06/12/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


06/12/2011

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Good evening. Tonight's headlines: Illegal and unfair, our

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Government's argument against a UK rolling threatening thousands of

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local jobs. A danger on the road-it should

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older drivers be forced to retake their test?

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And we followed charity soup makers from the kitchen to the paper cup.

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If helping make Christmas Mary for -- cheerful for others.

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The Channel Islands fightback starts here. That is the message

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from Jersey and Guernsey's governments who are determined to

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appeal the decision by the UK Government to scrap tax relief on

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products shoulder from the Channel Islands. -- sold.

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In a moment, we will speak to Jersey's economic Development

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Minister about the island's plan of attack.

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Fulfilment is big business in the Channel Islands including 1700

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people. That is where our governments are worried.

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Politicians businesses and lawyers are considering if a legal

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challenge can be mounted. It is based on the claim that the Channel

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Islands are being discriminated against because other non EU

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importers into the UK such as Switzerland, Hong Kong and the USA

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still would have to pay VAT. Local companies say they are being

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unfairly disadvantaged in the UK market. That is the legal argument

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and if all else fails, we will have to encourage companies to adapt.

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They have been investigating whether Jersey Post can reduce

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costs so online companies can stay competitive on price. They are

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pointing up a business has to look at new are underdeveloped markets

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in France and other European countries. If fulfillment

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businesses close, local workers will be taken on hopefully in other

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areas like hospitality. But there is no guarantees.

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If the minister in charge of Jersey's side of the challenge is

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Senator Alan Maclean and he is here now. How worried argue about the

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prospect of up to 1000 new claimants of income support? This

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is very much a human story and there are large number of people

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that are going to be effected, potentially by this move. If this

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is similar to the EU making a decision to make three-quarters of

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a million people in the UK potentially out of work and

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unemployed, it is a serious issue. We are not there yet. Will there be

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a legal challenge of some sort? have sought advice and the draft

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legislation has only just gone out today. That will be reviewed as

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well by Alan legal team and we will consider the results of that next

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week. -- Al Gore legal team. We will decide what action is taken

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after that. This idea that the Channel Islands is being

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discriminated against, are there precedence out there that will show

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we can prove anything or is there evidence that we can Gabba? How

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likely are you to succeed? -- gather. There is evidence that it

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will be difficult for the UK to prove market distortion which is

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what the primary plank of their case seems to be. There is products

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being imported into the UK from all over the world and the suggestion

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that Jersey or Guernsey or the Channel Islands are the only

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problem, is not true. What is your message to any viewers who might be

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worried about their jobs? We are going to continue to work hard and

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do what we can to protect jobs and businesses. There are avenues open

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to us and once we have got the details, we will make a decision

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and the council ministers will meet next week and we will take whatever

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action to protect the businesses and jobs. I am sure we will speak

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to you next week. For more on this story, tune into

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BBC Radio Jersey and Guernsey from 9am on Thursday morning. We have a

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phone in special. We will be taking a questions on the VAT issue. Roger

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Palmer will be getting -- -- a Roger Bara will be getting involved.

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Now, should test as -- elderly people be retested before they

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drive on the roads? One out of nearly half a dozen

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crashes in recent weeks. This one involved an older driver who drove

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across the road and into a shop on the seafront. Luckily no one was

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seriously hurt but Guernsey Police are worried about the recent trends

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they have been seeing. If we have seen four in the last month. Do we

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need to enhance what we do in assessing the more elderly driver?

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I am meeting with the environment at the end of the week. Should we

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introduce some basic driver checks to make sure they still have the

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ability to have the general awareness and the road sense to be

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driving? Jersey police may have identified a programme which they

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are keen to sort out but is re- testing Allesley drivers the best

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way to do it? -- elderly drivers. This driver instructor, who from

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years of experience, says it is not just age that can make a bad drive

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and it would be unfair to discriminate in this way. Most

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elderly drivers are safe. They go too slowly for most people's

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likings. I don't think you can just look at elderly drivers in

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isolation. There is a lot of bad driving on this island. The police

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may plan to meet with environment to discuss the issue but with the

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Department already saying it has no plans to change the rules, it will

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be up to officers to convince them they would be best to stop

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accidents like this happening. One of Guernsey's busiest roads was

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gridlocked today after a five car smash. It took place this afternoon

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gave a coastal road between St Peter Port and St Sampsons.

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A man who involved his 11 year-old son in importing up to �30,000 of

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cannabis into Guernsey has been jailed for three years and nine

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months. The 46 year-old from Southampton admitted the offence.

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He and his son arrived on the island in the July. They found he

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was carrying a package containing three bars of cannabis resin and

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another package was found in his son's clothes.

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Around 200 parking spaces at North Beach will go to replace harbour

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cranes. They want to use the eastern end to complete the project.

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They hope to make up some of that loss by using special permit places

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around the port. Winter has finally arrived in our

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islands. What better way to warm-up than with a nice bowl of soup.

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Dozens of islanders have been doing that today and the annual charity

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soup sales have been getting underway. Rustling up a lunch takes

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time, inspiration and hard work. Super preparations started early

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here at Jersey College for Girls. Pupils were busy cooking a variety

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of winter warmers yesterday. There is lamb stock, carrot, celery,

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Swede and vegetables. It counts as part of an hour course and it is

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nice to help people by doing something we enjoy. It is rewarding.

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It will be a good feeling to see everyone. It is a good experience.

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This morning, their creations seemed to go down well with punters

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here in the Royal Square. It seems to be going well. They like the

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Scotch broth. It is half empty. It has been non-stop. Of course the

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girls were not the only ones selling soup. There were dozens of

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stalls and punters and it was all for charity. People don't realise

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how much is involved. Without all those people, it wouldn't happen.

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Everything is donated or sponsored so every penny that goes in the job

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goes where it is needed. These scenes were taking place in

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Guernsey where a soup kitchen took place for charity. Certainly

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judging from the smiles of satisfaction, today has been a

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super event! You might be needing some soup

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tomorrow because the cold weather is going to stay. Now a look at the

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It is not going to be as cold as last night but we will see some

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shower started around. Tomorrow, it is more of the same. We have

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brighter skies and more chance to see some sunshine. We have a couple

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of weather systems coming in from the north-west. The cold front will

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move in tomorrow morning. After lunch tomorrow, we should see some

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sunny spells. There is more wet weather coming in as we move

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towards the end of the day tomorrow and overnight into Thursday, we

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become windy and milder. This evening and overnight tonight, we

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have these weather systems keeping it cloudy and damp at times. It is

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quite breezy and milder than it has been. Tomorrow, we have those

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showers in the morning but they will fade away in the afternoon. It

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should brighten up and we will see some warm spells. There is still a

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brisk wind that would be bring -- with as all day. There is a risk of

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