:00:00. > 3:59:59reversed. Kim G(attas, BBC Fews, Naw
:00:00. > :00:09.Good evening. Kim G(attas, BBA Fews, Naw York
:00:10. > :00:12.Holiday`makers from the Channel Islands are wrongly being
:00:13. > :00:15.charged millions of pounds hn tax each year, according to Guernsey's
:00:16. > :00:19.Kevin Stewart says people who travel via the UK
:00:20. > :00:23.and onto another destination within 24 hours, shouldn't have to pay air
:00:24. > :00:30.He estimates it's costing travellers in Guernsey around ?3.5 million a
:00:31. > :00:43.But living on an island, price will always be a factor.
:00:44. > :00:45.We all know it can be expensive to get away.
:00:46. > :00:49.But when we do go abroad, are we paying more in tax to the UK
:00:50. > :00:54.Air Passenger Duty is in general terms a tax charged
:00:55. > :01:01.And at the moment we pay it even if we're only there for a couple
:01:02. > :01:05.of hours waiting for another connecting flight.
:01:06. > :01:09.And travel agents like this one say that's wrong.
:01:10. > :01:24.About ?3.5 million is going on passenger numbers from Guernsey and
:01:25. > :01:29.two connecting flights. The law clearly states that they should not
:01:30. > :01:33.be paying the duty if they `re connecting within 24 hours.
:01:34. > :01:35.But HM Treasury reads the law differently,
:01:36. > :01:37.saying connecting flights are exempt from air passenger duty.
:01:38. > :01:39.But that to be considered as connected,
:01:40. > :01:42.the two tickets need to be linked to each other, to make it one journey.
:01:43. > :01:45.And that the second flight needs to take off within a certain time.
:01:46. > :01:48.But so convinced that Guernsey's got a case to make, the Commercd
:01:49. > :01:56.and Employment Minister isn't ruling out legal action to fight this.
:01:57. > :02:02.We are in the right, not just in the way that the UK are interprdting
:02:03. > :02:07.their own rules, but this is also a question on charter which s`ys that
:02:08. > :02:10.we should be clear of taxes that UK ports.
:02:11. > :02:12.He's planning to raise the hssue at the British Irish Council
:02:13. > :02:15.But as politicians fly in to Guernsey for that, for anyone
:02:16. > :02:19.heading overseas the air passenger duty isn't going anywhere ydt.
:02:20. > :02:22.A Jersey shop owner's been found guilty of stabbing his business
:02:23. > :02:25.partner so deeply it pierced his liver and left him in intensive
:02:26. > :02:28.care. It took the jury less than three hours to find 49`year`old Neil
:02:29. > :02:30.William Bennett guilty of attacking Justin Sumrie after a night drinking
:02:31. > :02:37.and discussing business. Jen Smith was in court.
:02:38. > :02:40.Neil Bennett's been remanded in custody as he waits to hdar his
:02:41. > :02:43.sentence after being found guilty of grave and criminal assault.
:02:44. > :02:46.The owner of what was the menswear shop
:02:47. > :02:48.White Collar on Broad Street and his business partner Justin Sumrie
:02:49. > :02:54.had been drinking last Septdmber before going back to Bennett's.
:02:55. > :02:57.The court heard Bennett att`cked Mr Sumrie 'completely out
:02:58. > :02:59.of the blue' with a kitchen knife, stabbing him deeply in
:03:00. > :03:05.Bennett's defence had argued Mr Sumrie had struck first
:03:06. > :03:08.after being told he couldn't use the shop to hide money
:03:09. > :03:16.But the jury agreed with the prosecution that Bennett was
:03:17. > :03:19.'menacing' and 'unrecognisable' as he stabbed Mr Sumrie
:03:20. > :03:23.Much of the evidence over the three day trial was
:03:24. > :03:26.about the business, with thd prosecution arguing it was on the
:03:27. > :03:30.The jury heard the men's 15 year friendship spilled over that night
:03:31. > :03:35.The judge Peter Beaumont agreed with Advocate Matthew Jowitt that Bennett
:03:36. > :03:39.is 'unpredictable' and 'potentially dangerous'
:03:40. > :03:48.so should be remanded in custody as he waits sentencing in Atgust.
:03:49. > :03:50.Health authorities in the Channel Islands are warning about the
:03:51. > :03:53.dangers of injecting a prescription painkiller called Fentanyl
:03:54. > :03:57.The inquests into the deaths of 35`year`old Bradley Marthn
:03:58. > :04:00.from Guernsey and 33`three`year old Matthdw Burrow
:04:01. > :04:05.in Jersey were heard yesterday. Sophie Sulehria reports.
:04:06. > :04:08.Matthew Burrow from Jersey died after injecting Fentanyl whhch is
:04:09. > :04:12.usually supplied by pharmachsts with a doctor?s prescription.
:04:13. > :04:16.Matthew was found collapsed in the bathroom of his grandmother?s home.
:04:17. > :04:19.Fentanyl can be up to 100 thmes stronger than morphine and ht's
:04:20. > :04:33.claimed a patch of it can change hands on the street for up to ? 0.
:04:34. > :04:38.Fentanyl has been implicated in several deaths over the years, and
:04:39. > :04:44.since then, we have introduced some measures to limit the avail`bility
:04:45. > :04:49.of the drug. Specifically wd have issued GPs and other doctors with
:04:50. > :04:53.guidelines about the safe prescribing in order to limht the AV
:04:54. > :04:56.ability of the drugs on the street. `` the availability.
:04:57. > :04:57.However, doctors and GPs don't want to
:04:58. > :05:05.regulate its usage, as the ledicine is vital for patients who use it.
:05:06. > :05:15.It is very popular in Jersex, because those with bad cancdr pain,
:05:16. > :05:20.those in the hospice, they do not tend to get nausea, constip`tion, so
:05:21. > :05:23.from a medical point of view, it is extremely effective.
:05:24. > :05:25.Matthew's death isn't the only one related to Fentanyl.
:05:26. > :05:27.In Guernsey, a verdict of accidental death was returned this week
:05:28. > :05:31.at the inquest of Bradley M`rtin, who was 35, he was found de`d
:05:32. > :05:41.in his home in Mill Street hn May this year after injecting Fdntanyl.
:05:42. > :05:44.Our final teams for the Comlonwealth Games in Glasgow are confirled.
:05:45. > :05:46.39 athletes from Guernsey and 40 from Jersey will represent
:05:47. > :05:53.their islands at the event, which starts next month.
:05:54. > :05:57.Edward Sault is here on BBC One tomorrow evening at 6.30 and
:05:58. > :05:59.BBC Radio Guernsey and Radio Jersey are on air from 6:00am.
:06:00. > :06:01.I'll leave you with David Braine and the weather.
:06:02. > :06:22.After a lovely day today, more of the same tomorrow. It will be warmer
:06:23. > :06:25.tomorrow with plenty sunshine and a gentle north, north`easterlx
:06:26. > :06:32.breeze. The satellite picture shows the fine weather from today. Much of
:06:33. > :06:34.France has been fine, much of Spain and Portugal. Some thunderstorms
:06:35. > :06:39.across the Pyrenees and across the Alps, but apart from that, lots of
:06:40. > :06:47.sunshine and good temperatures. This is the charge for this evenhng. The
:06:48. > :06:50.high pressure has moved awax and that process will continue over the
:06:51. > :06:54.weekend. Tonight, lots of clear skies. Temperatures reaching 11 or
:06:55. > :06:59.12 degrees. A light wind and tomorrow, and other lovely day, and
:07:00. > :07:03.other day with unbroken sunshine. A little bit of patchy, Fairwdather
:07:04. > :07:10.cloud on the larger islands, and a little bit warmer than todax. As
:07:11. > :07:14.high as 24 degrees. More cloud coming along as we head into
:07:15. > :07:19.Saturday and Sunday. A little bit cooler. A breeze from the north and
:07:20. > :07:27.the north`east. And other fhne day Saturday, more fine weather Sunday,
:07:28. > :07:32.a bit cooler with some cloud. Next, the National forecast.
:07:33. > :07:35.turn 0ressure wht` temperaturds easan' b`cc !nd hare is ey collaague
:07:36. > :07:36.easing back and here is my colleague with the rest of the weekend
:07:37. > :07:44.forecast. A day of contrast today. In the
:07:45. > :07:48.Northwest we saw cloud moving in which brought a little bit of rain
:07:49. > :07:53.but it also stopped temperatures from rising too far. 16 or 17
:07:54. > :07:57.degrees typical, contrasted with 20 degrees in London. We will see the
:07:58. > :08:00.skies clear across the southern half tonight. Some rural spots might dip
:08:01. > :08:01.into single figures and