08/05/2017 Channel Islands News


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Re-writing history. for the news where you are.

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Claims in a national newspaper that tens of thousands of slave workers

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were killed and Alderney was a secret base for

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chemical weapons are rubbished by local historians.

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Good evening and welcome to the late news from BBC

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Channel Islands, I'm Charlie McArdle.

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Lack of investment means time stands still for one of Jersey's most

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It is the first paddle steamer to come to the island so we need to see

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this as the start of modern travel. For it to be taken away would be

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tragic. Controversial claims that

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German Occupying forces turned Alderney into a secret chemical

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weapons base have been criticised Two former army officers

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have written the stories for the Daily Mail,

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saying their research shows that up to 70,000 slave workers died

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in Alderney during World War Two. Richard Kemp and John Weigold

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also claim V1 missiles But as Mike Wilkins reports,

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not everyone's convinced. It was the only Nazi concentration

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camp on British soil. It was one of four camps in Alderney

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to house the workers building It's not clear how many

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people were killed here, but they were brutally treated

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by the SS. In two articles in a national

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newspaper, two former military men claim that tens of thousands

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of slave workers were And they go on to suggest that

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Alderney could've been a base We came to the conclusion with other

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factors that this was why they were cited in Alderney because you could

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construct and prepare V1s with nerve agent warheads on them

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which you could do in total secrecy given the unique

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circumstance of Alderney. There was no possibility

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of discovery. But those claims are being

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criticised by a local historian. It's like saying I have

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evidence of fairies These V1s were easily

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identifiable from the air. You could not have

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got V1s there and why But those claims have been

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criticised by the Channel Whether or not you agree

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with the claims in these articles, they've prompted an Alderney

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politician to ask for top secret When the people of Alderney returned

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home at the end of the war it was to write a new chapter,

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and now more than 70 years on others Cannabis will be grown

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in Jersey for at least a year after the Health Minister decided

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to award a one-season licence Four varieties of the plant will be

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produced, to create oil for cooking The chief pharmacist has reviewed

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the proposed seeds to ensure The farm's location

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hasn't been revealed. It shows disregard

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for our maritime history. That's the view of a local

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historian on the neglect It was built 20 years ago and cost

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a quarter of a million pounds but it's been plagued

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with problems ever since so much so, it seems no-one wants

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to take responsibility for it. The fountain has stopped,

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the bubbles are gone, and the clock is wrong -

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on both sides. But these problems are nothing

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new with Jersey's Steam Clock. It was surrounded by controversy

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when it was built, and still is. The Steam Clock was

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commissioned in 1996 by the Waterfront Enterprise Board -

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that board is now known as the Jersey Development Company -

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but the land it sits on was sold to the Ports of Jersey in October

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2015, but the Ports of Jersey say they only realised they need

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to maintain it six months ago. We always knew we were assuming

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responsibility for the land, but we weren't aware

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we were assuming responsibility for the repair and renovation

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and maintenance for the Steam Clock. That's why we've now given

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commitment that we will keep it secure and we will keep it safe

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and we will keep it tidy. As regard to what will happen

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to the Steam Clock in the longer term, we need to commission some

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expertise to find out James says advice so far suggests

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it s beyond economic repair. But love it or loath it,

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it s here to remind us of our maritime history,

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which some say needs to stay. It's like saying should General Don

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stay in the Parade or George II stay They've been put there

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because of their importance Here, of course with

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the Steam Clock, it's here because it's the harbour,

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this is where the Ariadne used to come in and the Ariadne herself

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was the first paddle steamer to come to the island, so we really

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have to see the Ariadne For it to be taken

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away would be tragic. But with no promise that it will be

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returned to working order, the time could be up

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for this landmark. Jersey Reds have retained

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the Siam Cup in what was a close Guernsey Raiders lost

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by just two points - 20-18. It was the closest game in years

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after new rules were introduced last year limiting the number

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of professionals allowed to play. With fewer professionals on the home

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side, both teams and spectators knew Guernsey were the first

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on the scoreboard, with three points from this penalty from Kenny

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Hellier. Less than ten minutes

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later they looked to do Jersey then hit back with this

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try from Karl Haitaner. In the second half Jersey went

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on to score another try, Then Guernsey bounced back,

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securing seven points starting with this close range

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try from Craine. They then followed with this try

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to close the gap to just two points. Tensions ran high as Kenny Hellier

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took the conversion. He missed, depriving his

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side of a draw, leaving The first one in the first half,

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that is the three points that would We were never going to get

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the cup with a draw but We looked down and out

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when they got that try, Jersey only had three

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of its professionals on the pitch after last year's restrictions

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to limit the strength It is a great contest and think

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it was great for the neutral. For us to come away

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after the season we have had with 19 amateur

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players in the game like this is fantastic and I said

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to the lads before the game, have no regrets and make the most of

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your memories because some of them will never be here again and they

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have done so I am proud of them With both sides happy with a close

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game, could this more competitive score become a regular feature

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in future Siam Cups? Guernsey have announced their squad

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for Saturday's Muratti final Striker Ross Allen is included

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in their list of 18. Jersey will be revealing

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their squad tomorrow morning. You can find out who's in the line

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up on Good Morning Jersey with Matthew Price on BBC Radio

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Jersey from six. It's the seventieth anniversary of

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the Jersey International Road Race This was the scene in

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St Helier earlier today. Dozens of classic cars gathered

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near the Cenotaph to show off their vehicles as part

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of the anniversary celebrations. The Grand Prix race ran from 1947

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to 1952 and ended when it became too It was the first Grand Prix

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on British soil after Hello, good evening. There is plenty

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of talk about how dry the ground is and we need rain. That is the

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potential for some rain later this week. Our weather has a fine, dry

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start, plenty of sunshine. Later in the week there may be some showers

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and a change in the wind direction. For tomorrow, it is a lovely day.

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Feeling warm and some decent spells of sunshine. A bit of a breeze

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coming in from the east and holding the temperatures down. We have this

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bridge of high pressure across Britain and northern France but down

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here over Spain and Portugal there is a little area of low pressure.

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Introducing a more cloud and potentially introducing some of

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rain. On Friday there is no high-pressure visible, low pressure

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is beginning to take charge. The easterly winds continue overnight

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tonight. Temperatures are quite low, nine or 10 degrees tonight. Tomorrow

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is a lovely day but that is a chance of a bit of patchy cloud floating

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bipeds apart from that it is fine, dry and it is quite warm. 15 or 16

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degrees. Lots of fine weather across Spain and Portugal as well as

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France. Cloud across Central part of France and Paris, temperatures

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similar to Earth. As we move into next week, the end of the week in at

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the weekend, it turns more unsettled. By Thursday the cloud is

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thick enough for a view showers. Friday, the show was more frequent

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and potentially that could turn out to be quite heavy but relatively

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mild at 16 or 17. Tomorrow is Liberation

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Day in the 16 or 17. The BBC will bring you full

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coverage throughout the day on BBC Radio Jersey and Guernsey

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with regular travel updates Online they'll be plenty of pictures

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and videos capturing And we'll have highlights here on

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BBC Channel Islands News at 6:30pm. That's it from the late news team,

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I'll be back with you tomorrow will become drier and feel warm. Now

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the National forecast.

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