06/05/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Welcome to the BBC Channel Islands News. The top stories: Stopping the

scammers ` the company director who fell victim to con artists. Now a

campaign has been launched to protect others.

They sounded exactly like computer experts that I have dealt with in

the past and they wind your confidence.

Also, could a deep shaft 300 feet in the ground replace Jersey's ageing

waste treatment plant? And, Guernsey's Siam Cup heartache

continues after Jersey stormed to a sixth consecutive victory in the

annual rugby inter`insular over the weekend.

Good evening. It could happen to any one of us, leaving us thousands of

pounds out of pocket and feeling vulnerable and betrayed. Scams are

getting more and more sophisticated, and harder to police, so islanders

have to be vigilant. That's the message from Jersey's Citizen's

Advice Bureau, after a company director in the island fell victim

to one internet scam. She told the BBC's Emma Chambers her story.

I was suspicious, but the way they talked to me, they were very

rational. They sounded exactly like computer expert that I have dealt

with in the past when we have had issues with the computer. They win

your confidence. A Jersey company director who fell

victim to a scam. She thought the company Microsoft was helping her

with a virus she had on her home computer. She found out they were in

fact con artists, after she had given them her bank details.

Luckily, her bank stopped the transaction but she's been left

feeling invaded and embarrassed so didn't want to be identified. I have

to say, I am quite cynical, and I am quite experienced in using

computers. I take all the precautions I thought was

necessary. I didn't think I would ever get caught. Stories like this

are becoming more and more common. Islanders are affected by scams

every year so Citizens Advice Bureau have dedicated the month of May to

raise awareness to prevent more people becoming victims. There are

great proactive units that are doing things to combat this, but a lot of

people are operating out of jurisdiction. They are so

sophisticated that if they do get money, it comes almost untraceable,

so it is not an easy task that the police have two apprehend any

perpetrators. The best thing we can do is to highlight the issues at the

front end. 84% of ID fraud is conducted over the internet.

Citizens Advice hopes this proactive approach will help alert more people

about this growing issue. Limits set by the States on how many

doctors can practice in Guernsey are likely to contravene Guernsey's

Competition law, according to the competition regulator CICRA. The

current limit of 42 GPs was set by the former Board of Health, based on

a ratio of doctor to resident population of one to 1,600.

Proposals for a new system will be brought before the States by the end

of the year. We are keen to ensure high quality

primary health care, and that is what we are going to try to do. The

have got this current cap which is currently operating, but what we are

seeking to do is to replace it by a different structure which is sure

that when people go to the GP they know they are appropriately trained.

The overhaul of Guernsey's sewage plant is causing a rift. New

technology is proposed which is said is cleaner and greener, but

transport and technical services who will be responsible for the new

plant disagree. Just's sewage plant needs replacing,

but what with is causing a controversy. This would bore a hole

up to 300 feet deep, taking waste and associated smells underground.

Basically having a large container tilt into the ground rather than a

shallow surface `based one. If you deal with deep wells, in fact, you

can minimise and do away with the bad smells. But Transport and

Technical Services says the new plant should be a modern version of

what's already there. The Minister Deputy Kevin Lewis says he's been

given expert advice that technology like a deep shaft wouldn't work. A

scrutiny panel is hearing from both sides this week. It is universally

agreed that our sewage treatment plant does not meet standards. We

get pollution from time to time. It is difficult to maintain. We all

agreed it needs to be replaced, but it is a question of what technology

is used. Environment Minister favours one approach, the TTS

favours another. Everyone agrees something has to

change. The debate moves from scrutiny hearings to the States

chamber next month. Michael Combs was there and has this

report. The task facing Guernsey was once

again immense. The visitors, Jersey, are freely above them. They are

professionals paid to play one of the top 24 teams in England. Jersey

are going for their sixth consecutive win, but have Guernsey

got what it takes to please the faithful and cause an upset?

Guernsey made a good start and held their own. But, after 12 minutes,

Nicky Griffiths broke the deadlock to score the first try of the game.

But Guernsey didn't give up and a quick counter attack on another day

and with a lucky bounce could have seen them cross the line. As the

first half came to an end, the players were feeling the effects and

Jersey were 19`0 up. Jersey continued to stamp their authority

on the match with some thrilling running rugby, tom Brown finishing

off this move. Guernsey rallied in the final ten minutes and managed to

score their first points in a Siam Cup at Footes Lane for six years

with Dale Rutledge going over. So the final score was Guernsey five,

Jersey 38, and the Siam Cup was once again lifted by Jersey. There are

five Jersey guys in the starting line`up and we all feel proud. It

was a real contest, nets not mistake that. It was intense as anything we

have had. Guernsey is a three league difference. You don't see that at

the start, you know you are in a conquest. It is a result for us. We

know we're never going to a game like that, but it is not about that.

At the end of the day, we have got more pluses coming out of the game

than they do. For Guernsey, a proud effort and for Jersey, a satisfying

end to their season winning the Siam Cup just a week after avoiding

relegation from the Championship. Happy faces there!

Staying with sport, it was also a great weekend for Jersey's top

netball team, Team Jets. They've clinched promotion to the

national Premier League Three next season, the fourth highest level in

English netball. Jets Captain Lauren Devine told me earlier what it means

to the team. It means absolutely everything. As I

said over the weekend, we trained so hard, a lot of hard work goes into

this team and the dedication is massive. For it all to come true now

is just fantastic. We are elated and can't quite believe it. So, what

does promotion bring in terms of challenges for the season ahead will

stop I should imagine more expense and travel? Yes, we can't play

double`headers any more because the games will be too hard and we can't

compete at that level. Hopefully, as a team we will develop and get

stronger. Fingers crossed we get more teams coming to Jersey, so

there will be an increase in fans coming to watch us as well. We often

hear about sports funding and different teams like yourself

needing financial support. Can authorities in Jersey help you any

more, now that you have got promotion? Definitely. Presently,

there is a site called crowd funder associated with netball. Anyone can

go and donate on that site. Looking forward, we are hoping to build more

sponsorship into our funding to help with travel, so it will certainly be

something we are looking at for next season. Good evening, David.

We will see a lot more cloud around with some rain at times too. Some

sunny spells in between lines of showers or more persistent rain. It

will feel cooler than it did over the weekend. For much of the night

to come to light it will stay dry, but we are never too far from some

weather systems that will sweep by overnight to night producing a

future hours. More persistent rainbow arrived on a new area of low

pressure, and some new weather fronts coming in on Thursday.

Thursday will be the wettest day of the next few. Tonight, the cloud

structure has been interesting over the last few hours. Overnight

temperatures will dip into single figures. Quite breezy overnight

tonight, and the wind will be a feature of the weather tomorrow.

Some showers in the morning, some brief sunny spells before Mork

showers turn up in the day. Temper jazz will be held down because of

that. `` temperatures. The outlook for Thursday is wet.

Outbreaks of rain throughout the day, and also windy. Much brighter

on Friday, hopefully with a return to the sunshine. A small chance of a

future hours, but staying unsettled into the weekend.

ears in Whitehall. You're watching spotlight. Later in the programme `

the countdown begins. 500 days until the Rugby World Cup comes to Devon `

the Chiefs get ready to play host. And the Princess Royal embraces the

old and the new in Clovelly. A warning's been issued about a scam

in which someone phones up posing as a police officer. About 50 people

are known to have been duped in Devon and Cornwall, sometimes to the

tune of tens of thousands of pounds. Our South Devon reporter John Ayres

explains how fraudsters are getting people to part with their money.

Eleanor Wilson is one of the lucky ones. She was called by somebody

posing as a police officer from London claiming they had somebody in

custody who had used one of her bank cards. They wanted her to help them

catch the people doing it. He said what we would like you to do is put

?5,000 in your account, go to the bank, draw it out, take it home and

we'll get somebody to come and collect it. Then I thought, there's

something wrong here. The police would never ask me to draw money out

and keep it in the house. It is part of a national fraud. Elderly and

vulnerable people across Devon and Cornwall have been targeted, but

particularly in South Devon. The police are now issuing advice. The

police or the bank would never contact a member of the public and

ask for their cards or the PIN number over the

cash. Now the police believe the number of people may have been

caught out by the scams and are too embarrassed to admit it. They are

urging people to come forward saying there is no embarrassment and this

kind of information will help them build up a picture of what is going

on and provide more evidence. Mrs Wilson has the support of her

family, but she is now much more wary. The police are keeping an eye

on her to make sure she feels safe. I had no idea there were so many

scams going around. You don't think of it at my age. God, years ago you

could leave your front door open, you could leave your back door open

and nothing would happen. Anyone who thinks they may have had a call like

this is urged to contact the police. underway. That is an increase of

5,000 on last year. But at the same time, 50`odd ships will visit the

Scilly Isles and Plymouth is looking at extending its offer. This points

to a growing industry in the south`west. If you get a cruise

liner of 2,000 passengers coming into a port or harbour and they all

go ashore and they all spend in the region of ?80 to ?100, that is a

considerable amount of money towards the local economy. What did you

think it was before you came here? ??yellowWe thought it was just a

port that we had to go through. Like customs. I like it. This is the

first time I've come through here. We have come back to find our

heritage. The berth may now be accommodated to accommodate even

larger ships as this business appears to inherit the Navy's

firepower from the past. So how did you get it? 6am! That is not early

for a postman. A little question for you ` what are you doing in the

autumn of 2015? Well, if you're a rugby fan, all eyes will be on

England, and for the first time ever, here on the South West.

Exeter's Sandy Park will host three matches in the group stage of the

Rugby World Cup, and Brent Pilnick has met the Chiefs' player today who

might be playing in one of them. Get your diaries out, because the dates

to buy tickets for the free world cup games being held in Exeter has

been announced. One of the chief's players is taking it home turf for

the first game here in September next year. Whereby cure my home

ground. It is exciting and looking forward to it. I can pretty much

guarantee will be packed. It will be a special moment. Fingers crossed.

The Rugby World Cup as a global audience of around four million and

Sandy Park is getting an upgrade ahead of the big tournaments. They

are really hosting three games in Exeter, but despite that, it is

going to be worth millions of pounds to the city's economy. We did a

short analysis of the one months ago about the impact on the economy

within the city. It comes in at about 5.6 million and that is about

50% of people who bought tickets staying overnight and the other 50%

day visitors. And that is an underestimation. It is not take into

account the visiting press and the staff officials. They merely stated

in a 40 metres World Cup rugby, but the impact on the city and here at

the chiefs, could be felt for years to come. Once owned by the King and

with plenty of royal connections in its long history, today came another

as Princess Anne visited Clovelly. She met families who also have a

long history in the area as they descend from those lost in one of

North Devon's worst fishing disasters nearly 200 years ago.

Leigh Rundle was at a ceremony held in their honour. On a calm day there

is arguably no finer place to be. But 176 years ago on October the

28th, and an unexpected storms swept across Bideford Bay, claiming the

lives of 21 local fishermen. Today, Clovelly held a commemorative

ceremony attended by Princess Anne, together with descendants of those

who perished. I great`great`grandfather was lost at

sea in the great storm in 38. They reckoned that a lot of sailors had

the earring and when they were drowned, they took the gold earring

and I was away paying for the funeral. They should not be

forgotten. It is essential the names are kept alive for future

generations. Otherwise these things gets forgotten that too easily. In

the aftermath of this terrible disaster, the shipwrecked mariners

society was born. Since then, it has helped hundreds and thousands of

seafarers and their families in need. It is celebrating its hundred

and 75th anniversary. Accompanied the unveiling, a song combo spice

Cornish singers. This is a memory of those who lost their lives. The

first baby swan, or cygnet, of the year has hatched at the Abbotsbury

Swannery in Dorset. The birds have laid more than 500 eggs this season.

The Swannery is the only place in the world where visitors can walk

through a colony of mute swans and see cygnets hatching. We are pleased

to say that we have a good start to the nesting season. We had a rotten

winter with storms, floods and the entire swannery was submerged in

February. But things are going well now. We have a 93 pairs that have

laid eggs and we are actually 11 days ahead of last year. It is nice

to see cygnets again. Quite the cast there. `` quite overcast there. Good

evening. For many of us, another reasonable day. And some sunshine as

well. Not everywhere. The general theme is unsettled,

breezy and with plenty of showers. Thursday will be all about

persistent rain and windy conditions to. So, no sign of any

high`pressure, no sign of anything settling down. We have no pressure,

which is not far from the southern half of Icelander. But gets closer

over the next 24 hours brings with it a scattering of showers. Later,

more weather fronts sweeping in from the Atlantic means more persistent

rain on Thursday. As a result, not overly warm either. Through the week

and we had temperatures up, but the next few days, between 13 and 15

degrees will be the top. Assign a mention, most of us had a nice day

today, but you can see a line of quite bright colour on there, that

is a line of showers which have been very slow moving through the

afternoon, not too far away from here and not too far from Exeter and

up towards the M5. Here, we have at some fairly hefty downpours of rain.

Those shells will fade away late on this evening and overnight tonight

for a while. More showers coming around the middle of the night, and

then, in yearly hours of the morning, the winds drop a little bit

apart from a few showers moving to the Bristol Channel, most of us will

get away with with a dry second off of the night. Temperature is not

falling much, so eight or 10 degrees tonight. Tomorrow, a blustery day

with plenty of showers dotted around. Again, they may well form

lines, so some of us could get drenched, others really will get

some sunshine. Brisk winds, so even though temperatures get to between

14 and maybe even 16 degrees, it will not feel very warm. Especially

along the coastline, where there will be a blustery or south`west

wind, which will hold temperatures down to 12 or 13 degrees. In the

hours of Scilly, expect a little bit shelter and 14 degrees, but it will

be a breezy day and some sunshine, but equally some sharp showers

developing. High water, along the north coast, . If you are heading

for surfing it is not good. It is fairly big, but pretty choppy. It

will be messy among the north coast sees and the other good news is the

seat and bridges come up due to the fine weather through the weekend.

Possibly at 11 or 12 degrees. The coastal waters forecast, winds

forced five or six, and visibility all the way through this week. There

may be as much as a force seven by tomorrow evening as a new area of

low pressure turns up. That is the one which will give us a miserable

day on Thursday. That can be quite a wet day with outbreaks of rain off

and on, low cloud and a bit misty as well. Temperatures not too bad.

Possibly up to 17 degrees with a bit of shelter. Maybe in Exeter or

Taunton. But for the rest of us, outbreaks of rain replaced by

showers on Friday and hopefully some sunshine in between the showers. It

does not last though. The weekend forecast is unsettled and with the

risk of shop showers. For the gardeners amongst us, bit of rain is

appreciated. Night time to beaches probably frost free, but certainly

unsettled over the four or five days. Have a good evening. That's

all from us this evening. We'll leave you now with a round up of the

action from the World Pilot Gig Championships which were held on the

Isles of Scilly over the Bank Holiday weekend. Have a good

evening. Bye for now. is a bit of a challenge. A perfect.

`` but perfect. Nobody could have foreseen under way this has grown.

People come down on holiday to Cornwall, see them, fall in love

with it and want it for themselves. It has spread and spread.

at the European elections on May the 22nd.

even though that would wreck the recovery and destroy jobs.

The Conservatives are now openly flirting with exit.

they just don't have the courage of their convictions on this.

They wouldn't lift a finger to help keep Britain in the EU.

So, I'm asking you to vote for the Liberal Democrats, the party of in.

In for the sake of British prosperity and jobs.

I'm in because we set the global standards