:00:00. > :00:10.competitions between 1956 and 1 60. That's all from us.
:00:11. > :00:12.Nearly 700 incidents of domestic abuse were reported
:00:13. > :00:17.That's an average of almost two cases every d`y.
:00:18. > :00:20.Although the number has dropped over the last couple of years,
:00:21. > :00:22.domestic violence still makds up a large proportion
:00:23. > :00:29.of the police force's work, as Emma Chambers reports.
:00:30. > :00:33.It's a crime that can happen anywhere,
:00:34. > :00:36.even within a victim's own home a place that should be safe.
:00:37. > :00:39.Domestic abuse is a big concern to Guernsey Police.
:00:40. > :00:44.Last year, they had 682 reported inciddnts
:00:45. > :00:48.That's 23 fewer than 2012 and 120 less than 2011.
:00:49. > :00:50.Although the number of reported cases have dropped over
:00:51. > :00:54.the last few years, domestic abuse still makes up a large proportion
:00:55. > :01:03.It is a problem in Guernsey, it is a problem all around the world, and it
:01:04. > :01:05.is something everybody needs to work harder to tackle,
:01:06. > :01:21.And with over half of those cases recorded in 2013
:01:22. > :01:23.as repeat incidents, Guernsey Police have given out
:01:24. > :01:30.It can be activated either by the red button or pressing this, that
:01:31. > :01:35.they can carry around the home. It phones the police station, we have a
:01:36. > :01:38.map of the address and we whll attend those incidents as m`tter of
:01:39. > :01:43.Specialist training and a multi`agency approach is
:01:44. > :01:50.But getting victims to speak out is hardest yet most effective weapon
:01:51. > :02:04.The Guernsey charity Safer ` which helps the victims of domesthc abuse
:02:05. > :02:08.` has been working with Guernsey Police.
:02:09. > :02:17.Dr Maggie Costen says the fhgures don't tell the whole story.
:02:18. > :02:24.Domestic abuse is common. From the local papers, it is
:02:25. > :02:27.don't tell the whole story. throughout their lifetime,
:02:28. > :02:31.one in three women will be subject to some degree of domestic `buse and
:02:32. > :02:35.one in seven men, and sadly, I think the figures are probably less than
:02:36. > :02:39.the actual number of cases. An advisor to
:02:40. > :02:41.Guernsey's Education Departlent has resigned because he's frustrated
:02:42. > :02:43.that improvements he's recolmended aren't being implemented.
:02:44. > :02:46.Denis Mulkerrin, a former UK head teacher
:02:47. > :02:48.and advisor to the UK Secretary of State, was appointed to scrttinise
:02:49. > :02:59.the running of the secondarx education service, following
:03:00. > :03:01.disappointing GCSE results hn 2 11. He's
:03:02. > :03:03.leaving because the education board isn't pushing through changes
:03:04. > :03:09.to teacher recruitment and the independent management of schools.
:03:10. > :03:14.suggested that under propos`ls for a reform of government, the policy
:03:15. > :03:15.Council and Treasury resources department could be replaced with a
:03:16. > :03:20.senior single committee. Soil contaminated from a pl`ne crash
:03:21. > :03:23.in Guernsey more than 15 ye`rs ago Traces of
:03:24. > :03:26.the fire`fighting foam chemhcal PFOS are still present at the fidld close
:03:27. > :03:29.to Forest Road where a cargo plane Similar work has already bedn
:03:30. > :03:36.carried out on the airfield itself. 24 families are moving in to new
:03:37. > :03:40.homes in Jersey this week, completed Andium Homes has taken over
:03:41. > :03:43.from the Housing department and plans to build almost 500 homes
:03:44. > :03:46.and improve existing houses. New homes for a new future
:03:47. > :03:53.in social housing. are the first development
:03:54. > :03:57.under Andium Homes. It took over from the Housing
:03:58. > :04:00.Department on the 1st of July It is hoped that
:04:01. > :04:04.the move will give the firm more focus on getting
:04:05. > :04:11.more people homed. Rachael Henriques is due
:04:12. > :04:14.to move here next month. She needed a suitable house to
:04:15. > :04:20.accommodate her disabled son, Louis. That is the lift, it is verx
:04:21. > :04:27.important for me and my son. The last place, we didn't h`ve any
:04:28. > :04:31.and we struggled a lot. It is more than we dreamed for
:04:32. > :04:35.and my daughter is happy, everything is nice and happx and
:04:36. > :04:41.open space for her and her brother. In December,
:04:42. > :04:42.politicians approved plans for Andium Homes to borrow ?250 million
:04:43. > :04:47.to tackle the housing probldm. It is new build, refurbishmdnt and
:04:48. > :04:56.creating new homes for Jersdy, at least 100 a year on top of the
:04:57. > :05:01.refurbishment work we are undertaking. What people ard going
:05:02. > :05:06.to see and are seeing now is that their homes are coming up to a very
:05:07. > :05:09.creditable standard and we `re going For Rachael and her family,
:05:10. > :05:14.they have found the perfect home, but with an increasing waithng
:05:15. > :05:17.list, there are still plentx of people waiting for Andiul to
:05:18. > :05:29.build better futures for thdm. A choir from the Channel Islands is
:05:30. > :05:32.going to Riga in Latvia for the And this is the song that Jdrsey's
:05:33. > :05:39.musical originals will be shnging. It's aptly called Jersey and has
:05:40. > :05:42.been written in Jerriais. who's worked with
:05:43. > :05:46.the BBC Symphony Orchestra Finally, a woman
:05:47. > :05:56.from America has broken a rdcord Michelle Macy swam from Le Coupe to
:05:57. > :06:12.St Germaine`sur`plage in six hours, That isn't the news tonight,
:06:13. > :06:16.Newsnight is on BBC Two and we're back at 6:30pm tomorrow. I will
:06:17. > :06:20.leave you with the weather forecast. Good evening. I think we have some
:06:21. > :06:24.good weather to the foreword to this week, some showers overnight tonight
:06:25. > :06:28.and the possibility of a sh`llow tomorrow but from Wednesday onwards,
:06:29. > :06:33.we start to see better weather, albeit increasingly cloudy from the
:06:34. > :06:36.east as the week moves on. This lump of Cloutier has the potenti`l to
:06:37. > :06:41.produce outbreaks of patchy rain through the night `` cloud here
:06:42. > :06:47.Every now and then, we'll gdt a splash of rain through the night.
:06:48. > :06:52.Temperatures should inform luch below 14 or 13 and the wind will
:06:53. > :06:54.pick up tomorrow, morning showers and then the wind will be
:06:55. > :07:00.north`westerly and we get brighter skies, should see some sunshine but
:07:01. > :07:04.there is the risk of a showdr at any point in the day and temper`tures a
:07:05. > :07:10.bit down with that cool bredze holding it down. On Wednesd`y, we
:07:11. > :07:13.should have a fine day, largely dry, with plenty of sunshine. Sthll
:07:14. > :07:19.thinking breeze from the north`west butted. To drop. Then we st`rt to
:07:20. > :07:26.see more cloud creeping frol the East but I think it will relain
:07:27. > :07:29.dry. The most part, it is a dry week with the top temperature of 20. The
:07:30. > :07:32.full forecast for the United Kingdom is coming up, here is the
:07:33. > :07:37.unsettled weather to end the week. There could be rain.
:07:38. > :07:44.Good evening. Heavy thundery rain has lashed the south-west of
:07:45. > :07:49.England, Wales and the Midlands Today. There are more thundery
:07:50. > :07:53.showers to come in the forecast tomorrow. The emphasis on some of
:07:54. > :07:56.the most intense showers and persistent rain will be further
:07:57. > :08:03.east. Here is the radar from earlier today. You can see how the showers
:08:04. > :08:07.came piling in to the west and then initially, having gone into Devon
:08:08. > :08:11.and Cornwall, pushed into the centre of the British Isles. Some showers
:08:12. > :08:17.out there now. They should fade away as we go into the small hours of
:08:18. > :08:21.Tuesday. Some lingering across Cumbria and Scotland. Showers will
:08:22. > :08:25.move into Northern Ireland by the end of the night. Quite a fresh
:08:26. > :08:31.start to the day tomorrow in rural areas because of clear skies. Lows
:08:32. > :08:34.of eight or nine Celsius. Quite a quiet start on the whole. Northern
:08:35. > :08:39.Ireland starts off with some wet weather. By the afternoon it should
:08:40. > :08:47.look drier and brighter, be it with a risk of thundery showers. Western
:08:48. > :08:48.Scotland seeing sunny spells and showers. Eastern England, a good