24/01/2017 Channel Islands News

I'm Charlie McArdle. Welcome to BBC Channel Islands.

These are tonight's headlines: Calls for more affordable homes

in Guernsey but private landlords are not happy.

The prescription for health care in old and includes a formal apology

for Doctor Rory Lyons. Due procedure was not followed and we apologise

for the effect that had on Doctor Rory Lyons and the people of

Alderney. Plus the activity boxes helping

to improve care for the increasing And despite the low temperatures and

frost across the islands in the last two days it hasn't felt too bad.

That will change. Stronger winds later tomorrow and on Thursday, with

a high wind chill. I will have all the details later in the programme.

Better emergency midwifery services, more social work, and increasing

clinicians skills are just some of the recommendations made

by a Guernsey review into Alderney's health care.

The independent report also highlights the importance of a full

apology to be made to an Alderney doctor who was investigated for

It's been almost two years since this police raid on a surgery

in Alderney stunned people in the Channel Islands.

Dr Rory Lyons was suspended while investigations were underway,

but all cases against him were later dropped.

But according to this latest independent review,

the effects are still having a significant negative impact

Among the report's 38 recommendations, one of them

is that there should be a formal apology to Dr Lyons.

It says there should be chemotherapy treatment available on-island.

It also says there should be greater use of video conferencing

which could halve the number of trips to Guernsey for treatment.

And another recommendation says that making seatbelts compulsory

The President of the Committee for Health and Social Care

HSC totally accept the findings of this report at the time, which said

that there were, in terms of the investigation, it was rushed, and

due process was not followed. We apologise for the impact that out on

a doctor Rory Lyons and the people of Alderney.

The report's been welcomed by one of Alderney's senior politicians.

Louis Jean says now's the time to ensure doctors

They could come in and really work and assist Doctor Rory Lyons to get

his practice open. It seems to me that that may be part of the reason

why there is this lack of continuity in GPs, it isn't entirely the only

answer but it is is certainly part of it.

It's not clear how many of the 38 recommendations will be

Whilst some savings could be made, half of the recommendations

are predicted to cost taxpayers money.

RBS International have announced they are closing Natwest branches

The St Peters branch will close at the end of April,

while the Alderney branch will shut in June.

The banking company say the decision was based on usage

Alderney customers can continue to use their Natwest account

through online and mobile access but won't be able to pay in cash.

It's thought the two Alderney employees will be made redundant.

A teenager's been allegedly assaulted

It's alleged the 15-year-old boy was attacked by two young people

outside a takeaway shop on Union Street at 5.45pm yesterday.

Police want to speak to the driver of a 4x4 who was shouted

There's a public appeal to find the people responsible

for the fly-tipping of asbestos in Jersey.

Nine bin bags of the dangerous substance were dumped in a field

The Environment Department says it's looking for witnesses because this

It says ?5,000 of public money was spent getting

From this incident there is no risk to public health and the mass has

been cleared up by us as a contract. We would like people to contact us

and let us know if they have any suspicions about asbestos that may

have been in a building they were aware of or they have seen people

carrying black bin liners into a building.

The growth of the Guernsey Housing Association is stifling the private

sector rental market, according to the island's

The GHA says a shortage of land is its biggest challenge

in trying to meet demand, but landlords argue that more

affordable housing will put another nail in the coffin

These are some of the newest properties in the Guernsey Housing

Rodley Park accounts for five of the 54 homes

There's huge demand for affordable housing in the island,

and another 40 new builds are also in the pipeline.

We have got a waiting list of just under 300 applicants of households.

We are just at about 800 properties now, which we manage, red and

partial ownership, and we have demolished about 350 properties of

state housing estates that we have redeveloped so the overall net

increase is about 450/15 years. Developments like this help people

to get on the property ladder through partial ownership schemes

but there are concerns that it's having a negative effect

on the private sector. They have steadily taken the clients

that traditionally come into the private sector and they have

migrated to the Guernsey Housing Association, and it is no wonder

they do that. However we in the private sector are not getting any

breaks at all to keep us pace with what they are producing rather than

catching up. We have no incentive to improve our properties, the

insulation and so forth and over the past few years we have got reduced

between five and 10% in the private sector of the older generation who

are just packing it in putting their in other means.

Private landlords claim their livelihoods are being stifled.

While they can understand why people choose to move from private rentals

to housing association properties, they simply want to be able

Growers have criticised a delay in a government plan

The Rural Economic Strategy looks at how local produce and the organic

industry can be developed, and what subsidies

It was due out in 2015, but the Economic Development

Department says the delay was due to changing budgets,

and it'll be published within the next week.

A public inquiry is being held into the building

of the new Les Quennevais school in Jersey.

It's after the Environment Minister backed plans for the secondary

school to be built on protected fields in St Brelade.

The inquiry, at St Brelade Parish Hall, is expected

You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands.

Later in Spotlight with Justin and Victoria:

The Real Junk Food Project that's helping feed hundreds of people

Health bosses at Jersey's General Hospital say they're seeing

an increase in the amount of patients admitted onto wards

So, to help nurses engage with their patients,

they're trialling two activity boxes with games and puzzles.

It's part of a wider strategy to improve care for patients

with dementia as Jessica Banham reports.

Sylvia Green has been on Beauport ward for a few weeks now.

She's been using games from the activity boxes

But Senior Sister Chantal Bellingall says the boxes are also helping them

improve care for the increasing number of patients

It is good to engage with them and get them involved with the nursing

staff and our team and their family and relatives. It is very tactile to

get involved in making jigsaws and jawing, the drawing of colouring is

therapeutic and coming for them as well. What exactly is in these

boxes? There are a variety of different activities including

puzzles and crosswords and colouring in and quiz packs which would

provide to clients on the ward. One example is this lovely puzzle that

we have got which is a nice and easy Wyper Bull and clean puzzle which

our clients into really enjoy. There are around 1,400 people living

with dementia in Jersey. But it's thought less than half

of those people have a diagnosis. Numbers are also likely to double

in the next 25 years. Alongside the activity boxes,

nurses have also made visiting They want to improve

signage on the ward so they show pictures rather

than just words. It is not just about the

orthopaedics now, so many of our patients have dementia or other

needs and by putting these things in place will make a difference to all

of our patients, whether they are visually impaired or had hearing

problems, it will be better for everybody.

I was going to ask you later as there is somewhere I can buy them.

It's becoming a regular morning ritual and I can't tell you how many

David, is there any end to to these frosty mornings?

I think so. Perhaps not necessarily the way we wanted to but a towel

across the windscreen will save you a lot of de-icer! It looks like we

will have more fine weather tomorrow morning. This was a Weather Watchers

picture of the famous lighthouse. We will have more sunshine to start the

day and another frost overnight tonight, so actually start and a dry

day but more cloud in the second half of the Day and at the same time

the breeze is picking up and that Breeze is going to be a cold wind.

There is a cold pool of cold air heading our way. The high pressure

is finally weakening somewhat and beginning to move out of the way.

Very slow progress but gradually this area of low pressure will come

closer. By the time it gets to us it will be weak but there is a squeeze

in the isobars, they are starting to get close together which means more

of a breeze for us and it means some quite lively wins by the time we get

to Thursday. Cold winds coming out of Europe as well. With this weather

front tantalisingly close, and eventually, as a weaker affair it

brings more cloud and the risk of rain. Overnight we have clear sky

again and it will be another cold night and another night with a

widespread overnight frost. Temperatures down to zero. Tomorrow

we start the day with a good deal of sunshine and quite quickly there

will be more cloud coming in. It comes in from the south-east. By the

end of the afternoon it is generally rather cloudy and it also becomes

misty. Four or five is the maximum temperature. It will be a cold day

and feel pretty miserable once we lose the sunshine. Clean waves for

our surface. -- surfers. The coastal waters forecast. By the time we get

to Thursday the wind is going to be quite strong. Coming in from the

south-east, it means of raw feel to the day on Thursday, but milder by

the weekend. Thank you. It looks as though we

will have to batten down the hatches as the wind heads to the islands.

That is all for now. I will be back just before 8pm and then again at

10:45pm. Here is Justin and Victoria.

and the Landmark in Ilfracombe went into administration yesterday.

North Devon Council is blaming falling ticket sales

It says it gave the trust more than ?300,000 this financial year.

The doors are closed now but these campaigners want them back open, and

soon. This woman performed that theatre in Barnstaple last week. I

feel heartbroken by the news. It is so sad that it is all going to be

gone and this makes people like me inspired and able to dream big and I

don't want to play just another nightclub. This and the Landmark

Theatre in Ilfracombe have gone into administration. There are calls for

the local council to step in. They don't have the money, we understand

that, but we believe there is a viable future for these theatres and

as North Devon council owned theatre buildings, that we can come to a

solution. We are pleading with the council to work with us and the

administrator to find a way to get doors open again. The North Devon to

distrust blamed falling sales and a cut in public subsidy from the local

council for its financial problems. These closures leave the plough arts

Centre in great Torrington as the last art centre for miles around.

It's a rise of just ?9,000 a year in public funding. Many organisations

have been on a journey of weaning themselves off public funding out of

necessity and it is a journey that some have made more successfully

than others. If you have got two big theatres with big overheads it is

difficult to say that you will cover that from the box office. It was or

was gone to need some sort of support. As a society we should be

supporting the arts. If you go to other countries, they support the

arts, phenomenally. The subsidy to support the favours from the castle

was over ?300,000. The council says that it is facing financial pressure

and needs to save money. It would not comment further whilst the

administration process is ongoing, leaving campaigners waiting for a

verdict on the theatres' future. What makes a good B?

Stay with us to find out why this one has been voted the best

in the world. The African silverbacks trying

to cope with the Devon cold. We're looking forward to that one,

aren't we? We both love cooking

and try to use up leftovers. Well, a charity which cooks meals

using food thrown out by businesses and supermarkets has been

so successful, it's now expanding. The Real Junk Food Project set up

in April last year and has fed hundreds of people in Plymouth

and South East Cornwall. Well now it's looking to develop

the idea and has launched a fundraising campaign

for a permanent base. Emma Thomasson has been to see how

it works Tucking in, but this is no ordinary

lunch. Everything he was destined for the bin. How about asparagus

soup? Beef ragout, with potatoes, for the big apple charlotte and

custard. It has been made from food donated by supermarkets that they

could not sell before its best before date. What we do is very

inclusive, doesn't matter what the circumstances are, your welcome to

eat with us, and when you pay you can pay with the money donation or

you can pay with your time or skills. People volunteer, do some

washing up, some deliveries, and there is an exchange in that way. It

works really well. The one some salad or veg? Jese heads a team of

volunteers going round Plymouth and Southeast or -- South East Cornwall,

cooking. The food is prepared in her own kitchen then transported around

churches, toddler groups and even their pub. But is it any good? Oh,

yes, the meat is lovely and tender. Yes, everything was just wonderful.

Me and my husband have always worked. And we struggle ourselves,

but I make everything go round. I do not waste, I don't throw out, if I

can use it I use it, and a lot of other people do at home as well. I

was thinking about the meals that I do for my four-year-old boy and how

much ends up being left at the end of the meal, sometimes four or five

carats and you add that up and that is a lot of food wastage. It has

changed my thinking today. And he is not alone. The project has been so

popular, a second team is now working in Torpoint and Jesse is

working to set up a permanent base near Liskeard with plans for Linton

and Falmouth. The government says 8 million tonnes of food is wasted

every year, which equates to ?16 billion simply being thrown in the

bin. This project hopes the work it is doing, however small, will go

some way towards tackling the problem. It is lovely. It did look

good, didn't it? Now, we had images of Exeter's past

earlier in the programme and here's another familiar sight

of the South West from the archives. House after house on road after road

offering bed and breakfast. But the traditional guest

house has been changing. Many are still offering

the full English breakfast, with customers expecting a more

upmarket atmosphere. Tourism leaders say the move

towards the boutique hotel has been key in driving the industry forward

and one guest house in Dorset is now reaping the rewards with major

recognition. It is a bitterly cold day in Dorset,

but this place has the warmest welcome in the world. And that is

official. We are writing down phone messages. Quite a few e-mails have

come in. Clive and Lisa Orchard say that they are amazed to have been

named the best B on the planet for the second time. It means a lot. It

means that our guests have thanked us for their stay. We were just very

shocked and very happy, obviously. What were you doing before you

decided to move down to Dorset and open a B? We had a clothes shop in

West wittering. I was working in data communications near Reading.

Eventually we sold the shop and saw the Data Communications Bill 's less

and we chose a bed and breakfast as being a nice lifestyle. This is a

Thomas Hardy room. From the guest reviews on TripAdvisor it is clear

that this B offers more than just clean sheets and pulling this. They

think that Dorset is beautiful, and it is not difficult to share that

with people. When I was six or seven, my sister taught me to swim

in this area. So, for that reason, I think that is what makes it very

personal to me. You won the award in 2014 and in 2017. For the two years

in between, what went wrong? We relaxed! We genuinely just think of

the B as an extension of our homes anyway. That was our commitment when

we started, just to be ourselves and wanting people to share the area.

Whatever their secret, it has sent Bindon Bottom to the top of the

world's B destinations. Now the weather recently has been

quite chilly with frosty nights and cold mornings and for many of us

that means wrapping up or you could put your heating

on! But if, like some

of the animals at a Devon zoo, you're used to much warmer

climates, how do you cope? Well the keepers at Paignton Zoo

have been feeding them hot potatoes, as Spotlight's John Danks found

out. These flamingos have the right idea,

keeping their heads down during the icy weather. With temperatures not

climbing much above zero in sheltered areas, some animosity

turned their backs to the court. That is why at Paignton Zoo they are

dishing out hot potatoes to the guerrillas. It's very cold at the

moment and the guerrillas with the love hot potatoes. In weather like

this it is nice for them to have something hot to warm them up a

little bit. These western lowland gorillas are native to Africa.

Weighing around 200 kilograms, the powerful primates are kings of the

jungle, but here at Paignton Zoo... With the guerrillas and the

orangutans, they are happy going outside when it is a bit colder. The

guerrillas will have a nice, heated house outside, so in weather like

this they tend to spend a lot more time inside. We try to get them out

as much as possible to get some fresh air and sunshine, but it does

when it is not so nice like this. In when it is not so nice like this. In

the aviary, these noisy tropical birds are spending the winter

indoors. No jacket spuds required. The birds are lucky, because they

get shut away in nice, warm houses with heating on. It is the

zookeepers who suffer the most because they come in in the morning

and the padlocks are frozen, their hands are frozen, they have two melt

ice, hosepipes are full of eyes, so they are far worse off than the

birds. It is a year-round job for the keepers, making sure that the

animals are well looked after. A hot potato to keep away the cold seems

to be doing the job. Sadly for the guerrillas, there is no prospect of

chips being served, just yet! -- Paignton Zoo -- gorillas. We've had

lots of reaction to this story about commuting. Many of you have told us

about your long journeys to work. Graham has e-mail to say, I commute

48,000 miles every year, just passed my 500,000 miles mark, from

Ivybridge to Bristol, daily. Martin says, I travelled from Dunster in

Somerset to London for work every day. I now work from home which

means I am permanently on my wife's nerves! I'm sure that is not true at

all. Thank you for your e-mails, keep them coming in. It is time for

the weather forecast. Is it jacket potato weather, David? There is some

good news in the forecast. It is not quite as

cold. It is slightly less cold. That is the best way to describe it. You

have to wait until Friday before that happens. Tomorrow and Thursday

is going to be pretty chilly. Tonight, another frosty night with

some fog patches already forming. More of that come overnight. A cold

wind tomorrow, with the breeze picking up steadily, helping to

shift that mist and fog and again we will

even more sunshine than we saw even more sunshine than we

today, because we have this strip of today, because we have this strip of

cloud covering much of the of England. That layer of cloud

produced a few showers in North produced a few showers in North

Devon and up into the south Wales. The main rain bearing cloud is out

here to the west. This is a bit closer than it has been. It is

high pressure begins to weaken. What high pressure begins to weaken. What

is actually happening is we are squeezing the isobars, so there's

more of a breeze developing. The breeze continuing to increase and,

overnight tonight and into Thursday, we have a cold when coming in from

the South East, head of this line-up patchy rain, and drawing in some

very low temperatures from central Europe. They have had it bitterly

cold over the last few days. And that cold air reaches us on

Thursday. So although we have more of a breeze, if anything it will

feel even called on Thursday. Friday is hit and miss but there's a

weather front coming in on Friday that will change things. It will

introduce slightly less cold air. It might introduce some outbreaks of

rain as well, although the detail on that is elusive at the moment. That

cold air comes across from the other side of the channel and through

Thursday not only will be have low temperatures but with the strength

of the wind it is going to feel bitterly cold. It will feel like -1,

-2, so wrap up warm if you're out and about on Thursday. This layer of

belt has produced some showers and clouded the skies over a good part

of the South West. This was earlier today in Quantock. For the servers,

the waves have been quite attractive. A pretty good day for

many beaches over the last couple of days. The sea temperature at the

moment is around nine, 10 degrees. The waves will increase over the

next couple of days as you see the South West winds increasing. What's

going out in the Atlantic that will help our surfers, producing some

fairly sizeable waves. Tonight across the eastern parts of Somerset

and Dorset, we will have thick, freezing fog. If you are travelling

out of the region, if you're one of these long-distance commuters we

have been talking about heading towards London, especially, you're

going to run into some very thick fog and it is dangerous stuff,

because it's also freezing fog. More of a breeze in the second half of

the night, keeping the thick fog at bay. It will be a cold night with a

range of temperatures. The fog is going to be patchy with temperatures

anywhere from zero up to four Celsius. Tomorrow, Misty and foggy

in the east, but foremost, a better day with sunshine with wind

increasing. The breeze will continue increasing. The breeze will continue

to increase in most of the day in Cornwall. And it will lift

temperatures up to 9 degrees, but further east, temperatures not doing

quite so well. That's the forecast for the Isles of Scilly, right and

windy. And the times of high water... -- bright and windy.

And the coastal waters forecast... That's all from me. Have a good

evening. Looks like we're going to need more hot potatoes at the zoo on

Thursday. That's all from us. We'll have an update at 10:30pm. From all

of us here, have a good evening. Good night.

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