13/01/2012 BBC Channel Islands News


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Good evening and welcome to the BBC in the Channel Islands. Here are

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today's top stories: Failing our children - that is the damning

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conclusion of an independent report into Guernsey's education system.

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Plus, a true friend and always there to help others - tributes to

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a 20-year-old man killed in a motorbike crash.

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And shipping waste to Jersey and kerbside recycling, Guernsey's new

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plans could double the bills for Guernsey's education system has

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failed. But as the stinging conclusion of an independent review

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released today. The report was compiled by Denis Mulkerrin, a

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Guernsey man and former head teacher who was an adviser to the

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Secretary of State. It followed disappointing GCSE results at the

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island's states run high schools. Pupils in England are now

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outperforming Guernsey's students at GCSE level. Earlier, I asked our

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reporter, Michael Caines, what were the main findings of the report. --

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Mike Wilkins. This report is damning of Guernsey's state run

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education system. Wet cost �70 million a year to educate the --

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when it cost �70 million a year to educate the children, the author

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says it is unacceptable. A lot of this has happened under your watch.

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Are you taking accountability for what has happened below? We should

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all take responsibility for the situation, the States as a whole,

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not just the policy council or education or indeed housing if

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there are housing issues pertaining to the retention of teachers. We

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have to look at this Corporal Lee. We have to give all the assistance

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to education. The report says Guernsey is insufficiently rigorous

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at inspecting schools and there is a policy of tell people nothing

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when it comes to sharing school reports with parents. It is being

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recommended that Guernsey follows England in the way it has a schools

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and gives more power to teachers to recruit and spend money. There is

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also a proposal to scrap the island's selective schools system

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and replace it with a comprehensive style system.

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Does the report say who is to blame?

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The report has found a culture of blame where the education

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department blame the teachers who in turn, blamed the department. The

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department is described as a major weakness with the director, Derek

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Neale, rarely visiting schools. He has been moved to another

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department which has led to many questioning the timing of that a

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poor month. The political members of the education board are also

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criticised. They have not had a meeting with the island's head

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teachers for four years until October. All this put more pressure

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on the education minister who has already offered her resignation

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once and she is facing re-election along with other members in a few

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weeks' time. What happens next?

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Time is not really a luxury in this case. For example, there are

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children failing now and not just at secondary school. I have

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calculated that a third of all 11 year-olds at high schools have a

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reading age of between 6 and 10 so that suggests the entire system is

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failing the great. The education department has until June to

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consider the recommendations and report back. There are some who

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feel that it could be a lot sooner than expected.

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Next tonight, and a 20-year-old man has been killed in a motorbike

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crash in Jersey. Chris four died after motorbike he was travelling

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on crashed -- Christopher Le Rossignol died. A woman passenger

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was also injured and remains in hospital this evening.

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A genuine, happy man, who was always there to help others. A true

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friend who will be sorely missed. The words of Christopher Le

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Rossignol's friends and family today as they try to come to terms

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with the death of a man who was just 20 years old. This morning,

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flowers at the spot where Chris died. All around it, signs of a

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police investigation. Today, his friends paid tribute to a young man

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who was much loved. When you heard of the accident and his death, what

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went through your mind? That it has got to the rumours. He is too young.

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That it cannot be true. This is where the accident happened last

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night on Jersey's north-east coast at St Katharine's breakwater. All

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round his police chalk which marks where the accident happened. Police

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and other emergency services were called last night but at this stage

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they do not believe any other vehicle was involved but they are

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appealing for witnesses. There will be a thorough examination of the

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scene, the circumstances leading up to the tragic event and the motor

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cycle itself. What will your everlasting memory of him be?

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had something about him which a lot of people do not. Four this is

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normally a quiet, pretty part of Jersey's East Coast. But Serenity

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has been shattered and for one family, this beauty spot has turned

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into a site of grief and heartbreak. -- that Serenity has been shattered.

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Jersey's new Chief Minister has attended his first major

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international summit. Senator Ian Gorst and his assistant minister,

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Philip Bailhache, are in Dublin for a meeting of the British and Irish

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Council. They joined other leaders including British Deputy Prime

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Minister Nick Clegg, to discuss ways of tackling youth unemployment

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and drug issues. The then managing director of

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Guernsey gas is calling for pipeline to the island. Guernsey

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currently imports liquid petroleum gas. Paul Garlick says it would

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help cut gas tariffs and energy costs. It is due to be debated at

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the end of the month. Shipping waste to Jersey is back on

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the agenda in Guernsey, following the release of a long awaited plan

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for dealing with the island's rubbish. The proposals could see

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extensive kerbside recycling across the island. It would mean the

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average household paint double what they pay now for waste disposal. --

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paying double. It is a tip that is filling up fast.

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With more rubbish coming here every day, it cannot go on for ever. Now

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the latest plans are out for the future. A key part of the strategy

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is to reduce the amount of waste ending up here at Mont Cuet. The

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aim is for Guernsey to be recycling 70 % of its waste eventually. There

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are quite a few ideas of how to get there. Kerbside recycling would be

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introduced including for food waste. But that would mean fewer of these

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bring banks. The left over rubbish would be shipped over to Jersey or

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they would purchase a share of the island's incinerator. The there are

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cost implications. Jersey have indicated they make take our waste

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so there is a deal to be done and negotiations to be made. But moving

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away from land fill his at a cost. It was the cheapest option

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considered. It does mean islanders will have to foot the bill.

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figures show the average household would be paying an average of �180

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a year. It is currently �100 but it is compared against low costs for

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landfill. We all know that landfill as the most dreadful thing and to

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move away from that there will be a cost increase. There may be

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ambitious targets and it could take several years to introduce but

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ultimately, it will come down to whether the stakes have the bottle

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to go for a plan which relies so much on the public doing their bit.

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There is a big weekend of sport ahead with crucial matches for our

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footballers and rugby players which could dictate the rest of the

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season. Guernsey FC are away. The Green Lions are at the top of the

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table and are determined to stay there. Guernsey rugby team are at

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home to Sidcup tomorrow afternoon. They are looking to close a six-

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point gap on first placed judges to. And Jersey rugby club could go top

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of League One if they beat Rosslyn Park at home. Coach Ben Harvey says

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it will be a close-run match. Rosslyn Park are strong side. They

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have a dozen players with Premiership experience behind them,

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having started in the Premiership so they will be a good individual

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side. They have got better and better as the season has gone on.

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It will be a titanic battle, I'm sure. I know a lot of players and

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coaching staff. I'm sure it will be a humdinger of a game. So you can

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listen to highlight this on BBC Radio Jersey from 2pm tomorrow.

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Hello. We have a cold weekend across the Channel Islands. More of

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a breeze developing means a high wind chill. Having said that, there

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should be a lot of sunshine to enjoy as well. There is an area of

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high pressure subtly moving away from us overnight and into tomorrow.

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A weather front from the West tries to come into the far west of France.

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It will throw ahead of them some cloud which will make the sunshine

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hazy on Sunday. We stayed dry. Overnight tonight we will find the

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temperatures down to three or four degrees. That is a cold night for

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the Channel Islands so a risk of frost. Tomorrow morning a fine

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start to the day. Some high-level cloud now and then spoiling the

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sunshine. A dry day and a fine and cold one. The breeze will be

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There will be just enough for a surf. Tomorrow night and into

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Sunday morning, another cold one. On Sunday, more cloud coming our

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