:00:00. > :00:14.Good evening. Welcome to the late news from BBC Channel Islands.
:00:15. > :00:17.It's been confirmed that Jersey Police have carried out a search in
:00:18. > :00:19.one of the island's schools following intelligence that new
:00:20. > :00:23.psychoactive drugs, also known as legal highs, were on the premises.
:00:24. > :00:28.Officers say their search at De la Salle College didn't turn up any
:00:29. > :00:31.substances. They're complex chemical compounds
:00:32. > :00:37.and their formulas are always changing to stay one step ahead of
:00:38. > :00:40.the law. So when Jersey police received intelligence about a new
:00:41. > :00:47.'psychoactive drug' at this private school, it acted fast.
:00:48. > :00:49.Jersey Police came to De la Salle College yesterday to search a
:00:50. > :00:57.student's locker. They didn't find any drugs or make any arrests. But
:00:58. > :01:00.they say with tip`offs about these substances coming in from a wide
:01:01. > :01:05.range of sources, some will inevitably involve those in the
:01:06. > :01:07.education system. In a statement, De la Salle head teacher Jason Turner,
:01:08. > :01:14.said: "We take safeguarding very seriously. I held an assembly with
:01:15. > :01:17.our older boys to alert them to the dangers of using these drugs. We
:01:18. > :01:20.asked all our parents via e`mail to discuss these so called "legal
:01:21. > :01:24.highs" with their sons." Jersey Police praised the school's swift
:01:25. > :01:33.action but admit the war on this new generation of drugs is tough.
:01:34. > :01:36.Drugs like this come along on a very regular basis and the particular
:01:37. > :01:39.type of psychoactive drug changes on an almost weekly basis. We have
:01:40. > :01:42.recruited a new internet investigator to help us better
:01:43. > :01:49.understand how these drugs come into the island.
:01:50. > :01:52.Policing the internet is just part of policing an ever`changing drugs
:01:53. > :01:55.landscape. Officers will hope their warnings are heeded so policing the
:01:56. > :02:05.school corridors doesn't become a regular part of island life.
:02:06. > :02:09.There's concern tonight that problems with Guernsey's income tax
:02:10. > :02:12.office could mean some people are racking up large fines unfairly The
:02:13. > :02:15.department can now issue penalties to anyone who didn't submit their
:02:16. > :02:17.2012 tax return on time. But there are complaints that some people have
:02:18. > :02:27.been sent them in error. It's well know there's a few
:02:28. > :02:30.problem's here at the tax office: staffing issues, a backlog of tax
:02:31. > :02:33.returns to get through and now concerns about new penalty letters
:02:34. > :02:39.sent out if you don't get your return in on time. You can expect a
:02:40. > :02:42.?100 fine. A number of people have been in
:02:43. > :02:44.touch with the BBC who've received penalty letters, they believe, in
:02:45. > :02:46.error. Kevin says he submitted his
:02:47. > :02:54.89`year`old mother's return last January. She just received a letter
:02:55. > :02:57.saying that they hadn't received it and that she was being fined.
:02:58. > :03:01.Neil says he thought he'd filled his return in online, only to find out
:03:02. > :03:03.he too faced a fine. He had no warning his application hadn't gone
:03:04. > :03:07.through. And Ebony was told that because she
:03:08. > :03:10.was off work with long term sickness she didn't need to do an annual
:03:11. > :03:12.return. She's also just received a penalty letter.
:03:13. > :03:16.The income tax office says it's looking into complaints, but wants
:03:17. > :03:18.to remind the public they have every right to appeal.
:03:19. > :03:21.We do acknowledge that occasionally mistakes are made. A tax return may
:03:22. > :03:25.be received but not noted properly. We would say to people, if you think
:03:26. > :03:29.you may be one of these people, please contact us.
:03:30. > :03:34.But there's still mounting political pressure for the Treasury to take
:03:35. > :03:37.action to sort all the problems out. They have a recovery plan but we
:03:38. > :03:41.want to see action. In business if you have a backlog of accounts, you
:03:42. > :03:47.bring in contract accountants and those people with the specialist
:03:48. > :03:51.knowledge to deal with it. The financial penalties may act as
:03:52. > :03:54.an incentive to the public to get their tax returns in. But in the
:03:55. > :03:55.same way, those raising concerns will hope it'll encourage the tax
:03:56. > :04:05.office to iron out any problems A Jersey medic has today denied
:04:06. > :04:08.allegations of sexual misconduct towards two female patients.
:04:09. > :04:11.58`year`old Dr Carl Clinton is facing a fitness to practice hearing
:04:12. > :04:13.in Manchester, accused of giving rough and unnecessary breast
:04:14. > :04:16.examinations while working at Jersey's General Hospital and the
:04:17. > :04:24.Dongola Road Sports Clinic. Giving evidence he said he would never have
:04:25. > :04:27.behaved in such a way. Next, a woman in Jersey says the
:04:28. > :04:31.conditions of her states owned home are worse than living in a zoo.
:04:32. > :04:35.Sandra Dickinson claims she's been living in damp and cold for the past
:04:36. > :04:41.two years without any help from the housing department.
:04:42. > :04:44.As soon as you come in the door it is damp. The smell is ridiculous.
:04:45. > :04:50.Also, the cold as well, it affects your bones.
:04:51. > :04:56.Sandra Dickinson's lived here for nearly 20 years. She says in the
:04:57. > :05:00.early days she was happy, but more recently the damp's taken over.
:05:01. > :05:03.I would rather live in the zoo with the animals. They have better
:05:04. > :05:09.accommodation than people in these flats!
:05:10. > :05:12.Sandra believes the States Housing Department ` which has ultimate
:05:13. > :05:15.responsibility for her home ` hasn't done enough to help.
:05:16. > :05:18.Last year a new law came into force in Jersey that allows tenants ` in
:05:19. > :05:22.States housing like this and private rentals ` to stop paying their rent
:05:23. > :05:24.if their home's uninhabitable. But Malcolm Ferey from Jersey's Citizens
:05:25. > :05:29.Advice Bureau says Sandra's not eligible.
:05:30. > :05:35.Residential tenancy law allows tenants to not pay their rent if the
:05:36. > :05:43.property is uninhabitable, will apply to leases after the 1st of May
:05:44. > :05:47.2013 and variances and new leases after that date, but not too natural
:05:48. > :05:50.continuations. Jersey politician Deputy Montfort
:05:51. > :05:54.Tadier says Sandra's case shows the law needs greater clarity.
:05:55. > :05:56.The first question is what defines uninhabitable? Is this place
:05:57. > :06:04.uninhabitable? There is a good argument that it is.
:06:05. > :06:06.In a statement to the BBC, the housing department says there's "no
:06:07. > :06:09.evidence that the building's suffering from maintenance failure"
:06:10. > :06:12.and that "it was built to a good standard". But the department has
:06:13. > :06:16.arranged to meet with Deputy Tadier to see if there's anything else it
:06:17. > :06:26.can do. But for Sandra, it's not soon enough.
:06:27. > :06:36.Hello. The next two days will be colder. Thereafter, the temperatures
:06:37. > :06:43.start to rise again back into double figures. But we will also have wind
:06:44. > :06:54.and rain. It will feel colder tomorrow. Less windy but still some
:06:55. > :07:00.showers dotted around. Very slowly moving eastwards during the course
:07:01. > :07:07.of the day. Quite a cold night, temperatures down to three or four
:07:08. > :07:17.degrees. Showers tomorrow all day. A glimpse of the sunshine every now
:07:18. > :07:24.and then. Those showers will become quite slow`moving and heavy. A quiet
:07:25. > :07:30.day on Thursday. All change on Friday as it becomes windy and wet
:07:31. > :07:31.again. Thank you. Goodbye.