07/08/2014 BBC Channel Islands News


07/08/2014

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Good evening. the news where

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A 29`year`old man is critically injured in hospital

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after falling around 30 feet from a wall in Jersey.

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These mobile phone pictures show the scene, near Commercial

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It's thought the man was being chased along Pier

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A Jersey mother has described the island's new maternity law

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The States recently approved giving new mums 18 weeks of maternity leave

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The Minister behind it says there is more to do.

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His mum Rachel has an understanding employer.

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She was given six months paid maternity.

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But she's not impressed with the minimum levels

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It is ridiculous. The States of Jersey have a good maternity grant

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policy, so thank goodness that is around. Maternity benefit I could

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not have got by with a mortgage to pay without it. So thank goodness

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that support is in place. But, two weeks is laughable.

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But until last month, Jersey companies didn't legally have

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Now employers will have to offer 18 weeks with two of those paid.

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Jersey's Social Security Minister ` who was behind the vote `

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This is just the beginning of very important rights that are

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In particular the rights to request flexible working when you return to

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employment after possibly having a baby or needing to care for

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somebody. Those are valuable rights, the right to return to the same job

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who has taken 18 weeks maternity leave.

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Rights the lucky ones like Rachel have already made the most of.

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She can't imagine what life is like for some Jersey families.

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A friend got three months unpaid, not what she wanted

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Her company offered up to three months off, but unpaid. She was in a

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much worse situation and it is not what she wanted, as I say.

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The new law won't offer new mums much more, but it will be reviewed

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A police officer has appeared in Jersey's Magistrates Court

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accused of driving without due care and attention.

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It's after his patrol car overturned on St Clement's Coast Road in May.

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James Andrew Jenkinson, who's 38, asked the Assistant Magistrate,

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Peter Harris, for time to get further legal advice.

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His case was adjourned for three weeks.

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Questions are being raised over whether there's a cheaper way

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of providing medical evacuation flights in Guernsey.

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The health authorities currently use a company in the UK for medivacs.

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Last year more than 250 flights were needed costing more than ?1million.

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More than half were for cardiology patients.

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Disabled athletes in the Channel Islands are calling

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for Island Games organisers to include disabled sports.

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It follows the recent success of the para`events at

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In this race at the Commonwealth Games a 13`year`old

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from the Shetland Islands becomes the youngest Scottish athlete to win

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You can see how much it means to her.

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But although she can compete in the games at Glasgow she can't

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compete in a disabled event at the Island Games due to be held

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And someone else who would love to have the chance to compete

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in the Island Games is Guernsey swimmer Elizabeth Northrop.

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She's has won national medals at competitions in England.

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She has a learning disability so her mother Jane speaks on her behalf.

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It is a shame we can't have anyone at the games in Jersey. The games

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are not for disabled athletes and that is a shame. They had an

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opportunity. It is not being taken up.

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But the Association that runs the Island Games says there have been

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In a statement the Association's General Secretary

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says, "Although there are currently no specific events included

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in the Island Games for people with disabilities, athletes with

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a disability have been competing in our Games for many years e.g.

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wheelchair archers and visually impaired swimmers

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But will disabled athletes be treated equally

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and have the opportunity to compete at next summer's games in Jersey?

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When you talk about events like the Commonwealth Games, they are global.

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They have the time to fit those sent. The Olympics has a separate

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event for disabled athletes. I do not think the Island games

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Association could actually consider anything at the moment.

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For disability campaigners, news that Jersey won't be including

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Over the last 25 years we have been running our own events and we know

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how much goes into that. With able`bodied athletics going on at

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the same time the drill would not cope.

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Some disabled athletes say being allowed to compete at big events is

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But many things will have to change before the Island Games Association

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commits to providing that opportunity.

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Finally, a quick look ahead to tomorrow's programme.

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Find out why Jersey`born actor, Henry Cavill, is home

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We shall tell you all tomorrow night at 6:30pm

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And if you can't wait, tune in to BBC Radio Jersey tomorrow

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Good evening. There will be a change in our weather into Saturday and

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Sunday. It will be windy and wet. Tomorrow will be the last decent

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day. It will be cloudy with showers but brighter in the afternoon. Here

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in the Mediterranean you can see an area of low pressure and that will

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develop and move towards us. You will see the remains of a tropical.

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That will bring heavy rain. Overnight tonight it will be largely

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dry and it will be increasingly cloudy by tomorrow morning.

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Overnight temperatures around 15 degrees. The risk of a shower

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tomorrow morning. Some bright skies developing and sunny skies in the

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afternoon. Not quite as warm as it has been. The winds are coming from

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the North West and they will increase. On Saturday, there will be

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a mixture of sunny spells and showers and it will become

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increasingly cloudy. On Sunday it will be wet and windy. From me, it's

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good night. I will leave you with a summary.

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fellow, I'm sure you have heard about it, the remnants of

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ex-hurricane Bertha which will bring the potential for intense rain. More

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details on that with the national forecast with Jay.

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It is quiet overnight. The script is changed tomorrow. Rain in the

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forecast which could turn out to be heavy. Warnings have been issued A

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wet start today in the extreme south-east. It moves further inland.

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A wet start in Northern Ireland as well. The central swathe may well

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start on a dry note but it won't take long for heavy showers it get

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going into the afternoon. Not all doom and gloom. I suspect the north

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and east of Scotland doing well, in temples largely dry kvenlts western

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Scotland will see wetter weather. The rain pushes through Northern

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Ireland. Brightening up in the afternoon. Northern England down

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through the Midlands towards East Anglia, some showers will be heavy,

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thundery

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