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Nearly 700 incidents of domestic abuse were reported

That's an average of almost two cases every d`y.

Although the number has dropped over the last couple of years,

domestic violence still makds up a large proportion

of the police force's work, as Emma Chambers reports.

It's a crime that can happen anywhere,

even within a victim's own home a place that should be safe.

Domestic abuse is a big concern to Guernsey Police.

Last year, they had 682 reported inciddnts

That's 23 fewer than 2012 and 120 less than 2011.

Although the number of reported cases have dropped over

the last few years, domestic abuse still makes up a large proportion

It is a problem in Guernsey, it is a problem all around the world, and it

is something everybody needs to work harder to tackle,

And with over half of those cases recorded in 2013

as repeat incidents, Guernsey Police have given out

It can be activated either by the red button or pressing this, that

they can carry around the home. It phones the police station, we have a

map of the address and we whll attend those incidents as m`tter of

Specialist training and a multi`agency approach is

But getting victims to speak out is hardest yet most effective weapon

The Guernsey charity Safer ` which helps the victims of domesthc abuse

` has been working with Guernsey Police.

Dr Maggie Costen says the fhgures don't tell the whole story.

Domestic abuse is common. From the local papers, it is

don't tell the whole story. throughout their lifetime,

one in three women will be subject to some degree of domestic `buse and

one in seven men, and sadly, I think the figures are probably less than

the actual number of cases. An advisor to

Guernsey's Education Departlent has resigned because he's frustrated

that improvements he's recolmended aren't being implemented.

Denis Mulkerrin, a former UK head teacher

and advisor to the UK Secretary of State, was appointed to scrttinise

the running of the secondarx education service, following

disappointing GCSE results hn 2 11. He's

leaving because the education board isn't pushing through changes

to teacher recruitment and the independent management of schools.

suggested that under propos`ls for a reform of government, the policy

Council and Treasury resources department could be replaced with a

senior single committee. Soil contaminated from a pl`ne crash

in Guernsey more than 15 ye`rs ago Traces of

the fire`fighting foam chemhcal PFOS are still present at the fidld close

to Forest Road where a cargo plane Similar work has already bedn

carried out on the airfield itself. 24 families are moving in to new

homes in Jersey this week, completed Andium Homes has taken over

from the Housing department and plans to build almost 500 homes

and improve existing houses. New homes for a new future

in social housing. are the first development

under Andium Homes. It took over from the Housing

Department on the 1st of July It is hoped that

the move will give the firm more focus on getting

more people homed. Rachael Henriques is due

to move here next month. She needed a suitable house to

accommodate her disabled son, Louis. That is the lift, it is verx

important for me and my son. The last place, we didn't h`ve any

and we struggled a lot. It is more than we dreamed for

and my daughter is happy, everything is nice and happx and

open space for her and her brother. In December,

politicians approved plans for Andium Homes to borrow ?250 million

to tackle the housing probldm. It is new build, refurbishmdnt and

creating new homes for Jersdy, at least 100 a year on top of the

refurbishment work we are undertaking. What people ard going

to see and are seeing now is that their homes are coming up to a very

creditable standard and we `re going For Rachael and her family,

they have found the perfect home, but with an increasing waithng

list, there are still plentx of people waiting for Andiul to

build better futures for thdm. A choir from the Channel Islands is

going to Riga in Latvia for the And this is the song that Jdrsey's

musical originals will be shnging. It's aptly called Jersey and has

been written in Jerriais. who's worked with

the BBC Symphony Orchestra Finally, a woman

from America has broken a rdcord Michelle Macy swam from Le Coupe to

St Germaine`sur`plage in six hours, That isn't the news tonight,

Newsnight is on BBC Two and we're back at 6:30pm tomorrow. I will

leave you with the weather forecast. Good evening. I think we have some

good weather to the foreword to this week, some showers overnight tonight

and the possibility of a sh`llow tomorrow but from Wednesday onwards,

we start to see better weather, albeit increasingly cloudy from the

east as the week moves on. This lump of Cloutier has the potenti`l to

produce outbreaks of patchy rain through the night `` cloud here

Every now and then, we'll gdt a splash of rain through the night.

Temperatures should inform luch below 14 or 13 and the wind will

pick up tomorrow, morning showers and then the wind will be

north`westerly and we get brighter skies, should see some sunshine but

there is the risk of a showdr at any point in the day and temper`tures a

bit down with that cool bredze holding it down. On Wednesd`y, we

should have a fine day, largely dry, with plenty of sunshine. Sthll

thinking breeze from the north`west butted. To drop. Then we st`rt to

see more cloud creeping frol the East but I think it will relain

dry. The most part, it is a dry week with the top temperature of 20. The

full forecast for the United Kingdom is coming up, here is the

unsettled weather to end the week. There could be rain.

Good evening. Heavy thundery rain has lashed the south-west of

England, Wales and the Midlands Today. There are more thundery

showers to come in the forecast tomorrow. The emphasis on some of

the most intense showers and persistent rain will be further

east. Here is the radar from earlier today. You can see how the showers

came piling in to the west and then initially, having gone into Devon

and Cornwall, pushed into the centre of the British Isles. Some showers

out there now. They should fade away as we go into the small hours of

Tuesday. Some lingering across Cumbria and Scotland. Showers will

move into Northern Ireland by the end of the night. Quite a fresh

start to the day tomorrow in rural areas because of clear skies. Lows

of eight or nine Celsius. Quite a quiet start on the whole. Northern

Ireland starts off with some wet weather. By the afternoon it should

look drier and brighter, be it with a risk of thundery showers. Western

Scotland seeing sunny spells and showers. Eastern England, a good