16/05/2014 BBC Channel Islands News


16/05/2014

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Good evening. The Jersey Roxal Potato Company which grows `nd

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supplies Jersey Royal potatoes has been sold to a UK firm. It's been

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bought by Scottish`based Produce Investments for around ?15 lillion.

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Edward Sault reports. The Jdrsey Royal Potato Company employs 50

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people at peak season in thd island, growing, grading, packing and

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washing the iconic local export Now it has new owners. It h`s been a

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vision for many years now that we as a company, a relatively small

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company in real terms, are stuck on a rock, dealing with a seasonal

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crop. To be part of a much larger entity makes more sense. Is it sad

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in a way that a local firm hs no longer going to be locally owned?

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You say it is not going to be locally owned and there is `n

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element of truth in that, btt the company will remain as it is.

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Charlie Gallichan exports Jdrsey Royals independently, as well as

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providing larger markets. It is going to represent a threat and an

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opportunity, I guess. Time will tell which will be the stronger. We are

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worried. We have seen other UK businesses come to Jersey. The farm

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next door has been bought ott. We are going to have to work h`rd to

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compete and fight to retain our local independents and independent

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farming business. We are told that jobs are not at risk. Export markets

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can be opened up. The message from bosses is that it is business as

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usual. Guernsey's Fire and Rescue Service

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wants to start charging bushnesses for some non`emergency servhces such

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as building inspections which are currently offered free. But as Mike

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Wilkins reports, the need to make savings is forcing the fire service

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to look for income elsewherd. Always there, ready to respond to an

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emergency. This service will remain free. But when officers aren't

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fighting fires, they could soon be finding finance. The fire and rescue

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service is looking to start charging for things like testing companies

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fire alarm systems and provhding fire safety consultancy for new

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developments. Whenever we h`ve seen an increase in need, we havd asked

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for more budget, demonstratdd the need and traditionally that is how

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we function. But in these thmes of constraint, we have to look at doing

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things in a more innovative way if you like. The law currently prevents

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the fire and rescue service from charging for any of its services, so

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the States will be asked next month to approve a change in legislation.

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It must be emphasised the proposed changes will not affect domdstic

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households. Emergency call`outs and fire alarm assessments will still be

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free of charge. If approved, this will mean an added cost for firms in

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the island. The Home Departlent says the fire service could make about

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?12,500 a year from providing services to businesses. A b`ttle

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over who clears up after a landslide in Jersey has reached a stalemate.

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Two years ago, a landslip ddstroyed a beach hut in Rozel. The woman who

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owns it has been desperatelx trying to track down the owner of the land

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and make the area safe. Sophie Sulehria reports.

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The precious blue heart before the landslide. As a child, mothdr and

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grandmother, Diana spent evdry weekend at her precious blud beach

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hut. My children grow up Dan there. My grandchildren have been dnjoying

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it. They love it. The littld house. But then it went wrong and `ll

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that's left of the little house is this. It was so sad, Sophie, to see

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my hut smashed on the harbotr. Heavy rainfall in December, 2012,

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destroyed her hut. Since thdn the owner hasn't cleared the fallen land

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away. We have contacted all of the relevant states department but none

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of them are able to do anything None of them are able to make this

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man take responsibility. Di`na's not short of support in her fight, as

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people in Rozel gather to show her. Including the deputy for Trhnity.

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The bank could slide into the road and cause a lot of damage and a lot

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of harm to people walking bx. Safety is a real concern when it comes to

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the landslide because it is still moving and could end up in the

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harbour. Diana wants to movd it herself but has been advised not to

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encase she causes damage to other properties and then it would be her

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responsibility. It is down to the owner to move it and so far they

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have done nothing. All Dian` wants is to rebuild her beloved hdart and

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bring her family here once `gain. `` beloveds hut. The BBC has rdpeatedly

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tried to contact the owner of the land, a company called Gill Ltd but

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without success. 18 people and families from the

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Channel Islands are included in the Sunday Times Rich List this year

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with a combined total of more than ?12 billion. The Barclay brothers

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are the wealthiest Channel Hslanders and rank 16th nationally with a

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wealth of ?6 billion. Newcolers to the list include

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moneysupermarket.com founder Simon Nixon who's the richest entry for

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Jersey with more than ?800 lillion. Steve Lansdown, the co`founder of

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the financial group Hargreaves Lansdown and a Guernsey reshdent, is

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a new entry as the second rhchest in the Channel Islands with allost ?1.5

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billion. That is it from me. David h`s the

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local forecast next and the national weather follows him. Good nhght

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The weekend forecast looks very promising. The sun stays with us and

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it is going to be warm sunshine too. Fine and dry and we should see

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temperatures of 18, possiblx 19 degrees. Overnight, not a great deal

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to spoil a fine end to the day. A few mist patches forming. Tomorrow,

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we have got a reasonable dax. Patchy cloud will float by. It is ` lovely

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day with plenty of blue sky and sunshine. Strong sunshine too with

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temperatures from 16 on the coast to 18 or 19 in the land. A gentle

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north`easterly breeze. Sund`y is very similar. A lot more cloud will

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stop high`level cloud late hn the day making the sunshine hazx. On

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Monday, more cloudy. Small chance of a few showers late in the d`y. The

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real change comes on Tuesdax when we see some quite frequent showers

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more of a breeze and the temperatures drop. The full forecast

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for the UK coming up. From ts, good night. I leave you with a stmmary.

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chance for s(owers .ext week bup how far do you have to go to get proper

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rain? Thomas has the answer. For days now, we have been

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advertising some warm weather for the weekend and the forecast remains

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unchanged. In fact, hot sunshine on the way for many of us and talking

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about that, I would like to warn you how strong the Sunnis this time of

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year. In spring, we tend to flock to the sun and burn very easily. It is

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just as wrong as it is in July. Onto the forecast and for tonight, quiet

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weather across most parts of the country. Just the few spots of rain

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in the far north of the UK. A strong breeze as well. But other than that,

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a benign night. Temperatures remaining mild. Starting with the

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south of the country tomorrow, do not expect clear blue skies here.

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Fairweather cloud will be building but already, at this stage,

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temperatures around 16 degrees in the London area. This is

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