24/10/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


24/10/2011

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Hello and welcome to the programme. The headlines: of �40 million

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lifeline. Jerzy's government raised its

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savings it took a state recession. From neglected to protected. But

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just who will place in the animal welfare was?

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And power potential, as energy prices soar, could wind turbines be

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Jerzy's government is planning to inject �40 million into the economy

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next year. It will be spent on capital projects in a bid to boost

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the economy. The Government has already spent millions of pounds on

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projects, including renovating the opera house, be servicing Victoria

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Avenue and the Advance to Work scheme. That did not stop the

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economy declining by 5% last year. Unemployment rose to record highs

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and businesses reported a week climate. I spoke to be tested at --

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the Treasury minister a few moments ago and began by asking him if this

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investment was too little, too late. The fiscal stimulus that we did

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last year was incredibly successful at keeping people in work. We have

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seen a downturn in people's conference. We have seen

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international pressure in the global economy. Because Jersey has

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made responsible decisions, we can react. I am not putting your money

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in, but I am moving existing money and ensuring that it is being spent

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in the economy, at peak -- keeping people in work. I am ready for

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capital projects that would have been carried out later. Not

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breaking any fiscal rules. Tell us about these projects and how you

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can guarantee they will help. have set money aside for the police

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station, which obviously did not happen. We can get on and build a

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new police station. It will be up to �20 million, keeping a large set

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of construction workers in place. Parcel of the planning that was in

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place. I think it is important any downturn to invest in

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infrastructure. Councillors are discussing IT projects which could

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help Butterley the other a new sector to the economy, but puts

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jersey and a fantastic place. you promise any business orders

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watching that we will get the promised high-speed broadband next

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year? It is that infrastructure that businesses are really looking

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for, rather than a short-term construction project which may not

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help in the long term. The stimulus projects which we did last year had

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a war range of initiatives, employee advance and Advance to

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Work schemes. Where we can put Jersey in a competitive position,

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high-speed broadband very well. More on that subject after I have

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discussed it with the council ministers later on this week.

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remember earlier on this year, you said that there was no more money

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coming from the rainy-day fund this year. This has come across like

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they like a panic measure. Why this should not see this prolonged

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recession for Jersey coming? have always said, and I take advice

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from the fiscal policy Powell, that at the economic situation continued

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to be difficult, will be wooed back. What I am not doing is finding any

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new money. I am using existing money and directing it and

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targeting it to help businesses and the economy.

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Moving on, a significant overhaul of Guernsey's animal welfare laws

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could be complete by next year. New laws are being put before the

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States next month to help the authorities crack down on people to

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mistreat animals. This report contains some images that some

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viewers may find distressing. Animals in Guernsey are being

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abused and neglected every day. This is Mocha, who was found

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abandoned on the street with tumours are growing out of his ear.

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He has undergone surgery, and it is still unclear whether he will pull

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through. Although animal welfare legislation came into force in

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Guernsey in 2008, its introduction was delayed while amendments were

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made to reflect changes to UK loss. These included criminalising the

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position of criminal recordings of animal fights, gains on animal

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transport and licensing. Fairly small changes that need to be made.

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When the state of Italy agreed in 2003, times have moved on. With

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these changes, that we are bringing in November, it will mean we can

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finalise the ordinances and hopefully get them completed and

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out there as the beginning of next year. With greater legal powers, it

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should be easy for the authorities and places like EDS PCA to crack

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down on animal cruelty. -- the the GSPCA. Unfortunately, the island's

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legislation have not been able to impress on convictions for cruelty

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after it has happened. The new legislation will mean that we can

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be more proactive on preventing cruelty. That is something we are

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looking for a tooth. As the states approve the new laws, then these

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could is will be much better protected in future. The delay in

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implementing the legislation has meant that those like Mocha have

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been made to suffer and endured miserable lives.

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Jersey fishermen have not ruled that protesting and St Peter Port

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harbour over proposed timing of fishing regulations in Guernsey.

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There is currently three male protection at around Danzig, but

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the islands have negotiated an agreement with the UK to extend it

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to 12. The fishermen say that the Fisheries Management Agreement does

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not recognise their rates and terms of access. They want an amicable

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solution. The fishermen's livelihoods at stake. We're not

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just talking about their rights, but their livelihood. There are

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simply saying, we will do what we have to do. If that means sending a

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fleet across and going across all together on time to Guernsey to the

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harbour there as a show of solidarity then that is what they

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will do. What they would actually like is to just be involved and

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included in talks. A fishing boat had to be rescued in

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force seven lines of the Jersey coast yesterday. The 33 ft boat

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which had one person on board broke down in choppy seas. Ace and

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capstans a lifeboat would it back to its moorings.

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Guernsey's Chief Minister said there could be scope to increase

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the number of states members. It is in response to suggestions that the

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number of deputies can be cut by up to a third. We probably have more

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representatives than we need. If you look at the parliament in the

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UK, they have around 650 representatives for a community of

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50 or 60 million. We have 47 for a community of 62,000. We probably

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are over-represented. Jersey Best has been David Kirch

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has had to borrow money to give his annual Christmas present to the or

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the 70s this year. It is the sixth year that he is given these

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shopping vouchers to pensioners. This year, he said it has been hard

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to make the gesture without support from his bankers. The voters will

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be available from parish halls from the first of December to the 16th.

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Next, it certainly has been blustery, but could gainsay be

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doing more to make the most of the once? Research has begun to look at

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the viability of having a wind farm of the north-west coast, helping to

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generate electricity for the island. It may not look like much, but this

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small piece of technology could bring about big changes in Guernsey.

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It will be recording wind speeds over the coming months. Having

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identified the north-west coast of Guernsey as the best spot for

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turbines, scientists now need to work out if we have enough wind to

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make them work. We have done a feasibility study looking at

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between three and 10 per brings off the west coast. That would power

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just over 10% of Guernsey's electricity. This will give us a

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good opportunity to see whether there is a viable be sauce for wind

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turbines of the Korsten future. is inevitable having power base of

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the coast will have an impact on the view. The research will look at

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whether it is something the public would accept. As well as the impact

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on wildlife and those who use the area, such as fishermen. There is

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no shortage of wind in Guernsey today, so how long will it be

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before we can search using some of its share advantage? It could take

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five or more years to get wind turbines off the coast. The fastest

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case, it could not be up within a couple of years. It is not

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something which will appear overnight. It is too early to say

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whether this will be the future for don't say, but we could soon be a

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little closer to knowing whether it will.

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Some unsettled weather around this week. It is mainly in the form of

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showers. That does mean some dry and sunny weather in between.

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Tonight, BCD low-pressure in charge, and there are some fairly heavy

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showers for a time. Still fairly breezy for tomorrow, and shower has

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been on and on that piece today. Some of these showers can be fairly

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heavy later on. Wednesday will be similar. We'll keep an eye on this

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low-pressure down to the south. We will keep this up -- an eye on the

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heavy rain down to Thursday. There will be some showers and some

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people may miss them overnight, but there will also be some dry and

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clear spells. It will be breezy from the south-east. Senators will

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be be to 11 degrees Celsius as the minimum -- temperatures will be

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down to 11 degrees. The when so will become south-westerly tomorrow

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morning. -- the winds will become south-westerly tomorrow morning.

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There is also some sunshine to be found through the day tomorrow, 15

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Celsius the maximum temperature. Marine forecast, the wines will be

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a 5-7 at worse, and become a 4-5 later on. -- the winds will be a 5-

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7 at worst. The times of high water tomorrow will be 628 and 1846. The

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high tide tomorrow at St Hilaire will be 5:40am and eight minutes

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past six. With the South West wins, it will become choppy in the water.

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For the week ahead, some the showers around for tomorrow. From

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Wednesday it is a similar picture with subtly winds. It feels like it

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could be pretty wet for Thursday, but things settle down by Friday.

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Finally, at this year's Gorey Fete raised the record amount. The

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offender 18th August raised �20,000. All the money will be shared among

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local charities at a presentation at St Maarten's Hall on Friday.

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Organisers say they are delighted. On video and the morning, we speak

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to the wealthy to any business -- wealthy Jersey businessman

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determined to help the airline's pincers until the day he dies. Also

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