:00:14. > :00:18.Good evening. Tonight's top stories. Victims of child abuse will be
:00:18. > :00:25.offered �60,000 in compensation. Jersey's government again says it
:00:25. > :00:31.is sorry. In December 2010, the Chief Minister offered an
:00:31. > :00:35.unreserved apology on behalf of government. I reiterate that
:00:35. > :00:39.apology this afternoon. Up to around 100 people will be
:00:39. > :00:44.able to make claims for compensation. Victims say they will
:00:44. > :00:49.be able to move on. For me, the money will bring
:00:49. > :00:53.closure. But for other people who potentially have been damaged by
:00:53. > :00:58.what they experienced, I do not know, but at least it is an
:00:58. > :01:05.acknowledgement of what they suffered. Also tonight, just the
:01:05. > :01:15.job. Why the timing of the careers there could not have been better
:01:15. > :01:41.
:01:41. > :01:45.The compensation will be paid nearly 100 victims of child abuse
:01:45. > :01:51.in Jersey. They were all abused while in the care of the government
:01:51. > :01:55.over a 50 year period. They will each be able to claim up to �60,000,
:01:55. > :01:59.depending on the level of abuse they suffered. It was Jersey's
:01:59. > :02:03.biggest ever police inquiry, investigating decades of physical
:02:03. > :02:13.and sexual abuse of children in the care of the States. Here at Haut de
:02:13. > :02:16.
:02:16. > :02:24.la Garenne, and other children's homes. The victims demanded
:02:24. > :02:32.compensation from the Government. hope this will go some way to
:02:32. > :02:35.helping them. They have been effected in such a way that it will
:02:36. > :02:38.affect him for the rest of their lives. Victims will get up to
:02:38. > :02:43.�60,000 each and will have to complete one of these forms each,
:02:43. > :02:46.detailing what will happen to them -- what happened to them, and
:02:46. > :02:50.whether they are reported to anyone at the time, or if they have ever
:02:50. > :02:55.made a complaint to the police. Their accounts will be matched
:02:55. > :03:03.against any existing records. The idea of the scheme has to
:03:03. > :03:08.compensate all those who suffered dating back to 1945 until 1994,
:03:08. > :03:13.nearly 50 years. Their individual rewards will be decided by a firm
:03:13. > :03:18.of Jersey advocates within four possible tariffs. In most cases
:03:18. > :03:23.there will be a joint psychiatric assessment affected -- requested,
:03:23. > :03:27.to a says first of all the extent of the abuse, and secondly the
:03:27. > :03:37.impact of the abuse on the individual.
:03:37. > :03:37.
:03:37. > :03:41.The police officer who led the inquiry welcomes the scheme. This
:03:41. > :03:46.is not because of a couple of individuals who were in the care
:03:46. > :03:51.homes at the time. This was a systematic, institutionalised,
:03:51. > :03:54.sexual abuse of small, vulnerable children over a period of decades,
:03:54. > :04:00.in institutions run by the Jersey government. The abuse was covered
:04:00. > :04:09.up by people who had a duty to protect the victims. That is what
:04:09. > :04:14.today is all about. A public inquiry will be carried out. Today
:04:14. > :04:21.it was about the victims. No amount of money can return their childhood,
:04:21. > :04:26.but recognition of their suffering may help them find some closure.
:04:26. > :04:30.For the victims, it has been a long, painful wait. In many cases years
:04:30. > :04:34.of abuse have been followed of years of waiting for justice and
:04:34. > :04:38.recognition. We have been to make one of the victims to hear her
:04:38. > :04:42.experiences. We have called her Sarah, because she did not want to
:04:42. > :04:48.be identified. I used to get up early because I used to do my hair
:04:48. > :04:52.and stuff before I went to school. It used to happen in the morning
:04:52. > :04:56.because I would go up to the main room early, and he would lock the
:04:57. > :05:01.door and it would happen. It was most days. A bit like Lord Of the
:05:01. > :05:05.flies. It was survival of the fittest. You learnt to be really
:05:05. > :05:09.hard and aggressive, and not to tell anyone anything, because that
:05:09. > :05:13.was the only way to get through. You learnt never to show anything
:05:13. > :05:19.to anyone, in case it could be used against you by someone later Ron.
:05:19. > :05:23.To this day, I do not trust anyone fully. And I mean anyone. Once you
:05:23. > :05:28.have had your child had taken for whatever reason, you do not get it
:05:28. > :05:31.back when you're 60. It does not work like that. Unfortunately it is
:05:31. > :05:38.too late in the day for this because probably most of the
:05:38. > :05:42.protagonists are long dead. For me, the money will bring closure. But
:05:42. > :05:46.for other people who potentially were really damaged by the
:05:46. > :05:53.experience, I do not know, but at least it is an acknowledgement of
:05:53. > :05:57.what they suffered. Sarah's solicitor is Alan Collins, who also
:05:57. > :06:01.represents 42 other victims. Earlier I spoke to him from the
:06:01. > :06:11.Salford newsroom, and began by asking him if he thought the offer
:06:11. > :06:13.
:06:13. > :06:16.of compensation was there. -- was fair. It is fair. The amount
:06:16. > :06:21.outlined in the scheme shows what victims of child abuse could expect
:06:21. > :06:24.if they took their cases to court and succeeded. What has it been
:06:24. > :06:32.like working with Jersey's government, in comparison with the
:06:32. > :06:36.UK and other jurisdictions? It has been interesting, challenging.
:06:37. > :06:44.Where we have arrived today, I would commend the state of Jersey,
:06:44. > :06:51.and the Chief Minister. And the States of Jersey have, in my
:06:51. > :06:57.opinion, behaved or a civilised way, if I can put it like that, in
:06:57. > :06:59.realising that the victims had to have some form of justice. How long
:06:59. > :07:06.till your clients get the compensation, and do you think they
:07:06. > :07:10.can put this behind him now? It is very difficult for them because
:07:10. > :07:15.they have had to live with their memories of physical and sexual
:07:15. > :07:22.abuse for many years, in some cases many decades. In one sense they
:07:22. > :07:29.cannot put behind him what has happened, but for some of those, I
:07:29. > :07:35.believe that today will provide some form of closure for them. They
:07:35. > :07:40.welcome the scheme, and it does provide them with a degree of
:07:40. > :07:45.justice, and that is very important for them. It is not necessarily
:07:45. > :07:53.about what is going to appear on the pay cheque, because no kind of
:07:53. > :08:02.compensation could ever put right what they endured as children.
:08:02. > :08:04.Collins speaking to me earlier. In other news, pay talks between
:08:04. > :08:08.Guernsey's your ports and firefighters have broken down. A
:08:08. > :08:12.similar dispute three years ago resulted in airports closing
:08:12. > :08:16.several times. Both sides have agreed to go to arbitration.
:08:16. > :08:21.Lost it -- Rothschild Trust in Guernsey has announced it is to
:08:21. > :08:25.lose about a third of their work force, as the company is
:08:25. > :08:29.restructuring to remove duplication. Affected staff will be helped to
:08:29. > :08:33.find alternative employment. A new ferry service could be
:08:33. > :08:39.starting between Albany and Guernsey. The company plans to
:08:39. > :08:45.offer a crossing four times a week. A custom-built catamaran will be
:08:45. > :08:49.used, transporting up to 12 passengers at a time.
:08:49. > :08:52.Jersey's Shell Garden, thought to be the largest of its type in the
:08:52. > :09:00.world, will be closed to tourists this year. The popular attraction
:09:00. > :09:03.near St Alban is made of millions of shells. For they want to open,
:09:03. > :09:09.but decided against it because of ill health.
:09:09. > :09:19.You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later, the ride of
:09:19. > :09:19.
:09:19. > :09:22.a lifetime. We meet the surfer's on one of Europe's biggest waves.
:09:22. > :09:25.David has the weather forecast and if you moments.
:09:25. > :09:29.First, at a time when unemployment across the Channel Islands is
:09:29. > :09:36.rising, the timing of Guernsey's annual careers there could not be
:09:36. > :09:40.better. Penny went to see what jobs were on offer.
:09:40. > :09:49.With their career ahead of them, this was a chance to start planning
:09:49. > :09:54.it, to try a new skill. Or to learn one that you perhaps did not know
:09:54. > :09:58.that you wanted. Well, it has been interesting. It has more or less
:09:58. > :10:03.opened my eyes to what I need to do. It is good for young people to see
:10:03. > :10:10.different places around Guernsey, and different things you can get
:10:10. > :10:14.into. It has made me realise how much banking happens in Guernsey.
:10:14. > :10:18.It is a good opportunity for people to see what they want to do for the
:10:18. > :10:23.rest of their life. But school pupils trying something new here is
:10:23. > :10:25.not just what this event is about. With unemployment on the up,
:10:25. > :10:32.particularly in the mail order industry, this could not have come
:10:32. > :10:38.at a better time for jobseekers. There were people this morning
:10:38. > :10:42.involved with jobseekers who have come from one of the companies. It
:10:42. > :10:47.is good, in that they can come to speak face-to-face with people, and
:10:47. > :10:51.chat about the possibilities there may be within the organisation.
:10:51. > :10:57.if people are starting a changing their career, the organisers hope
:10:57. > :11:05.the fair did just the job. Good luck to them all. Now, the
:11:05. > :11:08.After the warmth of the last two days, tomorrow and into the weekend
:11:08. > :11:13.it gets a little bit cooler. By the time we get to Monday of next week,
:11:13. > :11:23.we will be back to normal temperatures of 12 or 13 degrees.
:11:23. > :11:25.
:11:25. > :11:28.For now, the high pressure is still in charge. A little must tonight,
:11:28. > :11:34.but the temperatures will come back to what they should be on Saturday
:11:34. > :11:38.when the wind moves in. Temperatures are ranging from 78
:11:38. > :11:47.this evening. The morning starts off a little misty in places. Apart
:11:47. > :11:51.from that is as -- it is another warm day. Winds from the north or
:11:51. > :12:01.north-east, and 15-17 degrees of temperature. As for the coastal
:12:01. > :12:17.
:12:17. > :12:21.waters forecast, it is hazy with For the surface, -- surfers, the
:12:21. > :12:26.weeds pick up a little. I mention the cooler weather moving on, which
:12:26. > :12:29.is going to happen from Saturday through to Monday. A little more in
:12:29. > :12:35.the way of plied coming her way, but that will fit in, giving us a
:12:35. > :12:39.cloudy day on Sunday. We will notice the drop and editors,
:12:39. > :12:46.particularly from 17 and 18 degrees, back down to 13. -- a drop in
:12:46. > :12:51.temperature. By Monday we will have break in the cloud, but a fresher