10/04/2017 Channel Islands News

Islanders show support and call for the sacked coxswain

of St Helier's lifeboat to be reinstated.

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

Also tonight, breaking the poo taboo - how one survivor is encouraging us

Your whole life is just changed and you are thinking, how many weeks or

a I have? A former RNLI volunteer in Jersey

says lives could be at risk in the waters around St Helier

if the local lifeboat The crew walked out

after the skipper was sacked over allegedly breaching

the code of conduct. Hundreds of people joined a protest

in St Helier yesterday, calling for the skipper of the local

lifeboat crew to be reinstated. He was sacked last week

after being accused of breaching the RNLI's Code of Conduct,

and his crew resigned The organiser of yesterday's protest

says having them back at the helm How long would it take

to train up a new crew What they need to do

is there needs to be mediation, and what I'd ask is that

Stuart Poppum, who's the chairman of the RNLI UK,

comes on a plane and comes to Jersey, meets with our

Chief Minister's Department, who've been amazing,

and resolves this situation. Last week, Andy Hibbs said

he and his men were being punished for challenging a culture

of bullying in the charity, something that the RNLI

says it's investigating. A crew from the UK has been brought

in to man the St Helier lifeboat. The RNLI takes any allegations

of bullying very seriously and that will be investigated

separately from this. I think our main appeal

at the moment is to get the crew back in the room,

have a chat with us, sit down, A petition calling for the skipper

to be reinstated has gathered In the meantime, the RNLI

is hoping the storm around Meanwhile, Jersey's Harbour

master is stepping down - though he says it's nothing to do

with the ongoing RNLI issues. The Ports of Jersey says

Phil Buckley has tendered his resignation for family reasons,

and is returning to the UK. A teenager accused of sexually

assaulting two women in Jersey has appeared before the Magistrates'

Court. The 16-year-old, who can't be

named for legal reasons, is charged with sexually assaulting

a woman in St Brelade on Friday, and indecently assaulting another

woman at St Helier's Jardins de la He'll be appearing at

the Youth Court tomorrow. The States of Jersey Police

was represented today at the funeral of a policeman killed in a terror

attack on Westminster. PC Keith Palmer's funeral

was at Southwark Cathedral. Jersey's Chief Officer

was in London for the service. Both Guernsey and Jersey police

stations are flying their flags A Guernsey politician says a tax

should be introduced to deter motorists from driving up

onto the kerb. Deputy Peter Roffey,

who's campaigning against so-called pavement surfing, says taxing big

vehicles could encourage people to buy smaller cars,

which are easier to drive Guernsey Police say a recent

operation led to two drivers being fined and another six

being cautioned for An independent report has concluded

a runway extension in Alderney York Aviation says,

in the current climate, a longer runway to allow larger

planes to land is likely to result in a more expensive and less

frequent air service for islanders. Supporters of the plans argue it'd

benefit the island's economy. Around 60 cases of bowel cancer

are diagnosed in Jersey every year - with eight in ten found

in people aged over 60. It's hoped by raising awareness

in the month of April, more people will get screened

before it's too late. Emma Chambers has spoken to one

survivor who says it's nothing to be embarrassed about and it

can save your life. After three major operations

within 18 months, John is taking It's after a trip to the toilet

in 2014 when he was 59 Even up to those last few seconds,

I was having a joke and a laugh with my partner, thinking

I was fine, and then they walked through the door

and said, "Sit down. I'm very sorry to tell

you you've got bowel cancer." Your whole life has just changed

and you're thinking, "How many weeks have I got or how

many hours have I got?" Around 20 people die from bowel

cancer in Jersey every year. The General Hospital currently sees

two out of three people take up the screening programme

available to 60-year-olds. But they hope more will,

as it can reduce the chance Bowel cancer doesn't

develop from nothing. The first thing people develop

are small lesions called polyps, and these are small growths

within the bowel wall that Some of these polyps over a series

of seven to ten years can go With the bowel cancer screening,

we pick these polyps up, remove them and therefore prevent

them from growing and Dr Duku also says diet

and lifestyle changes can help, and islanders must see their doctor

if they have any symptoms, He's now been given the all-clear,

but is warning others. And especially men don't talk

about it, so now I definitely talk about it and tell people if you've

had the letter, go down and get seen If you suspect anything, just do it,

because otherwise I don't know if I would be here today,

that's for sure. A group of volunteers in Guernsey

is steadily transforming a neglected La Valette Legacy Team

is revamping the bathing pools Work on one of the pools

is nearing completion before Mike Wilkins went to see how

things were progressing. Low tide and an

opportunity to drill. These men are putting

right what they feel has The quality before has been very

poor and everything holding the whole of the concrete together

has been a very small, We've now used this 30mm stainless

steel bar to actually anchor into the Guernsey granite,

and then on top of that, a 60mm steel bar to hold

the concrete together. It won't be long before

this horseshoe pool And around the corner,

the gents' pool is next in line The plan is to repair

storm-damaged walls, install railings and reinstate

the diving boards. One of those behind the project says

he's not willing to put up with public areas being allowed

to fall into disrepair. There's a pride in the place now

and there's the broken window syndrome, that if you don't fix

the door, another will get smashed. The policy of managing

decline is not something This project is funded by generous

donations and a lot of volunteers. The States says whilst

it would like to help, We have a capital project

of ?250,000 to do sea defences, as well as the obligation

to maintain the breakwaters, so this is many hundreds

of thousands of pounds we spend This is a luxury, really,

for the community and It's something we'd very much

like to do but we simply don't This area of St Peter Port is coming

alive with new restaurants and apartments, and soon the pools

will be another reason to venture Weather now and Holly

has your forecast. We had some unseasonably warm

weather at the weekend and a bit of a drop today but nonetheless it has

been a decent day with good spells of sunshine. As we had through this

week we will see more sunshine at times although varying amount of

cloud. We hang on to the cooler and more seasonal feel, or typical for

the time of year. That could be a little rain and Sheryl at times and

it will be some sunshine on occasion as well and perhaps some of the best

of that is in the forecast for tomorrow because we have high

pressure sitting to the west, tending to kill off any cloud and

squeeze out any showers and for the time been keeping weather friends at

bay. Into Wednesday we have this week when a front heading towards

us, which could bring a little rain into Wednesday evening. For Thursday

that clears with a couple of sharers but mostly dry on Thursday and first

Lady another week Weatherford heads are way that could be some rain into

Friday evening. Through the night tonight, pretty quiet, clear skies

for the most part and filler like twins and these are typical

temperatures but you could perhaps see some spots getting in of ground

frost. And to tomorrow morning, it should be quite a nice day with good

spells of sunshine and some cloud coming and going but a fairly gentle

breeze for tomorrow and temperatures sticking into the low teens but at

is certainly not the 21 degrees that Jersey experienced on Saturday saw a

very different feel despite that sunshine. Over the coming days, some

sunshine and breeze around on Wednesday by Salvatore and towards

the end of the day, mostly dry on Thursday and a bit of rain later in

the day on Friday. The Easter weekend keeps the cooler fuel,

sunshine but also if you showers. That's your news

this Monday evening. and I'll be back at

6.30 tomorrow night. Good evening. Let's cut to the chase

the first big holiday weekend of the year is on the horizon and if you

consider last weekend as a taster for the summer, this weekend is not

looking too bad. It will be a bit cooler, temperatures this week and

closer to where they should be at this time of the year thanks to the

north-west breed and the reason for that, if we look at the jet stream,

coming across the Atlantic pushing from north to south -- north-west