20/02/2014 BBC Channel Islands News


20/02/2014

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And that is all from us for this evening. Now on BBC One,

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Good evening. This battle is not over ` that's the

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message from unions tonight about the dispute with Condor Ferries over

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workers rights. A two week strike which halted services between the

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Channel Islands and St Malo was called off yesterday, after Condor

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said it had agreed to offer the French sailors a better insurance

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package. But the International Transport Workers federation ` who

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organised the industrial action ` said today that they were taking

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legal action as Condor was 'impossible to negotiate with'.

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Well, as the war of words intensifies, passengers have finally

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been arriving back in the islands. Penny Elderfield reports. A short

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wait at St Malo harbour this morning is nothing for these passengers `

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who've been waiting for two weeks to get to Jersey: I have not been able

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to get to Jersey for the past two and a half weeks. First of all was

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the weather and then it has been the strike. TRANSLATION: We had a trip

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planned for Valentine's Day and we had to reschedule. We are bit and

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happy and a bit and pleased. `` unhappy. And finally, at around 10am

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french time, the Condor Rapide bid au revoir to France... ...And

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bonjour to St Helier. Meaning the ferry link to France is back in time

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for the school holidays ` and in one case, a family emergency: I have

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come over particularly for the birth of my first grandchild. My

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daughter`in`law is going to have the baby at lunchtime so I was

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desperately hoping it would be back on. Somebody is looking after me!

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Relief for passengers to get back on board here ` and relief for Condor

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that the striking crew that have been on here for 14 days are no

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longer comandeering it. This was where the dozen or so crew members

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lived whilst on board ` creating sleeping quarters here, and even

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having a tv to watch the olympics. But now it's back to normality. .

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And back in Guernsey, albeit a bit too late for those who had their

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half term plans disrupted. The boat may be moving again but it looks

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like relations between Condor and the union still have some way to go.

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We will appoint a lawyer to get some legal steps because a lot of things

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are not in compliance with the law so it is not possible to accept

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that. We need to try and get the company to get what we want. It is

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important we put this behind us and work together and try and learn from

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whatever issues they have. We have learned a few issues already. We do

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not recognise the advice they had from the ITF union. We do not

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recognise that organisations or any comments that organisation have not

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comments that the company will listen to. ITF is ruling out further

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strike action at the moment as it says passengers have suffered

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enough. And as the dispute moves on to the next level Condors customers

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will be hoping they're left out of it.

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Smoking in cars carrying children in Jersey should be banned according to

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the results of a public consultation. Almost eight out of

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ten people who responded said they'd support a law banning it. There was

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also support for making children's playgrounds smoke`free. The Health

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authorities have welcomed the findings ` which will be used to

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form the States' next Tobacco Strategy.

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Electricity prices in Jersey are going up by one and a half per cent

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from April. It's to cover the costs of generating power on the island.

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Jersey Electricity has been using the power station at La Colette

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since last April, when an undersea cable from France was lost.

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Hundreds of people gathered in Jersey this morning for a memorial

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service for the former Lieutenant Governor Sir Michael Wilkes. Sir

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Michael, who was the Queen's representative in the island between

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1995 and 2000, died from cancer last autumn.

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Jersey is experiencing a record period of falling house prices,

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according to new official figures. Since the last peak in 2009, average

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prices have dropped about six per cent. The average price of ?375 000

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for a two bedroom house last year was the lowest recorded since 2 07.

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A little earlier I spoke to Roger Trower from Broadlands Estate Agents

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to find out who are the winners and losers from this situation. The

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purchasers are the winners. There are certain parts of the market

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which have been overcooked. But not to the extent that has been said

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with regard to the statistics, you can prove lots of different things

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coming out from there. We have seen a off of prices in some parts. Can

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people afford to buy? That is where we have seen readjustment. We have

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had a lot of supplied to the lower end of the market where young people

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hope to come in and they should be able to buy as long as family

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members help with deposits and things like that. The banks are at

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last beginning to be more helpful. The States Housing Deposit Scheme

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gave some people interest free loans to help them ` what impact has that

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had? It has had some but the criteria for people to take up that

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all for was quite half. We rightly so. `` quite tough. Quite rightly

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so. If people can be helped to get on the housing ladder that is all

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very well, you should be buying to have a home for a considerable

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length of time, for that reason not to make money out of it. Hopefully

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people are saying, that is our house for the next ten years. What more

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needs to be done? We will supply more help from the States. I would

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like to see the lowering of stand duty for first`time buyers. `` stamp

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duty. That's the news. Now for the forecast.

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Good evening. More showers to come over the next few days although they

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are quite isolated. A breezy day tomorrow with some sunshine. There

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are some showers around tonight which could be lively, even with the

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risk of thunder. The showers become more isolated later tonight. A cold

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start to the day tomorrow, we should get sunshine in between the showers.

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They will be frequent for much of the day, easing in the afternoon.

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Eight degrees the top temperature. A brisk south`westerly wind tomorrow.

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Saturday will be a nice day with some sunshine. Cloudy on Sunday with

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a strong southerly winds. Rain Sunday night into Monday, replaced

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by showers on Monday. We will have the UK forecast in a second but it

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is good night from me. the outlook. On Sunday, we have grey

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skies and a bit of drizzle, too Good evening. You may have had the

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latest from the Met Office about the rainfall we have had this winter,

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the wettest winter on

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