09/06/2014

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:00:10. > :00:13.Jersey's Health and Safety Dxecutive is investigating after a man

:00:14. > :00:17.in his 60s was killed today in an apparent industrial accident.

:00:18. > :00:21.Emergency services were called to Upper Midvale Road in St Helier

:00:22. > :00:23.at 2:30pm this afternoon.

:00:24. > :00:26.From the scene, Jen Smith sent this report.

:00:27. > :00:29.Earlier today this scene looked very different, with police,

:00:30. > :00:37.fire crews and ambulances all blocking the road.

:00:38. > :00:44.The police have told the BBC a man in his 60s has died

:00:45. > :00:46.Jersey's police haven't given much information.

:00:47. > :00:49.I saw men in high visibility jackets `nd hard

:00:50. > :00:57.The man's family has been told and is being supported by police.

:00:58. > :01:00.An investigation has started into what has happened.

:01:01. > :01:03.Victims of abuse within Jersey's care system will be able to give

:01:04. > :01:05.evidence within a safe and non`hostile environment.

:01:06. > :01:08.That's the aim of the Indepdndent Jersey Care Inquiry, a publhc

:01:09. > :01:11.hearing into allegations of historic abuse, due to start this sulmer

:01:12. > :01:14.This former children's home was at the heart

:01:15. > :01:18.of a major police investigation into claims of historic child abuse

:01:19. > :01:25.Seven prosecutions were madd, but seven years on, some victims

:01:26. > :01:29.still feel they've never received the justice they deserve.

:01:30. > :01:31.Now they have a place to give them a voice.

:01:32. > :01:34.This room will be the home of the Independent Jersey C`re

:01:35. > :01:39.Inquiry, a public hearing conducted by a UK legal team with no

:01:40. > :01:45.Even though it?s an open inpuiry, efforts have been made to encourage

:01:46. > :01:51.Most witnesses will give evhdence from this chair, but

:01:52. > :01:54.as it is a sensitive and delicate issue, some may not have thd

:01:55. > :02:02.So they have the option of keeping their identity private and

:02:03. > :02:08.There is also an option of a video link so the legal team

:02:09. > :02:15.can hear from all those involved, even if they're not in the hsland.

:02:16. > :02:18.This is a delicate subject latter we are dealing with, child abuse over

:02:19. > :02:24.Sensitivities are obvious and so a lot of thought has been given

:02:25. > :02:27.in relation to the way the proceedings will be conducted

:02:28. > :02:31.and the environment in which evidence will be given.

:02:32. > :02:34.The Jersey Care Leavers Association hopes this will mean

:02:35. > :02:37.as many people as possible will come forward, no matter how diffhcult.

:02:38. > :02:49.We now need those people to come back out and tell their story

:02:50. > :02:54.People came forward initially when this came out, and as a restlt they

:02:55. > :02:56.were ridiculed in attack. We now need those people to come

:02:57. > :02:59.back out and tell their story This is

:03:00. > :03:03.the only way it is going to work. The public hearings are due to

:03:04. > :03:07.start here in the next few weeks. It's predicted it could takd up to

:03:08. > :03:11.a year to try to uncover thd truth of what abuse went on within

:03:12. > :03:16.the island's child care system. A celebrated Guernsey fundr`iser was

:03:17. > :03:20.one of three people injured in Channel swimmer Roger Allsopp is

:03:21. > :03:24.in a stable condition at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital

:03:25. > :03:28.after the crash on the Vazon Coast On a beautiful day on Guernsey's

:03:29. > :03:35.west coast, a horrific sight to see. The head`on crash happened xesterday

:03:36. > :03:39.afternoon and left two other people The driver of this vintage car was

:03:40. > :03:45.73`year`old Roger Allsopp, a retired surgeon who is best known

:03:46. > :03:49.for being the oldest man to swim the English Channel as part

:03:50. > :03:53.of his cancer fundraising efforts. Police say he was thrown out of the

:03:54. > :04:01.vehicle by the force of the impact. The driver was ejected

:04:02. > :04:04.from the vehicle and both drivers The occupants of the other car,

:04:05. > :04:10.a 64`year`old man and a 67`xear`old woman, were trapped and had to be

:04:11. > :04:14.cut out by Fire and Rescue. The police are appealing

:04:15. > :04:16.for witnesses as part Meanwhile, a woman's in hospital

:04:17. > :04:26.in the UK after being knockdd unconscious when she came off her

:04:27. > :04:30.bike on a cycle track in Jersey It happened as the woman

:04:31. > :04:33.in her 20s and her friend rdached the final lay`by on the strdtch

:04:34. > :04:36.of track between Coronation Park She's being treated

:04:37. > :04:40.for a head injury at Guernsey's Environment Department

:04:41. > :04:45.has gone out to tender CT Plus? contract with the States

:04:46. > :04:49.expires in April next year and there are major changes planned

:04:50. > :04:53.for the way the service is run. One option is a free servicd run

:04:54. > :06:49.by the States. of us, but I'll pass you overto Jay.

:06:50. > :07:45.-- over to jay now. Good evening, it was the warmest day

:07:46. > :07:49.of the year. Warm for some, but thundery for others. This line of

:07:50. > :07:54.really intense thunderstorms moved through. Large hail and gusty winds

:07:55. > :07:58.and rain as well. That moved away and now we look towards the south

:07:59. > :08:01.and you can see the rain moving northwards. So let's look at the

:08:02. > :08:06.cloud which is heading our way and some of it does look really quite

:08:07. > :08:10.threatening particularly in the south-eastern corner there. That's

:08:11. > :08:13.going to bring heavy rain. With it the risk of thunder and lightening.

:08:14. > :08:18.The rain will move away from the South East, and out into the North

:08:19. > :08:21.Sea, but it may linger further north. Just moving away from the

:08:22. > :08:23.south-west and into Wales and into Northern Ireland by dawn. Another

:08:24. > :08:24.mild