30/12/2011 BBC Channel Islands News

Good evening and welcome to the news in the Channel Isles.

Repasts football manager has resigned. He now wants to focus on

managing the Guernsey at seat in the UK combined county league -- of

the Guernsey FC manager. He led the top Guernsey team to

victory and have won the League Cup going on to represent England in

Croatia. We are going to Croatia. By now the manager Tony Vance has

quit and will focus on the newest team on the island, Guernsey at sea,

which he feels he will not get the support needed. -- Guernsey FC.

There are certain things that happen and I don't think the

support is there. My job is to develop the footballers and win

football matches and there are certain things that are hindering

that. And I had to make a difficult decision. I thought it was

detrimental to football when Roy was brought in, and I can believe

it. It means the players could have to choose between plain between the

two and was Tony does not agree with it, it has not been an easy

decision for him to stand down. means so much to me. It's the

biggest event in the Channel Island sporting calendar and has a lot of

history and it will always remain that way. Just because g f c are

doing well it doesn't mean there for the original won't be the best.

So come the next league, instead of picking the team, he will be

cheering from the stands. The first sign that the focus is shifting

away from local football to the Jersey was busying Christmas this

period than 2010. The social network site Facebook has finally

recognised Jersey. The website, which helps people chat whether

they are in the world, recognise Guernsey last month. They had been

strong calls for it to acknowledge the Channel Islands. Users can now

set Jersey as a home town or a location. This is our last

programme of the year, so time to take a look at the news which has

defined the island over the last year. The final part of Clare

Let's start our review of the autumn with sunshine and showbiz at

the Jersey Live music festival. Over 10,000 revellers soaked up the

sun and refreshments and enjoyed But there was no sunshine, just

thick fog, cloud and rain on the Battle of Britain day later,

causing both the air displays to be cancelled for the first time in

living memory. It is a shame because everybody comes down to see

it and it is such a well organised event and part of the year.

happens, doesn't it? You can only blame the weather. Darkness

repeatedly fell on Jersey and Guernsey at the end of September as

French power surges left the island without electricity for hours on

end. Electricity bosses he admitted there was little they could to

until a third undersea cable is built to secure the supply, but

that will take years. Let's bring you on back to Guernsey airport, as

final planning and environmental approval for the Loch -- runway was

granted in October. The project will cost over �80 million and take

about two years, but the lobby against it may try and block it.

The next stage will be to call for a judicial review on whether or not

the environment department board was entitled to approve the scheme.

Joe as he went to the polls in October to elect senators and

deputies and constables on the same day -- jersey went to the polls. 29

sitting members were returned and we got 16 new members. The turnout

was 45 %. A month later a new chief minister was elected. His new

Council of Ministers remains largely unchanged from the last one

as the Treasury and home affairs remain the same and the deputy is

in hell. I am very excited and I like to get things done and achieve

an not sit around talking, although we are all members of the

legislature, so we do have to discuss and debate issues, but the

important thing is achieving on behalf of the community. The big

economic shock of the last few months of was that the UK is

scrapping tax relief on products sent from the Channel Islands.

Online shopping for film and businesses employ around 1,700

people across the islands and the postal services rely on the package

business to keep going. Politicians and businesses are considering a

legal challenge against the decision but they say is

discriminating against our islands. There are significant amounts of

drugs coming in from the UK all over the world and the suggestion -

- acidic -- significant amounts of products. The suggestion that we

are the only ones is not true. to our favourite topic, the weather,

and we had the mildest October on record in the Channel Islands with

beach go sizzling in 27 degrees on the first of their -- 1st October.

Jersey had 75 % rest -- less rain than usual and even the reservoirs

were severely depleted, so they started turning sea water into

But in December the rain came back, and with it winds of up to 70 mph

battered the island. Also this month we learned that the

population of Jersey is now close to 100,000 with nearly 98,000

people registered on the latest census. That is 10 % up on 10 years

As Claire said, our favourite topic. After the cloud and rain we are

going to keep hold of the cloud going to keep hold of the cloud

over night. And it is all because of the weather system, the warm

weather brought -- bringing in the rain and we are sandwiched between

the weather front so a good deal of cloud over night. That will keep

temperatures overnight and will also be thick enough for a few

spots of patchy light rain or drizzle. Then towards dawn tomorrow,

so extensive foggy is forming with temperatures tonight no lower than

10 or 11 degrees. The fog taking a little while to clear tomorrow and

it should eventually go later tomorrow afternoon. It stays cloudy

and great and the temperatures tomorrow are mild at around 13

Celsius, although feeling a little caller with a brisk walk south-

westerly wind. As we head through the new year weekend it tends to