15/09/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Thai Police have confirmed to the BBC that a man murdered

on a Thai beach was David Mhller ` a 24`year`old Jerseyman.

He was killed alongside Hannah Witheridge,

Their bodies were found this morning on the island of Koh Tao.

The bodies of David Miller and 23`year`old Hannah Withdridge

were found on a beach on the small island of Koh Tao

The Foreign Office haven't officially released the namd of Mr

Miller, but it's believed hd was a Victoria College student in the late

2000s and, later, Leeds University ` where he'd recently graduatdd from.

It's believed he'd had been travelling in Thailand

Weeks before arriving in Asha, Mr Miller wrote on his Facebook page

Meanwhile, friends in Jersex have been paying tribute on soci`l media,

saying he was ?gifted with intelligence and wit

Koh Tao is in southern Thailand and is well known for diving holidays `

11 British nationals have bden murdered in Thailand

in the last five years, according to the Foreign Office

and the hunt is now on to fhnd who killed a Jerseyman therd.

Meanwhile, Jersey's Chief Mhnister Senator Ian Gorst said:

There are still unconfirmed reports that Thai Police want to interview

a British man in connection with the murddrs.

The BBC's Jonanthan Head is in the Thai capital Bangkok

and says the police have a reputation for being efficient.

The police themselves say they believe it will be pretty qtick

They said they had sealed the island. I have to say, some of the

hotel owners on Koh Tao told me boats were going to and frol the

island, taking people off it, for a lot of the day, so th`t block

didn't last for very long, so we will have to see whether they

catch who is responsible. It is a small island, relathvely

small numbers of people staxing there. They are going through,

questioning the hotel owners, the bars near where the bodhes were

found. I have to say, from experience, with

these sorts of crimes Thai policing to be pretty dfficient

at finding a culprit and thdy know the damage to tourism when something

like this happens and they will put a lot of

resources in and the policelen will be working very hard to try

and get a result and find out who was

responsible for this. A new project has been launched to

help ensure children in Guernsey who have a parent in prison don t

follow in their footsteps. The charity Barnardos says there's

a high chance of them ending up offending,

so they want to offer them support. They're paying ?10,000 for ` project

worker to stop that from happening. Around 50 children

in Guernsey have a parent in jail. the statistics are so strong and so

powerful and yet collectively, across all of our professional

agencies in the voluntary sdctor, we haven't really recognised this until

this point, really. A new oncology unit is set to open

at Jersey's General hospital tomorrow, meaning fewer isl`nders

will have to travel to the TK It's claimed the department `

which has cost ?3 million to build ` will also shorten waiting thmes

for chemotherapy. Around 60 patients will

use this unit every week. Patient numbers have been

increasing, and we now have the capacity to treat those pathents

going the treatment, we havd space for them.

Motorists in Guernsey face lonths of delays as the Forest Road is dug up

It means people will face longer journeys

Ripping up the roads to upgrade the telecoms infrastructure.

While cyclists and pedestri`ns may be able to get through,

for motor vehicles it's a world of closed roads and diversions.

Behind me is the main road from St Peter Port to Guernsey airport and

it is closed at the moment, but it is not just the airport affdcted.

There are businesses all up and down this road who have concerns

This shop close to the airport faces weeks of lost business.

Although the tills were still ringing today, its manager says

he's worried about the effect the roadworks will have on his sales.

Not an ideal start to the working week. Today hasn't been too bad

because at the moment, people coming out of town can get directlx to us

but in two and a half weeks, that will change. It is one of those

things where you expect to lose business and you just adjust to it.

This is the reason the roads are being dug up.

Sure and JT are installing ducting to enable them to l`y

JT says a bit of short term pain will bring long term g`in.

The future of digital technology is reliable delivery to the customer,

the end user. Without our fhbre optics in the ground, we won't be

able to provide those services, so for a short`term interruption on

daily lives, we get some long`term benefits that will be around

These men will be scarring the tarmac for the next two months,

so the advice for motorists is to give yotrself

much more time for journeys in the area.

That is the news, I will le`ve you with the weather.

Hello, good evening. After ` lovely weekend, a bit of a change this

week, there is the threat of more clout and some showers turnhng up at

the main story is the weathdr is getting even warmer this wedk. We

may have 24 degrees tomorrow. So a warm day, patchy cloud throtgh the

morning and some sunshine in the afternoon. If there is any lissed,

it'll be fairly shallow overnight but more clout comes out of a,

across into France, there could be more showers in Normandy ``` bit

more cloud comes our way. Temperatures get a head start

tomorrow and after some patchy low cloud clears, it will be a fine and

dry day and a very warm one for September, typical temperattres on

the larger islands, 22, 23 or possibly even 24, so some vdry warm

air across us. Easterly winds, starting off southeasterly `nd

rounding off later in the d`y. More clout on Wednesday and Thursday

still fine and dry with the threat of showers developing. Quitd a lot

of cloud around on Friday, with frequent showers. That is the change

towards the end of the week. In a second, the focus to the Unhted

Kingdom, from here, good night and are you with the summary.

week, with a greater risk of showers.

When you compare it to what is happening over in the Americas. This

is a hurricane and it is slamming into this peninsula right now. It is

the most powerful hushry cane to hit this part of Mexico in 23 years The

biggest impact could come from the rain. We could get two years rain in

two days. S compare that to the wettest place in the UK today -

Edinburgh. We had 11 mms of rain. Rain in Scotland. The heaviest is up

to the Northern Isles. It should be quite a mild night. Any holes are

getting filled in with low cloud, mist and fog. It could be unpleasant

for the rush hour in the morning tomorrow. A grey, misty, murky

start.