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Good evening. Our top stories: Jersey States vote to help pay for | :00:18. | :00:20. | |
residential care. Tallying up the positives and | :00:20. | :00:25. | |
negatives of raising the minimum wage in Guernsey. | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
And highlighting how a local hairdresser has reached the final | :00:27. | :00:37. | |
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cut in a national competition. It is a big worry for elderly | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
islanders, the fear that they will have to sell their homes to pay for | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
long term care, and have nothing to leave their children. Today, | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
politicians in Jersey have unanimously agreed a new law which | :00:51. | :00:57. | |
will see the States contribute towards residential care. Guernsey | :00:57. | :01:00. | |
already has this benefit but today's decision is being hailed as | :01:00. | :01:05. | |
better late than never by campaigners. | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
73-year-old Jean McLaughlin has lived, worked and paid into the | :01:07. | :01:12. | |
system in Jersey most of her life. But only now is she guaranteed | :01:12. | :01:18. | |
financial help if she needs long- term care. Today the States passed | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
a law which will mean elderly islanders have most of their care | :01:21. | :01:31. | |
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paid for. It is a relief. A thing it is a good thing that people | :01:32. | :01:39. | |
should be helped in their older age. -- I think. They have contributed | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
all of their life and I think it is a good thing they should be helped | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
in their older age. The new law means everyone working will | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
contribute to a central pot just like a social security contribution. | :01:51. | :01:57. | |
The department says everyone will benefit. This is a new system where | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
we will be asked to contribute throughout our lives and if we need | :02:01. | :02:07. | |
help we will be able to claim a benefit to help pay for that care. | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
Older people in Jersey are used to fighting for their rights, | :02:10. | :02:12. | |
gathering in protest last year when the States threatened to withdraw | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
their Christmas bonus. And as Guernsey States have already agreed | :02:15. | :02:25. | |
to fund long term care, campaigners here it is long overdue: We have | :02:25. | :02:33. | |
been trying to get this for 10 years. We want to help older people | :02:33. | :02:38. | |
prepare for their future. smaller details, like how much we | :02:38. | :02:47. | |
will pay and when we will start paying are yet to be announced. | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
While some younger workers may resent the dent in their pay packet | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
now, they may come to rely on the fund later. | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
There are concerns that a proposed increase in the minimum wage in | :02:56. | :02:58. | |
Guernsey could mean fewer jobs and more unemployment. Several | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
businesses on the island are against the rise, which they say is | :03:01. | :03:07. | |
unsustainable. They are taking on fewer people and | :03:07. | :03:09. | |
staff are working fewer hours. Although workers here are paid | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
above the minimum wage it is manager says at a time many | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
businesses are tightening belts increasing amounts they have to pay | :03:15. | :03:21. | |
could spell trouble. The minimum wage was brought in last year to | :03:21. | :03:30. | |
protect workers. Some people are facing cuts and the Government is | :03:30. | :03:37. | |
saying that everyone is guaranteed a 2.5 % increase on that wage rate. | :03:37. | :03:46. | |
I think it is the wrong increase at the wrong time. But business owners | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
I spoke to said an increase would mean they take on fewer people and | :03:49. | :03:58. | |
could damage the islands' economy. The minimum wage, or amount the | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
government says employers must pay staff is �6 for adults and f�4.25 | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
for 16 to 18-year-old. But it could rise by 2.5 % to �6.15 for adults | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
and �4 and 36p for young people. Those working in things like | :04:11. | :04:13. | |
hospitality, cleaning, bulk mailing and horticulture are most likely to | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
be affected. This man says the planned rise does not go far enough. | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
He doesn't think raising the minimum wage will lead to more | :04:21. | :04:29. | |
unemployment. If it is not increased annually it will lose | :04:29. | :04:35. | |
value and it can lose its purchasing power and its value | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
relative to whatever everyone else is earning on the island. We should | :04:40. | :04:46. | |
increase it in long -- in line with everyone else's earnings. Some | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
business owners told me they would prefer to see the income tax | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
threshold, or the amount you can earn before tax increased, as an | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
alternative. The States will debate the proposals on whether to | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
increase the amount workers get Jersey's trading laws have been | :05:00. | :05:03. | |
changed to give the Constables more control over which shops can open | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
on Sundays. At the moment the island operates under a 50-year old | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
law that lists which items can be sold on a Sunday, such as jewellery | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
and sunglasses, and which cannot, such as films. The new law allows | :05:13. | :05:23. | |
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premises up to 700 square feet to apply for a licence to open. | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
The body of a man, found in the sea south of Jersey on Tuesday has been | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
identified as that of missing French sailor Alain Govard. His | :05:31. | :05:33. | |
shop was found floating off Guernsey's Pleinmont Point on | :05:33. | :05:36. | |
Sunday - his boat was found. Guernsey Police are working with | :05:36. | :05:44. | |
the French and Jersey authorities on investigating the incident. | :05:44. | :05:47. | |
Guernsey Electricity has recorded a profit for the first time in six | :05:47. | :05:49. | |
years. The company has published its annual report and accounts | :05:49. | :05:55. | |
which show a surplus of nearly �1.5 million in the year up to 31 March. | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
Nearly �500,000 will be paid to the company's only shareholder, the | :05:58. | :06:08. | |
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States of Guernsey. This is the first time in six years we have | :06:08. | :06:13. | |
made an operating profit. I think the fact that we have started to | :06:13. | :06:19. | |
make a profit allows us to go forward. | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
Is it time to say good bye to the humble A-Level? Some students in | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
the Channel Islands tonight are celebrating after passing a new | :06:25. | :06:27. | |
exam to get them into university. The International Baccalaureate was | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
taken up by Hautlieu School in Jersey in addition to more | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
conventional exams. And it has paid off. | :06:34. | :06:44. | |
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These two students celebrating after passing an international exam. | :06:45. | :06:54. | |
I was not sure if I'll wanted to go to university -- if I wanted to go | :06:54. | :07:00. | |
to university. I wanted to keep my doors open and have a larger | :07:00. | :07:07. | |
opportunity to contemplate what I was going to do. It is three | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
subject that you want to take at a higher level and three that you | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
want to take at a standard level. You also have to write a | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
dissertation which is a great practice of for university. There | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
is also a creative service course which makes the test really stand | :07:24. | :07:30. | |
out. And that has pleased teachers like this one. He's in charge of | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
the test and says it offers student an alternative to the more | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
conventional A-level. But is it as good? What is significant is that | :07:36. | :07:42. | |
this test is a recognised worldwide and the academic rigour that goes | :07:42. | :07:48. | |
with it is easily transferable to world universities, particularly | :07:48. | :07:54. | |
Australia and America out. Teachers here say that the test is gaining | :07:54. | :07:59. | |
in popularity and a more and more students will want to take it out. | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
For this student it was the perfect choice and she is now off to study | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
at Warwick University in September. And with the success of students | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
like these, it seems a new book is opening on education in the Channel | :08:09. | :08:19. | |
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Islands. There have been some suggestions for rezoning many beach | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
areas and the plans will be revised in September. | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
You are watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in | :08:28. | :08:30. | |
Spotlight: Find out why volunteers are being | :08:30. | :08:40. | |
A new breed of hairdressing entrepreneur is emerging right here | :08:40. | :08:42. | |
in the Channel Islands. A hairdresser in Guernsey has made it | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
to the finals of one of the hairdressing industry's most | :08:45. | :08:47. | |
prestigious competitions. Its owners have had to prove they have | :08:47. | :08:57. | |
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# Work, work # Fun, funky, one of the best in the | :09:16. | :09:23. | |
British Isles. It has only been open for a year and a half and this | :09:23. | :09:26. | |
salon in Guernsey has been judged as head and shoulders above the | :09:26. | :09:29. | |
rest. It has made it to the last six in the British Hairdressing | :09:29. | :09:34. | |
Business Awards, something its customers feel is well deserved. | :09:34. | :09:39. | |
The service is excellent and the staff are very friendly. It is well | :09:39. | :09:44. | |
deserved. They are hard-working people and they have a lovely | :09:44. | :09:49. | |
employees. But the awards are not just about fancy hair styles, they | :09:49. | :09:52. | |
highlight the business acumen of the salon owners. Helen runs the | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
place and would not let me go without a makeover. You have been | :09:55. | :10:00. | |
nominated for this award. It must be quite a proud moment? It is very | :10:00. | :10:06. | |
exciting to have got this far in a national competition. I did not | :10:06. | :10:12. | |
quite expect it. It is really great that we have been entered into a | :10:12. | :10:17. | |
competition and we have succeeded against hairdressers that are in | :10:17. | :10:23. | |
London and other parts of the UK. When it is the Channel Islands it | :10:23. | :10:31. | |
isn't good news when someone gets in there. -- it is good news. | :10:31. | :10:33. | |
are of course plenty of other excellent hairdressers in the | :10:33. | :10:36. | |
Channel Islands but the team at this salon are hoping they will | :10:36. | :10:46. | |
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Now for a look at the weather. The promise of some sunshine. We may | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
see some showers overnight but tomorrow is bright and mainly dry | :10:53. | :11:01. | |
and feeling a bit warmer as well. Southern locations should see | :11:01. | :11:06. | |
temperatures up to about 20 degrees. Here is the high pressure we would | :11:06. | :11:11. | |
like to see. It does not move very far. We continue with northerly | :11:12. | :11:19. | |
winds and showers trapped within the flow. We will have a lot of | :11:19. | :11:23. | |
cloud and showers tomorrow morning and then another front may be | :11:23. | :11:31. | |
behind that. By the time we get to Saturday the high pressure will be | :11:31. | :11:34. | |
a cross of the island's. Overnight tonight there will be some wet | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
weather and then we will see a first line of showers coming in | :11:39. | :11:44. | |
from the north. Tomorrow morning we will have a lot of cloud with some | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
quite frequent showers but the cloud will melt away by the | :11:49. | :11:54. | |
afternoon. 17 or 18 degrees will be the top temperature on the south | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
coast of Jersey. The winds will be coming from the north. They will | :11:59. | :12:04. | |
have been North or northeasterly. There will be some isolated showers | :12:04. | :12:14. | |
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and mainly good visibility. Times of high water. The only beach that | :12:14. | :12:21. | |
faces north is this one and it will have some rather choppy waves. The | :12:21. | :12:27. | |
forecast for the weekend is very promising. Saturday and Sunday will | :12:27. | :12:33. | |
be warmer and more dry. Up to 21 degrees. Wyatt cloud to start next | :12:33. | :12:40. | |
week but it will not produce much rain. -- more cloud. That is the | :12:40. | :12:49. | |
Tomorrow at Breakfast on BBC Guernsey we will be asking whether | :12:49. | :12:52. | |
the legal drinking age should be raised to 21. We will also be | :12:52. | :12:55. | |
looking at whether it is time Guernsey had a Freedom of | :12:55. | :12:58. | |
Information Act. And hearing why the States could be coming round to | :12:58. | :13:01. |