:00:08. > :00:13.Good evening and welcome to the BBC in the Channel Islands. Here are
:00:13. > :00:19.tonight's top stories. The half million pound golden handshake to a
:00:19. > :00:24.former civil servant has prompted States guidelines. Plus fear as
:00:24. > :00:28.virus which causes birth defects in sheep could be in the islands.
:00:29. > :00:38.And as diabetes is on the rise, are sufferers losing out from a lack of
:00:39. > :00:41.
:00:41. > :00:44.Jersey's Chief Minister has revealed the former top civil
:00:44. > :00:54.servant, Bill Ogley, left his job last May with a payment of more
:00:54. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:03.than �500,000. That's around double his annual salary. Bill Ogley
:01:03. > :01:08.speaking to the BBC in 2006. He was a States chief executive and he
:01:08. > :01:14.earned around �250 ,000 a year. But when Mr Ogley stepped down last May
:01:14. > :01:21.he was give an payout of just over 500,000. That was funded by the
:01:21. > :01:25.taxpayer. I wanted the figures to be revealed but equally importantly
:01:25. > :01:29.I wanted it to be brought out how these decisions had been arrived at
:01:29. > :01:35.and who had taken these decisions. I don't mean who had taken the last
:01:35. > :01:39.step. I mean what was the whole process? Why had we reached this
:01:39. > :01:43.point where we were almost compelled to pay very large sums to
:01:43. > :01:53.people? Terry Le Sueur was chief Minister
:01:53. > :02:02.
:02:02. > :02:08.when Ogley oog received his pay-off. Beckie joins me now. Why has all of
:02:08. > :02:12.this come to light now? This happened under the former chief
:02:12. > :02:22.Minister Terry Le Sueur. When he took over he wrote to the likes of
:02:22. > :02:22.
:02:22. > :02:28.Bill Ogley and other civil servants to find out out of the golden
:02:28. > :02:32.handshakes were. Today we found out his was �500,000. Is anything being
:02:32. > :02:36.done to stock market this happening again? Yes, the Auditor General
:02:36. > :02:41.will look at how many payouts there've been, how much they are
:02:41. > :02:45.worth and compare it to the UK. The Auditor General is separate to the
:02:45. > :02:54.States. Secondly, the employment board today released these
:02:54. > :03:00.guidelines. So from now on any civil servant earning more than
:03:00. > :03:05.�100,000 will have to have it cleared by the board. I asked Ian
:03:05. > :03:09.Gorst whether we should have a separate body to over see things.
:03:09. > :03:11.I don't think we do. The States Employment Board is the employer of
:03:11. > :03:14.all States employees. We've published the policy that we intend
:03:14. > :03:17.to work to, subject to any changes that the independent review by the
:03:17. > :03:27.Comptroller and Auditor General might suggest, and that's right and
:03:27. > :03:28.
:03:28. > :03:31.proper. Senator Gorst hopes the guidelines as soon as the Auditor
:03:31. > :03:34.General has completed his review. Beckie, thank you.
:03:34. > :03:36.Jersey's Government is promising no new tax rises for at least three
:03:36. > :03:39.years, more help for the unemployed, improvements to social housing and
:03:39. > :03:44.more cancer screening. The announcements come as the
:03:44. > :03:48.Government revealed it underspent by �40 million last year. One group
:03:48. > :03:55.to benefit will be residents at Le Marais housing estate in St Clement.
:03:55. > :03:59.Rachel Royce went to see what they think. It's been ten years since
:03:59. > :04:04.the four high-rise blocks at Le Marais last underwent refurbishment,
:04:04. > :04:08.and it is beginning to show. Nick Morris and his family have been
:04:08. > :04:12.here for 20 years, living on the tenth floor. The extear yo of the
:04:12. > :04:17.building is beginning to look at that timey. There's moss growing on
:04:17. > :04:24.it and it gives the wrong impression of the place, that the
:04:24. > :04:29.inside and the flats will be as unpleasant looking, when a lot of
:04:29. > :04:33.them are really nice. Housing isn't the only area the Government's
:04:33. > :04:39.identified as in need of new funding. Parents to get �1.4
:04:39. > :04:46.million but the unemployed are to get �7.5 million. Some of that
:04:46. > :04:56.money will go to new back to work schemes. There's �100,000 put aside
:04:56. > :04:56.
:04:56. > :05:00.for more screening of bowel cancer. Tourism, a cold weather bonus and
:05:00. > :05:04.other legislation will get more funding. I'm pleased to report that
:05:04. > :05:09.States departments have risen to the challenge of saving money and
:05:09. > :05:13.becoming more efficient. To a large extent the underspent budgets
:05:13. > :05:17.throughout the States. That's encouraging, because it gives me
:05:17. > :05:22.confidence that we are going be able to reach the �65 million
:05:22. > :05:27.commitment of savings that we promised to do by 2013.
:05:27. > :05:32.understands that when money is tight the Government has to make
:05:32. > :05:36.choices. The lifts at Le Marais will now be refurbished. When you
:05:36. > :05:40.are living ten storeys up, that's important.
:05:40. > :05:46.A man in Newcastle has been charged with the murder of a woman reported
:05:46. > :05:55.to be from againsy. Police found 41-year-old Sarah Gosling. She was
:05:55. > :05:57.taken to hospital, where she died. Ian Hope has been charged with her
:05:57. > :05:58.murder. A 38-year-old man has appeared in
:05:59. > :06:02.Guernsey's Magistrates' Court charged with indecently assaulting
:06:02. > :06:05.a girl under the age of 16. Gerrard Beswick Addison of Trafalgar Road
:06:05. > :06:07.in the Vale pleaded guilty to the charge, which relates to an
:06:08. > :06:10.incident on 26th February this year. He will appear before magistrates
:06:10. > :06:13.again on 15th March. There's concern a virus which
:06:13. > :06:17.causes birth defects in livestock could make its way to the Channel
:06:17. > :06:20.Islands. There have been dozens of reports of the Schmallenberg virus
:06:20. > :06:29.across England. And if it has spread this far, it's likely to
:06:29. > :06:33.affect local sheep farmers first. Penny Elderfield reports. They may
:06:33. > :06:38.have a healthy appetite, but for this farmer the health of his sheep
:06:38. > :06:44.is a worry, after news a new virus which affect sheep, cows and goats
:06:44. > :06:49.has spread to more farms in the UK. Passed on by midges more than 70
:06:49. > :06:53.farms have reported cases. As of yet there've been none in the
:06:53. > :06:57.Channel Islands. Lambing season due to start in the next few weeks it
:06:57. > :07:01.should be clear whether this virus has made it to Guernsey. The
:07:01. > :07:06.biggest impact won't be on the sheep you see today but on the
:07:06. > :07:10.unborn lambs. In sheep and goats it causes deformities of the foetal
:07:10. > :07:16.lamb as it is growing, particularly if the mother is affected in the
:07:17. > :07:26.first tryst moster of pregsy. Farmers should be vigilant. The
:07:27. > :07:29.
:07:30. > :07:35.first clue is foetal deformities. There seem to be more reports that
:07:35. > :07:40.at first there were only a few cases but now I hear there are 74.
:07:40. > :07:44.I'm fairly optimistic that we will avoid it but you never can tell.
:07:44. > :07:49.There's more than 100 lambs expected here this spring and this
:07:49. > :07:54.farm won't be the only busy one in the Channel Islands or the only one
:07:54. > :07:56.hoping for the best. Not enough people with diabetes are
:07:56. > :07:59.having their regular checks, according to a diabetes consultant
:07:59. > :08:02.in Jersey. It comes as recent figures show over 1 million people
:08:02. > :08:11.in the UK aren't having the check- ups to prevent other problems that
:08:11. > :08:15.can come with the disease. Emma Chambers reports.
:08:15. > :08:19.Geraldine was diagnosed with diabetes 30 years ago during her
:08:19. > :08:24.second pregnancy. She has learnt to live with it and keeps on top of
:08:24. > :08:29.her checks, but she says having the disease is expensive. I have to go
:08:29. > :08:34.for additional hygiene checks at the dent is because I'm prone to
:08:34. > :08:38.problems with my gums. Care op di is important, probably three times
:08:38. > :08:47.a year for preventive treatment. I worked it out that possibly its
:08:47. > :08:51.costing me � 00 a year for treatment and equipment. And that's
:08:51. > :08:56.having some things subsidised. in the UK care for diabetic
:08:56. > :09:01.patients is free. Recent figures show 1.3 million people aren't up
:09:02. > :09:05.to date with annual health checks. Patients need these to diagnose
:09:05. > :09:08.kidney failure, heart problems and blindness. It is worth in Jersey.
:09:08. > :09:12.The hospital provides the eye checks but the rest is down to the
:09:12. > :09:17.patients. Over the last ten years that I've been in the island we've
:09:17. > :09:22.seen the number rise from less than 1,500 to now getting on to 4,000
:09:22. > :09:25.people with difpblts during that time there hasn't been a lot of --
:09:25. > :09:31.with diabetes. During that time there hasn't been a lot of money
:09:31. > :09:36.for health services, so an increasing amount of the burden in
:09:36. > :09:43.looking after these people has gone to general practitioners and
:09:43. > :09:47.practice nurses. Geraldine says she is fortunate to be able to keep on
:09:47. > :09:51.top of her checks, but others aren't.
:09:51. > :09:59.Jersey patients will have to keep on top of their health checks and
:09:59. > :10:03.lead a health yeah lifestyle as Good evening. The mist and fog is
:10:03. > :10:06.going to clear. It will clear overnight tonight and once that
:10:06. > :10:09.happens tomorrow promises much more in the way of sunshine. We should
:10:09. > :10:14.have a fine day tomorrow. And feel warmer because of it too.
:10:14. > :10:19.It is due to a change in the wind direction. At the moment we have
:10:19. > :10:23.winds from the south. Still giving us moisture to create low cloud and
:10:23. > :10:28.mist, but that will improve this evening. As the high pressure moves
:10:28. > :10:31.away from us we see southeasterly winds. Drier air is coming from
:10:32. > :10:36.France. Better visibility and more sunshine. Even though we move to
:10:36. > :10:41.the end of the week with that high pressure across us there's a good
:10:41. > :10:45.deal of fine weather. The cloud may come back as the winds change
:10:45. > :10:51.direction, especially by Friday. Tonight the mistiness is around for
:10:51. > :10:59.the first half and then the low cloud will stick with us. Between
:10:59. > :11:03.3-5 in the morning the cloud clears. 7 degrees the starting temperature
:11:03. > :11:07.tomorrow. Tomorrow should be a fine day. A few shallow mist patches
:11:07. > :11:15.first thing but once they go there should be decent sunshine. 11-12
:11:15. > :11:20.degrees, 5 4 Fahrenheit. A gentle south or southeasterly winds. The
:11:20. > :11:30.coastal waters forecast has winds south or southeasterly, 2-3, mist
:11:30. > :11:36.
:11:36. > :11:40.and then fair and visibility For the rest of this week - on
:11:40. > :11:43.Thursday, a similar day. Perhaps more cloud in the second half of