16/03/2012 BBC Channel Islands News

Jersey's rest of -- welcome to BBC Thailand. Our top stories.

-- BBC Thailand. Redundancies in warehouses and post offices.

The Special Olympics come to the Channel Islands.

Jersey could be facing a summer of severe drought. Despite the current

forecast of light rain the real story is hidden below ground. Apart

from the wet December 1st few months have been so dry the water

table which should have been rising has actually been falling.

Jersey's reservoirs are full thank to an exceptionally rainy December

but there has been very little rainfall since. It is what is

happening below two ground that is causing concern. There is a

monitoring system at Hogbie. We put this down the borehole, the tape

has graduated in centimetres and the probe will make a little alarm

sound. It does reach the water. If upper-lip Barker little. This is

carried out once a month on 31 site. Half are lower than they should be

for this time of year. The fact the water levels are falling at means

the streams are starting to decline. In some cases as much as 50% of

what you would normally expect. The reservoirs are dependent on the

water getting in through the streams. When will the rainfall?

There isn't a definitive answer because if the unreliability of

long-term forecasting. April-May, probably on the dry side, but not

significantly below average. As we go into the summer probably average

for July, and fortunately there might be slightly wetter for August.

The reservoirs are full mile but without significant rain for this

spring. Restrictions on water are a real possibility the summer.

The fall-out has begun from yesterday's High Court judgment

saying it UK can legally stop tax relief on low-value products. It is

still not known whether our government will mount an appeal.

For the companies involved other staff it has been a day off coming

to terms with the news. -- and their staff.

A number of fulfilment companies have been told they have been

forced to make redundancies. Hub Europe is losing six staff members,

Healthspan is closing a warehouse where 20 jobs will go, and

lighthouse's 200 staff remain on redundancy notice. We have already

got a lot of people laid off in Jersey, at least two companies that

have gone public and I know others that haven't yet. They will be

moving their fulfilment businesses from Guernsey and Jersey. It will

hit a lot of people. The freight companies. A huge amount of freight

coming in, packaging. A lot going out. The Post Office will have to

look at what they are doing. Politicians said they were shocked

about the news. Others don't think they have been paying enough

attention to what has been happening outside the island.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but maybe if we had been in London with

their base we would been negotiate -- we would have been negotiating.

It is a political decision, not an economic decision and politics can

change, the economics to make any sense.

Jersey's foreign minister Sir Philip Bailhache says work is being

done to see if the London office would be feasible.

A man is in hospital with critical injuries after a car crash on Bon

Air Lane. Police were called at 8 o'clock this morning. The male

driver is in a stable but critical condition. Police are investigating

the cause. Every district in Guernsey's

forthcoming election will be contested. 78 people have put their

names forward to compete for 45 seats on 18th April. A full list of

the candidates can be found on the website.

To UK universities are to start charging students from the Channel

Island International Peace -- two. These are higher than UK fees.

Universities can set new fee structures and Warwick and

Cambridge have announced they will start charging international rates.

Some people with dyslexia in the Channel Islands are still too

scared to tell their boss, a local charity claims.

They have problems with reading and writing and this weekend there is a

special seminar to help employers know more about the condition and

remove the stigma. Arriving at the library. Nothing

special for some of us, before this woman it is a big step. She has

dyslexia. Now I do read. Some days I can read

fine, others I can't. I have been dyslexic all my life, since it was

born. It is something I was born with. I didn't know I was dyslexic

until I was 48. His is a condition that has been a

challenge throughout her life -- it is a condition. From the age of six

I had was told I was stupid and lazy and I would never achieve

anything academically, whatsoever. Although it was fit for was washing

dishes or scrubbing floors. What is dyslexia? It is hard to

define because it affects people in different ways. Essentially the

basic problem is the difficulty learning to read, spell and right,

despite adequate intellect and teaching. -- write. There is still

as a map attached to it. Roof runs a helpline and help group on what

employers to be more understanding. A get adults who say I am too

scared to tell my boss I am dyslexic which is such a pity. They

are so creative, good or problem- solving, it can be seen as an asset.

Ruth and her team have organised a seminar to encourage employers to

learn more about dyslexia. And has come a long way and her trips to

the library are set to continue. -- Ann. That is 2 o'clock tomorrow

afternoon at the Savoy Hotel in St Helier. The special gymnastics club

is Hastings visitors as part of the Special Olympics Southern Region

Gymnastics competition. -- is hosting visitors. We have been to

see the Jersey gymnasts perfecting their routines. Alex is one of the

top gymnasts in the Jersey team. This weekend he will face tough

competition as he performs his routines. The four-times British

champion knows he is facing a challenge. And the entry at a

bigger, higher standard competition against six from Scotland, down

from Glasgow. It will be a tough one.

The club was founded in 1991 by former headmaster John Brady.

It is not just beat exercise. The exercise is imported, keeps them

fit, keeps them strong but it is taking turns, ETA good manners. And

the regime of gymnastics -- etiquette, good manners. These

girls held three hours a week. It has helped some of them improve

their mobility building up their muscles and also their confidence.

Are you going to take part in the Special Olympics?

Yes. Are you looking forward to that?

Yes. Wide you like doing gymnastics?

I think it is really important and it keeps you fit every day.

Every single gymnast in the club from seniors to the little ones are

taking part in the competition. It is all about inspiring children to

be the best they can be a truly what they achieve here is pretty

Good luck. Time for a look at the The weather is turning unsettled.

Some sunshine in the forecast. For the first half of tonight this cold

front is making its way towards us from the West bringing rain for a

time. It continues eastwards but behind the weather front it will be

a little more unsettled so we will see some showers but it will clear

a way the cloud and sunshine. There is still a weather front nearby so

a chance of a shower. For tonight, rather cloudy initially. Still some

fairly light wind overnight. We'll start to see the rain moving in,

turning fairly persistent in the early hours. A wet start to the day

for many. Further east across parts of Jersey keeping hold of that rain

for much of the morning. It is only in the afternoon that main ring

band clears away. A couple of showers, sunny spells. The wind

picks up tomorrow. Out at sea the wind is from the south-west. It

turned quite windy for a time. Some waves in the shelter of the

breeze. Fairly choppy. Sunday, the chance of one and two

showers. A good deal of sunshine. More settled weather to come on