07/02/2012 BBC Channel Islands News


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Hello. Good evening. Welcome to the programme. Tonight's top stories:

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Government funding for sport is reinstated, but reduced.

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Plus: The charity celebrating 125 years

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of helping islanders with sight problems.

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Later in the programme, find out how I try and steal the Guinness

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World Record from this man. There's been a U-turn on government

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funding for sports clubs in Jersey. Last week's announcement that

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states money would be cut by 80% caused outcry among the clubs, who

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claimed they'd be unable to compete abroad. So today, Jersey's

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education department agreed to give the sports council a one-off

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payment of �120,000 to cover 2012. But there's no guarantee of any

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future funding. Beckie Williams reports.

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These are some of the people that would have been affected by the cut.

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But today they were told they will still be subsidised to play matches

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off the island. It does help relieve the burden on the parents.

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It is very important. Due think it is time we started thinking about

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where we play a our matches? It is very important that children from

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Jersey get off the island to play and experience different conditions.

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You learn a lot more about people when you take them away.

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Last year, the Sports Council were given �176,000. That was due to be

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cut to �38,000. But now that's been changed to a one-off payment of

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just �122,000. The Sports Council will decide how best to divide the

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money between each club. It will go towards helping people to travel.

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We would have liked more, but we understand the situation to which

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the departments are in. We could not maintain the 176,000 that we

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had. We will do the best we can with what we have got. I am sure

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most people will be very great views. -- great fault.

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But the one-off payment means cuts will inevitably be made elsewhere.

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I will have to be very careful with what I do. I am committed to

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finding this money. I will do it. So today's announcement is good

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news in the short term for Jersey sportsmen and women, but the

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minister will be looking elsewhere in his departments to make cuts.

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A woman who's been missing for nearly two months in Jersey has

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been found. The police found Margarida Nascimento de Ascensao in

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an abandoned property near her St Saviour's Road home. She's being

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treated in hospital, where her condition is not thought to be life

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threatening. Police have been concerned for her welfare.

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Talks to secure future bus services in Guernsey are still on track,

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according to the Environment Department. The current contract

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with Island Coachways runs out at the end of next month. London-based

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company HCT look set to take over. Environment says it has taken

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longer than expected, but it's certain a final agreement will be

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reached soon. �300,000 is being spent restoring

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an 18th Century farm in Jersey. Les Cotils farm in St Helier was

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bequeathed to the National Trust for Jersey, and is one of 20

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properties it looks after. The Trust says the farm is an important

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part of the island's heritage which should be preserved.

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It is important. It is a typical example of a Jersey farmhouse. It

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is not very grand, but it is middle of the road and it is in this

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beautiful setting. We are very fortunate that we own a lot of the

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land around the farm so we can not only protect the buildings, we can

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protect the setting of the farm and its history.

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Jersey's Blind Society will be celebrating its 125th birthday

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tomorrow. It's Jersey's oldest charity. Throughout that time,

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they've been helping islanders of all ages cope with visual

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impairments. Many older people rely on their services, but young people

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are affected, too. When Emilie Ormsbey's vision started failing

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badly six months ago, the society was there to help her carry on with

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normal life. Rachel Royce reports. Emilie Ormsbey needs more help than

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most when it comes to choosing the dress for her wedding day. Since

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the age of 10, she's suffered from poor vision. Then suddenly, six

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months ago, her sight got much worse. All she sees now is blurry

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shapes. She must rely on others to tell her what looks good. At first,

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she became very depressed by the loss of her sight, but then decided

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to do something positive. When I left school at 18 and found there

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was not anything around for support for people that I was aware rather

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with a vision impairment. Last year, I was very depressed and very upset

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about being vision impaired. I decided to do something about it. I

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contacted the Blind Society and after speaking to them, I said that

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I would quite like to set up a support group for people call art

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my age, younger, older, who are not elderly with a vision impairment.

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Sarah Shaw is a community worker with the society. She helps the

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visually impaired with whatever they might need. From getting the

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right benefits to finding a talking watch. She helped Emily get her

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self-help group off the ground. They will get emotional support by

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being able to talk to each other, social opportunities are a rising,

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and also, as we have said, pressure group. They can decide how things

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can be done it better in the community to support those people

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with visual impairment. You look gorgeous.

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The group was set up just before Christmas and is already

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campaigning for a blind register in Jersey to make it easier for the

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visually impaired to access services. For Emily, the group has

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been a real tonic. But her wedding is now what she is focusing on. The

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day when her husband can let her know how fabulous she looks in her

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dress. You're watching the BBC in the

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Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight with Justin and Victoria:

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The team get in training with a month to go until the Sport Relief

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Alderney Library plans to create its own version of the missing

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final segment of the Bayeux Tapestry. The famous tapestry tells

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the story of the conquest of Britain by William the Conqueror

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and is about 20-inches high and 230-foot long. The final segment,

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believed to be around 10-foot long, is thought to have frayed away.

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Library staff want volunteers to help recreate it. They plan to

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include the coronation of William. What we are doing is creating the

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missing end to the Bayeux Tapestry. That end has never existed in

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recorded history. We are trying to create something that it might have

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been. We are throwing in a couple of a subtle references to the

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Channel Islands. This was the beginning of the Channel Islands

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connection to Britain. And if you're in Alderney and at a

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loose end, so to speak, you're invited to pop into the library to

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take part. Now, you may have heard of the

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expression, a dicky ticker, referring to a weak heart. Well,

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here's a story of a man from Guernsey with a very slow ticker.

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But don't worry, he's in fine health and has a Guinness World

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Record to prove it. Mike Wilkins went to meet him.

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Like many of us, Martin Brady has a job which is challenging and at

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times, stressful. But Martin's body has a knack of coping well. At just

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27 beats per minute, Martin has the slowest resting heartbeat in the

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world. He's held the accolade for six years, so I decided to see if

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he's still got a slow ticker and took him back to the place where he

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set the record, the Guernsey Chest and Heart Unit. Stay nice and

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relaxed and still. And after just 10 seconds, we

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discovered that his heart rate had increased over the last few years.

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With all this excitement, it has gone up to 44. It is still quite

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low. It is usually around 60. Some people are a little bit higher if

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they are nervous. Not that we are terrifying. We are quite nice.

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say it is a sign of good health, as long as you have got everything

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checked out. It could be a sign of a problem, but I got checked out

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and they said I was fine. I think it is a living on an Kinsley with

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nice people, a nice Ireland. It works for me.

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I'm always up for a challenge and decided to take on Martin, but had

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an unpleasant surprise - high blood pressure. You will get booked in to

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get it checked. He will be a little bit more relaxed and lying down.

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People do not know. You are saying that my pulse is good, but my blood

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pressure is too high. We'll look after Mike, don't worry.

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And if anyone wants to know their pulse and blood pressure, then you

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can visit the Guernsey Chest and can visit the Guernsey Chest and

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Heart Unit for free. Let's get the weather forecast now.

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Here's David. Good evening. The coal story continues. Little change

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in that pattern for the rest of the week. However, there is a bit more

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moisture around later tonight and tomorrow morning. The track of the

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air coming along the English Channel and just clipping Jersey

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with a few wintry showers over the last 12 hours a show -- the next 12

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hours or so. There is more moisture around overnight. That weather

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front will get a little bit closer on Wednesday but that is as far as

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it will get. Looking at it in detail, quite a bit of clear sky

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initially, but it will cloud over. By the end of the night, a few

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flurries of snow possible, most likely across these areas.

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Temperatures down to between one and minus one degrees Celsius. The

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lowest in central parts of Jersey. Tomorrow, the risk of those showers

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retreat westwards and we are into a fine day. Quite a lot of cloud for

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most of the day. Quite a cold day. A brisk north-easterly breeze will

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make it feel even colder. Looking at the Marine for cars, north

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easterly force four or five. A few showers in the north, but mainly

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good visibility. These are the times of high water. For most of

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our surfing beaches, there is not a lot of surface. But maybe one or a

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two feet. The out look for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Thursday,

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bright and dry. Rather more cloud on Friday and staying dry on

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