07/02/2014

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:00:09. > :00:11.Good evening. Condor Ferries has That's all from us.

:00:12. > :00:14.Good evening. Condor Ferries has cancelled ferries to and from St

:00:15. > :00:17.Malo for a second day due to industrial action. French crew are

:00:18. > :00:19.employed on contracts under Guernsey law. And they want that to change,

:00:20. > :00:32.as Edward Sault reports. This afternoon, Condor's sailing

:00:33. > :00:35.from Jersey to Guernsey and the UK, but for anyone wanting to sail south

:00:36. > :00:39.to France they'd be disappointed. The crew of the Condor Rapide went

:00:40. > :00:42.on strike in St Malo yesterday, and say they will stay out until they

:00:43. > :00:46.get better pay and conditions. They want their terms to match the French

:00:47. > :00:55.system rather than Guernsey's, where Condor is based.

:00:56. > :01:06.We want to propose to them a provision in the contract that would

:01:07. > :01:16.say that they operate between the UK and France if there is agreement

:01:17. > :01:19.that covers both. It is important that we can be part of the

:01:20. > :01:22.resolution of the conflict. Condor say this action has come as a

:01:23. > :01:25.surprise and have apologised to customers. Bosses say they've got

:01:26. > :01:31.representatives on board the Rapide trying to negotiate a solution with

:01:32. > :01:35.the crew. It would be inappropriate for us to come up with a solution

:01:36. > :01:39.that is not right just for our colleagues, but also make sure the

:01:40. > :01:42.company is viable and to make sure that islanders are protected. The

:01:43. > :01:47.last thing we want to do is have some pressure on fares. We want to

:01:48. > :01:50.make sure that everything we do is the right solution for everybody.

:01:51. > :01:58.Pressure has also been mounting on Guernsey and Jersey's governments to

:01:59. > :02:03.intervene. We hear the Jersey are considering it a night. It's not yet

:02:04. > :02:06.clear how long this dispute will last, but all sailings to St Malo

:02:07. > :02:09.have been cancelled tomorrow. Condor say it's due to adverse weather

:02:10. > :02:20.conditions and nothing to do with the ongoing strike action.

:02:21. > :02:25.There's growing concern about the level of personal debt in Jersey,

:02:26. > :02:28.amid claims the government is ignoring the issue. The island's

:02:29. > :02:31.Citizens Advice Bureau has launched a survey to find out the real scale

:02:32. > :02:34.of the problem. Emma Chambers reports. The stresses and strains

:02:35. > :02:38.debt can bring, causing many people to bury their heads in the sand

:02:39. > :02:41.rather than talking about it. And that's why this survey has been

:02:42. > :02:44.launched. It's been sent out to 4,000 randomly chosen households to

:02:45. > :02:48.find out the state of our personal finances. You don't put your name on

:02:49. > :02:55.it, so it's hoped this anonymity will encourage people to be open

:02:56. > :02:59.about debt worries. It is, I think, a far wider problem, particularly in

:03:00. > :03:03.relation to loans and credit cards. I think the less affluent people

:03:04. > :03:08.there's a growing loan crisis as well. To find out how serious the

:03:09. > :03:11.issue is in the island, Jersey's Consumer Council has teamed up with

:03:12. > :03:16.two local charities that help those with money troubles. This is

:03:17. > :03:21.probably the first time we have worked together in such a concerted

:03:22. > :03:24.way. What we hope is that when we get the survey results, we can drive

:03:25. > :03:29.through the results and get something meaningful out the back of

:03:30. > :03:31.them, and in a way we can focus better on what we are doing and

:03:32. > :03:36.provide a service that is tailored to the needs of the community. One

:03:37. > :03:41.of those services will educate people how to manage their spending.

:03:42. > :03:46.If we can run workshops with people and discuss with them so people

:03:47. > :03:52.don't bury their heads in their sands, and there isn't a stigma

:03:53. > :03:55.attached and we can treat it like a more open subject. It's hoped the

:03:56. > :03:56.survey findings will help people with money problems find a brighter

:03:57. > :04:07.future. Guernsey has already had its wettest

:04:08. > :04:10.February in 35 years. Heavy rainfall led to widespread flooding last

:04:11. > :04:13.night, and the local wildlife is suffering too. Mike Wilkins reports

:04:14. > :04:16.After a night where dozens of Guernsey's roads were flooded, this

:04:17. > :04:24.morning some were still submerged. After a night where dozens

:04:25. > :04:31.I am close to this reservoir, and behind me you can see where the road

:04:32. > :04:35.is still flooded and impassable It's not just the rows that have had

:04:36. > :04:41.a soaking. Water has knocked this church and pre`school out of action

:04:42. > :04:46.for weeks. It's one of those acts of God, if you like, but of course

:04:47. > :04:51.this main hall is a day school for the little bears, and they have had

:04:52. > :04:58.to make alternative arrangements elsewhere. It's like an evacuation.

:04:59. > :05:06.And just down the road another kind of damage was being surveyed, the

:05:07. > :05:10.damage to our wildlife. It's a major concern. We can already say the

:05:11. > :05:15.birds like cormorants, Shanks and maybe a few other species will have

:05:16. > :05:21.already decided that they can't breed this year `` shags. It's only

:05:22. > :05:25.February but that decision will be made for them. They were built to

:05:26. > :05:28.get into condition to last the breeding season, so survival becomes

:05:29. > :05:31.a priority rather than breeding Over at the animal shelter,

:05:32. > :05:33.guillemots are among some of the animals brought in during the

:05:34. > :05:41.storms, including this pigeon called Droopy, who has a broken wing. If

:05:42. > :05:47.anybody does come across an injured animal in Guernsey, Corless at the

:05:48. > :05:51.shelter, or you can pop to the shelter `` call us. There is always

:05:52. > :05:54.somebody here 24 hours per day, seven days a week, and in a vehicle

:05:55. > :06:00.ready to respond. There has been some good news on the wildlife

:06:01. > :06:03.front. Earlier in the week this young dolphin was stranded at

:06:04. > :06:06.Pembroke Bay. Well today I spotted him swimming around Beaucette

:06:07. > :06:09.Marina, where I believe there's a decent supply of fish to keep him

:06:10. > :06:13.going. That's it from me. I'm back on Monday at 6:30pm. Now here's

:06:14. > :06:19.David Braine with news of a wet and windy weekend of weather. Goodnight.

:06:20. > :06:26.Another big storm is heading across the UK over the next 24 hours. We

:06:27. > :06:31.are quite a way away from it, the centre but it will still be windy

:06:32. > :06:36.and this weekend we will continue to see blustery showers, and possible

:06:37. > :06:39.gusts of wind up to 70 mph through Saturday afternoon. The rain we have

:06:40. > :06:44.at the moment is accompanied by gale force southerly winds. It will drop

:06:45. > :06:48.a little bit but it will be a blustery night, and overnight,

:06:49. > :06:52.temperatures down to six degrees. Showers around and a steady increase

:06:53. > :06:57.in the strength of the wind, severe gale force winds are possible, and

:06:58. > :07:00.nine degrees is the top temperature but feeling colder because of the

:07:01. > :07:06.strength of the wind. The forecast as we move into Sunday is that bit

:07:07. > :07:09.quieter. We still expect to see some sharp downpours. A cold day on

:07:10. > :07:14.Sunday with a few hail showers thrown in as well. Quiet on Monday,

:07:15. > :07:17.and yet another big area of low pressure turning up on Tuesday. It's

:07:18. > :07:22.mainly Monday night and Tuesday that we start to see the winds increasing

:07:23. > :07:29.and also some wet weather returning to the island. A lot happening this

:07:30. > :07:36.weekend, but the main strength of wind will be through the day

:07:37. > :07:44.Hello again. Nelson's flag ship HMS victory, was launched in 1765 and

:07:45. > :07:48.you can still see it today in Portsmouth Harbour. But through the

:07:49. > :07:51.whole of that history, you will struggle to find a wetter winter

:07:52. > :07:56.than this one across southern England. Scotland has already been

:07:57. > :08:01.in the record books. Their December was the wettest since standardised

:08:02. > :08:05.records began about 100 years ago. There's plenty more where that came

:08:06. > :08:10.from. Another storm is knocking on the door and will affect the whole

:08:11. > :08:13.of Western Europe, steaming in from the Atlantic. Giving us a steady

:08:14. > :08:14.stream of rain in most