30/09/2014

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:00:12. > :00:15.An inquest into the death of David Miller, the 24`year`old

:00:16. > :00:17.from Jersey, murdered in Th`iland, has opened and adjourned.

:00:18. > :00:21.Mr Miller was killed on the Thai Island of Kho Tao alongside

:00:22. > :00:23.Hannah Witheridge from Norfolk on the 15th of September.

:00:24. > :00:31.These are among the last CCTV pictures of David Miller and

:00:32. > :00:36.Hannah Witheridge, and over two weeks on from their deaths, Thai

:00:37. > :01:01.police still haven't arrestdd anyone in connection with their murders.

:01:02. > :01:11.No one was at the hearing. We heard more reports from the Home Office

:01:12. > :01:14.pathologist who carried out a postmortem into David's bodx and

:01:15. > :01:23.said it was like he died from severe head injuries although more tests

:01:24. > :01:26.are expected. Back in Thail`nd, the results of 200 DNA samples taken on

:01:27. > :01:35.the island are expected. A ?13,000 reward has been offered to

:01:36. > :01:38.help find the culprits, and today, Thai authorities have suggested

:01:39. > :01:41.party curfews and even giving backpackers wristbands to hdlp

:01:42. > :01:47.identify them as tourists. Today's hearing in Jersey now means

:01:48. > :01:50.David's body can now be reldased for cremation and that plans

:01:51. > :01:53.for his funeral can begin. It's expected that will happen here

:01:54. > :01:57.at Trinity Church on Friday afternoon, a chance for Davhd's

:01:58. > :02:01.friends and family to gather to mourn, pray and remember thd life of

:02:02. > :02:08.this Jerseyman taken so tragically. Guernsey's government is fahling to

:02:09. > :02:10.deliver its promises on sochal Deputy Elis Bebb says the l`ck

:02:11. > :02:14.of progress on social issues including mental health and civil

:02:15. > :02:16.partnerships has been embarrassing. Around 150 islanders with

:02:17. > :02:25.mental health issues come They're looking for the help and

:02:26. > :02:30.support that the centre provides. People don't work together

:02:31. > :02:43.and a lot of times it you fhnd that 18 months

:02:44. > :02:48.after the States passed the island's first Mental Health and Wellbeing

:02:49. > :02:52.Strategy, nothing has changdd. And mental health isn't

:02:53. > :02:55.the only problem. It's one of four areas Guernsey s

:02:56. > :02:58.government's pledged to improve under what it calls social policy

:02:59. > :03:00.reform. Eight years later, Deputy Elis Bebb

:03:01. > :03:16.says it's dishonest to promhse these These people pay taxes

:03:17. > :03:23.in the same way as everybodx else and they are entitled to

:03:24. > :03:28.as good a service as anybodx else. I feel they are not being afforded

:03:29. > :03:38.what they can rightfully expect In reality, of course, the

:03:39. > :03:42.constraints of resources and finance will always make things go slightly

:03:43. > :03:49.slower than they would want. Deputy Bebb says money's

:03:50. > :03:52.the problem and progress has been stumped by a lack of cash,

:03:53. > :03:56.something the States acknowledges but says it can't say for cdrtain

:03:57. > :04:03.where more will come from. A man's recovering in hospital

:04:04. > :04:06.after shooting himself in the head at Jersey's pistol club at Crabbe

:04:07. > :04:10.in a suspected suicide attelpt. The 26`year`old was one of several

:04:11. > :04:14.people at the range on Sund`y. The Police took witness statements

:04:15. > :04:16.but aren't investigating A Channel Islands Universitx could

:04:17. > :04:22.be up and running in two ye`rs. Those behind the plans said today

:04:23. > :04:24.the facility, based in Guernsey and Alderney, would be readx

:04:25. > :04:27.by 2016, and employ a large number Aurigny's confirmed its new Dornier

:04:28. > :04:35.aircraft will start flying its Alderney routes in a cotple

:04:36. > :04:38.of weeks' time. It follows a recent spate

:04:39. > :04:40.of technical failures on Aurigny's aging trislander fleet,

:04:41. > :04:46.as Mike Wilkins reports. It'll soon be goodbye to thhs

:04:47. > :04:51.and hello to this. And for some in the islands

:04:52. > :04:55.it can't come quick enough. In recent days Aurigny has struggled

:04:56. > :04:58.to cope with persistent technical issues with its ageing Trislander

:04:59. > :05:01.fleet. In Alderney medical airlifts,

:05:02. > :05:04.tourism, and the economy and It has prompted them to isste

:05:05. > :05:09.a statement announcing a new model in a couple of weeks,

:05:10. > :05:15.which is very good news. We look forward to having

:05:16. > :05:18.a whole fleet of these in operation next year, which will

:05:19. > :05:21.give the business community Nigel Lawrence, Chair

:05:22. > :05:37.of the Alderney Chamber of Commerce Transport Group The Dorniers, will

:05:38. > :05:39.be used on flights between @lderney, And Aurigny says it's

:05:40. > :05:42.a much better aircraft. The aircraft is versatile

:05:43. > :05:45.and it can land in fast winds. This has got 35% more space,

:05:46. > :05:52.so we can carry more people. Aurigny says they're aiming to have

:05:53. > :05:54.three or more Dorniers in sdrvice That is the late news. Now the

:05:55. > :06:16.weather. We haven't got all of the fhgures in

:06:17. > :06:21.but we have had one of the driest September as ever. We will find out

:06:22. > :06:26.a bit more about that over the next few days. There is a few showers

:06:27. > :06:31.around tomorrow, particularly in the morning. It turns bright in the

:06:32. > :06:37.second half of the day. One line of cloud will move through overnight

:06:38. > :06:39.tonight and it becomes slow moving. With the blanket of cloud,

:06:40. > :06:50.night`time temperatures shotld not fall below 15 Celsius. Showdrs are

:06:51. > :06:57.possible in the morning but they fade away in the second half of the

:06:58. > :07:02.day. Temperatures between 18 and 20 Celsius. The wind changes in

:07:03. > :07:08.direction. Towards the end of this week, it gets cooler and thdre is

:07:09. > :07:12.some more persistent rail `` rain possible. Until then, it is largely

:07:13. > :07:19.dry with quite a lot of clotd around. As we move into the weekend,

:07:20. > :07:23.it turns fresher and stopped a fine day on Saturday after the cloud

:07:24. > :07:29.clears but showers are likely on Sunday. In the second, a full

:07:30. > :07:33.forecast for the UK. For thd team here, good night.

:07:34. > :07:36.breezy through Saturday afternoon with a change in the temperature.

:07:37. > :07:41.More information on that now with Alex.

:07:42. > :07:49.Good evening. It's farewell fair weather September. A very warm

:07:50. > :07:56.month. Incredibly dry. Why so? All to do with the jet stream. Mostly to

:07:57. > :07:57.the north and the fast-moving ribbon of the air has