21/04/2017 Channel Islands News


21/04/2017

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After an early lead Jersey Reds have lost the chance to make history

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losing to Munster A by a single point in the British

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Hopes were high when Jersey scored the first try just over

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An adrenaline-fuelled 15 minutes followed with Reds

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Munster found their stride shortly before half time and continued

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to make progress leading by one point right up until

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Inflation has doubled in Guernsey, rising to a three year high.

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The latest official figures show the overall cost of living rose

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by almost 2.5% in the year to March -

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In particular, increasing fuel, leisure and household service

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prices have made life in Guernsey more expensive.

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And if you exclude mortgage payments then the cost of living has

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A 52-year-old Jersey man has pleaded not guilty to murdering

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Michael Charles Brown, pictured here arriving

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at the Royal Court this morning, is charged with killing

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John Stephen McCarthy at Vauxhall Gardens in St Helier

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He denied murder but entered a guilty plea to the lesser charge

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of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

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A date for his trial will be set in six weeks.

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Police are reassuring islanders there's no significant risk

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to the community despite a rise in the number of sex offenders

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A report from the group that oversees dangerous and complex

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criminals shows there are now 116 registered sex

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offenders in the island, most of them living in the community.

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The Head of Crime Services says even the most serious offenders can

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You can never completely eliminate risk, but the public protection

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arrangements that we have in place here are very effective.

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There is a real commitment from all those involved to work

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together to work with offenders to minimise any risk

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Visit Jersey want their Guernsey counterparts to enter

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into an official agreement to market the Channel Islands together.

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The tourism body hopes by promoting island hopping holidays

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more tourists will be enticed from Europe.

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But is it an idea shared by Guernsey, and can it work

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They both have beautiful beaches, sites of historical interest

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and iconic characters, but where Jersey and Guernsey used

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to compete for tourists in the past, they are now marketing them

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together, to attract European customers.

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Visit Jersey want to make their joint approach more official

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and have drafted a Memorandum of Understanding, but Guernsey have

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It's really good to think that Jersey would like to be so close

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to us and we would like to work with Jersey wherever possible,

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However, in our heart, we have to look after Guernsey

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and Guernsey tourism, but wherever possible

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if we are stronger with Jersey, then we will definitely

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But can they continue to market the delights of each other if one

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Let's continue to work well together.

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We're already in a sense framing that in the actions in the joint

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marketing that we are doing in Germany and elsewhere.

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So, a piece of paper is a piece of paper.

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It is what we do in the marketplace that is really important.

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But island-hopping holidays can only work if you can actually get

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A number of Air Berlin routes connecting Europe

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to the Channel Islands were lost in 2016, impacting this

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Tour operators say it is vital these are re-established.

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If people can't get here, they can't stay here.

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So, let's get working on securing more of those routes back

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from Germany and exploring other opportunities, as has been indicated

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from Scandinavia and elsewhere, because they are absolutely critical

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Jersey and Guernsey will still continue to compete for UK tourism,

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but how their partnership will flourish under

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the Channel Island flag to Europe, with or without an official

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agreement, will not be known until next year.

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75 years ago today, three Jewish women were forced

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to leave Guernsey by the occupying German forces.

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They would eventually die in Auschwitz.

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For many years their story had been a sensitive and even taboo subject.

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From September schoolchildren will be taught about the women

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and their story, which became clearer

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in the 90s when a file came to

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I realise it was a cause of embarrassment for the officials

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in office then, some of whom are still living on the island.

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I thought it was easy for them to forget about it,

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And if you'd like to hear more about the story of those three women

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there's a link to a longer documentary on our

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After a shorter working week the weekend is here.

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Now for that all important weather, David Braine has your forecast.

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More settled and quiet weather this weekend. It will change next week.

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Fine and dry for Saturday and Sunday. Cloud and light winds. There

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should also be sunshine. High pressure is beginning to weaken. It

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is travelling further out into the Atlantic over the next few days and

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eventually becomes established away from us. High pressure still close

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by until Sunday. By Monday this weather front introduces cold a

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clear, arctic air, lower temperatures, and also the chance of

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some rain. Tonight the clouds may cross the Channel towards us. It

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will break up at the same time. It will be a cold night. Temperatures

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will get down to 5 degrees by tomorrow boring. Tomorrow is the

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reasonable day. Patchy cloud should break up quite nicely to allow the

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sunshine to come through. The cloud quite thick in places. That is the

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forecast as we head into Sunday and Monday. Both these dry with sunny

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spells. All change on Tuesday. In a second the UK forecast.

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marathon. Here is the outlook for the weather for the next few days

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and Helen Willetts has the National forecast.

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While unusual to see snow in May, it will be a shock to the system. We've

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seen some interesting contrast. 19 degrees cost is in Scotland in the

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sunshine today. In the sunshine only 11. The differences we are behind a

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cold weather front. Seeing a stepped down in temperatures. The cold air

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filtering sound so there will be a widespread ground frost across the

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country. The week weather front still with us so we could cheat

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patchy mist and fog. The best chance of seeing the meteor shower

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overnight will be in those clear skies further north. A better chance

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for south overnight. We start Saturday morning with the line of

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cloud, the weather front from Northern Ireland through Wales, the

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Midlands coming the south-east. The clear air following the weather

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front. Slow to weaken and showers may follow. It's

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