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Love it or hate it, Guernsey's finance industry is an essential | :00:31. | :00:35. | |
part of the Island's economy. Development will ensure that | :00:35. | :00:41. | |
remains the case. We are absolutely where we should be. We are at the | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
cutting edge of regulation, and with the transparency we have | :00:45. | :00:54. | |
signed up to, we are considered internationally to be one of the | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
best jurisdictions on the planet. That is very good for the future. | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
With Guernsey's mail order industry under threat, there will be | :01:04. | :01:10. | |
challenges. That is not the only one. Is it is not about us. It is | :01:10. | :01:17. | |
about the eurozone. For us, are a strong UK economy is fundamentally | :01:17. | :01:22. | |
important to our prosperity. The sooner the UK and returns to | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
significant levels of grip, the better. It but on a local level, | :01:25. | :01:32. | |
the issue is that of the April general elections. | :01:32. | :01:34. | |
The police are growing increasingly concerned about a missing woman | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
from Jersey. 31-year-old Margarida Nascimento de Ascensao, who lives | :01:37. | :01:43. | |
in St Saviour's Road, hasn't been seen for nearly two weeks. Officers | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
are asking Islanders to check outbuildings or sheds. | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
Women using community contraception clinics in Jersey will have to pay | :01:49. | :01:54. | |
more. Charges for many who use the service - here at Le Bas - will | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
rise by �5-8. But for those requiring more expensive forms of | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
contraception, they will rise by about 50%. The health service is | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
blaming budget cuts for the decision. | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
Campaigners want Jersey's community AND government to buy the headland | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
and former holiday camp at Plemont. The National Trust wants to return | :02:13. | :02:16. | |
it to its natural state. The charity already has �1.6 million | :02:16. | :02:26. | |
for the project but needs a lot more. | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
As the year draws to a close, we are taking a look back at what has | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
made the news in 2011. Clare Burton continues to take us through the | :02:34. | :02:44. | |
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highs and lows of the past year. We pick up the story of 2011 in May, | :02:47. | :02:57. | |
and Guernsey's Royal Court. Philip Burton -- Filipe Burton received | :02:57. | :03:03. | |
three life sentences. That was reduced to 12 years in prison. | :03:03. | :03:13. | |
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The goods and services tax went up from three have and 5%. -- 3-5. | :03:14. | :03:21. | |
In June, Alderney collected a new President. I understand the | :03:21. | :03:27. | |
problems of business. I look forward to using my people skills | :03:27. | :03:34. | |
in helping the States and the people of Alderney. Antique rail | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
protesters descended as the International Whaling Commission | :03:38. | :03:45. | |
held its annual conference. Meanwhile, over in Guernsey, 40 | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
life-size fibreglass donkey's popped up around the Island. They | :03:49. | :03:56. | |
were later auctioned off, at raising �58,000. | :03:56. | :04:01. | |
Want to August, and a brave Jersey teenager fought off a polar bear | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
that killed his friend. 16 Europe Patrick was a fishing expedition to | :04:06. | :04:16. | |
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the Arctic. I remembered the prayer -- bear. Everyone was screaming. I | :04:19. | :04:29. | |
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saw people are very scared. Then, he grabbed my arm and a tip. I | :04:30. | :04:37. | |
punched it to get it off me. A later this month, a shocking | :04:37. | :04:43. | |
crime rocked Joseph. Won this St Helier Street, six people were | :04:43. | :04:53. | |
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stabbed to death. All six victims were Polish. Jersey police had to | :04:53. | :04:59. | |
appeal for calm. Such an incident will raise a penchant locally, and | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
I would appeal to everyone to him remain calm and dignified, and my | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
officers to continue with a complex, demanding and difficult | :05:08. | :05:14. | |
investigation. 30-year-old Damian Rzeszowski was charged with the | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
sixth murders. Mass services were held for the | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
victims and attended by hundreds of mourners. The whole community is | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
rallying together, and we want to show our support for the family and | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
friends of those who have lost their lives. | :05:30. | :05:37. | |
Tragedy stuck -- struck in Guernsey as a laughing woman was found death. | :05:37. | :05:44. | |
August also brought some of festivals. Alderney Week got things | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
started with a raft race, and then the battle of the flowers time. And | :05:49. | :05:56. | |
it did at rain! For his second year in the world, St Clements took the | :05:56. | :06:02. | |
prize. Not forgetting don't do's battle of | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
flowers. Crowds flocked to the show, in its 89 the year. | :06:06. | :06:13. | |
This summer, at the age of 70, this don't seem and became the oldest | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
person to swim the English Channel. He raised thousands of pounds for a | :06:18. | :06:28. | |
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cancer charity. I feel very happy to have done it. Most things are | :06:32. | :06:42. | |
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hurting. Some wet weather on its way per | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
tonight. Showers around at first, and then later on tonight, we will | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
see this band of rain arriving from the West. Still quite breezy as | :06:56. | :07:04. | |
well, with a brisk, north-westerly wind. By 5am, temperatures around | :07:04. | :07:12. | |
nine it degrees. A wet start to the day. Heavy rain for a time. The | :07:12. | :07:15. | |
rain starts to ease during the second half of the day, but still | :07:15. | :07:22. | |
quite wet fog the afternoon. Up to 11 degrees Celsius. But still quite | :07:22. | :07:29. | |
breezy. For the New year's weekend, Saturday, things remain mild, it | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
just a whisker of sunlight rain, and by Sunday, in other weather | :07:32. | :07:39. |