20/01/2012 BBC Channel Islands News


20/01/2012

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Hello, Good evening. Welcome to bbc Channel Islands. Overcrowded and

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cramped, I Jersey's housing rules forcing people into dangerous

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living conditions? His red tape stifling small business as Sunday

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trading is not taking off. And Hollywood is coming to Guernsey. A

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major film showcasing the island, 4,000 people are living in homes

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classed as overcrowded. Most of them in non-qualified accommodation.

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That's the finding of the 2011 census. It's surprised the islands

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housing minister but he says there won't be a quick fix. Edward Sault

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reports. Cramped, over-crowded and a danger to health, One in six

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unqualified households are classified as overcrowded according

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to the Census figures. That's shocked the housing minister.

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something I think will help pass to look at issues. We promised to look

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at population. And housing and the community so this is really useful

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information but it is not a quick fix. I do not want people to think

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I'll fix it Maurer. I cannot. Antonio Collina works with

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Portuguese immigrants in the island. She says this is nothing new.

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government tried not very hard but they should have a better look how

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is, how people live. We wanted to talk to people who live in

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overcrowded accommodation but she says islanders are too scared to

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speak out. About two or three years ago was the same sort of interview.

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They went to people's houses, they asked permission and there was a

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photograph in the paper, the paper was out at 3 o'clock and by 5

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o'clock the owner of the flat was told to leave the following day.

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The figures reveal a quarter of all homes have at least two bedrooms

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more than needed and 7% of homes were unoccupied. Housing say they

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will look at the situation but this census brings in sharp focus the

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gap between Jersey's haves and the A 24-year-old woman has been

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sentenced to five and a half years in prison for trying to bring

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heroin into Guernsey. Carianne McHale was caught smuggling 28

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grams of heroin with a value of around sixteen thousand pounds. The

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judge commented that under current guidelines she could have been

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sentenced for up to ten years, and that the island is not a soft touch.

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A 20-year-old man who was killed in a motorbike crash in Jersey died

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from chest and abdomen injuries an inquest has heard. Christopher

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James Le Rossignol's motorcycle crashed near St Catherine's

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breakwater in the early hours of last Friday. His body was released

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for cremation. The campaign group 'Surfers Against

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Sewage' says it won't give up fighting for full sewage treatment

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in Guernsey. Campaigners were on the beach at Pembroke this

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afternoon. And this is how they tried to grab people's attention -

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a nine foot high "sewer surfer". It follows the release of a States

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report saying a full treatment plant isn't necessary. And the

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campaign doesn't end here. Next week, before the debate whether to

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have sewage treatment we will be at the ports in the UK challenging

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visitors to Guernsey asking if they are aware 16,000 tonnes of raw

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sewage will be discharged today, tomorrow and the next day and every

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day in the future. Given their information, or would they be happy

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to use the beaches, to go into the sea. It is common in these issues

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when the government puts out something on factual evidence that

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people come forward and say it is different. I think they are wrong

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in the way they're approaching this and a good PR is I'll walk it -- of

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bathing waters are extremely good. There still aren't many more shops

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opening on a Sunday in Jersey - six months after new laws were passed

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to supposedly make it easier. Shopkeepers say they want to take

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advantage of the extra trade - but the licensing process is putting

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some them off. Beckie Williams reports. What else do we need?

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Rayson's owned this off license for the last seven years. On special

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occasions he likes to open on a Sunday to make some extra money.

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But he now says the cost and time of applying for a permit means it's

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not worth the hassle. The licence has gone up, from �15 to �50 and we

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have to get somebody in it to get the shop measured and have plans

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drawn, that will cost a lot of money. For us, it is not worth it.

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Shops must be under 700 square metres to open on a Sunday - so no

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bigger than a football pitch. It means stores like these have to

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stay shut allowing smaller ones to corner the market. But few have

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taken advantage. It seems tough that those businesses who have

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traditionally opened on a Sunday anyway are being asked to employ

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the services of a so there to provide plans to prove they are

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within 700 square metres. In actual fact it is quite easy to see that.

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And those concerns are felt by shopkeepers like Ian. He thinks the

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new rules need to be simplified to encourage more small businesses to

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make the most of an extra day's trading. It is working. It is an

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improvement, we will not see a great increase in a Sunday trading

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but there are improvements around red tape. With retail sales down 5%

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last year, traders can't afford to lose out on potential weekend

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customers. But six months after a new law was supposed to help them

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do so, many say it's harder than ever.

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A major study into levels of radon throughout the Channel islands has

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begun. Home-testing kits have been issued to a random sample of

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households. The naturally emitted radioactive gas is usually found in

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areas that contain granite and can be harmful. Radon is implicated in

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cancer but we have to remember it's been with us than millions of years

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and accumulates in some houses, every house is different. What we

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want is the evidence to tell businesses and households whether

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they need to do tests will not. major movie that'd put Guernsey

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firmly on the Hollywood map starts filming in the island this April.

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The producers of the big screen version of the hit novel "The

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Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" have confirmed they

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plan to shoot some of it in Guernsey. Although how long they

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spend there depends on how much financial help the States is

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willing to offer. Penny Elderfield has this report.

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It may be set in Guernsey, but this book has caught the attention of

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the world. And a book that could soon be turned into a Hollywood

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blockbuster. And having visited Guernsey to see what it offers -

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the producers are determined to shoot some of it here. We will do

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the majority of the picture in London but we wanted to do ideally

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five weeks on Guernsey which would be three weeks and then back to

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London. We want the beautiful flowers and the need may look.

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before the film crews can set up on location the finances need to be

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sorted out. Including what Guernsey States can offer. We have committed

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to shooting on Guernsey. We will be there. How long depends upon how

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much help we can get from Guernsey. But there's a limit to what the

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States can give. And Commerce and Employment says it won't be

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offering direct funding. But it will negotiate to try and bring

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down the costs of things like transport and hotels. Ultimately

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though if it's the scenery of the Island the producers love it'll

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come down to how much they want and need Guernsey. Weighed up against

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how much Guernsey needs the film. And staying with film - you don't

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normally see adverts on the BBC, but in this case, we'll make an

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exception. We would have to find the money from somewhere else or

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cut public services more. In a sense, it is more independent than

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we are. This is a cinema ad, from 1950, promoting Jersey as a holiday

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destination. The 18-minute film called "Jersey - Island of

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Surprise" has only just been made It shows how life beginning to get

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back to normal after the Occupation. From beach games at St Brelade,

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shoppers on King Street to the fabulous views of Gorey. You can

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see more of your favourite places and maybe see if you spot anyone

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you know who was round then as the whole thing is on the BBC Jersey

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We have quite a breezy weekend for the Channel Islands. The wind from

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the West or north-west and some respite as we move into Monday.

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Saturday and Sunday remains quite unsettled. We have a weather front

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passing to the east at the moment. But has introduced low cloud with

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drizzle in the night. Tomorrow, the cold front lies to the north and

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whilst it is there we stay cloudy and the risk of some light rain or

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drizzle. Quite breezy, plenty of isobars. By Sunday, the cold front

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moved into northern France which means we get a clearer day, some

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sunny spells on Sunday afternoon. Tonight, Mystique, grey and in

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places we will seek spots of drizzle. The breeze remains strong.

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Temperatures about eight degrees is a minimum. Tomorrow, a lot of cloud

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for much of the day. Light showers of drizzle into the afternoon.

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Temperatures up to 12 degrees. A noticeable wind, north or north-

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westerly which will be strong. The For the surfing, very messy. Quite

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big waves but because of the breeze most of the beaches will be five or

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six feet. The forecast: Sunday, damp with outbreaks of rain, still

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