12/06/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

reversed. Kim G(attas, BBC Fews, Naw

Good evening. Kim G(attas, BBA Fews, Naw York

Holiday`makers from the Channel Islands are wrongly being

charged millions of pounds hn tax each year, according to Guernsey's

Kevin Stewart says people who travel via the UK

and onto another destination within 24 hours, shouldn't have to pay air

He estimates it's costing travellers in Guernsey around ?3.5 million a

But living on an island, price will always be a factor.

We all know it can be expensive to get away.

But when we do go abroad, are we paying more in tax to the UK

Air Passenger Duty is in general terms a tax charged

And at the moment we pay it even if we're only there for a couple

of hours waiting for another connecting flight.

And travel agents like this one say that's wrong.

About ?3.5 million is going on passenger numbers from Guernsey and

two connecting flights. The law clearly states that they should not

be paying the duty if they `re connecting within 24 hours.

But HM Treasury reads the law differently,

saying connecting flights are exempt from air passenger duty.

But that to be considered as connected,

the two tickets need to be linked to each other, to make it one journey.

And that the second flight needs to take off within a certain time.

But so convinced that Guernsey's got a case to make, the Commercd

and Employment Minister isn't ruling out legal action to fight this.

We are in the right, not just in the way that the UK are interprdting

their own rules, but this is also a question on charter which s`ys that

we should be clear of taxes that UK ports.

He's planning to raise the hssue at the British Irish Council

But as politicians fly in to Guernsey for that, for anyone

heading overseas the air passenger duty isn't going anywhere ydt.

A Jersey shop owner's been found guilty of stabbing his business

partner so deeply it pierced his liver and left him in intensive

care. It took the jury less than three hours to find 49`year`old Neil

William Bennett guilty of attacking Justin Sumrie after a night drinking

and discussing business. Jen Smith was in court.

Neil Bennett's been remanded in custody as he waits to hdar his

sentence after being found guilty of grave and criminal assault.

The owner of what was the menswear shop

White Collar on Broad Street and his business partner Justin Sumrie

had been drinking last Septdmber before going back to Bennett's.

The court heard Bennett att`cked Mr Sumrie 'completely out

of the blue' with a kitchen knife, stabbing him deeply in

Bennett's defence had argued Mr Sumrie had struck first

after being told he couldn't use the shop to hide money

But the jury agreed with the prosecution that Bennett was

'menacing' and 'unrecognisable' as he stabbed Mr Sumrie

Much of the evidence over the three day trial was

about the business, with thd prosecution arguing it was on the

The jury heard the men's 15 year friendship spilled over that night

The judge Peter Beaumont agreed with Advocate Matthew Jowitt that Bennett

is 'unpredictable' and 'potentially dangerous'

so should be remanded in custody as he waits sentencing in Atgust.

Health authorities in the Channel Islands are warning about the

dangers of injecting a prescription painkiller called Fentanyl

The inquests into the deaths of 35`year`old Bradley Marthn

from Guernsey and 33`three`year old Matthdw Burrow

in Jersey were heard yesterday. Sophie Sulehria reports.

Matthew Burrow from Jersey died after injecting Fentanyl whhch is

usually supplied by pharmachsts with a doctor?s prescription.

Matthew was found collapsed in the bathroom of his grandmother?s home.

Fentanyl can be up to 100 thmes stronger than morphine and ht's

claimed a patch of it can change hands on the street for up to ? 0.

Fentanyl has been implicated in several deaths over the years, and

since then, we have introduced some measures to limit the avail`bility

of the drug. Specifically wd have issued GPs and other doctors with

guidelines about the safe prescribing in order to limht the AV

ability of the drugs on the street. `` the availability.

However, doctors and GPs don't want to

regulate its usage, as the ledicine is vital for patients who use it.

It is very popular in Jersex, because those with bad cancdr pain,

those in the hospice, they do not tend to get nausea, constip`tion, so

from a medical point of view, it is extremely effective.

Matthew's death isn't the only one related to Fentanyl.

In Guernsey, a verdict of accidental death was returned this week

at the inquest of Bradley M`rtin, who was 35, he was found de`d

in his home in Mill Street hn May this year after injecting Fdntanyl.

Our final teams for the Comlonwealth Games in Glasgow are confirled.

39 athletes from Guernsey and 40 from Jersey will represent

their islands at the event, which starts next month.

Edward Sault is here on BBC One tomorrow evening at 6.30 and

BBC Radio Guernsey and Radio Jersey are on air from 6:00am.

I'll leave you with David Braine and the weather.

After a lovely day today, more of the same tomorrow. It will be warmer

tomorrow with plenty sunshine and a gentle north, north`easterlx

breeze. The satellite picture shows the fine weather from today. Much of

France has been fine, much of Spain and Portugal. Some thunderstorms

across the Pyrenees and across the Alps, but apart from that, lots of

sunshine and good temperatures. This is the charge for this evenhng. The

high pressure has moved awax and that process will continue over the

weekend. Tonight, lots of clear skies. Temperatures reaching 11 or

12 degrees. A light wind and tomorrow, and other lovely day, and

other day with unbroken sunshine. A little bit of patchy, Fairwdather

cloud on the larger islands, and a little bit warmer than todax. As

high as 24 degrees. More cloud coming along as we head into

Saturday and Sunday. A little bit cooler. A breeze from the north and

the north`east. And other fhne day Saturday, more fine weather Sunday,

a bit cooler with some cloud. Next, the National forecast.

turn 0ressure wht` temperaturds easan' b`cc !nd hare is ey collaague

easing back and here is my colleague with the rest of the weekend

forecast. A day of contrast today. In the

Northwest we saw cloud moving in which brought a little bit of rain

but it also stopped temperatures from rising too far. 16 or 17

degrees typical, contrasted with 20 degrees in London. We will see the

skies clear across the southern half tonight. Some rural spots might dip

into single figures and