05/12/2013 BBC Channel Islands News

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More bad news for Flybe ` the are.

More bad news for Flybe ` the airline announces it's cutting an

extra five routes to the Channel Islands.

The Claims the Diocese, governing the Anglican Church in Jersey, has

no valid safeguarding policy for children and vulnerable adults in

the island. And Jersey Rugby Club boss Ben

Harvey resigns with immediate effect.

Business leaders have reacted with some sort of response to the news

that Flybe are to drop four of its Jersey routes. The direct flight to

Bristol, which was a year round service, will finish next month

Summer services to the Isle of Man, Belfast City, Newcastle and Luton

won't return next year. It comes as members of Guernsey's finance sector

have called for more flights to international hubs to help develop

the industry. Pam Caulfield reports. These are turbulent times for Flybe.

To cut costs, bosses plan to close all bases in the Channel Islands,

with more than 45 jobs at risk. And today they've announced five routes

to and from Jersey will be axed That includes the summer service to

the Isle of Man, where many of Jersey's finance companies do

business. Business is fairly lean of these days. You will have a manager,

wherever he is based, who has got a cover those jurisdictions and the

ability to get from one to another is very important. This is not going

to be good news for business at all and I think they will be great

concern. And as early as next month, all their flights to and from

Bristol will stop. Flybe say they've taken a long hard look at all the

routes from Jersey to make sure they are what customers want and they

remain committed to the island with 15 direct air links here next year.

Passengers will still be able to get to four of the routes on other

carriers ` to Bristol on Blue Islands, Newcastle and Belfast on

Easyjet and the Isle of Man on CityWing in the summer. It is only

the Luton route that will not be serviced by another carrier but the

London area will have 200 additional seats in the marketplace. Next

summer we will have 43 different routes operating from Jersey. Flybe

connections to and from Guernsey aren't affected by today's

announcement and the island's finance sector is calling for more

international flights to improve business links.

The Diocese of Winchester has no valid safeguarding policy for

children and vulnerable adults in Jersey. That's according to leading

Anglican Church members in a document leaked exclusively to the

BBC. It's a submission to the Steel inquiry into an abuse allegation

that saw the Islands Dean suspended over how he dealt with the alleged

claims. He was later reinstated The Bishop of Winchester is refusing to

publish the Steel report for legal reasons. BBC Jersey's Matthew Price

joined me earlier. Tell me how critical they are of the

safeguarding policies. This all dates back to 2008 and the

allegation of abuse that was investigated. This led to the

suspension of the Dean of Jersey. This is for a second report which

looks into the handling of that original complaint. This submission

complains that the dioceses of Winchester does not have a valid

policy for safeguarding and there are no detailed procedures to

follow. It goes on to criticise the report, accusing the Bishop of. .

Any response from the Diocese of Winchester? A London based PR

company represents the dioceses It does point out that the safeguarding

policies are independently chaired and that clergy and church offices

in Jersey are given regular training. They also claim the

submission we have received contains a number of inaccuracies. This

document is an annex to the new inquiry into how the Dean handled

the abuse complaint ` the Steel report. What does its author say

about this document? Although the Bishop says he is unable to publish

the report for legal reasons, the author has told me that the report

is almost complete. But according to the terms of reference laid out in

the report itself, it should eventually be put in the public

domain. And of course there will be more on

this with Matthew Price from six tomorrow morning on BBC Radio

Jersey. Income tax payers in Jersey will get

a tax cut from next year following the approval of the Budget. Minsters

have spent a third day debating the Islands budget. Just under ?300

million from the strategic reserve will be used to build a new hospital

and the government will borrow up to ?250 million to fund social housing.

Duty on tobacco, alcohol and fuel will go up.

Jersey's director of rugby Ben Harvey has resigned. He led Jersey

to three consecutive promotions from 2010 to 2012, seeing the Islanders

climb up through the English rugby pyramid from National Three to the

Championship. But the team has been struggling to find its form

recently. Tim Pryor reports. This news will not come as a huge

surprise to the fans. A second from bottom of the championship table.

Ben Harvey has been here for five and a half years and in that time

saw them get three promotions in consecutive years. But now he has

chosen this as a time to leave. He made a statement today. I have spent

two days away from the Island considering my position and I asked

for a meeting to be held on my return," Harvey said. "In this

meeting, I said that I had decided that in order to progress my career

I needed to part company with the club and was therefore resigning

with immediate effect". JC now need to focus on the rest of the season.

They turned their attention to cup action on the weekend. No one from

the club was willing to speak on camera today but the chairman

released a statement. Bill Dempsey said, "We are sorry that Ben has

come to this decision. His hard work, effort and enthusiasm has been

instrumental in enabling Jersey RFC to rise rapidly through the leagues

to the level at which we now play. You are watching the BBC in the

Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight with Justin and Clare ` patching up

players. We're behind the scenes with the

physios at Plymouth Albion. A nameless road in Jersey will now

honour a Belgian pilot shot down during the Occupation. Henri Gonay

was gunned down by the Germans in 1944 and is buried in the island.

The lane that will bear his name is just metres away from the crash site

in St Ouen. Parishioners proposed naming the road after him.

This pilot left home in 1939, came to the UK and fought for the

British. He did not have to do so and he paid the ultimate price. The

very least we can do is honour him and name this road after what we

have to regard as a hero because he did give his life for us.

Let's get the weather forecast now. The winds will drop overnight

tonight and it is a much quieter day tomorrow. There might be a few

showers dotted around tonight. It is mainly dry overnight tonight and

into tomorrow. Some sunny spells and, more importantly, much lighter

winds. It will feel that little bit warmer. Lots of cloud has been

sweeping in from the north`west through the day today. Lots of

concern about the area of low pressure that is weaving across the

North Sea and into Scandinavia. Look at how tightly packed those isobars

are. Some of the coastal locations in Denmark and journey could see a

risk of coastal flooding. For us, the wind has not been quite so

strong. We have high pressure and that settles in right across us as

we move into the start of the weekend. A lot of cloud around on

Saturday but a much brighter picture on Sunday. The possibility of a flu

showers tonight but after midnight most of those will disappear. Still

quite a cover of cloud. Overnight temperatures around six Celsius As

for tomorrow, we have got a lot of cloud, some sunny spells at times.

Towards the end of the day, we might start to see a bit more of a general

clearance of the cloud and ten bridges to about nine Celsius. There

is the coastal waters forecast. Times of high water.

As for the outlook, it is a dry story all the way through into the

weekend. Some sunny spells, rather cloudy on Saturday and a little bit

of drizzle. Brighter on Sunday and mainly fine on Monday. If you are

heading across to Spain, some lower temperatures here and a lot of cloud

through France. We are doing quite well with our temperatures. Into the

weekend, there is a possibility of some overnight frost.

us now from Westminster. Not many surprises today really? Especially

bearing in mind a lot of the contentious decisions. And the

Chancellor also said there would be money to help local authorities

freeze council tax? He also said he would not be making any further cuts

to the local government funding. Counsel's will not lose any money

from the local housing. It sounds very technical but it boils down to

several facts. They will now be looking ahead to the government

finance settlement. If there isn't an uplift in what they get from

government, then they may be taking the government off the strip than

cheering them on. A man has died after falling from

his boat and spending several hours in freezing water. The man was

fishing off the Lizard Peninsula and despite being pulled alive from the

sea by the crew of a nearby boat, he died later in hospital. Eleanor

Parkinson reports. The man had been rod fishing from a small boat when

he fell into trouble. He was reported missing by a friend after

he failed to return home yesterday evening. The Coastguard launched

their lifeboat and asked other vessels in the area to help with the

search. The crew of this Swedish service ship were nearby, and using

their high`powered lights they located him in the water. `` survey

ship. When we approached we could tell he was breathing so we were

positive. The weather conditions were perfect. We brought him on

board. The man was wearing a life jacket and it's understood he'd

spent several hours in the water. Despite being airlifted to hospital,

he later died. The lifeboat crew say conditions yesterday were good. It's

still not clear how this accident happened. He had a life jacket on.

That made detection easier. We'd like to extend our condolences to

the family and thank the crew of the Swedish ship which did a fantastic

job. The man hasn't been named but it's believed he was in his 60s.

Coming up: A major coup for Plymouth. Find out more in just a

moment. Plus, after the knocks on the rugby

pitch, how the medics put the players back together.

And 50 years of service ` the final nominee for this year's unsung

sporting hero award. Here in the South West we have some

of the country's most important old buildings. But many of them are

crumbling away, and there's limited money for restoration. As Sam Smith

reports in a special BBC South West programme tonight, one of the

country's foremost architects argues that it's time to decide which to

save ` and which to let go. The remains of a once great mining

enterprise... Traces of a fishing industry that was once the biggest

in the world... Evidence of our proud naval heritage... But 2,000 of

the area's historic structures are considered at serious risk. In

tonight's programme, it's pointed out that the budget to save them is

just ?1.5 million this year. That's not going to go far. So how do we

decide how we're going to spend the cash? I think there are some sites

we're just going to have to let go. But which ones? Ten years ago

Poltimore House near Exeter was a finalist in the BBC's Restoration

series. It's so picturesque, in this medieval alleyway. This is how I

imagine medieval Exeter would be. The public could vote for whichever

project they felt deserved a ?3 million grant from English Heritage.

But it didn't win. Today, ?12 million is needed to complete the

job. The interest we get from people possibly make it worthwhile. But

there are also days when we sit around the table looking pretty glum

at each other! What do we do next? How do we take it forward? Where do

we go for the next penny? It's a difficult project from that point of

view. It's feared that for many projects the passion of local

fundraisers just isn't enough ` and that tough decisions will need to be

made, even over buildings of undoubted historic value. That

programme ` Restoring England's Heritage in the South West ` is on

BBC One tonight at 7:30pm. In the last hour it's been confirmed

that Plymouth will be hosting some of the world's top sailors when the

Solitaire du Figaro race comes to the city next year. It's the first

time the four`leg race has ever been to the region ` and it's expected to

attract thousands of spectators. Emma Thomasson reports. Plymouth's

reputation as a leading sailing destination has been steadily

growing. Success in the Americas Cup has helped reinforce that. Getting

part of the Solitaire du Figaro race is seen as a major thing for

Plymouth. One of those behind the bid is local sailor Sam Goodchild.

He achieved the best British result since 1975 after finishing in 11th

place this year. It's a good step for everybody. Off`shore racing as a

whole. The race will start in Normandy before crossing the channel

to Plymouth. Then to Roscoff. Next Les Sables d'Olonne before finishing

in Cherbourg. It's considered to be the World Championships for

single`handed yachtsmen and women. It will include a fleet of 40 to 50

yachts and bring in up to 30,000 spectators. It's a very different

audience to the Americas Cup. It brings a whole different set of

sailors here. Organisers hope by showcasing the city that more events

will be held here in the future. The Football League's longest

serving manager could be leaving Exeter City. 40`year`old Paul

Tisdale has been in charge at St James' Park for seven`and`a`half

years. But City have given Tisdale permission to speak to Portsmouth

about their vacant manager's position. During his time at Exeter,

he restored their league status after they dropped into the

Conference. Rugby has a reputation for being one

of the most physically demanding sports and the professional era has

seen the players get bigger and the knocks get harder. That puts even

more pressure on the medical teams to patch up the players quickly so

they can back out on the field. Andy Birkett has been behind the scenes

at Plymouth Albion. His report does contain pictures of some injuries.

It does look like the guys are getting bigger and faster. The

collision forces are getting beyond what the human body can deal with. I

think my experience of incidents like this has gone up. It's still

two hours before kick off, but Albion's physiotherapist is already

treating the first of his customers. It's not really enjoyable but it has

to be done. Especially with training and all of the scrums. It's getting

ready for battle, really. Preparation over... It's game time.

There's no time to rest as the team have their first casualty of the

night. Keep the pressure on it. Let's go. It looked like Tom

Harrison's night had come to a premature end. Except this is rugby.

Six stitches and half a roll of tape later, he was heading back out! It

looked nasty. What are the worst things you've had to deal with?

Things you dread? I don't dread the ones with lots of blood, or the ones

with any bones sticking out. Those are fairly straightforward. What

worries us are the ones when players are unconscious or not moving. I'll

be back in a second. And he's off again. But this time it's nothing

serious. The crowd understand that these stoppages are part and parcel

of the modern game. How about our first casualty? How's he getting on?

There were no signs of concussion. He got a bit of a doing. They're a

special breed. You don't end up at this level unless you have a certain

mentality. It's our job to protect them from themselves at times. The

game may be over, but the work carries on. Stretch it off. Clean it

out. Get a shower. We might put a stitch in. There's still a long

night ahead. It's time now to meet the final

person you've nominated as the unsung sporting hero of the South

West. Michael Young is a founder and Honorary Secretary of Penryn

Athletic Football Club. John Ayres has been to meet him. Penryn

Athletic have come a long way. 50 years ago it was three teenage boys

who wanted to play football. Aged 16, Michael Young was one of them.

He's been here and helped guide the club as Honorary Secretary ever

since. In the 50s we had nothing really. We had to do it for

ourselves. There was a pitch nearby so we went there on Saturday

mornings and tried to pinch a game of football for ourselves! Back

then, Penryn was a rugby stronghold. Finding a pitch was one of their

biggest problems. They played at six different venues, including a

farmer's field. Mike has been the driving force behind the existence

of the club. The running of it. The paperwork. The secretary, within the

club, has got so much work to do. Goal! So after all this time, what

does it take to do this? You need a good knowledge of the game. And you

need to be stupid enough to think it's important! Every season you

always look to make progress, but these days it's a bit more

difficult. You can say job done but it's never job finished. The club is

celebrating its 50th anniversary. It now has four men's teams and a

ladies' team. It's come a long way since its humble beginnings. We'll

find out who wins tomorrow. Now for the weather. We have had

winds of 49 mph. It will be a great day tomorrow. A small chance of

showers. We are likely to see some quite weather. `` quiet. The weather

system nearby may produce some showers. By the time we get to the

middle of the day the high pressure starts to come back. It will be with

us for the weekend and a good part of next week. Here is the detailed

satellite picture. It is steadily making its way southwards. You can

see the strength of the wind. Bad news for some but good news for

others! You need to know what you are doing with these sorts of

conditions. These pictures are great. The structure of the cloud

will allow some breaks to develop. Later on we will see some clear

spells. Particularly across the East of origin. `` of our region.

Temperatures down to one or two below freezing. It could be quite

cold near Dartmoor. Sunny spells are possible in the morning. More cloud

in the afternoon. Possible showers. Much later winds than we have seen

today. It will feel a bit warmer even though temperatures are not

much different. There is the forecast for the Isles of Scilly.

The winds will drop. Times of high water on your screen. The soft is

clean on the south coast. `` The surf. The winds drop during the

day. It is generally fair with good visibility. Saturday could be a bit

grey, with some cloud that could provide some rain, but on Sunday and

Monday there will be some sunny spells during the daytime. Goodbye

for now. Tomorrow we find out who has won the sporting award.