:00:14. > :00:20.Good evening. The Channel Islands headlines this Monday evening...
:00:21. > :00:23.Discipline...or violence? Should smacking children be banned?
:00:23. > :00:25."Learn from my mistakes" - the message from a reformed drink
:00:26. > :00:32.driver this festive season. You cannot blame anyone but
:00:32. > :00:35.yourself for drink-driving. I am a victim of my own idiocy.
:00:35. > :00:45.And from these tanks to the truffles of the sea - efforts to
:00:45. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:04.boost the Channel Islands' iconic, native shellfish.
:01:04. > :01:06.Should the States be able to ban parents from smacking their own
:01:06. > :01:09.children? It is a question Guernsey's Director of Public
:01:09. > :01:12.Health has raised in his annual health report, which this year
:01:12. > :01:14.focuses on ways of preventing the mistreatment of the island's
:01:14. > :01:17.children. They may be little angels most of
:01:17. > :01:20.the time, but all parents know that is not always the case.
:01:20. > :01:30.But if children do misbehave, is smacking an appropriate way to deal
:01:30. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:38.with it? I do not mean to be cruel, but sometimes they have to be
:01:38. > :01:48.checked. I think he Tapper man and already tapped on the bottom is
:01:48. > :01:50.more of a shop. -- Ashok. And people taking about smacking is
:01:50. > :01:54.exactly what Guernsey's Director of Public Health wants. He has raised
:01:54. > :02:02.the issue in his annual report, which this year focuses on the much
:02:02. > :02:10.broader issue of preventing the mis-treatment of children. Although
:02:10. > :02:14.we do have services for child protection on the island, it is
:02:14. > :02:16.important that it is prevented any systematic way.
:02:16. > :02:18.Various recommendations are made in the report, including better
:02:18. > :02:20.monitoring of the problem and suggesting ways of improving
:02:20. > :02:28.parenting. But Doctor Bridgman also feels now
:02:28. > :02:33.is the right time to talk about whether smacking should be banned.
:02:33. > :02:41.There are places like Sweden where it has been banned and it has led
:02:41. > :02:50.to the direct reduction. I think it requires a debate.
:02:50. > :02:53.At the moment, it is up to parents how they discipline their children.
:02:53. > :02:57.But today's report will spark the debate on whether smacking should
:02:57. > :02:59.be one of the ways of doing it. Jersey Telecom has been given �19
:02:59. > :03:01.million to upgrade the internet connection of every address in the
:03:01. > :03:04.island. The fibre-optic network will allow
:03:04. > :03:08.speeds of up to one gigabit and was given the go-ahead in a ministerial
:03:08. > :03:12.decision by the Treasury Minister. The money will come from States
:03:12. > :03:14.funds over the next three years and it is hoped it will help boost the
:03:14. > :03:18.island's digital economy. �470,000 has been falsely claimed
:03:18. > :03:21.by benefit cheats in Jersey. The Social Security department
:03:21. > :03:26.confirmed tonight the money will be clawed back and necessary action
:03:26. > :03:35.taken. It follows a well publicised campaign, launched in March of this
:03:35. > :03:41.year, to stop benefit fraud in the island. We are delighted, because
:03:41. > :03:51.our target was �400,000 and we have exceeded that. I can assure the
:03:51. > :03:51.
:03:51. > :03:59.public that anyone who does get in touch, we do fall these claims up.
:03:59. > :04:04.A is there a warning to anyone who is falsely claiming question mark
:04:04. > :04:06.my think the message is that we take these matters very seriously
:04:06. > :04:10.and they will follow up and take the necessary action against anyone
:04:10. > :04:12.who is doing so. Guernsey Police says it is catching
:04:12. > :04:15.more older people than younger people drink-driving this year.
:04:15. > :04:17.Across the Channel Islands, anti drink-drive campaigns have been
:04:17. > :04:21.stepped up for the Christmas party season, targeting those motorists
:04:21. > :04:25.who think they can chance it. Mike Wilkins has been to meet one
:04:25. > :04:29.islander who did chance it - and lived to regret it.
:04:29. > :04:33.Giving his car the once over to make sure it is safe to be on the
:04:33. > :04:36.roads. But years ago, Trevor Bazeley was not and was pulled over
:04:36. > :04:38.by the police, convicted of drink driving, fined hundreds of pounds
:04:38. > :04:41.and banned from driving for three years.
:04:41. > :04:51.Trevor lost his job, his car insurance shot up and he had to
:04:51. > :04:52.
:04:52. > :04:59.retake his test years later. I just feel stupid. It was a silly thing
:04:59. > :05:02.to do. It was my own fault. I was not the victim of anything, except
:05:02. > :05:05.my own stupidity. The police have been randomly
:05:05. > :05:08.stopping motorists to blow into one of these breathalysers.
:05:08. > :05:18.There have been 128 people arrested in Alderney and Guernsey so far
:05:18. > :05:23.
:05:23. > :05:28.this year for drink driving. Malky, This compares to 149 for last year
:05:28. > :05:36.and the same number for 2009. And in Guernsey, it seems it is
:05:36. > :05:40.some of the older generations who are intent on breaking the law.
:05:40. > :05:45.do not think we get many youngsters that drink and drive because we
:05:45. > :05:54.have got the message across. It is usually middle-aged to older people
:05:54. > :05:57.normally. I was actually very lucky to get caught. If I had not been,
:05:58. > :06:03.the next thing they do that I might have caused an accident and
:06:03. > :06:05.seriously injured or killed either myself or someone else.
:06:05. > :06:09.Engineers say it will take two years to repair damage to
:06:09. > :06:12.Alderney's breakwater. Last week's north-westerly gale tore off a 50-
:06:12. > :06:16.metre stretch of facing, which was designed to protect the main
:06:16. > :06:25.structure. The damage is in the same area as a major breach ten
:06:25. > :06:30.years ago. We have inspected it over the weekend. Although the
:06:30. > :06:35.damage looks quite bad, the actual structure of the break what it is
:06:35. > :06:43.actually untouched. Unfortunately the weather is deteriorating, but
:06:43. > :06:48.we have secured the main part of the damage and so we're just hoping
:06:48. > :06:53.that the weather allows us to get their perhaps in the New Year to
:06:53. > :06:57.carry out some further repairs. But I am afraid we are totally
:06:57. > :06:59.dependent on the weather. And there is a weather warning in
:06:59. > :07:02.place across the islands tonight and tomorrow morning. Severe gale
:07:02. > :07:05.force winds and high tides could combine to cause some local coastal
:07:05. > :07:08.flooding. David will be here with the details later in the programme.
:07:08. > :07:11.Thousands of baby ormers are ready to be released into the seas around
:07:11. > :07:13.Jersey. It is part of a new captive
:07:13. > :07:17.breeding programme, which aims is to boost stocks of the shellfish,
:07:17. > :07:19.after numbers were depleted by disease.
:07:20. > :07:25.From these small beginnings, a Channel Islands traditional
:07:25. > :07:30.delicacy will grow. These are baby ormers, bred from local stock here
:07:31. > :07:40.at Marcus Taylor's farm. Soon, they will be released into
:07:41. > :07:42.
:07:42. > :07:48.the sea to grow to full size and boost stocks diminished by disease.
:07:48. > :07:53.People here like going out and catching them. Now, they are very
:07:53. > :07:59.restricted in what they can do. Hopefully, by releasing these into
:07:59. > :08:03.the waters, the numbers will grow and that pursue it will become the
:08:03. > :08:06.norm once again. This is what a fully-grown ormer
:08:06. > :08:08.looks like. These are known as "truffles of the sea". In three
:08:08. > :08:11.years, these will be harvested off the coast here.
:08:11. > :08:14.But this is where the ormers start life. There are 250,000 of the tiny
:08:14. > :08:17.creatures in these tanks. Starting in the next few weeks, when weather
:08:17. > :08:20.conditions are right, thousands will be released into the sea
:08:20. > :08:27.annually. It is a joint scheme between Marcus's company here and
:08:27. > :08:34.Jersey Inshore Fishermens Association. Over a period of five
:08:34. > :08:41.or six years, we will see the real benefit from this. I myself would
:08:41. > :08:45.like to think I would be going to try and find a feed myself!
:08:45. > :08:48.The project is not cheap. But those behind it say it is worth it to
:08:48. > :08:51.ensure an increase in stocks of one of the Channel Islands iconic and
:08:51. > :09:01.native shellfish. The Jersey Charity Auction raised a record
:09:01. > :09:02.
:09:02. > :09:07.�43,000 yesterday. This is celebrating the wedding of Kate
:09:07. > :09:10.Middleton and Prince William. The biggest number of lots to date
:09:10. > :09:12.were donated and auctioned on BBC Radio Jersey. The proceeds will to
:09:12. > :09:21.help disadvantaged families and organisers say it was a bigger
:09:21. > :09:27.success than they thought. There is issues need. This is going to
:09:27. > :09:31.affect 15,000 people in Jersey. It may well short people that there
:09:31. > :09:36.are people in that much needed in Jersey, but that does happen to be
:09:36. > :09:39.the case, especially more in the last couple of years, with the
:09:39. > :09:42.economic done town for still The first prize in the Channel
:09:42. > :09:45.Islands Christmas Lottery reached the �750,000 mark on Sunday. That
:09:45. > :09:52.equals last year's first prize, with a few days remaining until the
:09:52. > :09:55.Just before we go to the weather, some of you may have spotted this
:09:55. > :09:58.rainbow over Guernsey today. It looks like the pot of gold is at
:09:58. > :10:01.Longue Hougue. Well, that is the pretty bit of the
:10:01. > :10:11.weather! Now let us get the details of some extremely lively conditions
:10:11. > :10:13.
:10:13. > :10:18.Good evening. We are going to have a couple of days when the wind is
:10:18. > :10:22.going to be gusting very strong. The first batch of this wet and
:10:22. > :10:30.windy weather will arrive this evening and coincide with some high
:10:30. > :10:38.tides. We do have some warnings of the flood alert. This is for the
:10:38. > :10:43.south coast of Jersey. It could cause some localised local flooding.
:10:43. > :10:51.It is going to be windy and also we ate. You can see this weather
:10:51. > :10:58.system pushing in, which will be away by a lunchtime tomorrow, to be
:10:58. > :11:04.preceded by a blustery showers. On Wednesday, the wind is also with us,
:11:04. > :11:09.but will also be accompanied by a showers, which could be heavy at
:11:09. > :11:14.times. This evening, the wind increasing and bringing this batch
:11:14. > :11:23.of wind and with it. Temperatures overnight down to seven degrees.
:11:23. > :11:29.Tomorrow, we will have at showers right through the day. Tomorrow, a
:11:29. > :11:39.top temperature of nine degrees Celsius. The coastal weather has
:11:39. > :11:40.
:11:40. > :11:50.forecast has the wind south- westerly and between 7 and 8. Here
:11:50. > :11:57.
:11:57. > :12:00.are the high water times. And here are the surfing conditions: He is
:12:00. > :12:03.the summary for the rest of the week.
:12:03. > :12:05.And finally, This is Jinsy, the television comedy written by two
:12:05. > :12:08.Guernseymen, has been shortlisted for a major award.
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