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Plans to tax developers come under fire - there are warnings that it | :00:10. | :00:12. | |
could have a devastating impact on the building industry | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
Good evening and welcome to the late news from BBC | :00:16. | :00:21. | |
Also tonight: Could the Christmas getaway be | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
The problem with weather is that it is a very busy time of year, these | :00:26. | :00:41. | |
planes are fully utilised so any knock-on has an impact on slots and | :00:42. | :00:43. | |
slows down the whole process. Jersey's building trade will be | :00:44. | :00:49. | |
ruined if a new charge is introduced That's the warning tonight | :00:50. | :00:52. | |
from Jersey's Chamber of Commerce, which claims the proposed | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
Community Infrastructure Levy, which would allow government | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
to raise funds from developers, This builder is working on one | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
of Jersey's biggest recent projects. In the UK, some developments | :01:04. | :01:14. | |
like this attract a levy. Developers pay a charge | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
towards infrastructure improvements such as green spaces | :01:20. | :01:21. | |
and safer road schemes. Now, a similar scheme | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
may be introduced here, and the island's chamber of commerce | :01:27. | :01:28. | |
says it will be a disaster. It will actually prevent | :01:29. | :01:34. | |
builders and developers There are limited sites available | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
in Jersey for development. There are projects | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
that need to go ahead. There are large areas of town | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
that have not been developed, so if they are looking to get people | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
incentivised to develop those sites, then another tax on top | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
of what they are already paying is not going to give them | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
the incentive to do that. In Jersey, the Construction | :01:59. | :02:02. | |
Council agrees. It says its members are worried | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
about a potential new tax. Work like this, the new | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
Co-op at York Street, The minister behind the idea says | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
it is only fair that companies, rather than communities, | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
foot the bill for changes I want more green space, | :02:19. | :02:20. | |
more places for people to enjoy and in town it is important, | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
and we need a mechanism Yes, we can ask big schemes | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
to contribute, but I think it is only fair if you benefit | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
from approval of a planning application, a very small amount | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
of that money can go The minister says the plans | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
are at the consultation stage, and he welcomes the views | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
of the building trade before A leading charity for the elderly | :02:52. | :02:53. | |
is highlighting many pensioners in Guernsey are shivering | :02:54. | :03:02. | |
in their own homes because they're too proud to accept benefits | :03:03. | :03:04. | |
they're entitled to. Age Concern says, while many people | :03:05. | :03:07. | |
do receive their winter fuel allowance, there are many other | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
who don't, and the money could help heat their homes | :03:12. | :03:14. | |
in the cold weather. On a chilly, damp day, people huddle | :03:15. | :03:16. | |
inside the Salvation Army cafe to keep warm on the shortest day | :03:17. | :03:24. | |
of the year. This woman used to struggle | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
to heat her home, but last year applied for Age Concern's | :03:29. | :03:30. | |
winter fuel allowance. She says it's worth ?250, | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
and if people are eligible then It has been a great help, | :03:34. | :03:36. | |
absolutely a great help. Just get the phone number | :03:37. | :03:44. | |
and ring it, just do it. Although many people have | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
applied for the allowance, Age Concern says some people are too | :03:48. | :03:58. | |
proud to ask for help. There is obviously a stigma | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
that has always been apparent when people are trying | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
to claim for the benefit, and we clearly don't want them | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
to feel that. Word of mouth is working | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
really well for us. Is it a case of pride | :04:16. | :04:16. | |
for some people? But from our perspective, | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
we don't want them to be cold. As I say, the weather | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
is starting to get cold, but This can cause problems | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
for a lot of older people. The fuel allowance is available | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
to all pensioners, not just So the advice is, don't sit | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
there shivering this winter. In the run up to Christmas thousands | :04:36. | :04:45. | |
of people are expected to use the ports in and out of the | :04:46. | :04:48. | |
Channel Islands. Although there won't now be | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
disruption on the airlines due to proposed strike action | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
being cancelled, now bad weather The great Christmas getaway, as many | :04:55. | :04:57. | |
leave and arrive in the islands. I am going to Spain to see | :04:58. | :05:08. | |
my mum for Christmas. We will spend the day | :05:09. | :05:10. | |
with our family in Spain. My family, my sister | :05:11. | :05:13. | |
lives down here, so we have come for a break | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
over Christmas. But concerns over potential travel | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
disruptions have now turned Condor is advising passengers | :05:22. | :05:33. | |
to reschedule their booking on the Liberation this Friday | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
to another of their boats But, keen to get somewhere, | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
some may choose to find another way. It is a busy time of year, so there | :05:43. | :05:50. | |
is some capacity on the flight. We have not had | :05:51. | :05:54. | |
verification about any cancellations for Friday, | :05:55. | :05:56. | |
but the important thing is that there will be a bit | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
of capacity left in the aircraft, but it is a busy time | :06:00. | :06:02. | |
of year, so if you are going to make With thousands wanting to spend | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
the festive period with loved ones, it's one of the busiest times | :06:07. | :06:09. | |
for the ports especially, It is about 2000 higher | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
than we would have seen in an average four day period | :06:13. | :06:23. | |
in December, nearly as many as we would see over the bank | :06:24. | :06:26. | |
holiday weekends. It is about the third busiest | :06:27. | :06:28. | |
time at the airport with Easter and the bank holiday day | :06:29. | :06:34. | |
weekends topping it slightly. As the current forecast looks OK | :06:35. | :06:36. | |
for the planes, a final decision on whether the Liberation will help | :06:37. | :06:39. | |
bring families together this A Pitbull type dog that was taken | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
away from its owners nearly a year ago in Jersey has been reunited | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
with them in time for Christmas. After a lengthy legal battle | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
and online campaign, a court had ruled Mr Bronx | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
was a dangerous and illegal breed, Today, the Assistant Home Affairs | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
Minister decided the dog could be returned to his family, | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
as long as "stringent" Finally tonight, are you still | :07:06. | :07:07. | |
looking for that perfect present? Well, rather than dash around | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
the shops, we've got an idea - we've found a rather unusual gift | :07:15. | :07:17. | |
available right here in Jersey. It has a 105 millimetre gun, | :07:18. | :07:20. | |
weighs 17.5 tonnes, has a cabin designed for a crew of three, | :07:21. | :07:27. | |
and can be yours for ?22,500! You have to just drop | :07:28. | :07:35. | |
down onto the seat. After ten years, Richard is putting | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
this up for sale to let someone else experience the joy of driving | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
a piece of British military history. For the 60th anniversary | :07:47. | :07:49. | |
of the Liberation of Jersey we were doing a big show in 2005, | :07:50. | :07:55. | |
and I decided that a piece like this I was able to crush cars with it | :07:56. | :07:58. | |
and show it in the arena, and really it was a bit | :07:59. | :08:06. | |
of a spectacle. We don't have that sort of show | :08:07. | :08:08. | |
any more, so I thought Although it's too big | :08:09. | :08:11. | |
for Jersey's roads, and the gun has been deactivated, | :08:12. | :08:17. | |
Richard says it still has It has got its own | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
motors to do that. Unfortunately, you need | :08:22. | :08:31. | |
extra batteries, so at Let's face it, if you were presented | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
this for Christmas, I think most men You can't argue with that, | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
although you may need some extra Now a look at the weather | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
forecast with David Braine. Hello, good evening. We have got | :08:46. | :09:06. | |
some reasonably mild weather as we move into Christmas, but tomorrow is | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
colder with some showers around first thing in the morning, then | :09:11. | :09:14. | |
mainly dry with lighter winds than we have seen. We have a temporary | :09:15. | :09:18. | |
ridge of high pressure covering us for the day Amaro, but only for one | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
day because a new area of low pressure, which is now being called | :09:23. | :09:30. | |
Barbara, it is a way away from us, over 700 miles in fact, but the | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
trailing cold front will make progress towards us and we will see | :09:37. | :09:44. | |
some rain. Showers this evening and through the night to come will fade | :09:45. | :09:48. | |
away for a time, but we will keep a lot of cloud for much of the night. | :09:49. | :09:52. | |
Winds light and becoming variable by the morning, and a few spots of | :09:53. | :09:56. | |
light rain for dawn tomorrow. Temperatures started the day at 9 | :09:57. | :10:02. | |
degrees. Those early showers will disappear, and by the middle of the | :10:03. | :10:05. | |
morning we will have bright, dry weather with some sunshine and a | :10:06. | :10:08. | |
small chance of a passing shower. Most of the day is dry with light | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
winds, and 10 degrees will be the maximum temperature. The same | :10:14. | :10:20. | |
weather front giving a straight night will be across the central | :10:21. | :10:23. | |
part of France, so it could be a damp day for the middle of France, | :10:24. | :10:27. | |
as well as northern parts of Spain and Portugal. Heading into | :10:28. | :10:33. | |
Christmas, we will see quite windy conditions on Friday, mild | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
conditions for the Christmas spell. If you showers possible on Christmas | :10:40. | :10:46. | |
Day. Staying mild at 12 or 13 degrees. Good night. You are | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
up-to-date with the news from the Channel Islands. We will be back at | :10:52. | :10:52. | |
6:30pm. Good night. good for us. Mild by the time we | :10:53. | :11:00. | |
reach Christmas Day. Hello there, there is wet and very | :11:01. | :11:07. | |
windy weather on the way in the run-up to Christmas. The worst of | :11:08. | :11:10. | |
the weather to the northern half of the UK. We have a strengthening jet | :11:11. | :11:17. | |
out of North America that is propgating across the Atlantic. | :11:18. | :11:21. | |
Rushing our way. Picking up low pressure, deepening them, tracking | :11:22. | :11:24. | |
them to the north-west of Scotland, hence the wind and rain. Tonight, we | :11:25. | :11:28. | |
have gale force winds in the north-west of Scotland. Wintry | :11:29. | :11:30. | |
showers | :11:31. | :11:31. |