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Good evening. Welcome to BBC in the Channel Islands. Tonight's main | :00:04. | :00:08. | |
stories: Hundreds flock to a jobs fair in | :00:08. | :00:13. | |
Jersey, spurred on by record unemployment. | :00:13. | :00:16. | |
Plus new cranes for Guernsey Harbour. But how many more | :00:16. | :00:23. | |
multimillion pound repair projects can the island afford? | :00:23. | :00:26. | |
And the sand sculpture which it's hoped will encourage you to run a | :00:26. | :00:36. | |
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Over 500 people passed through the doors of Jersey's jobs fair today | :00:40. | :00:45. | |
within 20 minutes of the doors opening. Those behind the event say | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
they were shocked by the demand of people from all ages looking for | :00:48. | :00:53. | |
work. It comes as the island faces record levels of unemployment. The | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
latest figures show that 1,540 islanders are registered as | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
actively seeking work. Edward Sault went to meet some of those | :00:58. | :01:06. | |
desperately seeking a job at St Helier's town hall. | :01:06. | :01:10. | |
This was the scene that not even careers advisors thought they'd see. | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
Record numbers of people within minutes of the doors opening, | :01:13. | :01:19. | |
coming in to try and find a job. Myles is one of them. He's 20 and | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
been looking for work for the past year. Today, he's trying to see if | :01:23. | :01:33. | |
his luck is set to change. There is a lack of jobs, but it is a lack of | :01:33. | :01:38. | |
good jobs. I do not want to be a chef or a receptionist. That is not | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
what I want to do. Louise is head of training for | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
Marks and Spencer in Jersey. She says there are jobs out there. | :01:45. | :01:48. | |
There's a very high percentage of people that do have the right | :01:48. | :01:55. | |
skills. We concentrate quite a lot on customer-service. We are looking | :01:55. | :02:01. | |
for people poor are poor start and will give hundred % for our | :02:01. | :02:10. | |
customers. -- personnel. Those behind the event has been printing | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
of money leaflets for those coming today. We tried this year to make | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
contact with the people unemployed to say, this is happening, or come | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
along. When you think of it logically, we should expect high | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
numbers. They have turned out. It wasn't just school leavers, | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
students or graduates here today, though. Antony was made redundant | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
just before Christmas after 30 years at work. Today, he came to | :02:32. | :02:41. | |
look for a job. I do not mind doing anything just to get back in the | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
work force. Those behind today's event say they | :02:44. | :02:46. | |
expect to see over 1,000 people today. But with those here | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
surprised at the numbers coming in already, that figure is sure to | :02:49. | :02:52. | |
rise. Revealing the real truth and pain behind Jersey's unemployment | :02:52. | :03:01. | |
statistics. A man from Jersey has been sent to | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
prison for committing a series of serious sexual offences. 55-year- | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
old David Carrel was sentenced to 10 years by the Royal Court this | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
morning. Jersey police welcomed the conviction and commended the | :03:11. | :03:18. | |
courage of all the victims for coming forward. | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
A man's appeared in Guernsey's magistrates court, charged with | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
indecently assaulting two young girls. Mike Wilkins reports from | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
outside the court. 47-year-old Jose Felix Alvarez from | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
St Peter Port is alleged to have carried out the assaults in the | :03:32. | :03:39. | |
1990s. It's claimed the girls were under 12 years old at the time. Mr | :03:39. | :03:47. | |
Alvarez is due to reappear at the magistrates court on March 14th. | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
A �14 million project to upgrade Guernsey's harbour should start | :03:49. | :03:55. | |
within months. The work to replace the freight cranes is said to be | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
vital, but it won't be the only capital investment that's needed in | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
the next few years to keep the Island running. So, how prepared | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
are the States? And does the Island have the money to pay for it all? | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
Penny Elderfield reports. Whether it be food or building | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
supplies, the chances are it arrived in Guernsey here. And these | :04:15. | :04:25. | |
cranes are a major part of the operation. 98% of everything about | :04:25. | :04:30. | |
a rise in and out of these islands comes through the ports. The cranes | :04:30. | :04:36. | |
are handled 20% of the cargo. They are fundamental today the island | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
life. And it's vital kit which will now | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
be replaced. The tougher job, though, will be upgrading the | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
berths which support them and minimising the disruption over the | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
years it'll take to happen. But for Guernsey's treasury, it was money | :04:47. | :04:52. | |
that had to be spent. The cranes that we have are very old and worn | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
out and clearly there are vital for the Isleham's supply lines and | :04:57. | :05:03. | |
needed to be replaced. -- -- the islands. | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
But this won't be the only area where investment is needed. Money | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
for other big projects, like the airport runway, has already been | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
set aside. But there will be other projects, and work's now started to | :05:12. | :05:18. | |
ensure the States spend what money there is wisely. We are trying to | :05:18. | :05:22. | |
bring together the future infrastructure needs of the island. | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
We are trying to indicate to the States which way they should | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
prioritise those issues so we do not get caught out by finding out | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
we have got something like the harbour on our hands which deserves | :05:35. | :05:37. | |
more priority. The harbour may have got the | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
investment it needs, but will there be enough money available in future | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
to tackle everything on the Island's to-fix list? | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
House prices in Jersey are at their lowest for four years. The average | :05:48. | :05:55. | |
house now costs �415,000. That's 7% lower than this time last year. The | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
biggest falls in prices have been in one-bedroom flats and two- | :05:58. | :06:08. | |
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bedroomed houses. Guernsey States are debating | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
changes to the way churches are funded. That's despite fears the | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
plans could cause a constitutional crisis after threats the Dean of | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
Guernsey would petition the Queen. In the plans, taxpayers would still | :06:20. | :06:22. | |
contribute towards the running costs, but the parishes would have | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
more control. The Chief Minister wanted to delay the debate, | :06:25. | :06:27. | |
suggesting the States take longer to find a solution, but his | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
proposal was rejected. We have already had seven years. Another 10 | :06:32. | :06:37. | |
years, 17 years to get this sorted out? I think that is totally | :06:37. | :06:43. | |
unacceptable. A rather interesting propositions in this report. They | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
are in a matter of public interest and the to be debated sooner rather | :06:47. | :06:57. | |
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than later. Now, there's only a month to go | :06:58. | :07:00. | |
before BBC's Sport Relief, where we're asking people to run a mile | :07:01. | :07:03. | |
to raise money for charity. The event is happening on Sunday 25th | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
March. But to kick-start the campaign, a Jersey artist has made | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
a sand sculpture to encourage people to sign up. Emma Chambers | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
went along to see how he got on. Well, she tried to, through the fog. | :07:13. | :07:16. | |
Rain, wind and fog. Not the perfect day to be on the beach, but that | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
didn't stop Andy Countanche from taking on the challenge of making | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
this huge sand sculpture for Sport Relief. Even though it's hard to | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
see, it measures a quarter of a mile in circumference. That is the | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
logo for Sport Relief. It is one of the largest ones I have done. The | :07:30. | :07:37. | |
outside circle is 404 metres. You have to go around it four times to | :07:37. | :07:42. | |
get the full mile. It is one of the largest I have done. How much work | :07:42. | :07:48. | |
is it? The I think I will be pretty sore tomorrow. My back will be a | :07:48. | :07:53. | |
king. He's done his bit for Sport Relief, | :07:54. | :07:57. | |
and you can, too. This year's event is on Sunday 25th March. These | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
people have already signed up for the Jersey mile. They suggested | :08:02. | :08:08. | |
organising a race for the members of the gym. I saw an advert on the | :08:09. | :08:13. | |
television for Sport Relief. We decided to get involved. Why should | :08:13. | :08:19. | |
people get involved? I think it is a fantastic calls. It is going to | :08:19. | :08:25. | |
get people outside. It is not a competitive race. You do not have | :08:25. | :08:31. | |
to be athletes. It is open to all abilities. It is a fantastic | :08:31. | :08:34. | |
If you can't do a mile, there are lots of other ways you can raise | :08:34. | :08:37. | |
money with your school, friends or family. There's lots of ideas and | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
resources on the website bbc.co.uk/sportrelief. So, like | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
Andy and all the runners taking part today, even if we can't see | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
you do your bit for Sport Relief, you'll know you've done it and made | :08:48. | :08:58. | |
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Well, fog has also been affecting flights in and out of the islands | :09:00. | :09:03. | |
today. You couldn't see much at Jersey airport as passengers faced | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
long delays with most flights being cancelled. The same was true at | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
Guernsey and Alderney airport. It was simply a case of waiting for | :09:11. | :09:20. | |
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the fog to clear. But for most, it was a fruitless wait. The airport | :09:21. | :09:26. | |
have been cut off flights from the airports have been cancelled for | :09:26. | :09:36. | |
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the rest of the day. Let's take a They could be some travel | :09:40. | :09:46. | |
disruption again, particularly for the flights were that Mr and low | :09:46. | :09:50. | |
cloud causing quite a few problems today and it could be an issue | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
tomorrow. The reason for the mist and fog is the fact that we are | :09:54. | :10:00. | |
then relatively mild air. There is a very stacked and air. Not much is | :10:00. | :10:06. | |
changing. By lunchtime on Saturday, whilst it comes somewhat closer, it | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
is quite quiet air. So the low cloud, mist and fog will be very | :10:11. | :10:14. | |
stubborn to move out of the way and could be a problem as we move into | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
the weekend. Tonight, the fog is quite extensive and a mild one with | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
a gentle westerly breeze. Temperatures no lower than nine | :10:23. | :10:28. | |
Celsius. It means tomorrow morning will be misty and grey with little | :10:28. | :10:32. | |
change of that pattern. By early afternoon, we may get a few holes | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
developing in the cloud, but around the coastline, some of it will be | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
stubborn to move out of the way. If you are heading out to sea, there | :10:41. | :10:45. | |
is the risk of some fog patches. South-westerly or westerly, for | :10:45. | :10:55. | |
three, occasionally forced four in the north. Times of high water, at | :10:55. | :11:04. | |
St Peter Port, that is at two minutes past eight. Let's look a | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
little further ahead into the weekend. Saturday and Sunday, but | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
will be rather cloudy. Similar temperatures of ten Celsius. The | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
winds are quite light. If we see any mist, it will be very stubborn | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
to move out of the way with more of a breeze and some patchy rain on | :11:21. | :11:31. | |
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Van Morrison is to headline a new summer festival in a Jersey. He | :11:39. | :11:44. |