:00:09. > :00:12.Good evening. Wilson, BBC News at Wembley.
:00:13. > :00:15.A former resident of the Haut de la Garenne children's home in Jersey
:00:16. > :00:19.has blamed the islands Children's Service for failing to look after
:00:20. > :00:27.The independent inquiry into historic abuse resumed public
:00:28. > :00:30.hearings today after a three week break.
:00:31. > :00:35.Michael Laing, who's 60, continued giving the evidence he'd started
:00:36. > :00:40.He'd spent his childhood in the 1960s and early 1970s
:00:41. > :00:42.in care, staying with three foster families plus spells
:00:43. > :00:49.He was physically abused by one couple who fostered him,
:00:50. > :00:52.and sexually abused while with another, and described
:00:53. > :01:02.It was a tough place to grow up, but said he had "no problems with
:01:03. > :01:08.He described media reporting about the home in 2008
:01:09. > :01:13.as sensationalist and he wanted to give the other side of the story.
:01:14. > :01:16.Mr Laing blamed the Children's Service for not doing
:01:17. > :01:19.anything about the abuse he suffered while in foster care.
:01:20. > :01:22.He said, "It should have, and could have done more".
:01:23. > :01:25.The inquiry has also heard from the Principal Legal Advisor to
:01:26. > :01:27.the Law Officers Department, Richard Whitehead,
:01:28. > :01:31.who's been explaining how laws relating to children and childcare
:01:32. > :01:42.37 pensioners in Guernsey had help paying their fuel bills last winter.
:01:43. > :01:44.The charity Age Concern says the pilot scheme
:01:45. > :01:46.which gave fuel vouchers and money for bills to older people
:01:47. > :01:52.Overall, 51 islanders applied but 12 withdrew, and the charity is
:01:53. > :01:58.worried some people are too embarrassed to ask for help.
:01:59. > :02:01.A lot of pensioners are used to struggling.
:02:02. > :02:05.Not all pensioners, but some have had very hard lives
:02:06. > :02:08.and they just accept, they are forced to accept in fact, that they
:02:09. > :02:18.There is no need to struggle. Financial help is available.
:02:19. > :02:21.Plans for the future of Fort Regent in Jersey have been presented to
:02:22. > :02:26.The leisure complex includes a disused swimming pool
:02:27. > :02:28.and it's long been hoped the site can be developed.
:02:29. > :02:34.The multi`million pound plan will be made public on the 12th September.
:02:35. > :02:36.The appearance of the only two airworthy Lancasters
:02:37. > :02:40.at the Guernsey Air Display is in doubt due to increased costs.
:02:41. > :02:43.One of the bombers, owned by the Canadian Warplane Heritage
:02:44. > :02:45.Museum, has had to cancel some displays due to engine problems.
:02:46. > :02:49.Local organisers say they have been asked to pay an additional ?3,000
:02:50. > :02:58.A service for 11` to 16`year`olds in Guernsey has seen the number
:02:59. > :03:01.of youngsters it helps double in its second year.
:03:02. > :03:03.The Hub, which is run by the children's charity Barnardos, offers
:03:04. > :03:06.advice, counselling and support at its drop in centre in town.
:03:07. > :03:09.It helped more than 430 people last year and manager Charlie Cox
:03:10. > :03:18.A new doctor's surgery in Jersey is offering free appointments
:03:19. > :03:21.for children under five ` the first time free medical treatment has
:03:22. > :03:25.The latest primary health care survey revealed over 50%
:03:26. > :03:28.of respondents felt GP charges were expensive and restricted visiting.
:03:29. > :03:31.And a further 8% felt they were so expensive it stopped them
:03:32. > :03:38.The survey also revealed many people wanted free appointments
:03:39. > :03:52.Welcoming a new patient to his new surgery.
:03:53. > :03:55.Fred has been a doctor in Jersey for the last couple of years,
:03:56. > :03:58.but decided to start his own practise this week and offer
:03:59. > :04:03.Not only is he charging adults nearly half the going rate,
:04:04. > :04:13.but he's also giving free treatment to children under five.
:04:14. > :04:25.I felt that there was a need for a low`cost practice. It is well
:04:26. > :04:28.documented that if you can access services before, and make sure your
:04:29. > :04:32.health is well maintained from the beginning of life, you will have a
:04:33. > :04:34.better quality of life at the end. That is the motivation.
:04:35. > :04:38.With the average doctors visit costing ?40 in Jersey,
:04:39. > :04:51.It is perfect. We had an ear infection a couple of weeks ago. We
:04:52. > :04:55.had to pay ?38 for an appointment. It is very expensive. The costs
:04:56. > :05:02.mount up. We have got a little daughter as well. Everything helps.
:05:03. > :05:05.It is fantastic. I have got friends who sometimes can't afford to take
:05:06. > :05:09.their children as soon as they otherwise would. It is wheelie good
:05:10. > :05:11.that someone has come forward and has parents in mind. It is so costly
:05:12. > :05:14.to go to the doctor these days. Although some doctors do offer
:05:15. > :05:16.discounted rates, this free But the cost of appointments is
:05:17. > :05:21.being reviewed after a health questionnaire revealed many
:05:22. > :05:34.islanders felt they were expensive. That White Paper is slowly coming to
:05:35. > :05:38.fruition and we are looking at all those vulnerable groups, the under
:05:39. > :05:41.fives, the people who are at the end of life, those with chronic disease,
:05:42. > :05:46.those unable to work through ill`health. All those areas. We hope
:05:47. > :05:47.to be able to provide care for all of them in the right place at the
:05:48. > :05:52.right time. Offering low cost GP appointments
:05:53. > :05:55.are a good way to attract new patients to a new practice,
:05:56. > :05:58.but it could also increase competition and put downward
:05:59. > :06:14.pressure on prices island`wide. Hello, good evening. I think
:06:15. > :06:18.September is going to be quite kind to us. The next few days are largely
:06:19. > :06:27.dry with the fine weather continuing through the weekend. Fine and warm
:06:28. > :06:31.tomorrow after a misty start. Some low cloud appearing later in the
:06:32. > :06:36.night, and after a fine evening it will become quite grave by the
:06:37. > :06:44.morning with the risk of some fog patches by dawn. Quickly tomorrow
:06:45. > :06:49.morning the sunshine will emerge and the rest of the day is fine, dry and
:06:50. > :06:53.warm. Some low cloud along the English Channel, moving into parts
:06:54. > :06:58.of Guernsey during the course of the afternoon. Temperatures responding
:06:59. > :07:07.quite well in that sunshine reaching 22 Celsius, 72 Fahrenheit. We hold
:07:08. > :07:12.onto the wind from the North as we head into the weekend. A lot of fine
:07:13. > :07:17.weather around on Friday. Saturday is a bit more cloudy, but still dry.
:07:18. > :07:21.Even though there is a risk of a shower on Sunday, it will also be
:07:22. > :07:22.largely fine and dry with temperatures remaining the same over
:07:23. > :07:41.the next few days at 21. Good night. temperatures will get. We cannot
:07:42. > :07:45.promise sunny skies for the weekend. Quite a nice day for many of us.
:07:46. > :07:50.Good evening. Some sunshine around to end the day in the south and
:07:51. > :07:54.south-east of the country. Tomorrow, another fine day. By fine I mean
:07:55. > :07:58.skies looking something like this. I suspect there will be a little bit
:07:59. > :08:03.of cloud at some point in the day. The weather is very settled. An
:08:04. > :08:06.enormous area of high pressure stretching from Russia across
:08:07. > :08:10.Central Europe and into our neighbourhood here. This is a
:08:11. > :08:13.satellite picture from today you can see sunny skies across parts of East
:08:14. > :08:19.Anglia and the Sabbath. More cloud the further north you are. Even here
:08:20. > :08:27.the skies have broken up. -- the south-east. Through tonight, all we
:08:28. > :08:31.will be seeing his errors of cloud floating around. In the countryside,
:08:32. > :08:36.it could be quite chilly. In towns and cities, more like their, 14
:08:37. > :08:40.degrees. Tomorrow will start off quite cloudy. For a number of us
:08:41. > :08:45.across central portions of the UK, it could be cloudy right into the
:08:46. > :08:47.afternoon. Coastal areas, particularly across the west of the
:08:48. > :08:48.country, we will end