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Good evening. Welcome to BBC Channel Islands. Coming up: an | :00:09. | :00:16. | |
island in fear as crime rates drop. Why is Guernsey more fearful? | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
Lucky for some, meat to the 13 candidates lining up to represent | :00:20. | :00:30. | |
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And why they have pulled the plug Islanders in Guernsey say they are | :00:41. | :00:44. | |
living in far greater fear of crime at now than they were three years | :00:44. | :00:49. | |
ago. That is according to new figures from the Home Department. | :00:49. | :00:55. | |
However the actual crime rate has fallen. Why don't people feel safe? | :00:55. | :01:00. | |
Last year, this quiet residential lane in Guernsey became a crime | :01:00. | :01:04. | |
scene. Sex attacks here and elsewhere in St Peter Port saw a | :01:04. | :01:08. | |
man sentenced to life behind bars and women warned not to walk home | :01:08. | :01:15. | |
at night alone. There were more than 2500 offences reported to | :01:15. | :01:21. | |
police during 2010, the lowest in 10 years. But a survey about | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
people's perception of crime tells a different story. Guernsey Police | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
asked the public last year whether they felt safer around the island | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
and there was a significant rise compared to three years before in | :01:32. | :01:37. | |
the number that said they did not. The question we need to ask is why? | :01:37. | :01:43. | |
Firstly, the questions were more detailed in the 2010 survey and | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
this would have influenced results. Also, at the time of the survey, | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
there was a serious investigation into rates in St Peter Port which | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
may have influenced people. majority of crimes dealt with but - | :01:56. | :02:01. | |
- by the police are more minor like vandalism and traffic offences. Do | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
the police need to do more to convince the public that the island | :02:05. | :02:11. | |
is safe. I would like a bigger police presence. Maybe there could | :02:12. | :02:18. | |
be the odd officer walking around. If they continue doing it, they | :02:18. | :02:25. | |
will probably could -- probably achieve their goals. Guernsey's | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
Home Department says it is concerned and will be looking at | :02:27. | :02:34. | |
the issue. It is aware that a fall in crime rate will mean more if the | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
public notice the difference. A man was assaulted in St Helier as | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
he was walking his dog yesterday morning. Police are investigating | :02:42. | :02:48. | |
the incident in which the victim was hit with a torch at around 6am. | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
It happened in the alleyway between Parade and Saville Street outside | :02:52. | :02:57. | |
the Social Services Department. The suspect is described at around 6 ft | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
tall, broadly built and between 45 and 50 years old. Officers are | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
asking anyone with information to come forward. | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
Organisers of Jersey Live so they are preparing a response to police | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
concerns about the number of under- aged drinkers at the Festival. Be | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
forces reporting its concerns to the Licensing Assembly and the | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
Solicitor General. A large number of teenagers needed medical help | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
for excessive drinking this year. They want the organisers to stop | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
them getting into the event. Jersey Live bosses say they are aware of | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
the police's concerns and will be responding. | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
One of Jersey's biggest political races is under way. Most of the | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
state's seats are up for election next month including half of the | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
senatorial positions. In a nomination meeting last night, 13 | :03:42. | :03:48. | |
islanders have put themselves forward for the four senatorial | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
seats since they were reduced from 12 to eight, that is the number | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
available. These are the people wanting your | :03:55. | :04:01. | |
vote. Some will be familiar, others will not. The list includes three | :04:01. | :04:07. | |
women, Advocate Rose Colley, Sylvia Lagadu and Linda Corby. Three | :04:07. | :04:17. | |
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sitting Stakes members have declared, and the island -- and The | :04:18. | :04:20. | |
island's former Bailiff Sir Philip Bailhache and the former Health and | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
Social Security Minister Stuart Syvret. Other candidates include | :04:25. | :04:27. | |
Lyndon Farnham, Darius Pearce, Christopher Whitworth, David | :04:27. | :04:36. | |
Richardson and Mark Forskett. With just over a month to go until | :04:36. | :04:42. | |
election day, the day -- the race is now want to get the backing of | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
the eight more than 60,000 people registered to vote. After all of | :04:46. | :04:55. | |
the political hoopla, 13 people came forward wanting to be one of | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
Jersey's new senators when the island goes to the polls on 19th | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
October. We will find out Bembridge one of them will have a lucky day. | :05:03. | :05:10. | |
Tonight, the deputies and constables will get their turn. | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
Join us for our late news after the News at Ten when we will hear more | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
about the deputies and constables and who has been nominated. | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
You are watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later on Spotlight, | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
on a wing and a prayer, the rescue of hundreds of birds blown off | :05:29. | :05:35. | |
course by strong winds. In sport, athletes from the Channel | :05:35. | :05:39. | |
Islands are gearing up for the Youth Commonwealth Games on the | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
Isle of Man. This was the scene at Jersey Airport this lunchtime as | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
Team Jersey checked in for their flight. Seven athletes will be | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
going to the event which starts on Friday. There will be a total of | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
1000 competitors aged 18 and under from 69 Commonwealth nations. | :05:56. | :06:00. | |
Jersey's team will consist of four soldiers and three athletes. What | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
are their chances? This is the 4th of the Youth Games, they have grown | :06:04. | :06:10. | |
in popularity. Countries are now sending their top athletes to | :06:10. | :06:16. | |
participate. The standard has increased tremendously. I think it | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
would be quite unrealistic for them to come back with medals. But you | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
never know what might happen on the date. This is my first Commonwealth | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
Games. I have been to the Island Games before but this is the | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
biggest. How do you think you will do? I am quite confident. My coach | :06:31. | :06:37. | |
has been saying that some of the Israeli and guys are pretty fast | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
but I think I stand a good chance - - some of the Australian guys. | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
Do you think about where it the water in your bath of kettled comes | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
from? Jersey's future water supply should be secured by work going on | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
at the Val de la Mare reservoir. It has been drained so teams can | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
reinforce the structure. Our reporter went for a look around. It | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
is 50 years old and a familiar sight on Jersey's West Coast. Now | :07:06. | :07:15. | |
the Val de la Mare reservoir dam is I was taken to get a look at the | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
work and this is what I found. The reservoir here has been totally | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
drained. This is not your normal sight. Normally there is over 900 | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
million litres of water filling the reservoir behind me. It has been | :07:28. | :07:33. | |
emptied. This water we drink with and using our homes. It has been | :07:33. | :07:38. | |
emptied in a bid to serve us in the future. This work is quite large | :07:38. | :07:44. | |
and is going to cost about �1.6 million. Howard Snowden is from | :07:44. | :07:48. | |
Jersey water and he says the work is essential. Why do we need to do | :07:48. | :07:56. | |
this? It brings the dam up to modern standards. Concrete dams | :07:56. | :08:02. | |
have suffered a with some concrete issues. The membrane improves the | :08:02. | :08:10. | |
quality and performance of the dam for the future. All around us, | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
white men including specialist from the Czech Republic and Italy are | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
working on the site. These workers are Power washing the side of the | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
dam before the new membrane or protective sheeting if you like can | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
be put on. How did you drain the reservoir, it is not a case of | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
pulling the plug? Most was pumped into treatment and supply. During | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
the summer months, we have used and drunk most of the water while | :08:35. | :08:41. | |
keeping the other reservoir as full as possible. The last 100 million | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
litres has been wasted to see. not worry, this is not a lost boat. | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
This will help clear the silt. Work should be finished by November | :08:51. | :08:57. | |
before it is once again brimming with water. | :08:57. | :09:01. | |
After a Cubbon of false starts, the Red Arrows have arrived in Jersey | :09:01. | :09:06. | |
ahead of the exposed road -- after a couple of false starts. This year, | :09:06. | :09:12. | |
they want island as to where the colour red as a mark of respect to | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging who died last month during a display. | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
The battle of Britain Memorial Flight will not be taking part, | :09:20. | :09:26. | |
organisers say that weather conditions are unsuitable to risk | :09:26. | :09:29. | |
flying historic aircraft over from the UK. We will have full coverage | :09:29. | :09:36. | |
on the BBC from 11am on BBC Guernsey, from 1:00pm on BBC Radio | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
Jersey and there will be plenty of photos going up on our website. We | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
will have all of the TV highlights at 6:30pm tomorrow. I will get my | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
red jacket ready. What is the weather looking like for tomorrow? | :09:51. | :10:01. | |
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After reasonable weather, tomorrow it goes downhill. The cloud will | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
give outbreaks of rain which will be with us later on tonight and for | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
much of the day tomorrow. It will be grey, misty and quite that at | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
times. At the moment, we have a ridge of high pressure, it may not | :10:15. | :10:23. | |
seem like it. That is quickly going to be replaced by other weather | :10:23. | :10:28. | |
fronts straddling the English Channel by midday tomorrow. By | :10:28. | :10:33. | |
Friday, we draw in warm air from the south and one that starts to | :10:33. | :10:36. | |
happen we will see some sunshine and also higher temperatures | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
through Friday and into the start of the weekend. Overnight, some | :10:40. | :10:46. | |
showers, if not longer spells of rain, appearing. Brisk South West | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
winds. Tomorrow is quite a damp day, a lot of cloud for much of the day. | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
In the evening, it turns quite misty with a lot of low cloud | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
beginning to appear and even the risk of some coastal fog by | :10:59. | :11:05. | |
midnight tomorrow night. Temperatures up to 18 or 19 degrees | :11:05. | :11:11. | |
with South westerly winds. They will be fresh, occasionally strong. | :11:11. | :11:21. | |
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Drizzle at times with moderate Quite big waves for most of our | :11:25. | :11:31. | |
beaches and rather choppy. The forecast for Friday certainly | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
brighter and dry. The morning may start off very misty and murky with | :11:37. | :11:42. | |
a lot of low cloud. The sun will work on that and temperatures up to | :11:42. | :11:47. | |
22 degrees of a Saturday, more persistent rain returning. Becoming | :11:47. | :11:56. | |
wet and windy again on Sunday. Stay tuned to BBC Radio Jersey and | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
radio Guernsey for Updates on the weather and how it is going to | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
affect our Air Displays. A Guernsey student has premiered | :12:05. | :12:13. | |
his latest movie, a thriller filled in a hospital. He hopes to get up | :12:13. | :12:17. | |
the film shown at the British Independent Film Festival and is | :12:17. | :12:20. | |
the culmination of months of work. He said there were plenty of | :12:20. | :12:27. | |
challenges along the way. hardest bit was the wettest and at | :12:27. | :12:32. |