09/03/2012 BBC Channel Islands News

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The biggest drugs raid of the year, as Jersey customs break up a UK

smuggling ring worth millions. How to deal with disruptive

students - Guernsey States goes back to school.

I am at Jersey airport as it celebrates its 75th birthday. We

are looking behind the scenes and speaking to people who work here.

It is the biggest drugs arrest Jersey customs has made this year.

This week, two men were arrested in the island following an

investigation into suspected drug trafficking. It was co-ordinated

with police officers in Staffordshire. Three people were

also arrested in Burton-on-Trent. 31-year-old Lee and Norris from St

Saviour and 22-year-old Benjamin Bishop from Northallerton have been

charged with possession. -- lien Norris. The two men were arrested

after customs officers seized class B drugs and a large amount of cash.

Jersey received small amounts of cannabis resin and large amounts of

cash, tens of thousands of pounds worth. We will be looking at the

money trails. The raid was a combined operation

with police officers in a Staffordshire. Cannabis with a

street value of �1 million was seized in Burton-on-Trent. Three

people have been arrested there book released on bail. -- but

released. We are happy that we have disrupted

and may be completely stopped and organised drug syndicate that was

trafficking into Jersey on a large scale. We are very pleased to work

in partnership with other agencies and we will do that wherever

possible. This is the largest drug arrest in

Jersey so far this year. Both men arrested have been remanded in

custody until 5th April, when they will appear in the Royal Court.

Tackling disruptive behaviour in the classroom and reducing the

number of exclusions in Guernsey schools was one of the issues

dominating a debate in the States today. Deputies agreed on an action

plan for tackling the problem. Studying hard. The scene you would

expect to see in classrooms around Guernsey. But sometimes disruptive

pupils can cause problems and that is a problem common to a lot of the

island's schools, but one that apparently could be dealt with in a

better way. As we look more deeply into what we realise how immense

the problems were. There needs to be much more support for teachers

and schools because you only need one disruptive person in the class

for it to be very difficult for the class to deal with. Today the

States approved a range of recommendations to help pave the

way for the Education Department to improve the situation. More support

was top of the list for some former teachers turned politicians who

feel that exclusion need to be the last resort. It is a slippery slope

that you want to avoid. The best way forward is to exclude children

from the classroom if they are disruptive but not from school,

provide additional support and slowly deal with their needs and

get them back on track. It is something the Education Department

says is key to tackle early on so a review of the primary sector could

hold important answers. We must start addressing these issues

increase school. We all have our report at the end of this month but

we have to keep going forward with this. Whoever is in charge, I hope

they will pick this and deliver it. The election will mean changes in

the States but those committed to improving the island's schools will

be hoping it does not delay the urgent changes which need to be

made. A 47-year-old man from the UK has

been jailed for three years for a spate of break-ins in Jersey. Carl

Murphy was found guilty of three counts of burglary, one of breaking

and entering and a drugs charge. Motorcyclists are being told to

keep off Guernsey's cliff paths. Cyclists are also reminded that

they are breaking the law if they ride on south coast cliff paths.

Fewer than 4 % of people in Jersey use the bus to get to work

according to the latest census results. Figures show that more

than half of working adults use a private car and one quarter walk. 4

% cycle. Guernsey Police says that when you

are armoured Land-Rover is essential. More than 100 people

have left comments on BBC Guernsey's Facebook page, most of

them critical of the decision to purchase the vehicle, which cost

just over �180,000. Guernsey Police that if Chris McManus and Franco

Lamolinara was a serious incident it could take hours for one to

arrive from the UK. -- if there was a serious incident.

A Jersey environmentalist has questioned why Jersey can't match

UK tournaments to renewable power. At Wadebridge has introduced wind-

power and solar power is. -- solar panels. Mark slipped -- mark lives

in St Ouen and has taken steps to make his home more environmentally

friendly. There are a couple of boreholes

over there. That comes into the system here. There are two pipes,

one going in and one coming out. That takes the water into the house.

He feels we should be following in Wadebridge's footsteps to generate

our own electricity. We could go a lot further in the longer term

because we have rain options. Wave energy is a possibility as well. We

have other restrictions, a limited amount of land to use. But

companies in Jersey are already tried to do things like this.

Jersey able to rival the Cornish town and produce its own

electricity island wired to? -- island wide. Mark hopes that one

day, with the help of the States, weekend you -- make more use of

what is around us to power our homes.

Good news for Guernsey's Christine Ambulance and Rescue force. --

Flying Christine. They will take part in the Queen's diamond jubilee

flotilla. The new chief executive of the

Jersey Football Association has been named as David Brookland. He

has been a board member for six years, mainly as treasurer. He

takes over from Paul Creeden en made when he leaves to take on a

role at Wembley with the English FA. It is our gateway to the outside

world and today Jersey Airport celebrates its 75th birthday. It is

used by thousands every day and staffed by hundreds of people, each

with a different story to tell. Edward Sault spend a day there.

It was that building behind me that was opened on 10th March 1937 and

everything has changed somewhat, as you may expect, since then, as I

have been finding out. This was how you used to get

through -- to and from Jersey, landing and taking off from the

beach at West Park but it was decided a proper aerodrome was

needed and on 10th March 1937 Jersey Airport was born and opened

by the then bailiff. The planes that operated off the

beach were small, with eight seats. The weight category would have been

three or four times. But flying here stopped during the war years

as German troops took over the airport. Nigel Vibert is a keen

aviation enthusiast. He has volumes of photos of the airport and

aeroplanes taken over the years. lived down the road and so in the

Sixties I started coming on a bike, regardless of whether. My father

walked for British European airports for a time, so whether

that started it off I don't know. After liberation, a positive future

beckoned. In its heyday, hundreds and hundreds of holidaymakers --

honeymoon has from the UK came to the island's.

To any has worked at the airport for 40 years, first with the

airline British Midland and now on the information desk. -- Jenny has.

We have had strange things, people leaving false teeth in seat pockets,

and man losing his wedding ring down the aircraft loo. -- and man.

Things that you can have a smile about afterwards. Sid Watling says

that things have changed over the years. In my eyes, a great deal,

because all of the rules and regulations, health and safety,

obviously they had to come in, but we had a lot more freedom in those

days. Doug Bannister is the new man in charge. He says that Jersey

Airport can build on its past. the next seven decades I think we

will see the airport continue to serve the community. We would like

to open up and expand our product offerings and make it a much more

important community. It will be business as usual this weekend,

with flights landing and taking off to various destinations, but what

is clear is that it is a valued resource and one that we would be

lost without. Happy birthday, Jersey Airport. You

had best check whether it will be A quiet week across the Channel

Islands as far as the weather is concerned. Sunday is probably be

better of the two days. The high pressure is to the south of us, it

moves north over the next few hours to lie off the north-west coast of

France. It does not move very far by midday on Sunday. A change in

the wind direction, easterly winds by Sunday to Monday. Tonight the

cloud is quite extensive, the winds light and mainly from the West.

Temperatures no lower than seven or eight degrees for most of us.

Tomorrow, a lot of cloud and some early mist. That should clear and

into the afternoon the sun shine will come out in a few places. And

gentle north westerly winds and 11 degrees the top temperature. The

winds westerly, forced two or three, Light winds throughout the weekend

means that the surf is not going to be very big. Nessie at first,

becoming clean. -- Nessie. It will feel warmer winter sunshine over

the weekend. Monday and Tuesday, easterly winds set in. A lot of

fine weather, may be sent mistiness at first, but enough of a stir in

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