24/09/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Good evening, welcome to thd news in the Channel Islands.

There's fresh confusion over progress in the hunt

for the murderer of Jersey lan David Miller in Thailand.

Three different police chiefs have given journalists three different

It's been ten days since David and Hannah were found on this bdach

Earlier today, police said they were close to

making an arrest, and were searching in Bangkok for a man who fldd Koh

But this afternoon there have been three conflicting reports.

One senior police officer s`id they weren't looking

Another claimed they had detained the son of a district chief

in Bangkok, and were waiting for the results of his DNA test

But a third said that man h`d a solid alibi,

When they say they'll make an arrest soon,

It seems to rest on getting the results of the DNA test.

There is one very powerful family who own a bar, at which Davhd and

Hannah were seen in the hours before they were killed, and they `re

reported to have got involvdd in an argument there.

Meanwhile, in Jersey, thoughts are turning to saying goodbye to David.

Next week David's funeral whll be held here at Trinity Church.

In the time since his death, he's been described a hero

as more details have emerged of what happened that night.

It's thought he may have bedn trying to protect Hannah as the

David's friends and family will be hoping that by the time thex lay him

to rest, Thai police will bd close to bringing his killer to jtstice.

Guernsey's Health department's expecting to overspend

It's largely down to it strtggling to meet its tough target of finding

?4.7 million of savings, as well as the cost of off`island treatment.

It says it will continue to try and deliver the savings,

whilst working with Treasurx to look at its budget moving forward.

?4.7 million worth of saving was unrealistic for 2014. We want a

realistic budget for 2015 that the Department can meet without

overspending. We have done ` lot of work and we await the budget when it

published in October. Young children in Jersey will

be given a special nasal spray As these pictures show,

the spray was successfully trialled From October, two,

three and four`year`olds in Jersey will be treated at their doctor s

surgery, while reception cl`ss There's been a big fall

in the number of prisoners being It's dropped to 90 from just under

130 two years ago, when there was serious concern about Guernsey

prison reaching full capacity. Prison Governor Dave Matthews says

it shows the system is workhng. I am very pleased

because the extra capacity, the vacancies that we have got, make

the prison a lot easier to lanage. There is plenty of work

for prisoners, relationships are very good and very relaxed,

and people are working throtgh Lowering the drink`drive lilit

and limiting bargain booze offers are just some of the actions being

looked at to reduce the high level Proposals for a new alcohol

and licensing strategy have been published,

as figures show people in the island drink more than those in thd UK

and many other European countries. We drink on average 12.7 litres

of alcohol a year. And nearly three litres mord

than people in the UK. Although Jersey's alcohol ldvel has

dropped over the last decadd, it's still considered harmftl

by Health Officials. Alcohol related deaths in the island

are twice as high as the UK. So, they've got together with other

States departments to try We have more premature

deaths than we would like. 14 deaths a year are

attributed to alcohol abuse. That is a huge number of lives lost,

and there is a huge personal impact, as well as the wider

economic impact and health harm Part of the strategy is to review

the drink drive limit, and consider Another is to stagger the

closing times of pubs and clubs And they are also

considering banning shops But the Co`op's chief executive

thinks this is unfair. Our instinct is that any

legislation should be designed to It seems to us

on this occasion that we ard also targeting responsible drinkdrs,

the vast majority of people. Good evening. Many of us had some

welcome rain for the gardens overnight. But away from the

north-west, rain doesn't