30/09/2014 BBC Channel Islands News


30/09/2014

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An inquest into the death of David Miller, the 24`year`old

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from Jersey, murdered in Th`iland, has opened and adjourned.

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Mr Miller was killed on the Thai Island of Kho Tao alongside

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Hannah Witheridge from Norfolk on the 15th of September.

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These are among the last CCTV pictures of David Miller and

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Hannah Witheridge, and over two weeks on from their deaths, Thai

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police still haven't arrestdd anyone in connection with their murders.

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No one was at the hearing. We heard more reports from the Home Office

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pathologist who carried out a postmortem into David's bodx and

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said it was like he died from severe head injuries although more tests

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are expected. Back in Thail`nd, the results of 200 DNA samples taken on

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the island are expected. A ?13,000 reward has been offered to

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help find the culprits, and today, Thai authorities have suggested

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party curfews and even giving backpackers wristbands to hdlp

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identify them as tourists. Today's hearing in Jersey now means

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David's body can now be reldased for cremation and that plans

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for his funeral can begin. It's expected that will happen here

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at Trinity Church on Friday afternoon, a chance for Davhd's

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friends and family to gather to mourn, pray and remember thd life of

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this Jerseyman taken so tragically. Guernsey's government is fahling to

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deliver its promises on sochal Deputy Elis Bebb says the l`ck

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of progress on social issues including mental health and civil

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partnerships has been embarrassing. Around 150 islanders with

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mental health issues come They're looking for the help and

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support that the centre provides. People don't work together

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and a lot of times it you fhnd that 18 months

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after the States passed the island's first Mental Health and Wellbeing

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Strategy, nothing has changdd. And mental health isn't

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the only problem. It's one of four areas Guernsey s

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government's pledged to improve under what it calls social policy

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reform. Eight years later, Deputy Elis Bebb

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says it's dishonest to promhse these These people pay taxes

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in the same way as everybodx else and they are entitled to

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as good a service as anybodx else. I feel they are not being afforded

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what they can rightfully expect In reality, of course, the

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constraints of resources and finance will always make things go slightly

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slower than they would want. Deputy Bebb says money's

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the problem and progress has been stumped by a lack of cash,

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something the States acknowledges but says it can't say for cdrtain

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where more will come from. A man's recovering in hospital

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after shooting himself in the head at Jersey's pistol club at Crabbe

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in a suspected suicide attelpt. The 26`year`old was one of several

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people at the range on Sund`y. The Police took witness statements

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but aren't investigating A Channel Islands Universitx could

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be up and running in two ye`rs. Those behind the plans said today

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the facility, based in Guernsey and Alderney, would be readx

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by 2016, and employ a large number Aurigny's confirmed its new Dornier

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aircraft will start flying its Alderney routes in a cotple

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of weeks' time. It follows a recent spate

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of technical failures on Aurigny's aging trislander fleet,

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as Mike Wilkins reports. It'll soon be goodbye to thhs

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and hello to this. And for some in the islands

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it can't come quick enough. In recent days Aurigny has struggled

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to cope with persistent technical issues with its ageing Trislander

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fleet. In Alderney medical airlifts,

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tourism, and the economy and It has prompted them to isste

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a statement announcing a new model in a couple of weeks,

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which is very good news. We look forward to having

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a whole fleet of these in operation next year, which will

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give the business community Nigel Lawrence, Chair

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of the Alderney Chamber of Commerce Transport Group The Dorniers, will

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be used on flights between @lderney, And Aurigny says it's

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a much better aircraft. The aircraft is versatile

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and it can land in fast winds. This has got 35% more space,

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so we can carry more people. Aurigny says they're aiming to have

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three or more Dorniers in sdrvice That is the late news. Now the

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weather. We haven't got all of the fhgures in

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but we have had one of the driest September as ever. We will find out

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a bit more about that over the next few days. There is a few showers

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around tomorrow, particularly in the morning. It turns bright in the

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second half of the day. One line of cloud will move through overnight

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tonight and it becomes slow moving. With the blanket of cloud,

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night`time temperatures shotld not fall below 15 Celsius. Showdrs are

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possible in the morning but they fade away in the second half of the

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day. Temperatures between 18 and 20 Celsius. The wind changes in

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direction. Towards the end of this week, it gets cooler and thdre is

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some more persistent rail `` rain possible. Until then, it is largely

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dry with quite a lot of clotd around. As we move into the weekend,

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it turns fresher and stopped a fine day on Saturday after the cloud

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clears but showers are likely on Sunday. In the second, a full

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forecast for the UK. For thd team here, good night.

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breezy through Saturday afternoon with a change in the temperature.

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More information on that now with Alex.

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Good evening. It's farewell fair weather September. A very warm

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month. Incredibly dry. Why so? All to do with the jet stream. Mostly to

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the north and the fast-moving ribbon of the air has

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