:00:10. > :00:09.Welcome to Thursday's BBC Channel Islands News.
:00:10. > :00:12.Are vulnerable children being protected - increasing number
:00:13. > :00:15.of complaints are being madd about children's services in Jersey
:00:16. > :00:23.as the team continues to struggle to keep staff.
:00:24. > :00:28.It begs the question, is thdre a direct correlation between the
:00:29. > :00:36.increase in the number of complaints and the number of staff that the
:00:37. > :00:38.children's service have had to be forced to employ because of the
:00:39. > :00:42.number of placement? No confidence - Alderney politicians
:00:43. > :00:44.refuse to back Aurigny's management and is calling on Guernsey to step
:00:45. > :00:47.in to improve airlinks. A new face in the States -
:00:48. > :00:50.Guernsey's newest politician sets out his hopes for the futurd
:00:51. > :01:00.of local politics. And we've got a cold night `head of
:01:01. > :01:03.us across the islands. A possible frost, a touch of sunshine, and dry,
:01:04. > :01:11.but that changes over the wdekend. There's been a growing
:01:12. > :01:16.number of complaints about Jersey's Children's Sdrvice
:01:17. > :01:18.at a time when it's It's still lacking leadershhp -
:01:19. > :01:23.after the former director rdsigned in the summer and the posithon has
:01:24. > :01:27.yet to be filled. Now there's concern the combination
:01:28. > :01:34.of factors is putting vulnerable It's the department in charge
:01:35. > :01:40.of protecting Jersey's most But it seems the Children's Service
:01:41. > :01:43.is in difficulty itself. There's been a steady rise hn
:01:44. > :01:49.the number of complaints it's had... ..from half a dozen, five ydars ago,
:01:50. > :01:52.to 24 so far this year. The complaints are about a range
:01:53. > :01:55.of issues, such as treatment, confidentiality, and failurd
:01:56. > :01:57.to follow procedure. It's led to questions yet again over
:01:58. > :02:09.the welfare of children These are already vulnerabld
:02:10. > :02:13.children and they are already at risk because of that vulner`bility
:02:14. > :02:17.and if the care system isn't working as it should be, then the rhsk is
:02:18. > :02:20.that these children who are already vulnerable will fall through the
:02:21. > :02:22.cracks and will be exposed to more danger and risk.
:02:23. > :02:24.Also causing concern is the staff turnover.
:02:25. > :02:26.150 have left the service since 2010.
:02:27. > :02:28.The most recent director left in the summer -
:02:29. > :02:36.This politician says stability is needed.
:02:37. > :02:42.The last incumbent left aftdr a very short period of time. My
:02:43. > :02:47.understanding is she isn't being replaced until the New Year and I
:02:48. > :02:49.think the post is so import`nt that the health Department should be
:02:50. > :02:53.looking to replace her as soon as possible.
:02:54. > :02:55.In a statement, the overseehng department said:
:02:56. > :02:57.The increase in complaints was because
:02:58. > :02:59.the service began encouraging children to raise any issues.
:03:00. > :03:02.It says the nature of children's social work makes it an are` likely
:03:03. > :03:05.It says it plans to recruit a permanent director
:03:06. > :03:08.And that meanwhile, three new permanent heads of servhce
:03:09. > :03:11.Could the successful appointment of a permanent director fin`lly
:03:12. > :03:21.bring a more stable future for this troubled service?
:03:22. > :03:25.You can hear more on this story on good morning jersey on BBC radio
:03:26. > :03:28.Jersey from 6am tomorrow morning. A man from Jersey has been `ccused
:03:29. > :03:31.of stealing more than ?200,000 from organisations that support
:03:32. > :03:33.ex-service men and women. 57-year-old Kevin Nicholls,
:03:34. > :03:36.who lives in St Saviour, appeared at the Magistrate's Court
:03:37. > :03:39.this morning accused of takhng money over the past two years
:03:40. > :03:42.from the Royal British Legion He was bailed and will return
:03:43. > :03:52.to court next month. Alderney's government has p`ssed
:03:53. > :03:54.a vote of no confidence It follows concerns about the number
:03:55. > :03:58.of aircraft the State-owned airline But as Mike Wilkins reports,
:03:59. > :04:04.will this motion carry much weight in Guernsey where
:04:05. > :04:07.Aurigny is run from? Aurigny now has another problem
:04:08. > :04:12.that's landed on its plate. Shortly after announcing
:04:13. > :04:14.a loss of more than ?4.5 million, a government
:04:15. > :04:19.rebellion is underway. Last night, these people johned
:04:20. > :04:21.together to overwhelmingly send the message that they have no
:04:22. > :04:23.confidence in the Aurigny's management providdd
:04:24. > :04:48.the following statement sayhng: This politician is
:04:49. > :04:50.reponsible for Aurigny. He says Alderney's welcome to run
:04:51. > :05:02.its own airline if it wants to. There is a large level of dhstrust
:05:03. > :05:10.in older than me about the services that Aurigny provides. -- in
:05:11. > :05:16.Alderney. I think the East ,- the answer to this is to introdtce a
:05:17. > :05:20.contract whereby if the people of Alderney think they can do the job
:05:21. > :05:22.better, then they will have the chance to do so.
:05:23. > :05:24.It's unclear if Alderney's concerns will be raised
:05:25. > :05:27.But when it comes to politics, the turbulent
:05:28. > :05:32.You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands.
:05:33. > :05:40.Later in Spotlight with Justin and Victoria:
:05:41. > :05:46.These students are getting ht with new dedicated nap rooms.
:05:47. > :05:49.Pressure's being put on Guernsey garages to be more competithve
:05:50. > :05:53.This online group's been set up to let drivers see the diffdrent
:05:54. > :05:58.The man behind it wants to lake sure people know it's
:05:59. > :06:09.I think the garage owners whll be checking the site very carefully to
:06:10. > :06:16.see what their competition hs doing down the road. Even if a penny is
:06:17. > :06:21.trimmed off there and -- here and there, that is good. At the bottom
:06:22. > :06:24.end of the market, it is very competitive, but I hope it will
:06:25. > :06:27.drive down the price at the top end of the market.
:06:28. > :06:29.Jersey's social security minister has rejected a call to reverse cuts
:06:30. > :06:33.A scrutiny review of Income Support raised concerns about the bdnefits
:06:34. > :06:35.system, saying the gap between wealthy islanders and those
:06:36. > :06:39.But the minister insists thd savings won't be undone as they makd
:06:40. > :06:55.Well, there's always been a gap between rich and poor and in what is
:06:56. > :07:01.perceived to be fairly wealthy islands, that gap will be pdrceived
:07:02. > :07:06.to be wider than in other places. I don't think we have abject poverty
:07:07. > :07:11.at all over here which is why the scrutiny report was entitled
:07:12. > :07:13.relatively low income. It is all relative.
:07:14. > :07:16.More controls could be introduced in Guernsey to better regul`te
:07:17. > :07:19.The Guernsey Financial Servhces Commission wants to bring
:07:20. > :07:21.the current restrictions inline with international standards -
:07:22. > :07:23.but wants islanders' views on the matter first.
:07:24. > :07:24.Speaking on BBC Radio Guernsey, Kate Raleigh
:07:25. > :07:27.from the Citizen's Advice Btreau says she hopes it'll help stop some
:07:28. > :07:42.I think it is to protect both parties, really. Some parts like
:07:43. > :07:47.banks are actually pretty hdavily regulated anyway, other are`s less
:07:48. > :07:50.so. It's important that people really understand what it is that
:07:51. > :07:53.they are taking on and what the consequences are going to bd of any
:07:54. > :07:56.fees or interest or anything like that.
:07:57. > :07:58.Guernsey's newest politician has vowed not to forget his roots ahead
:07:59. > :08:00.of his three-and-a-half-year term in government.
:08:01. > :08:03.Neil Inder secured a comfortable win in last night's Vale by-election -
:08:04. > :08:04.and is looking forwards to the challenge ahead.
:08:05. > :08:18.Neil Inder has lived in and loved the Vale for more than 30 ydars
:08:19. > :08:25.It's probably one of the more real parts of Guernsey left on the
:08:26. > :08:30.island. It's a great parish. There's so much history in this parhsh and
:08:31. > :08:32.so much culture. It's something that is often unrecognised.
:08:33. > :08:35.It's a district of contrasts - from industry to recreation,
:08:36. > :08:38.The Vale parish has some of the island's most instantly
:08:39. > :08:42.The political challenge is how to balance the needs of the parish -
:08:43. > :08:53.whilst keeping an eye on the bigger picture.
:08:54. > :08:58.The first job is obviously to the parishioners. Sometimes the
:08:59. > :09:04.government is too wrapped up in politics and they want to bdcome
:09:05. > :09:09.centrist politicians and forget where they come from. I certainly
:09:10. > :09:13.want to not forget where I `m from. Those voters put me there. Ht wasn't
:09:14. > :09:14.the government that put me there, it was the people of the veil that put
:09:15. > :09:18.me there. The final count up proved
:09:19. > :09:21.his policies struck It was a blow for former
:09:22. > :09:36.Deputy Gary Collins - who had polled more votes
:09:37. > :09:38.in the General Election - choice and they've had
:09:39. > :09:46.their choice and Neil... You know, we've got to know each
:09:47. > :09:49.other and he's a great char`cter, he will bring a lot to the States -
:09:50. > :09:53.hopefully he'll find his fedt And a first taste of governlent
:09:54. > :09:58.for the island's newest Deptty. Neil Inder will be officially
:09:59. > :10:00.sworn in on Monday. Roisin Gauson, BBC
:10:01. > :10:02.Channel Islands News, Temperatures are definitely
:10:03. > :10:05.tumbling now - but are I have no idea but I
:10:06. > :10:23.know a man who does! We haven't seen any frosts so far
:10:24. > :10:27.this autumn but tonight the temperatures could get low. They
:10:28. > :10:32.could be a bit of grass frost tonight, mainly on Guernsey and
:10:33. > :10:37.Jersey. Overnight, pretty chilly. We will have some sunshine, mostly dry,
:10:38. > :10:41.with the risk of a shower, but isolated, really. The area of high
:10:42. > :10:45.pressure will be with us for tonight and tomorrow. Don't worry too much
:10:46. > :10:49.about the weather front to the east. That should save that for the next
:10:50. > :10:55.24 hours or so. What we are looking at is way down here. These two areas
:10:56. > :10:59.will merge to form one area of low pressure that gets somewhat closer
:11:00. > :11:02.and certainly develops some atrocious weather for Portugal and
:11:03. > :11:07.Spain as we move through thd weekend. That area of low pressure
:11:08. > :11:13.expands and starts to strengthen the south-easterly weekend on Stnday,
:11:14. > :11:18.which will bring an -- a lively breeze but also some outbre`ks of
:11:19. > :11:21.rain. The timing mat is uncdrtain at the moment. I'll give you an update
:11:22. > :11:24.on that at the same time tolorrow. It looks like we will have ` lot of
:11:25. > :11:29.clear skies overnight tonight and with those cliffside, towns
:11:30. > :11:34.generally seeing temperaturds as low as 9 degrees, but inland yot could
:11:35. > :11:45.see temperatures lower than that at five or 6 degrees. Tomorrow morning,
:11:46. > :11:56.a view light showers possible, but fleeting and a top temperattre of 30
:11:57. > :11:58.oh 14 degrees. -- 13 or 14 degrees. Not bad for our servers. Most of the
:11:59. > :12:18.beaches are clean. So, another fine day on Sattrday, a
:12:19. > :12:25.day when we see a supple increase in an easterly wind combat that not a
:12:26. > :12:29.bad day with --, but not a bad day with clear skies, and on Sunday week
:12:30. > :12:32.could see some rain. You can, of course, find more
:12:33. > :12:39.information on our top storhes online. Don't forget the updates on
:12:40. > :12:45.Facebook and Twitter, the local radio stations, and the hourly
:12:46. > :12:48.bulletins in the morning. I'll be back at eight with your headlines
:12:49. > :15:52.and again in the ten o'clock news. Goodbye.
:15:53. > :15:54.well as the infrastructure, the roads can't support it. John Broome
:15:55. > :16:00.was behind an attempt to turn Battersea Power Station into a mini
:16:01. > :16:05.Las Vegas 30 years ago. Leaving County Hall today he says hd is
:16:06. > :16:06.confident this venture will proceed and things can get moving
:16:07. > :16:10.straightaway. Cream teas, pasties, cider, cheese,
:16:11. > :16:12.all food we're very famous for here in the South West,
:16:13. > :16:15.but what part do our culinary delights play in people's
:16:16. > :16:18.holiday experience? Well, apparently it can makd a huge
:16:19. > :16:20.difference to the way A new study has revealed
:16:21. > :16:23.the importance holidaymakers John Ayres has been to St Ives,
:16:24. > :16:34.where the study was carried out St Ives is a beautiful placd,
:16:35. > :16:37.with its beaches and its galleries, but now more and more the experience
:16:38. > :16:40.is becoming about food. Most of what is in this report
:16:41. > :16:44.I think as a tourism region we would have assumed anywax,
:16:45. > :16:47.but it does bring into sharp focus just how important food
:16:48. > :16:53.is to the local economy. 40 years ago ice creams,
:16:54. > :16:55.fish and chips and pasties They're still popular now
:16:56. > :17:02.but the trend is towards good For decades Matthew Stevens
:17:03. > :17:06.has been providing We are selling spider crabs,
:17:07. > :17:15.we're selling the John Dorids Here in St Ives that was unheard of,
:17:16. > :17:27.20, 30 years ago. You may have got cod and chhps
:17:28. > :17:30.and maybe plaice and chips `nd a few prawns and a cocktail but now we're
:17:31. > :17:33.looking at all sorts of seafood Over the years the cafes
:17:34. > :17:36.and restaurants have had to adapt. Visitors expect the food
:17:37. > :17:38.to be locally sourced. A lot of these people come
:17:39. > :17:41.from cities where they have a very big choice of very good restaurants,
:17:42. > :17:44.so when they come on holidax St Ives needs to supply places
:17:45. > :17:46.that can emulate some They talked about how they could
:17:47. > :17:50.sort of smell the pastries, they could see the fishing boats
:17:51. > :17:53.coming in, it was really They also talked about how
:17:54. > :17:56.they were willing to support the local businesses
:17:57. > :17:58.and they purposely avoided chain restaurants and any kind
:17:59. > :18:00.of restaurants that they Now, I would be the first to admit
:18:01. > :18:06.that perhaps I should eat a little bit less but when I'm
:18:07. > :18:09.on holiday, like most peopld, Straightaway you think, oh,
:18:10. > :18:17.we'll have a clotted cream tea when we come down here,
:18:18. > :18:19.and a pasty, so, yeah, we do like to eat a lot
:18:20. > :18:22.when we're on holiday. We don't want to appear as food
:18:23. > :18:25.snobs but it would probably put us off if it was all
:18:26. > :18:30.burgers and junk food. We're looking for more qualhty stuff
:18:31. > :18:33.and local produce and just taking the benefits of what you can
:18:34. > :18:35.get locally really. I think now there's far too many
:18:36. > :18:38.eating places down the front, it's changed from when I was last
:18:39. > :18:41.here 30 to 40 years ago, there used to be a lot
:18:42. > :18:43.of amusements, different Now it's just concentrated on eating
:18:44. > :18:47.and drinking places. The success of the food
:18:48. > :18:50.outlets passes right down the chain to the suppliers,
:18:51. > :18:52.farmers and fishermen. But while the report was very
:18:53. > :18:55.positive about the way it's going here it did warn that becoming
:18:56. > :18:57.too popular and not having the infrastructure to support it
:18:58. > :19:08.could have the opposite effdct. If you can't have nice food when
:19:09. > :19:13.you're on holiday, when can you 2000 fossils discovered
:19:14. > :19:17.by an amateur collector in Dorset are going on display
:19:18. > :19:19.in a new museum purpose-built renowned collection of finds dating
:19:20. > :19:43.back 150 million years. Steve Etches was in short trousers
:19:44. > :19:48.when he found his first fossil, this tiny sea urchin in his back garden
:19:49. > :20:00.in Dorset. It is now on display amongst much grander finds hn the
:20:01. > :20:09.new museum which brings to life Jurassic Kimmeridge. It was a
:20:10. > :20:15.tropical sea, we have fish `nd animals interacting and somd of them
:20:16. > :20:20.predating. Steve is a plumbdr by trade but he has always found time
:20:21. > :20:25.for fossil collecting. He h`s discovered a host of new spdcies,
:20:26. > :20:32.like this it clear saw. It hs rather like a modern dolphin, he h`s pointy
:20:33. > :20:39.teeth. This is a juvenile btt under its rib cage it is stuffed full of
:20:40. > :20:44.food. Until now his collecthon was housed here, in his convertdd
:20:45. > :20:53.garage. Every art for -- artefact has now been taken down the road to
:20:54. > :20:58.its new home. It might sink in when everything is done and dustdd. I am
:20:59. > :21:04.sharing it with everything. You can't live forever so hopeftlly I am
:21:05. > :21:09.safeguarding it for the futtre. Some 2000 fossils are already here and
:21:10. > :21:12.there is space for new finds, meaning Steve has no excuse for
:21:13. > :21:18.taking his work home with hhm. What are you going to do with your
:21:19. > :21:22.garage? My wife has some iddas, she has designed what she wants. Also
:21:23. > :21:26.the dining room, because it took over that. Hopefully we can invite
:21:27. > :21:31.some friends round for dinndr there now. His workshop is also bding
:21:32. > :21:36.moved to the museum so visitors can watch how he peels back the layers
:21:37. > :21:39.of time. This knowledge has earned him respect from academics
:21:40. > :21:45.worldwide, who have much to learn from a man who turned a hobby into a
:21:46. > :21:48.life's work. What an amazing collection.
:21:49. > :21:55.How much sleep did you get last night?
:21:56. > :22:00.We don't sleep at all, do wd? We don't get a lot of sleep,
:22:01. > :22:02.unfortunately. There are plenty of surveys warning
:22:03. > :22:06.of the dangers of a lack of sleep. And it seems one local univdrsity
:22:07. > :22:08.is taking them seriously. The chaplaincy at the
:22:09. > :22:10.University of St Mark and St John in Plymouth is helping
:22:11. > :22:12.weary students by But before you judge this move,
:22:13. > :22:17.or the students, take a look University life has changed,
:22:18. > :22:28.a more nine-to-five culture has developed as undergraduates pay fees
:22:29. > :22:31.to study here, so if they choose to sleep in the day,
:22:32. > :22:33.that's up to them, right? Well, that's what people
:22:34. > :22:38.here at Marjon think. Next to the university chapdl,
:22:39. > :22:42.a nap room has been set up for students to take snoozes
:22:43. > :22:44.between their studies. But is there really a need
:22:45. > :22:49.for this at university? A lot of people have this sdnse
:22:50. > :22:52.of students from the old daxs, The Young Ones and things lhke that,
:22:53. > :22:55.with students just lying around That could not be further
:22:56. > :22:58.from the truth these days. Students are often working laybe
:22:59. > :23:02.one, two, three jobs combined with their studies,
:23:03. > :23:07.plus family, so with the additional stresses of modern life,
:23:08. > :23:10.always being on with social media and mobile phones, actually
:23:11. > :23:13.the chance to take a break Nick wants his chaplaincy to be
:23:14. > :23:22.as relaxed as possible. The addition of the nap rool
:23:23. > :23:24.is an important part Students don't just do
:23:25. > :23:34.their degree and that's it, some of them belong to sports,
:23:35. > :23:39.some of them run societies. Me myself, I run the choir
:23:40. > :23:47.here at Marjon and I also do hockey as well so I'm constantly on the go,
:23:48. > :23:51.so...come in here, have a n`p, recharge your batteries
:23:52. > :23:53.and then go and do it again, It's a quirky idea but I was curious
:23:54. > :23:58.to find out just how I've been out reporting on the road
:23:59. > :24:02.all day and I could do Let's just hope BBC
:24:03. > :24:19.management are watching this. I quite like the idea of a hammock,
:24:20. > :24:30.actually. We have a nap room here, it's called
:24:31. > :24:36.the newsroom. Make sure you are not asleep by the
:24:37. > :24:39.time I come back to you. Thdre is some quite interesting weather for
:24:40. > :24:45.the next three or four days. First of all we have more mist forming,
:24:46. > :24:48.some fog patches first thing this morning, certainly some frost
:24:49. > :24:52.overnight tonight but once the mist clears it should be a nice day with
:24:53. > :24:56.some sunshine. There has bedn an east-west split with the sunshine
:24:57. > :25:01.today but the bigger satellhte picture shows the curl of cloud to
:25:02. > :25:05.the East, that is one area of low pressure which has hardly moved the
:25:06. > :25:10.24 hours, but down here there is a new area of low pressure. Wd still
:25:11. > :25:14.have high pressure for the day tomorrow but by the time we get
:25:15. > :25:17.through tomorrow evening and Saturday into Sunday this area of
:25:18. > :25:23.low pressure becomes the dolinant feature. It will squeeze up against
:25:24. > :25:28.that high and squeeze the isobars, giving us afresh if not strong to
:25:29. > :25:32.gale force easterly wind by Sunday evening, and the potential for that
:25:33. > :25:37.to produce some outbreaks of rain but the timing is uncertain. Quite a
:25:38. > :25:42.contrast of weather types from one side of our patch to the other,
:25:43. > :25:48.glorious sunshine for a good part of Cornwall, rather grey for E`st
:25:49. > :25:51.Devon, Somerset and Dorset. A few spits of light rain even now but
:25:52. > :25:55.most of that will fade away overnight and in the small hours we
:25:56. > :26:02.will get some length lead clear skies, allowing the temperatures to
:26:03. > :26:07.drop pretty fast. -- some ldngthy. We could start tomorrow with not
:26:08. > :26:11.only mist and fog but also temperatures not far above freezing.
:26:12. > :26:16.For most of us away from thd coast there is a chance for some frost,
:26:17. > :26:21.maybe even on the car windscreens. Once we get rid of that and the mist
:26:22. > :26:27.and fog it is a nice day. The East of Devon has had stubborn cloud
:26:28. > :26:32.today but it is much more in the way of sunshine. Very light winds, not
:26:33. > :26:36.much to stir the air, so if you have some sunshine and avoid the mist and
:26:37. > :26:41.fog first thing in the mornhng you should have a pretty good d`y, 3 or
:26:42. > :26:45.14 degrees. For the Isles of Scilly, fine and dry with spells of
:26:46. > :26:54.sunshine, very similar to the weather today. The times of high
:26:55. > :26:57.water, Portland, 10:49am, F`lmouth, 9:33am. Lovely surfing condhtions
:26:58. > :27:05.today, the waves are not quhte so big tomorrow but still usable. On
:27:06. > :27:12.the north coast between thrde and five degrees and clean. There are
:27:13. > :27:16.the coastal waters forecast, force three to four from the south-east,
:27:17. > :27:22.generally fair with good visibility, and the outlook as we go through the
:27:23. > :27:26.weekend is more cloud, cert`inly a lot more on Sunday, a strong
:27:27. > :27:31.easterly breeze developing, maybe a bit quieter and the potenti`l
:27:32. > :27:38.overnight for some patchy r`in. Still awake?
:27:39. > :27:42.We stayed awake for all of that and I will have to stay awake a bit
:27:43. > :28:23.longer Everyone's living these
:28:24. > :28:25.amazing lives, You're like a...
:28:26. > :28:37.Different person?