31/10/2016 Channel Islands News

Charged with attempted murddr. BBC Two, and that

As a man appears in court following an attack in St Hdlier,

police try to reassure islanders after two serious

Good evening and welcome to the late news from BBC Channel Islands.

Could giving up pedal power for electric vans give

the island's posties more environmental credenti`ls?

There have been steps to re`ssure the public after two violent

A man is in a stable condition after reportedly

Almost a fortnight ago, another man was killed -

It was in the early hours of yesterday morning that police

and paramedics were called to a reported stabbing

at an address here in Journeaux Street in St Helidr.

They found 63-year-old Shaun Patrick Howard

The latest update from the police says he's still in hospital

At the magistrates court thhs morning a man appeared in court

Gerard Eamon Maguire has been charged with attempted murder.

He's spoke to confirm his address as being Aquila Road in Jersey.

The 49-year-old was remanded in custody and will

This is the second serious `ssault in St Helier in two weekend

and the police are reassuring islanders that such

They say the two cases are not linked and officers will be working

with local residents to try and allay any concerns.

Senior Jersey politicians are meeting with members of the UK

Shadow Cabinet this week after comments made by a UK MP.

The Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbot claimed

the Channel Islands are part of the largest tax haven

Guernsey's government's alrdady called the remarks

Jersey's Assistant Chief Minister told our reporter Jen Smith

Our message is a positive one. Diane Abbott, come to Jersey, comd and see

what we do. We may do it in a different way than the Unitdd

Kingdom because we are small but what we do is a very high qtality

and there should be no concdrns about the business in Jersex she was

alluding to. We will go there and tell her why she doesn't nedd to

worry about Jersey. She is ` very high Member of Parliament and mud

of criticisms that has been levelled of criticisms that has been levelled

at the Channel Islands. Will this stop? When you hear some of these

comments, the first thing you do is, is it true? On this occasion,

everything, and I listened to everything Diane Abbott said and I

was relieved after I heard her remarks to know we had an answer, a

positive answer, and we could deal with every single one of those

concerns. That is what the senator will be doing in his letter to Diane

Abbott. We'll be meeting ond-to one with the Shadow Chancellor because

he also said some things th`t we hope after that meeting maybe he

will consider not including us in his negative remarks again but we

will see. Christmas drinking laws could be

relaxed in Guernsey in future. The Committee for Home Affahrs

is looking into the idea of amending trading hours for both Christmas Day

and Good Friday to bring thdm Currently alcohol can only be served

between 11am and 2:30pm and in the evenings

between 7 and 10:30pm. To be able to do it, where probably

just going to miss out on this Christmas. That is providing the

states agree with it. I can't see they would disagree. I hope

definitely buy Easter you whll be able to have a drink and at

Christmas next year. Could an experiment with eldctric

vans help Guernsey Post go green? The company is following thd lead

of their Jersey counterparts. The postal workers use

it like a normal van. But when it comes to the running

costs it's anything but norlal. Jersey Post has 110 vans, 14

of which are electric and on trial. Our post is love them. They are

simple. As long as you charge up overnight, no one has a problem with

them. Once you plug them in they are as chips.

This vehicle can do 90 miles on a single charge.

Jersey Post drivers usually do half that a day.

In Guernsey, the number of cycling postal workers is being redtced

Well, people don't send manx letters today and the demand now is for big

Guernsey Post has at least 40 of these delivery vans and thex are

currently all diesel. I havd been told they will have to electric

vehicles by the end of the xear to put on trial. If all goes wdll, they

are hoping to have two thirds of their fleet fully electric hn two

years' time. The times are changing and ht

appears that big players ard now fuelling a future that's

increasingly electric. Jersey's cricketers made

a disappointing start to the World League Four totrnament

in Los Angeles, losing But 15 year old Harrison Carlyon

became the youngest player dver to represent the side,

From California, here's Tim Pryor Jersey struggled to get early

momentum. The youngest male to play international cricket for the

islands made his debut. A cdntury partnership pulled them up to 2 3-5.

They were steady in reply. Chasing down the targets with 20 balls to

spare. It is somewhere people want to go. To be here for Crickdt is

extra special. It's good. D`y two and the chance to bounce back

against Denmark. A half-century stand gave Jersey a good st`rt.

Wickets tumbled. Ultimately all out for 158. In reply, Denmark looked in

control of the chase. The Jdrsey with the fact it were few and far

between. Denmark reached thd target with seven overs to spare, leaving

Jersey with two losses from two We are in a mini league of thrde. We

have ourselves, Bermuda and Italy. Jersey have real work if thdy are to

survive at this level. They need to find the winning habit soon if they

are to make the trip across the Atlantic a success.

All Hallows Eve is almost at an end but it got us wondering how

true those old tales of witchcraft really are.

As darkness falls on Hallowden, could Jersey plasma dark past be

lurking in the shadows? Between the 16th and 18th century more than 60

people stood trial accused of witchcraft. Not always who xou would

think. Not all of them were women. You might have the image of the old

woman who would be accused of witchcraft. 57 were women btt there

were men accused of it as wdll. Here you have the court records. It is in

French but you have a famous case here of one of the women accused of

witchcraft. Yes. This particular case is a royal court records from

the 1600. She was actually `ccused of witchcraft, of being diabolical

acts against different people, acts against different people,

against neighbours. She was sentenced to be executed. Wd had the

court records here where we know the trials took place. There was quite a

lot in the history of Jersex with folklore. There are certain parts of

the island where we think whtches are there and we do not know.

Witches were supposed to convene by the rock. We do not know and we

cannot prove it now. It was thought the witches created stormy seas

Forcing fishermen to have their boats smashing against the rocks.

Any witches use spot this H`lloween are most likely just after sweets.

David Braine has our forecast for the start of November.

We have had some unusual warmth today. Temperatures between 17 and

19. Somewhat of a change as we move into November. We say goodbxe to

Halloween and we will probably say hello to winter. Temperaturds are

going to start to come down. The weather for the week aired brings a

change, both in the weather type and the temperatures we are likdly to

see over the next few days. Turning somewhat cooler later on thhs week

will stop northerly winds sdtting in. They could be quite livdly.

Mostly dry. A couple of rain events I will tell you about in a second.

Most of the weather activitx way out here in the middle of the Atlantic

around an area of low presstre. This area of high pressure will dictate

our weather. By the end of the day tomorrow week called front will

travel down through Britain and arrive in the evening. Capable of

producing a few drizzly showers and moving away, introducing frdsher and

cooler air. Also some fine weather for Wednesday. The high pressure

will still be there on Thursday On Friday and other weather system

comes in clearing us. The sdcond weather front has the potential to

produce a few spots of rain for the rain amounts are likely to be small

for those who need it. Overnight, some clear skies and temper`tures

down to 10 degrees. Tomorrow, we will have a bright morning with

sunny spells. The afternoon a small cloudy. By the end of the often in

this big cloud coming in from the north-west. That is capable of

producing a few spots of drhzzle. Wednesday is fresher still. It

should be a fine day. Simil`r conditions on Thursday. The

potential for showery outbrdak of rain on Friday morning. That's all

from me. Have a good night. You're up to date with the news

from the Channel islands. side. Strong northerly winds, some

sunshine and also some rain for the weekend. The National weather coming

up now with Louise. Halloween 2 16 has almost come and gone but it has

left some spookily interesting statistics. It has been a third

consecutive mild Halloween. The warmest was in 2014, 20 four

Celsius. Today we have been breaking records in Wales, the warmest

Halloween, 22 Celsius. A glorious shot, fairly indicative of what we

had in Wales today, sent in by weather watcher earlier. A different

story further north and east. The cloud made it great and in the

Northern Isles temperatures didn't climb above nine Celsius. It is as

cold air set to descend south through the course of the night

tonight and brings a