in London. She is hoping that a good | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
run in the tournament will improve her world rankings and help her | :04:50. | :04:59. | |
qualify for next years Olympics. It was a rocky start at the beginning, | :04:59. | :05:06. | |
kind of shaking my nerves out. We can only really build from there. | :05:06. | :05:12. | |
Obviously, you want to do well in front of your home crowd. You have | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
the whole crowd behind you and once I got going and it got the crowd | :05:16. | :05:22. | |
behind me, that helped as well. Guernsey FC were in action this | :05:22. | :05:25. | |
weekend as they kicked off their first match in the Combined | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
Counties League. A lot was riding on their clash with Knaphill. Would | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
they win? Would the fans turn up? Well, Mike Wilkins was there to | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
find out if the green lions can survive in an English league. | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
A new flag was flying and there was a colourful atmosphere among the | :05:38. | :05:41. | |
fans as Guernsey FC finally had the chance to test itself against its | :05:41. | :05:50. | |
first opponent of the season. This is a historic moment for | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
Channel Islands football as the pride of Jersey are about to kick | :05:53. | :05:58. | |
off their combined campaign. Knaphill are no pushover, they came | :05:58. | :06:01. | |
ninth in the league last year and 3rd the year before. But that | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
didn't mean much on the pitch as Guernsey quickly singalled their | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
intent, to dominate. Goals flew in during the first half, with Glynn | :06:08. | :06:16. | |
Dyer scoring the green and whites first league goal. They did not | :06:16. | :06:20. | |
have to wait long for the next few as Ross Allen capitalised on some | :06:20. | :06:30. | |
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woeful defending by the visitors. In just six minutes, he had bagged | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
a hat trick. And then, just before half time, Dominic Heaume scored | :06:35. | :06:37. | |
Guernsey's fifth, an uncomfortable moment for the Knaphill staff | :06:38. | :06:40. | |
watching from the stand. The crowd could not believe what was | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
happening as the second half kicked off. Chances came and went, mainly | :06:43. | :06:53. | |
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for the home side, but it finished 5-0. It is brilliant. It is | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
incredible start to the season. We could not have asked for anything | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
different. The crowd were incredible and I think everybody | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
played very well. It was a 20- minute spell when they could cut | :07:05. | :07:15. | |
and dollars. Five goals, it got the job done. You'll find that when | :07:15. | :07:20. | |
clubs come here and play the ball in the air, you will fuel -- when | :07:20. | :07:23. | |
you go to the ground, you will see the reason that they play the ball | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
in the air. There were a lot of risks and potential gambles, that | :07:27. | :07:34. | |
seemed to be paid off? When you see something like this, it is | :07:34. | :07:41. | |
absolutely worth it. There are lots of hours and there will be lots of | :07:41. | :07:46. | |
different to come. But when you see the crowd turn up and they enjoy it, | :07:46. | :07:54. | |
that is what it is all about. job done, Guernsey top of the table, | :07:54. | :07:57. | |
for now. Time to celebrate, but the long haul of the league has truly | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
begun as the lions head to Hampshire on Tuesday to play | :08:00. | :08:08. | |
Hartley Wintney. And we will keep you updated with | :08:08. | :08:18. | |
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that there process -- progress. The next couple of days are looking | :08:19. | :08:29. | |
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in try and find. -- dry and fine. By lunchtime on Wednesday, the high | :08:32. | :08:39. | |
pressure is still with us, but the low pressure at the North begins to | :08:39. | :08:43. | |
bring in some changeable weather. We'll see some of breezier | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
conditions. Overnight tonight, one or two showers are possible, with | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
some clear spells between the showers. Temperatures around 14 | :08:53. | :09:02. | |
Celsius. Tomorrow, as we start the day, showers will clearly to leave | :09:02. | :09:12. | |
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a day of lengthy spells of sunshine. But will turn a little warmer | :09:50. | :09:54. |