BBC Local Live: Channel Islands Tuesday 4 April 2017

Summary

Body found in St Helier: Woman's death 'suspicious'
Keith and Caroline Baker jailed for 'sex-slave' crimes
New Jersey hospital money could come from 'rainy day' fund
Sexting 'on the rise' in Jersey
Final flight for plane seen over the islands for 40 years
New planning policy to discourage 'land banking' in Jersey
More of Fort Tourgis in Alderney cleared for public
Tuesday 4 April 2017

Live Reporting

Police probe after body found: What we know so far...published at 15:17 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
Chris Ellis
BBC News Online
- Police in Jersey are investigating the death of a middle-aged woman in St Helier
- The force is treating the death as suspicious
- Crime scene investigators have started a forensic examination of an address in Victoria Street after the body was found this morning
- Detectives are interviewing key witnesses and a major incident room is being set up at police headquarters
- Officers have told the BBC there is "no issue of public safety"
Ministerial answers ‘at times a joke’published at 15:07 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
Jersey Evening Post
Ministers’ responses to questions from States members in the Assembly are ‘at times a joke’ and changes to government standing orders are needed to improve the quality of answers, a backbench politician has said. , external
Final flight for plane seen over the islands for 25 yearspublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
A plane that has flown commercial fights for more than 25 years will make one last flight to become a museum piece.
Trislander G-RLON, which belongs to Guernsey airline Aurigny, will travel to Solent Sky Museum in Southampton, where it will be placed on permanent public display.
It started with the airline in February 1991 and retired in February this year.
The plane has clocked up more than 32,600 flying hours and made 105,130 landings since it entered service in 1975.
St Helier suspicious death: 'No issue of public safety'published at 14:41 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
Rob England
BBC News Online
Image source, Google
Police have said there is "no issue of public safety" after the body of a woman was found in Victoria Street, St Helier this morning.
"Witnesses are currently helping us with enquiries and we will be able to offer more information later today", a spokesperson said.
Police are treating the incident as suspicious.
Jailed Guernsey man kept woman in 'house of horrors'published at 14:25 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
BBC News Northern Ireland
A husband and wife who subjected a disabled woman to horrific sexual assaults while holding her as a virtual prisoner in Northern Ireland have been jailed.
Keith Baker, 61, who was raised in Guernsey, and his wife Caroline, 56, kept their victim in what was described in court as a "house of horrors" in Drumellan Mews.
Their vulnerable victim was kept captive in a room with the handle having been removed from the door of her room and a camera suspended from the ceiling.
A court heard the room was without carpet, a light bulb, bedclothes or curtains, and the victim was kept there for eight years.
Image source, PSNI
Keith lived most of his life in Kent and was sentenced to 15 years in jail and a further five years on licence after his release. His wife received a three-year sentence - 18 months of that term will be spent in jail, with the remainder on licence.
Sugar tax and alcohol sales on Health’s agendapublished at 14:12 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
Jersey Evening Post
Introducing a sugar tax and making it more difficult to buy alcohol are among strategies being considered by Health to try to prevent Islanders dying prematurely. , external
Some roads closed in Guernsey for police trainingpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
Some roads in the south of Guernsey are being closed today as Guernsey police conduct vehicle pursuit training.
Police have said they will be closed for a matter of minutes, and islanders should not be alarmed if they see blue lights and sirens.
According to police, the locations have been chosen to minimise disruption.
St Helier suspicious death: Investigators on scenepublished at 13:53 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
Rob England
BBC News Online
Crime scene investigators are conducting a forensic examination in St Helier after the body of a woman was found.
Ambulance crews contacted Jersey police at 10:49 this morning when the body was found on Victoria Street.
Detectives are already interviewing witnesses and a major incident room is being established at police HQ.
The death is being treated as suspicious by police.
Keith and Caroline Baker jailed for 'sex-slave' crimespublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
BBC News Northern Ireland
A husband and wife who subjected a disabled woman to horrific sexual assaults while holding her as a virtual prisoner have been jailed.
Keith, 61, and Caroline Baker, 56, kept their victim in a squalid room without carpet, a light bulb, bedclothes or curtains, for eight years.
Keith was raised in Guernsey and lived most of his life in Kent. He met his wife when they both worked for the Salvation Army.
Police rescued the woman from the house in Craigavon, County Armagh, in 2012. The woman, who had severe learning difficulties, was emaciated and had only a single tooth left in her mouth.
Image source, PACEMAKER
Body found in St Helier: Woman's death 'suspicious'published at 13:25 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
Breaking
Rob England
BBC News Online
The body of a middle-aged woman has been found on Victoria Street, St Helier, police have said.
Officers were called by the ambulance service to the scene at 10:49.
The death is being treated as suspicious.
More details to follow.
Trislander to be on display at Solent Sky Museumpublished at 13:19 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
BBC Radio Guernsey
A retired Aurigny plane that's flown more than 100,000 flights is going on display at the Solent Sky Museum
G-RLON joined Aurigny's fleet in 1991 and the airline says it has completed more flights than any of its other trislanders.
The States-owned airline is applying for a special permit to fly the plane to an airfield near Portsmouth this week.
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It's flown an incredible thirty odd thousand flying hours, and we think it's probably a world record. It's made more than 100,000 flights.
Mark Darby, CEO Aurigny Air Services
'Every chance' Jersey Reds can win cuppublished at 13:09 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
Tim Pryor
BBC Sport
The Jersey Reds chairman says the team has a strong chance of winning a major cup.
The club will play in Munster in the final of the British and Irish Cup on Friday 21 April at Independent Park in Cork, Ireland.
It is the first time the club has got to this stage in the tournament.
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We've beaten all of the top teams in the championship, including the guys at the top, twice. It's worth noting as well on that weekend, Munster's first team play in the semi final of the European championships, so they're certainly not going to have any first team players to bulk out their A team. On the form these boys are on at the moment, I think there's every chance we can win."
Mark Morgan, Chairman, Jersey Reds
Strategy to combat violence against women and girls could be set up published at 12:58 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
Guernsey Press
A strategy to reduce violence against women and girls could be introduced in Guernsey, Home Affairs has said., external
It's nearly lunchtime, getting hungry?published at 12:43 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
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Retired aircraft to be displayed in UK air museumpublished at 12:27 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
BBC Radio Guernsey
Image source, Jon Le Ray Photography
One of Aurigny's retired trislanders has been saved from the scrap heap and is going on display in an aviation museum Southampton.
G-RLON joined Aurigny's fleet in 1991 and has completed more flights than any other trislander, according to Aurigny Air Services.
The trislanders have been phased out over the past few years and replaced with Dornier 228s.
'Social, legal and emotional' consequences to sextingpublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
BBC Channel Islands News
In the last year there has been a growing number of young people "sexting" in Jersey, police figures have shown.
Sharing indecent images of children is illegal, even when a child sends a picture of themself.
In 2013 there was one case of sexting reported to the police, but there have been 17 so far this year.
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We will always encourage young people to consider the social, legal and emotional consequences of sexting because they maybe committing an offence, they may also be suffering in their relationships with other young people. Sexting is very often coercive, its every often indicative of wider sexual pressures they may be feeling."
Sarah Gray, Charity, Love Matters
New hospital 'rainy day' funding could push up costspublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
BBC Radio Jersey
Money could be taken from Jersey's "rainy day fund" to pay for the new hospital instead of the States borrowing it.
Plans to borrow up to £400m to pay for the new site were rejected by a scrutiny panel.
Some ministers have warned this could push up the overall price of the work.
Part of the new plan would mean asking the minister to come up with a way to put money back into the fund afterwards.
The main funding for the new hospital will be debated on 18 April by the States.
Drainage work 'could cost parish residents £200,000'published at 11:22 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
BBC Radio Guernsey
Parishioners in St Peter Port could face a £200,000 restoration works bill according to a senior constable.
Dennis Le Moignan said Candie Cemetery, situated on a hill, hasn't got sufficient drainage which is putting pressure on the structure.
However, the money required has been earmarked for the complete rebuild of the cemetery walls, with £84,000 already committed to the project.
A decision on the work will be made at an open Douzaine meeting next Wednesday.
A car and a motorcycle damaged in Guernseypublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
Rob England
BBC News Online
A blue Suzuki Bandit motorcycle parked outside a house on the Route Carre was damaged on 29 March along with a blue Ford Fiesta, which was parked on North Beach car park on 31 March.
It's not clear what damage was caused.
Guernsey police are appealing for witnesses.
McCluskey says he would oppose Labour to protect workerspublished at 10:38 British Summer Time 4 April 2017
Chris Stone
BBC Radio Jersey
The general secretary of the trade union Unite has said he would oppose the Labour party if he felt it was acting against workers' jobs in Jersey.
Len McCluskey, who has been visiting the Channel Islands as part of his re-election campaign, said that while Unite is aligned with the left-wing party, it must have workers rights as a priority.
He said if the Labour party moved to take action against Jersey's tax regime, the union could oppose it if it thought the move was against workers' interests.
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We're a union that defends jobs and communities and therefore anybody trying to alter the structures would have to have quite a detailed alternative in place."
Len McCluskey, General Secretary, Unite