20/05/2014

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:00:10. > :00:11.Good evening. After two years in former

:00:12. > :00:14.Good evening. After two years in development and three days of debate

:00:15. > :00:20.Jersey's politicians have voted in favour of changes to the machinery

:00:21. > :00:23.of government. It means the Chief Minister will have more powdr

:00:24. > :00:27.including the right to fire his ministers and to set up new

:00:28. > :00:30.ministries. But many amendmdnts were thrown out as part of the ddbate,

:00:31. > :00:36.including calls for ministers to be paid more as Sophie Sulehri`

:00:37. > :00:40.reports. When it comes to wages, the States

:00:41. > :00:44.of Jersey is unlike any othdr place in the world. The pay for elected

:00:45. > :00:48.members is exactly the same across the board. And despite a close vote

:00:49. > :00:53.of 20 for and 23 against, it's been decided that this is how it should

:00:54. > :00:56.continue. This is Senator I`n Gorst. He is the Chief Minister of the

:00:57. > :01:01.States of Jersey. He voted to remove the pay restriction.

:01:02. > :01:04.We are the only parliament hn the world that has one level of pay

:01:05. > :01:07.irrespective of pay or responsibility, time commitlent and

:01:08. > :01:11.the independent body that wd've set up to look at this has asked for it

:01:12. > :01:15.to be removed. This is Deputy John Le Fondre ` he

:01:16. > :01:18.is the Deputy of St Lawrencd and the Assistant Minister for Transport and

:01:19. > :01:26.Technical Services. He voted against removing the pay restriction.

:01:27. > :01:30.The effort involved is not necessarily the volume of work that

:01:31. > :01:33.someone does. It's got to bd about the quality of the decision making,

:01:34. > :01:36.not the quantity. Whether you're a backbencher, a

:01:37. > :01:43.deputy or a minister in Jersey, currently they all earn the same ` a

:01:44. > :01:47.total of ?42,000. The basic annual salary for an MP in Britain is

:01:48. > :01:54.?67,000 but can be less, or much more. But if Jersey's polithcians

:01:55. > :01:58.weren't all paid the same, ht throws up a lot of questions ` likd how do

:01:59. > :02:01.you decide who gets this pax rise? And how do you measure a

:02:02. > :02:03.politician's workload, as wdll as their time and commitment to their

:02:04. > :02:11.job? The States voted today to kdep wages

:02:12. > :02:18.the same for everyone. A beloved jersey Allegri? The ones who do more

:02:19. > :02:22.should get more. I just think it is about value for money. The ones that

:02:23. > :02:26.are doing that extra bit should get paid for it.

:02:27. > :02:31.I think they should make thd difference from one to the other. It

:02:32. > :02:34.depends what kind of jobs they do. This afternoon's vote has ddcided

:02:35. > :02:37.that Jersey will remain the only place in the world where thdir

:02:38. > :02:46.Assembly gets paid exactly the same, whatever your role, whatever you do.

:02:47. > :02:49.Hundreds of islanders in Gudrnsey have signed an online petithon to

:02:50. > :02:52.reverse the States decision to bring in paid parking. Politicians agreed

:02:53. > :02:58.last week that motorists should pay sixty pence an hour to park in long

:02:59. > :03:03.term spaces in about a year's time. Guernsey's health department's is to

:03:04. > :03:06.pay for gender reassignment surgery. In the past it's funded somd

:03:07. > :03:15.services for individuals wanting to change their sex but surgerx hasn't

:03:16. > :03:21.been included in this. Somebody would need this trdatment

:03:22. > :03:27.every three to five years. Ht costs ?11,000. This is a small increase in

:03:28. > :03:31.budget. But the treatment h`s a positive effect on people involved.

:03:32. > :03:34.A Jersey policeman is being treated in hospital tonight after hhs police

:03:35. > :03:37.car flipped over and landed on its roof. The officer wasn't responding

:03:38. > :03:40.to an emergency call when the accident happened on Jersey's east

:03:41. > :03:43.coast early this morning. Jtlie Flanagan reports.

:03:44. > :03:47.The 38`year`old officer's c`r hit a lamp post and landed on its roof on

:03:48. > :03:52.St Clement's Coast Road near Green Island just before half past five

:03:53. > :03:56.this morning. No passengers were in the car at the time, and thd

:03:57. > :03:59.policeman was able to radio his colleagues for help. He was

:04:00. > :04:02.initially treated in the hospital emergency department before being

:04:03. > :04:08.admitted. His condition has been described as comfortable. The road

:04:09. > :04:10.was closed while police acchdent investigators examined the scene of

:04:11. > :04:14.the crash. Motorists were dhverted along Rue de Pontlietaut during the

:04:15. > :04:24.rush hour this morning, before the coast road was reopened abott four

:04:25. > :04:28.hours after the accident. There will now be an investhgation

:04:29. > :04:33.to establish how and why thd accident happened. Although ultimate

:04:34. > :04:37.responsibility lies with thd Attorney General to establish if an

:04:38. > :04:42.offence has been committed. The police said they do not talk about

:04:43. > :04:45.traffic accident as a matter of course, because an investig`tion is

:04:46. > :04:51.underway, they said it would be to comment. It's been a good d`y for

:04:52. > :04:53.Guernsey at the Chelsea Flower Shower.

:04:54. > :04:57.Clematis grower Raymond Evison has won his 26th gold medal at the

:04:58. > :05:01.annual flower show in London. Mike Wilkins reports on a blooming

:05:02. > :05:04.success. There are gardens to dazzle and

:05:05. > :05:15.delight, others to please or provoke. But amongst the crowds

:05:16. > :05:22.there is also a piece of Gudrnsey. It went fairly smoothly. Evdrything

:05:23. > :05:26.was on time. Perhaps a little bit behind time. Then suddenly hn

:05:27. > :05:30.Guernsey we had a few hot d`ys and the flowers popped open a lhttle bit

:05:31. > :05:37.too early. Clematis produce lots of flowers. We are still in good shape.

:05:38. > :05:41.Raymond was just 16 when he first visited the show. Now with 26 gold

:05:42. > :05:52.medals to his name, he is fhrmly established, We have 20% of the

:05:53. > :05:56.world market. And so to come here, to get the

:05:57. > :05:59.world press, to see our new varieties, to get the publicity

:06:00. > :06:04.Chelsea is very get the publicity, Chelsea is very important and

:06:05. > :06:09.special. So what does someone with 26 gold

:06:10. > :06:13.medals do next? Well, Raymond is going for more and has told the BBC

:06:14. > :06:24.he's already working on an dntry for next year.

:06:25. > :06:32.Congratulations to Raymond. That's it. Good night. Hello, good evening.

:06:33. > :06:41.For the shower as saw last night, much quieter denied. We shotld be

:06:42. > :06:45.dry. `` should be much quieter tonight. Overnight temperattres will

:06:46. > :06:52.probably dipped as low as tdn or 11 degrees. Like winds and perhaps a

:06:53. > :06:57.little misty. Through tomorrow, a build`up of Cloud first thing.

:06:58. > :07:01.Patchy cloud at times. The risk of a shower developing into the

:07:02. > :07:07.afternoon. Fairly isolated. Most of us getting a dry day. Temperatures

:07:08. > :07:16.up to 17 or 18 degrees. The wind becoming a study and north`dasterly

:07:17. > :07:20.to end the day. The outlook stays on settled. Persistent rain on

:07:21. > :07:23.Thursday. It will turn brighter in the afternoon with some sunny spells

:07:24. > :07:26.and scattered showers, parthcularly on Friday. The weekend showdrs

:07:27. > :07:30.continue coming. hdavy showers btt also sqnny spalls.

:07:31. > :07:33.Maybe some showdrs hdavy showers btt also sqnny spalls.

:07:34. > :07:41.Maybe some showers for the weekend. Good evening, yet again we are

:07:42. > :07:42.finishing the