29/01/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

independent Scotland. That is all from the News at six, so

Find out what almost 100 Chinese students have swapped China for the

Channel Islands. Jersey is really a beautiful island. And it has many,

many good people, and they are very friendly.

Immigration is the one issue most people in Jersey say they are

worried about. And today, plans were announced to limit the number of

people allowed to come to work in the island. A figure of 325 people

this year, and next, has been set, while politicians works on longer

term population policies. Louise Walter has the details.

Jersey's population has doubled since the '50s. But this isn't just

about numbers. Keeping the right ratio of people in the island

requires a delicate balance. Over the next 20 years, the number of

people in Jersey over the age of 65 will nearly double. And those over

85 will nearly triple. With no migration, that would mean

an 11% decline in the island's working population. So, more people

retiring and living longer with fewer people working to support

them. In fact, the island would need to have 3,000 migrants a year to

support its retired population. But that's a figure unacceptable to the

States. It wants to limit the figure to 325 a year. And on the streets of

St Helier, there was some support for that view. I am old enough to

remember Jersey when we had 40, 00 people here. And it was much calmer,

more pleasant. In the town, yes `` in the short term, it could open up

for more people to come over later on. We need to limit it.

The policy highlights the hospitality industry as having a

high level of migrant workers, and also suggests ways to make

businesses recruit fewer in favour of local or entitled workers. But

there's concern that could restrict growth. I fully understand it is an

intractable problem. However, given the state of the economy at the

moment, when we are trying to recover and do better to pay the

bills, suggesting we will halve net migration is going to be a difficult

challenge for businesses to deliver. These are interim measures, and

islanders have been asked for their input before a 20`year plan is

proposed. So, how can the States reassure

businesses that further immigration controls won't cut off their

workforce? Earlier, I put that very question to Senator Paul Routier,

the Assistant Chief Minister and chair of the Housing and Work

Advisory Group. I think what we need to reassure

businesses is that if they have some skills which they need to have

within their business and they cannot find it within the island, we

will look at that carefully to see whether it is right to bring those

skills to the island but it has to be of high value, to contribute to

the island economy. So we want to give assurances to businesses that

we will look at that sympathetically. Is there anything

more that can be done to get more locals into work rather than giving

it to foreign workers? There is a skills initiative. The education

department is well made to make sure that children coming out of school

are skilled up to the right sort of levels for the business community.

And, also, then east to be a change of attitude from local people being

prepared to work in other industries which they haven't been previously.

There is a limit of 325. Is that police are both? We believe our new

legislation does give us the tools to control the immigration. Better

than we have in the past. We know the numbers have been higher in the

past. We think that the new legislation will help us achieve a

far better control. Immigration will always be a contentious issue. What

message can you give to islanders who might be worried? We need to get

a balance. We need a discussion with the community, which will happen in

the next two years. We need to understand what sort of Ireland they

want to live in, the services they want, and we need to understand

that. We hope to get the appreciation of the number of people

we need on the island. Senator Paul Routier, speaking

earlier. And there's much more on the population issue on this

Sunday's politics hour on BBC Radio Jersey, when we'll hear what

environmentalists and housing bosses think. Tune in from 10am.

Investigations will soon start on upgrading Alderney Airport, after a

unanimous vote in Guernsey States. A Requete was brought by Alderney

politicians to secure the future of their lifeline link. Today,

specially chartered aircraft brought dozens of Alderney residents over to

Guernsey to lobby deputies for a decision. Mike Wilkins reports.

Touching down on Guernsey's runway with a message about their own.

These Alderney residents are unhappy with their airport's facilities and

fear it could be driving tourists and business away from the island.

They were on the steps of the Royal Court today to lobby deputies to

spend ?8 million on the airport Alderney's public are aware of the

problems there, both with business and the hotel sector. Customers just

can't get Alderney. The point is this work was started by me and my

former colleague with the intention of bringing this to the States.

Among those listening to the debate was Phillipa Arditti, the wife of

the late Paul Arditti, who was in the middle of a campaign to get the

airport upgraded when he died. My husband really loved Alderney, as do

I. And he always said to me, the airport is the enabler. This is what

will help us get back on our feet. Guernsey has just spent ?80 million

on its airport and many government departments are battling to cut

costs. But today the Public Services Minister told me he's determined to

find a solution for Alderney. We recognise there are some real

problems that and we want to try to see if we can play our part in that

process of trying to see the right way forward. Guernsey has been

responsible for the upkeep of Alderney's airport for almost 7

years and now campaigners want Guernsey to look after its

investment. Lloyds Bank is cutting 30 jobs in

Jersey as part of a company`wide reorganisation. Guernsey's branch

isn't affected by the decision to cut more than 1,000 jobs across the

group. They are office jobs in the bank's risk, retail and commercial

divisions. A spokesman confirmed they are trying to find the staff

concerned jobs elsewhere in the group.

Meanwhile, up to 18 ground staff at Guernsey Airport are set to lose

their jobs once a code`sharing agreement between Blue Islands and

Aurigny comes into effect. Under the plans, Blue Islands aircraft and

Aurigny's ground staff will be used on the inter`island route. Menzies

Aviation, who employ baggage handlers and check`in staff, say

workers will be offered voluntary redundancy or jobs at other

airports. The politicians that make up Guernsey's health Department will

find out if they are to keep their jobs tomorrow. There's been pressure

on the Minister and his board to quit after he gave misleading

information about the island's bowel cancer screening programme. A vote

of no confidence will take those at tomorrow's state sitting. Later in

the Spotlight with Rebecca and Simon, out in the cold, we speak to

the south`west polar explorer about his latest expedition. Stage and for

that. For those of you who didn't realise,

it's Chinese New Year on Friday But the celebrations have come early to

one Jersey school. Hautlieu in St Helier's welcomed nearly 100 Chinese

students from BaYi school in Beijing. Jen Smith went along to

meet them. Not a typical assembly for Hautlieu

students. Today, they've been welcoming BaYi High School from

Beijing, who have come to Jersey for just a day, to end their European

visit. The two schools have been linked

since last year when a group from Hautlieu went to China. Today's

about building on that relationship. And brushing up on some of that

extracurricular Mandarin. 99 students from China coming to

power tiny little island. It's the most important thing that has ever

happened to the silent. These students have travelled all around

England, they've gone to Paris, and they are choosing to come here. And

I think this will be the beginning of a very long friendship. It's

hoped the visit will broaden Hautlieu's students' horizons,

allowing them to experience the world beyond the Channel Islands.

But what about BaYi's pupils? Our school is really strict. And here it

is very relaxed. Very enjoyable So good. It is a beautiful island. And

the upside of the hotel, there is the seaside. It is fascinating.

Jersey's been doing a lot recently to strengthen its ties with China,

from politics to business. But as the ancient Chinese proverb goes, a

nation's treasure is in its scholars.

And we hope they enjoyed themselves. David is with us now. I just

checked, minus four in Beijing tonight. Not quite as cold here as

it? Yes, not quite so cold here but it

will be a cold night across the islands. Temperatures will fall away

quite rapidly especially after the midnight hour. Tomorrow is a cold

day, no doubt. There are light winds, it is generally cloudy and

mostly dry. The promise of the dry whether will be welcomed by most

farmers but it is short lived because there is more wet weather

coming our way. It is just leaving the eastern seaboard of Canada. It

is this area of low pressure that is racing towards us. By the time we

get to the middle of the day on Friday, it is sweeping rain across

much of Western Europe. All change by Friday. There are some showers

dotted around this evening but most of those will fade away tonight and

we will get some link the clear spy is developing so temperatures will

be lower than recently. Hash get some length the clear skies

developing. It will be murky, briefly some sunshine although we do

keep some cloud. More cloud coming in towards the end of the day. Just

seven as the top temperature with a gentle Westerly breeze. There is the

coastal waters forecast. Here is the times of high water for

our ports and harbours. And if you're heading for the beaches,

there isn't a huge swell running at the moment.

Friday is going to be a windy day with southerly winds reaching gale

force with outbreaks of rain. On Saturday, a very blustery Westerly

wind. This weekend, some high tides and turning cold again.

I don't know what thank you is in Chinese but thank you. I am back

with the headlines at 8am. Thank you for watching and see you later.

Goodbye. Here at the Royal Devon and Exeter

Hospital, the figures are looking much more healthy. They've managed

to cut the number of cancelled operations by more than half. We

have made a decision to invest into new wards, but we have also worked

closely with our partners in health and social care to look at our

pathways of care and we have change this quite radically, absolutely

wrapping services around the needs of our patients, particularly frail

older people. However, even here, hospital bosses admit that

operations will at times still have to be cancelled, so for hundreds of

patients across the south west, it's still a waiting game.

Yeovil Town have slumped to the bottom of football's Championship.

It follows a dramatic 3`2 defeat at Derby County last night. In League

Two, Exeter City drew a blank at St James Park against Oxford United.

Here's Spotlight's Dave Gibbins. Yeovil were sitting pretty at Pride

Park last night. Everton loanee John Lundstram gave them a shock lead at

promotion contenders Derby. That was quickly doubled by Ishmael Miller,

who revelled in putting the Glovers two up as he's on loan from Derby's

fierce East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest. But then the Rams

started their charge. They hemmed in their opponents with a goal just

after half`time and forced them into submission with two more goals in

the closing stages. The first, three minutes from the end and the winner

in the fifth minute of added time which stunned Yeovil and sent them

to the bottom of the Championship. After the Plymouth Argyle and

Torquay United postponements, Exeter City played in front of their lowest

crowd since re`gaining their League status six years ago. They saw a

goalless draw with fifth placed Oxford. Despite Arron Davies hitting

the bar early on and a late double save at the end, City remain without

a win this year. He's one of only 12 Britons to make

it to the North and South Poles but, despite feeling alone in the snow

and the ice, Anthony Jinman had 2,000 schoolchildren with him. Well,

virtually. They've been tracking his journey online and have even been

able to ask him a few questions along the way. We had a few

questions for him too as he joined us here in the studio a little

earlier. Welcome back to a very warm winter

here in Britain. And you are not on your own any more. I have just spent

46 days on the ice, travelling some 730 miles from the coast of

Antarctica, directly to the geographic South Pole, so it is an

absolute pleasure to be back. In this nice warm studio. Yes, it is

nice. When you are on your own, you won't unsupported as such, because

they were hundreds of children across the globe following your

expedition. Yes, I am delighted to say that we had 63 schools and 2000

pupils from around the world, not just following the project, but

actually asking me questions. So they were able to interact directly

with you in Antarctica? Yes, it is incredible how technology has come

on, that with a solar panel you can charge a battery to charge a laptop

use a satellite phone, and through that you can send and receive

e`mails, as well as your social media. What do you think they have

learned from you? We have covered a huge amount of topics, from

glaciers, history, wildlife. It is an inspiration. Yes, raising

aspirations and inspiring children to follow their own dreams in life.

You were a Plymouth explorer, won't you? That's right. I was born in

Plymouth, I remember being at primary school and learning about

Captain Scott, and that was a topic I was always interested in. I always

dreamt of travelling to the Arctic and to Antarctica, and in 2010I was

lucky enough to travel to the geographic North Pole, and now I

have done the geographic South Pole. So, to have children following in

that experience, and learning from it first`hand, it is like life

learning if you will, it is a great way of sharing that experience and

inspiring children about the polar regions. What did you learn from it?

You have done the North Pole and the South Pole, but what do learn from

your two experiences? The geographic North Pole is very different. You

start off at the beginning of February, and you travel across a

moving frozen ocean. I think we can see some of the pictures. Wow, this

is the first time I have seen some of this film footage. This is you!

This is me going out of my tent in Antarctica. This is what I was on my

own. This was my home for those 46 days. The temperature actually

inside, you know, the sun there is 24 hours of daylight, so the

temperature inside the tent, when the sun is shining, can be as much

as 25 Celsius. The North Pole is completely different to that. It is

well below freezing all the time. Even though you are travelling in a

polar environment, in the North Pole you are travelling across a moving

ocean, it is very dynamic, the sea ice collides together and breaks

apart, where is Antarctica is this incredible frozen continent. You

travel across it in the summertime. It brought up different challenges.

It was more of an inner journey. Briefly, what is your next journey?

I would like to go back into doing some more mountaineering projects.

Potentially doing Everest in 2015. It has to link into the curriculum

and the work we do within schools, so we are looking into options as we

speak on that. I am sure that whatever you'd do will inspire

another generation. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me.

I get the feeling we will see him again very soon with his next

challenge. It will be a cold night. We have had

lots of enquiries about how much rainfall we have seen over the last

two months. We have got lots of weather observers who keep tabs on

it. One chap said he has had 418 millimetres of rain for the two

months of December and January, which is double what we expect to

see. That just proves how wet it has been.

Tomorrow, hopefully, we will get some preliminary weather statistics

for January from The Met Office and we will give you an update this time

tomorrow on those official statistics show. The good news is

that tomorrow is mainly dry. That will be a bonus for all of us. It is

colder, and much lighter winds, generally rather cloudy, but at

least for one day we will get some dry weather. Friday is another wet

day. It is not just the rain that could be a problem on Friday. Also

some fairly strong winds, gusting up to 40 or 50 mph. And round the

coast, they will be gale force for a time. This weekend we have got some

of the highest tides for the year. Overnight tonight and tomorrow, we

still have this area of low pressure which is generating a few showers at

the moment, but it will slowly weaken and become absorbed by the

next band of wet weather coming in from the west. It will be late to

arrive tomorrow, so much of the day will be dry. This is the new area of

low pressure. This one is racing across the Atlantic. The centre of

the logos up towards the north of Scotland, but the weather front

associated with that will drape themselves across as for much of the

day tomorrow. Perhaps only in the day we might get some brightness

across eastern parts of Somerset and Dorset, but quickly the rain will

set in. It will be a windy day. The showers we have overnight tonight

will fade away through the night, but clear skies will develop, and it

becomes largely dry. A bit misty in places and colder than the last few

night. Overnight maybe just one or two degrees above freezing, so the

risk of a frost and some ice. Tomorrow will be the quietest day of

the next few with light winds, some sunny spells, but more cloud coming

into the far west to generate some showery outbreaks of rain across

Western Cornwall. It'll be a cold day, with seven degrees the

temperature for most of us. Some patchy rain for the Isles of Scilly

into the afternoon, but there should be a dry morning.

The coastal waters forecast has fairly light winds tomorrow.

However, there is another warning for Saturday. This one is for the

strength of wind. Through the day on Saturday we could have gusts up to

60 or 70 mph. Particularly through the Bristol Channel. That will

coincide with some of the highest tides of the year early on Sunday

morning. We will keep a close eye on what could happen through the

weekend. That's it from us this evening.

There will be hourly regional news updates on your BBC local radio

station throughout the evening. Have a good evening. Goodbye.

'The cost of living crisis goes deep into people's lives,

'deep into the way our country is run,

'deep into who our country is run for.

'the solutions need to be deep as well.'

I opened a pub six years ago in Hackney,

about ten minutes' walk from my house.

One of the things that really struck me was that

most of the beers that we sold weren't London beers.

They were international beers, UK beers, but from further afield.

"Wouldn't it be really great to open our own community brewery

"right here in the heart of London, in Hackney?"

the genesis of the idea of The Five Points Brewing Company

In my speech in the Labour Party Conference,

I talked about the broken energy market, and it was controversial -

..and we're going to do the same when it comes to our banking system.