:00:15. > :00:23.Good evening Tilstock welcome to BBC Channel Islands. Coming up: how
:00:23. > :00:29.and why it did a Guernsey man died in an explosion?
:00:29. > :00:34.This is rare for the United Kingdom, never mind Guernsey.
:00:35. > :00:39.Budget cuts mean staffing problems for Chelsea prison. We assessed the
:00:39. > :00:45.impact. And the Return of the traditional
:00:45. > :00:55.town market - we meet the trader has given a traditional -- a new
:00:55. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :01:01.Investigations are still continuing in to how and why a middle aged man
:01:01. > :01:06.from Guernsey was killed by an explosion and one of the island's
:01:06. > :01:14.most expensive residential areas. Robert Blakemore died in Fort
:01:14. > :01:17.George on Friday night. It has been four days since the explosion.
:01:17. > :01:23.Among the manicured lawns and immaculate properties nobody knew
:01:23. > :01:29.much about the victim. He left in an annex adjoining his parents'
:01:29. > :01:36.house. This is generally a quiet place but in the last few days the
:01:36. > :01:40.area behind this barrier has been a hive of activity. Experts have now
:01:40. > :01:45.returned to the UK. I have been told that this road should open in
:01:45. > :01:49.the next few hours. Police say that the explosive materials have now
:01:49. > :01:56.been made safe and that all four bomb making equipment was found
:01:56. > :02:01.that there was no sign of terrorist activity.
:02:01. > :02:07.The mechanics of the device we have yet to process. We are putting
:02:07. > :02:12.together the pieces. When we reach their inquest we will have a better
:02:12. > :02:16.indication as to what happened. Detectives are trying to piece
:02:16. > :02:19.together what happened. We know that Robert Blakemore called the
:02:19. > :02:25.police before to incident and it is the nature of the phone call which
:02:26. > :02:30.could explain why the blast or card. We are looking at the phone call.
:02:30. > :02:36.It does not appear to be straight forward. Police officers were
:02:36. > :02:46.dispatched because clearly their individual needed police attendance.
:02:46. > :02:48.
:02:48. > :02:54.A post mortem has been carried out A 32-year-old man has been arrested
:02:54. > :02:57.after a woman was sexually assaulted in the Jersey. Police say
:02:57. > :03:02.it happened near the Grand Vaux tennis court just before Saturday
:03:02. > :03:12.morning. The victim was supported by specially trained officers who
:03:12. > :03:12.
:03:12. > :03:18.Sheep farmers in Jersey are meeting an expert in the virus which is
:03:18. > :03:23.causing birth defects and stillborn lambs. Tests last month confirmed
:03:23. > :03:28.that the Schmallenberg virus had affected sheep at a farm in the
:03:28. > :03:38.island. It is thought the virus was brought by my cheese from the
:03:38. > :03:38.
:03:39. > :03:42.Continent. -- midges.
:03:42. > :03:48.An annual report has come from that number of prison officers has
:03:48. > :03:55.fallen below the desired level was the number of prisoners up at La
:03:55. > :04:01.Moye prison. Any fall in levels below recommended levels reveals a
:04:01. > :04:05.funding pressure on the prison. That is true of all state funded
:04:05. > :04:10.organisations trying to meet the demands of the comprehensive
:04:10. > :04:15.spending review. But the prison governor told me that standards had
:04:16. > :04:21.not dropped. But there definitely is pressure.
:04:22. > :04:25.If I took a decision last year to allow staffing numbers to drop.
:04:25. > :04:30.That was in the knowledge that we could only pay for fewer staff the
:04:30. > :04:35.following year. It is the same from the sea here. We will run short
:04:35. > :04:41.because we know we have to reduce our numbers in 2013 to let within
:04:41. > :04:46.budgetary constraints. Bill Miller has been in post for
:04:47. > :04:53.four years. He arrived following the highly critical report into La
:04:53. > :04:56.Moye prison. How does he think the prison is progressing now?
:04:56. > :05:01.He arrived after two consecutive critical reports which highlighted
:05:01. > :05:07.the prison was one of the worst in Europe with practices like slopping
:05:07. > :05:11.out, no proper toilet facilities, limited educational and
:05:11. > :05:17.recreational facilities. But he is confident things have turned around
:05:17. > :05:22.since then. There has been huge investment in
:05:22. > :05:26.the architecture and the buildings. We have also made significant
:05:26. > :05:31.changes in the regime. And in the policies that we used to manage the
:05:31. > :05:37.prison. Will the inspectorate make a return
:05:37. > :05:44.visit? One is scheduled for next year.
:05:44. > :05:49.They expect a very different report them.
:05:49. > :05:54.St Helier has been twinned with the capital of Madeira. A formal
:05:54. > :06:01.agreement was signed today. James Street has been renamed to reflect
:06:01. > :06:07.the links between the two islands. One in 10 people living in Jersey
:06:07. > :06:15.have Portuguese roots. It is important for both
:06:15. > :06:22.communities. As I said to your mare, next year it we will open a region
:06:22. > :06:30.in our island named after St Helier. This is a consequence of something
:06:30. > :06:34.spontaneous. To mark the 100 years since the
:06:34. > :06:40.sinking of the Titanic crowds gathered for a memorial service in
:06:40. > :06:44.Southampton today. Alfred Oliver, from Jersey, was a quarter master
:06:44. > :06:50.on Titanic, and today his granddaughter claimed that the
:06:50. > :06:57.ceremony was a fitting tribute. He saw the I spared. He described
:06:57. > :07:04.it not as white but as dark blue. - - he saw the end spared. He was
:07:04. > :07:09.then told to look after people in the lifeboats. He was a Jersey man.
:07:09. > :07:16.The family all returned because at the time he was only temporarily in
:07:16. > :07:23.Southampton. What happened that night to him and
:07:23. > :07:29.so many others gives me a connection. I just want to be there
:07:29. > :07:34.for Ham. This is when it was spelt but the
:07:34. > :07:44.days of the GMC's market building actually being a market have long
:07:44. > :07:50.gone. -- Guernsey's market building. But those days could return. It has
:07:50. > :07:56.been the Monte's trade for decades. But it has been years since he did
:07:56. > :08:02.it here. Fisher Friday is about returning
:08:02. > :08:07.local produce to the market square. It is for the locals. Every time we
:08:07. > :08:14.hear about the market a rear we want the local producers to come
:08:14. > :08:23.back and create a proper market. -- the market a year. We now have
:08:23. > :08:30.funding and we are saying, let's do The weekly stalls will be some way
:08:30. > :08:39.away from the permanent market turn say once had. But traders are
:08:39. > :08:46.looking for what took that a term. -- looking for to the return.
:08:46. > :08:49.It will be nice to get more local people into local produce.
:08:49. > :08:57.This will not bring back the old market but it will bring back some
:08:57. > :09:02.all memories and some tradition. Before we bring you the weather -
:09:02. > :09:12.the latest figures from turn say what a show that rainfall in March
:09:12. > :09:12.
:09:12. > :09:22.was 53% below what the average. -- Guernsey water. Let's see a friend
:09:22. > :09:24.
:09:24. > :09:31.Showers for the rest of the week. One or two could turn out to be
:09:31. > :09:37.heavy. Some sunshine in between. But not very warm, just 12 Celsius
:09:37. > :09:42.the top temperature. Low pressure anchored off the west coast of
:09:42. > :09:48.Norway. That will bring in the showers. Little changed by the time
:09:48. > :09:53.we get to forestry. Slightly more northerly winds towards the end of
:09:53. > :09:57.the week. Each day will bring colder air than the last. The
:09:57. > :10:02.showers will keep going overnight. They might become isolated but do
:10:02. > :10:07.not be surprised if you hear rain on the roof of the window. The
:10:07. > :10:11.showers will stare with us through to the morning. Overnight
:10:11. > :10:16.temperatures as low as seven Celsius. Show was quite frequent in
:10:16. > :10:24.the morning but more isolated in the afternoon. They could be quite
:10:24. > :10:31.heavy. Winds from the north-west. For the coastal waters, generally
:10:31. > :10:41.very good visibility at sea. Wins Westerleigh, veering north-westerly.
:10:41. > :10:42.
:10:42. > :10:49.Force for. High water - here are the times. Four hour sufferers,
:10:49. > :10:56.most of the beaches are exposed to a north west wind. -- four hour or
:10:56. > :11:06.so for us. The vote Look, colder. The butter on Thursday very few
:11:06. > :11:07.
:11:07. > :11:17.showers. -- but on Thursday. Night- time temperatures fairly law.
:11:17. > :11:22.
:11:22. > :11:26.Feeling chilly with a northerly Today marks the 25th anniversary of
:11:26. > :11:32.Condor first sailing between the Channel Islands and Weymouth. She
:11:32. > :11:39.was given a celebratory water salt today. The captain in charge a
:11:39. > :11:47.quarter of a century ago chatted to the captain in charge of today.
:11:47. > :11:56.It was a 33 metre hydrofoil. We went along way and exposed seas. It
:11:56. > :12:04.was a pioneering route. How challenging was that?
:12:04. > :12:08.On a nice day it was very nice, on a rough day, very rough.
:12:08. > :12:12.Our top story - police in the Jersey think a home-made bomb
:12:12. > :12:20.caused a fatal explosion. Robert Blakemore was found dead in his
:12:20. > :12:24.home on Friday night. That is all I have time for. But with just over