:00:07. > :00:10.Hello and welcome to BBC News in the Channel Islands. A mounting
:00:10. > :00:15.issue, but after decades of trying, has Guernsey States finally decided
:00:15. > :00:19.what to do with the Island's rubbish?
:00:19. > :00:24.Also tonight, drug concern. The number of people using these rises
:00:24. > :00:28.to worrying levels. And prison visitor. Find out why a
:00:28. > :00:38.group of actors ended up behind bars.
:00:38. > :00:47.
:00:47. > :00:50.How does this one end, Lieutenant? It's taken decades to get to this
:00:50. > :00:54.stage, but Guernsey States still hasn't reached a decision on what
:00:54. > :01:00.to do with the island's rubbish. And with space at Mont Cuet running
:01:00. > :01:04.out, time isn't on the island's side. Penny Elderfield reports.
:01:04. > :01:08.In ten years, this tip could be full according to figures out today.
:01:08. > :01:13.And the task for Guernsey States this week is to decide what to do
:01:13. > :01:17.about it. We asked the people of Guernsey what their tolerances and
:01:18. > :01:23.what their aspirations were. What they think is important. That has
:01:23. > :01:26.led us to this current proposal which is very high up on it
:01:26. > :01:29.recycling, which is environmentally very beneficial and the export of
:01:29. > :01:33.waste to the jurisdiction. there is concern that's a deal
:01:33. > :01:36.which some way off. And that the 70% target may be too ambitious.
:01:36. > :01:42.And Deputy Tony Spruce is worried a cheaper option is being ruled out
:01:42. > :01:47.on island treatment. It doesn't have to necessarily be a
:01:47. > :01:53.consideration, but that is normally the cheapest method of dealing with
:01:53. > :01:57.waste. I just want them to come up with a proposal which is going to
:01:57. > :02:01.have less impact on the general public. The States rejected his
:02:01. > :02:06.attempt to keep that option open and are yet to agree on the actual
:02:06. > :02:09.strategy. But a move to giving new parents more support was accepted.
:02:09. > :02:13.In future they will get statutory maternity and patenity leave. It
:02:13. > :02:16.could take a while though to introduce. It won't be for at least
:02:16. > :02:21.two years because there have to decide on the funding and where
:02:21. > :02:25.it's coming from and whether, overall, it is reasonable with
:02:25. > :02:29.other areas which require funding, to bring this forward. But it will
:02:29. > :02:32.be waste that's very much on the minds of members tomorrow, as they
:02:32. > :02:35.look to finally make a decision, which has taken decades and cost
:02:35. > :02:39.millions to reach. A 36 year old man has been remanded
:02:39. > :02:42.until 24th September by Jersey's Royal Court for trial. Niall Linden
:02:42. > :02:45.is charged in connection with a fatal crash last February on St
:02:45. > :02:50.Clement's Coast Road. 27 year old Dita Pavarniece, who was a
:02:50. > :02:53.passenger in the same car, died in the crash.
:02:53. > :02:55.An internal investigation has been launched at Jersey Airport after
:02:55. > :02:59.problems with the radar system led to delayed and diverted flights
:02:59. > :03:03.last night. Air traffic control staff couldn't see flights entering
:03:03. > :03:07.or leaving Channel Islands Air space. But officials say no lives
:03:08. > :03:12.were at risk at any time. There was a back up plan to allow some
:03:12. > :03:15.flights to operate but with a reduced schedule.
:03:16. > :03:18.There has been an increase in the number of people needing help for
:03:18. > :03:21.drug abuse in Guernsey. Latest figures from Drug Concern's annual
:03:21. > :03:26.report reveal 54 more drug users were referred to the organisation
:03:26. > :03:33.last year. A little earlier, I asked Drug Concern's Manager Tracey
:03:33. > :03:36.Rear why there had been such a rise. We think it's one of two things. We
:03:36. > :03:42.think other organisations are under pressure in terms of resources so
:03:43. > :03:48.they are being more assertive with the referrals. But also we are
:03:48. > :03:51.wondering whether there is not an increase in people who are using
:03:51. > :03:57.substances or who are willing to come forward and ask for help.
:03:57. > :04:02.your organisation cope with the increased workload? We certainly
:04:02. > :04:08.struggled during 2011, so if there continues to be an increase like
:04:08. > :04:16.last year, Ben no, we will struggle, so we will have to create waiting
:04:16. > :04:22.lists. What hope do need to cope with that demand? What we are
:04:22. > :04:29.looking at now is juggling some of the staff profiles, so as an
:04:29. > :04:33.interim measure we are going to train a current measure to take on
:04:33. > :04:37.new problems. That is not long-term sustainable. I had got the report
:04:37. > :04:44.in front of me. Are any children being affected by drug abuse in the
:04:44. > :04:52.island? We know that there were working with parents who are
:04:52. > :04:54.substance users. So, if we consider the report from the UK, it would
:04:55. > :05:00.suggest children are impacted by substance misuse and we are hoping
:05:00. > :05:03.to respond to that by look at getting funding for a children's
:05:03. > :05:08.programme to work with the family in the system and break the cycle
:05:08. > :05:10.of generational substance misuse. Tracey Rear, thank you very much.
:05:11. > :05:13.Plans to reform the way Guernsey's churches are funded could damage
:05:13. > :05:16.the island's reputation, according to its Chief Minister. The
:05:16. > :05:21.proposals wouldn't change the way the island's churches are funded by
:05:21. > :05:24.taxpayers but would give parishes greater control. However, the Dean
:05:24. > :05:27.of Guernsey has concerns and has threatened to petition the Queen on
:05:27. > :05:30.the issue. It's a move the Chief Minister says could have serious
:05:30. > :05:33.constitutional consequences. But the committee behind the plan is
:05:33. > :05:36.standing behind its report. We don't like the idea of
:05:36. > :05:44.withdrawing. We feel our suggestions and recommendations are
:05:44. > :05:47.not that innocuous. And therefore we support them and stand by them.
:05:47. > :05:52.Work on a new police station in Jersey could begin by the end of
:05:52. > :05:55.the year. Plans have been drawn up for a �21 million building on part
:05:55. > :05:59.of Green Street car park. The government has been looking for a
:05:59. > :06:01.new base for the force for more than a decade. Rachel Royce reports.
:06:01. > :06:06.What's wrong with the existing police headquarters? Well, just
:06:06. > :06:11.about everything according to the people who use it. Age has started
:06:11. > :06:19.to take its toll on the building. You can see there's a number of
:06:19. > :06:23.cracks. Throughout the building Prasad. We have had to do a lot of
:06:23. > :06:27.restoration work on it, and it cost a lot of money. Inside the police
:06:27. > :06:31.station, the age of the building really shows. In the custody suite,
:06:31. > :06:35.the custody sergeants desk is a walk away, one minute to get
:06:35. > :06:40.through the locked doors and if you look inside a prison cell, it
:06:40. > :06:44.hasn't changed since the 1960s, because the modern cell would have
:06:44. > :06:47.up toilet and washing facilities. They don't even need current Home
:06:47. > :06:50.Office guidelines. The police have wanted a new headquarters for at
:06:50. > :06:58.least a decade but plan after plan fell through until today when it
:06:58. > :07:02.seems a solution may have been found. We had a setback last year,
:07:02. > :07:07.but there has been magnificent work done getting this project back on
:07:07. > :07:11.the road again. It is very exciting, because this time we get everything
:07:11. > :07:14.on one site. The proposed new station would be built on the
:07:14. > :07:20.outside area of Green Street car park, knocking out around 80 spaces
:07:20. > :07:23.but keeping the multi-storey. The �21 million, five-storey building
:07:23. > :07:33.would be a one-stop cop shop complete with 20 new cells that do
:07:33. > :07:35.
:07:35. > :07:38.meet Home Office guidelines. A group of actors went behind bars
:07:38. > :07:42.at Jersey's La Moye prison today. Not because they broke the law but
:07:42. > :07:45.to conduct a drama workshop. A UK theatre group is in the island to
:07:45. > :07:48.perform a show at Jersey's Opera House this week. But today they
:07:48. > :07:54.made a special visit to the prison to try out a new rehabilitation
:07:54. > :07:58.technique. Emma Chambers went along. I can't remember what they were
:07:58. > :08:02.called but I knew when they were going to end badly.
:08:02. > :08:05.How does this one end, Lieutenant? It ends well. Not the venue these
:08:05. > :08:09.actors are used to working in, but this performance could be their
:08:09. > :08:12.most inspiring. This theatre group is giving prisoners here at La Moye
:08:12. > :08:17.a sneak preview of their play, Our Countries Good, before taking it to
:08:17. > :08:22.the Jersey Opera House. It's based on true events about a group of
:08:22. > :08:28.British convicts in 1788 being sent to Australia. It's the first time a
:08:28. > :08:33.practical drama workshop has taken place in Jersey's prison. I've
:08:33. > :08:37.always had the idea since I came to the island. It was getting to the
:08:37. > :08:44.point where we were able to do that and, because of the nature of this
:08:44. > :08:50.play, I think it gave us a level to come into the theatre. I think it
:08:50. > :08:55.proved that, in a way today. I have been involved in drama workshops
:08:55. > :08:59.and seen it first hand, people come away feeling like they can come
:08:59. > :09:05.away with a role that could help with interviews and help them get a
:09:05. > :09:11.job, inevitably. About 20 inmates got involved in the drama workshop.
:09:11. > :09:16.It was nice to get out of work this morning. We got a big surprise. I
:09:16. > :09:21.think it's good. Totally different from that Norman present-day life,
:09:21. > :09:27.something to think about four months in here. -- normal. We
:09:27. > :09:29.haven't got much to think about in prison. But can theatre be therapy?
:09:29. > :09:33.Today's success could see this drama workshop being the first of
:09:33. > :09:36.many helping prisoners turn their lives around.
:09:36. > :09:41.Guernsey's cricketers beat Argentina by 29 runs in the third
:09:41. > :09:44.match of their ICC World Cricket League Division Five campaign. In a
:09:44. > :09:50.rain-affected game, Guernsey, seen batting here, hit 213-7 from 42
:09:50. > :10:00.overs. Argentina needed a revised total of 163 but fell 30 runs short,
:10:00. > :10:04.
:10:04. > :10:10.ending on 133-9. Hello. Good evening. More fine
:10:10. > :10:14.weather tonight and tomorrow. But, thereafter, it turns a little more
:10:14. > :10:20.damp with rain settling in towards the end of the day tomorrow. Windy,
:10:20. > :10:26.too, by the end of the day. As we move into Thursday, we have a much
:10:26. > :10:31.milder feel to the day. 12-13 Celsius. Two weather fronts to the
:10:31. > :10:35.West at the moment, a long way off. A ridge of high pressure not moving
:10:35. > :10:39.particularly fast over the next 12 hours, but by later tomorrow, the
:10:39. > :10:44.weather front makes progress and brings mild air and also it will
:10:44. > :10:49.bring some wet weather. The rain becoming quite Teddy into the early
:10:49. > :10:52.evening and accompanying it strong wind, too. On Thursday, the high
:10:52. > :10:59.pressure stays close by. There is every chance we will see good
:10:59. > :11:03.temperatures. Possibly as much as 12-13 degrees. Tonight, a lot of
:11:03. > :11:09.clear skies. A dip in the temperatures, down to six degrees
:11:09. > :11:13.tomorrow. A bright start, clouding over by the end of the day. Turning
:11:13. > :11:18.quite wet and windy. The wind increasing through the day and by
:11:18. > :11:28.early evening, strong winds from the south, 10 degrees. These are
:11:28. > :11:44.
:11:44. > :11:48.As for the rest of the weekend, Thursday, bright and dry. Some