31/07/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Many records of children in care in Jersey ` and what punishments

they received there ` have been lost or destroyed.

The revelation came today at the island's Care Inquiry.

The current head of children's services,

Tony le Sueur, was questioned about historic practices in

Mr Lucy were `` Tony le Sueur gave he joined me earlier to explain.

Mr Lucy were `` Tony le Sueur gave me the

closed down. `` are simply missing. Tony le Sueur told the panel that in

years gone their children with them. What about

the adults to whom this happened to? The inquiry is still looking at

procedures and witnesses should be appearing.

Guernsey States have agreed to spending an extra ?4 million,

largely on repairs to the Island's sea defences which were breached

The bid for extra funding was part of States plans to

spend around a quarter of a billion pounds on capital projects.

Passengers from the Channel Islanders are amongst those

suffering baggage delays at Gatwick airport today.

The airport say they are drafting in extra staff this weekend to try

Last weekend hundreds of travellers were left waiting several hours

for their luggage and some had to leave the airport without it.

Condor's bringing in another ship to carry goods to the islands.

It'll help bring freight supplies back to normal

It was damaged two weeks ago sailing into Guernsey.

Jersey's bowlers have one last shot at a medal at the Commonwealth Games

` as the women's pairs could still take bronze.

Lindsey Greechan and Katie Nixon went into this morning's

quarterfinal with heavy expectations on their shoulders `

win this and the semifinal ` and medals would follow.

Jersey lawn bowlers Katie Nixon and Lindsey Greechan were up

against Australia in the pairs quarterfinal.

Up until today Jersey haven't had to win every match.

They've just had to score enough points to finish in the top two

Jersey have to win in order to get through to the semifinals.

They were the first to score with a four`point lead.

By 15 ends, the score was equal with everything still to play for.

Jersey put on an astonishing performance.

This last bowl from Greechan sealed the win 16`11 against Australia,

securing the islanders a place in the semifinal.

It is the biggest event. Jersey has never won a medal. To get this far,

it is crucial. The chances do not come along very often. That is the

hardest thing. People have got to this point over the years and got ``

and fallen at the last hurdle. The sea, we want to do it. We will try

our hardest. During the short break

the rain poured. But the sun shone

as the semifinals began. Jersey were playing against

South Africa. Again the islanders were

the first to score. The Jack kept getting surrounded

by a sea of South Africa?s bowls. Halfway through the match, South

Africa were in a comfortable lead We still have a chance of a medal

that I feel a bit deflated after that game. We did not play our

best. A bit disappointed. But there is still a bronze`tinted

glimmer of hope to play for. And that bronze playoff

match starts at 8:45am. Elsewhere in Glasgow today,

Jersey's Zane Duquemin came 8th in the discus final, with a throw

of 59.39m ` which he said on And his sister Shadine was

in the women's discus qualifiers ` throwing 48.77m ` but it wasn't

enough to make the final. And in the last few minutes,

Guernsey's Kylie Robilliard ran in the 100m hurdles heats `

she's on the far right. She finished last, so she doesn't

go on to the final either. With more from the table tennis,

badminton and cycling now, It was former England number one

versus current England number one on 34`year`old Elizabeth Cann played

for England at the last Commonwealth Games ` this time she's playing

for Jersey and was up against That purposely expect Elizabeth can

can follow pace in the beginning. But honesty they think Sarah Walker

will pull away. Walker took the first game and Cann

won the second. So it all came down to a thrilling

finish in game three, Cann pulled Walker fought back,

but could she hold her nerve? But she didn't miss many more

as Walker held on and beat Cann Dawn Morgan

and Alice Loveridge won one and lost They beat Sri Lanka this morning but

lost out to Canada this afternoon, Alice had lost to the same Canadian

player in the singles last night. That loss means there are no

Channel Islanders left On the road,

Guernsey's James McLaughlin pushed into Glasgow's historic centre with

the number ten on his back. Little did he know then that he

would come in tenth place with the impressive

time of 50 minutes 39.64 seconds. That's it from me. There will be

updates for that bowls match. Now here is the weather.

Good evening. Some rain in the forecast. Tomorrow mainly dry but

the threat of showers increases towards the evening. Showers dotted

around the western end of the English Channel this evening. Most

of us dry and rather cloudy. Tomorrow, briefly some sunshine,

more in the South. For Jersey some sunny spells but full Guernsey and

Alderney we will see a lot of clout. `` we will see a lot of cloud. Then

the outlook is for some quite frequent showers overnight Friday

night and into Saturday. Maybe even more persistent rain. Saturday is a

cloudy day with some quite frequent, often heavy showers. All

of that will move through so that by Sunday and Monday, fine weather is

back but a little bit cooler. In a second, the National forecast. Good

night from the team here. This is the summary.

Rain for Saturday. Now to John who will take you through the national

forecast across the UK. Hello there. You may have to find

ways of occupying the children. A lot of rain for some, not so much

for others. That was the way in July but overall whelmingly warm. Not as

warm as last year but it continues the run of months with higher than

average temperatures. The eighth now in a row. On to August, a few

showers around. That is across the north and the west. Lots of dry

weather between. A mild night at dawn, the temperatures about the

mid-teens. You may wake up to sunshine but the general trend

through the day is for things to deteriorate across the northern and

western parts of England and Wales