27/01/2017

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:00:00. > :00:15.The old swimming pool at Fort Regent will be demolished as soon

:00:16. > :00:19.That's according to the head of the group reviewing the future

:00:20. > :00:22.It comes amid increasing concerns regarding the safety

:00:23. > :00:33.It's been left unused and derelict for more than a decade

:00:34. > :00:36.and while Fort Regent's old swimming pool has formed part of Jersey's

:00:37. > :00:42.there are growing concerns that parts of the site are unsafe

:00:43. > :00:44.after video emerged of teenagers accessing the old cable cars.

:00:45. > :00:50.As you can see by the graffitti, it's a regular

:00:51. > :00:52.haunt for the youngsters, and there's a three-foot gap

:00:53. > :00:55.in the fence further up so they've got pretty good access.

:00:56. > :00:57.There are a lot of security measures here on the site

:00:58. > :01:04.For example here the fence runs along the side of the wall but then

:01:05. > :01:07.just stops, which could give people the opportunity to

:01:08. > :01:11.Safety concerns are also heightened by the presence

:01:12. > :01:16.Mickey Bees worked at Fort Regent in the '70s -

:01:17. > :01:18.he's been diagnosed with an asbestos-related illness

:01:19. > :01:19.and believes it's a direct consequence

:01:20. > :01:27.He says the illness has really affected his life.

:01:28. > :01:36.Right up until I had my biopsy, I worked. I worked outside. Physical

:01:37. > :01:38.jobs, you know. But that's been taken all the way from me.

:01:39. > :01:43.of Fort Regent doesn't believe asbestos poses a major risk.

:01:44. > :01:45.-- But the man currently responsible for the regeneration

:01:46. > :01:47.of Fort Regent doesn't believe asbestos poses a major risk.

:01:48. > :01:50.Constable Pallett also said that security at the site has been

:01:51. > :01:52.improved and revealed that the old swimming pool

:01:53. > :01:56.will be torn down as soon as funding can be found.

:01:57. > :02:03.The site is in such a condition now that we all identify that it's gone

:02:04. > :02:04.past the point of no return. We've got to take it down as soon as

:02:05. > :02:05.possible. And as he's instructed

:02:06. > :02:07.his officers to start It might not be long before there's

:02:08. > :02:10.a significant change Jessica Banham, BBC

:02:11. > :02:16.Channel Island News, Jersey Guernsey's Chamber of Commerce wants

:02:17. > :02:18.the island's population The Chamber is urging the States

:02:19. > :02:26.to plan for expansion, It says the new population

:02:27. > :02:29.management controls due to come The island's population

:02:30. > :02:37.is currently around 63,000 and States policy is to keep

:02:38. > :02:39.it roughly stable. But the Chamber believes it's better

:02:40. > :02:44.left to market forces. Guernsey's Government is looking

:02:45. > :02:47.for an insurance company to help provide a States-run

:02:48. > :02:50.health insurance scheme. It follows the loss

:02:51. > :02:52.of the reciprocal health agreement with the UK,

:02:53. > :02:54.which has put some islanders off Now the government is stepping

:02:55. > :02:58.in to try to help those who are struggling to get their own

:02:59. > :03:10.medical cover to travel. I know that people are concerned.

:03:11. > :03:14.It's an additional cost of getting off the island when travel costs are

:03:15. > :03:18.already quite expensive, so I can understand and that's why it's truly

:03:19. > :03:24.important we get a good scheme, through the same connector over and

:03:25. > :03:28.a safety net for the people who are island balance.

:03:29. > :03:30.Occupation survivor, faith leaders and politicians have

:03:31. > :03:31.marked Holocaust memorial day in Jersey.

:03:32. > :03:34.Around 150 people gathered at the Maritime Museum for a ceremony

:03:35. > :03:39.But one islander who risked his life during the war had

:03:40. > :03:48.Bob Le Sueur admiring the newly unveiled tapestry

:03:49. > :03:52.He is featured in it among other 'guardians of the memory

:03:53. > :03:56.of the occupation' for their wartime heroism protecting others

:03:57. > :04:03.for Holocaust Memorial Day, Bob was the key speaker

:04:04. > :04:08.and had an important, contemporary message to give.

:04:09. > :04:17.You're all very nice people, I can see that,

:04:18. > :04:19.don't just lament the evils in the world, don't give up.

:04:20. > :04:39.Anyone that did not fit the Nazi ideology

:04:40. > :04:44.A lot of these subjects are back in the news

:04:45. > :04:47.for one reason or another, but we must always be aware

:04:48. > :04:52.that our actions effect others and diminish others' freedoms.

:04:53. > :04:57.Bob joined others with laying of wreaths at Jersey's memorial.

:04:58. > :04:59.A minute's silence was held to remember the 21 islanders

:05:00. > :05:04.who were deported and died in German camps and prisons.

:05:05. > :05:06.But it's thanks to people like Bob that we have the inspiration

:05:07. > :05:17.Jersey Reds coach has signed a contract with the club to remain

:05:18. > :05:20.as head coach until 2021 - despite the club's

:05:21. > :05:24.South African Harvey Biljon arrived in the island

:05:25. > :05:27.three years ago to help the squad avoid relegation.

:05:28. > :05:29.Biljon says he's worked with the club and wouldn't be

:05:30. > :05:34.committing unless he felt they could continue to progress.

:05:35. > :05:39.We focused on the rugby through that difficult time.

:05:40. > :05:45.We have now sat down and we know it is important we

:05:46. > :05:47.remain a professional team competing in the championship and making sure

:05:48. > :05:51.we can continue to perform and I am confident after sitting with them

:05:52. > :05:57.that we're going in the right direction.

:05:58. > :06:12.Thank you. Good evening. We have been stuck with cold air since the

:06:13. > :06:16.New Year. That will change tonight. Milder, breezy and mainly dry

:06:17. > :06:19.tomorrow. This is the drain on Sunday. The main change is very an

:06:20. > :06:25.as coming from. By Sunday, winds from the south-west looking very

:06:26. > :06:30.much milder across the board. We lose the frost. They time back into

:06:31. > :06:35.figures. One weather front that his troubles at the minute and is

:06:36. > :06:40.keeping the rain until the morning but eventually clearing by the

:06:41. > :06:45.middle of the day tomorrow. Coverage of high pressure. Dry conditions for

:06:46. > :06:50.a new area of low pressure brings us widespread persistent rain on

:06:51. > :06:53.Sunday. That went before. Some pretty good temperatures as well.

:06:54. > :06:57.The rain we saw earlier this evening will tend to be done out for a time

:06:58. > :07:01.of tonight but then returns in the small hours of the morning. Expect

:07:02. > :07:04.to see it become dry and then some more rain coming in from the west

:07:05. > :07:09.and south-west. The bridge is not falling much below around 80

:07:10. > :07:14.Celsius. Mild compared to the last few nights. Rain off and one in the

:07:15. > :07:18.morning, replaced by much brighter conditions and hopefully some

:07:19. > :07:20.sunshine at the end of the day with a top temperature of 10 Celsius.

:07:21. > :07:22.Have a nice weekend. That's your news this Friday

:07:23. > :07:24.evening, BBC Radio Guernsey and Jersey will have bulletins

:07:25. > :07:26.from six tomorrow morning From the late news team,

:07:27. > :07:46.have a good weekend and good night. Good evening. Not many would argue

:07:47. > :07:49.that January hasn't been dry, but today, many of us had our first

:07:50. > :07:54.significant rain for some time, because the transition is on from

:07:55. > :07:58.cold, Continental dry air to milder Atlantic air, but the transition is

:07:59. > :08:03.a slow one. So we have had ice today, and freezing fog, in northern

:08:04. > :08:07.England. We had a little sunshine as well in Norfolk, but we still have

:08:08. > :08:13.the cold air around and about in the north. All this rain you can see,

:08:14. > :08:15.which is giving is a wet day in some areas, 10-15 millimetres of rain has

:08:16. > :08:16.fallen, as it comes north there