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Jersey's Environment Minister has refused a planning application

There were some issues around design and the inspector said and I agreed

that the shape of the building did not sit together very well.

Good evening and welcome to the late news from BBC

Costly and controversial but effective at reducing speeding

Plans for a new secondary school on fields in Les Quennevais

The Environment Minister believes the scheme -

on farmland near the airport - goes against guidelines

This application came down to three things.

Was the school needed, what with the impact be on the local

area and should be built on green field site?

There was some good news, the school was needed and could be built on the

site, but there were concerns about the design of the building.

It is a ?40 million project, covering 11,000 square

metres, but these images now might become a reality as planning

permission for a new school in Le Quennevais has been rejected.

I don't think it's very good because a lot

of my friends went to Les Quennevais said it was crowded and didn't have

I have kids who would have gone to that

school they were older and I think a new and better school should be

We do need a new school, we have an ever-growing population, I'm

sure they have their reasons, whatever they are, it will have to

The minister's decision was based on a report

compiled by an independent planning inspector, during a public enquiry

In that report, the inspector concluded he had

considerable reservations about the site layout.

They also the design of the proposed building would not be satisfactory,

raising concerns about the building's shape, finishing material

and colours. A modified application is said to be close to approval.

You'll likely will discuss what the concerns that what the design, we

will redesign that and will at the situation with regards to traffic,

then re-design that as well. A new design for the school could be put

together in as little as six weeks. The man who would make a decision on

any future planning application is this man. What we remain concerned

about the design of the There were issues and are design. The inspector

found and I agree that the shape of the building just did not sit

together very well. It's a large building, as we know, and the

various sheiks did not sit together very well. They were not visually

pleasing. Never concerned about the finishes and the colour of the

building as well. This is really important, we want to get it as best

we can and its need to sit on the landscape in the best way we can

find. You mentioned any statement released today that you will be

working with the infrastructure and education departments on any future

proposals. We have already had a public enquiry. Why won't issues

around the design and art before this? There were a lot of issues,

the main one being the monument and early about the being on a green

zone. Those issues have been resolved and unhappy about that. But

we do need to work harder on this application because it is an

important school and everyone needs to be proud of what we're going to

put on this site. My department will continue to give pre-application

device to infrastructure and I'm very happy that we will come up with

a fantastic building in the future. Thank you. The education Department

have not told me today that they are hopeful a new school could be opened

by 2020. A business in St Peter Port

was raided in connection with money A woman was arrested yesterday

at the offices of Immuno Biotech - which distributed

the unlicensed blood product GC MAF

before it was outlawed - while a man was arrested

at a separate location. Police officers removed a number

of items for further examination. Guernsey's Economic Crime Division

is leading the investigation, The number of drivers caught

speeding in a Jersey village has of a controversial

traffic-calming measure. The speed bump in St Mary has been

criticised for being confusing - Who would've thought a raised bit

of granite could cause such a fuss? This speed bump in St Mary was built

just under two years ago as part So unpopular, it's even been

the victim of vandalism. But could new figures turn it

from victim to hero? Since its completion,

speeding offences in the parish have fallen -

from 155 in 2015 Will that make people

finally warm to the quarter It's a lot of money spent and could

have been done a different way and cost a lot less. The chicane at

Saint Martin's, I would think, is much more effective and much

lacking, confusing. I think it could've been done differently to

achieve better results. It works, but it is a very expensive bit of

work. But the department behind

the work credits the bump with helping reduce the number

of drivers caught speeding. The only way which will

bring it down to zero is active policing, so that's police

being out there as much as possible. That's a stretch for the honoraries

and the States police to do with the size of the island

and the resources they've got, so it takes some pro-active measures

form the drivers themselves. So while it'll take more policing

and a change in driver attitude to end speeding completely,

this bump in the road has helped - even if that hasn't

helped its popularity. Lots of you have been getting

in touch with the BBC today Julie believes it's still a waste

of money and that the number of drivers caught speeding depend

on the number of speed checks the police do

so might not be relevant. Peter simply says the changes

were a waste of money and have Paul however likes the new layout

and that if people didn't speed in the first place they wouldn't

have to use such measures. Finally, Tel is worried

about people on the outskirts of St Helier driving too fast

on country lanes. If you wish to comment on that

or any of our stories you can Guernsey and Jersey's one

pound coins are being The current Guernsey and Jersey

coins will be withdrawn The UK's new 12-sided one pound coin

will be legal tender in the island from March,

but there'll be no You're being encouraged to exchange

your UK and Guernsey or Jersey coins The circulation of Guernsey pound

coins is very small, none have been issued since 2006,

because the people of the islands Part of Jersey's town centre

was cordoned off at lunchtime as nine firefighters dealt

with a fire in the roof above a shop Two crews were called

after staff in a pharmacy and doctor's surgery in the Parade

smelt smoke and the fire The Fire Service said workers

using a blowtorch on the roof at the rear of the building had

accidentally set alight timbers. A tree's been planted to commemorate

protests that helped Campaigners were angry

when People's Park in St Helier was short listed as a possible site

for the island's new hospital. 5000 people signed

a petition against the move. The red oak planting ceremony

was a chance for campaigners to reflect on the

importance of the park. Thank you. Polo. We've had costs of

just over 40 mph from earlier today. That was the effect of storm

from us. The wind continues. -- from us. The wind continues. --

Storm Doris. Tomorrow is around the same, dry and bright with lighter

winds and some and is sunshine at the same time. As the woozy area of

low pressure, here's a ridge of high pressure following. Settling things

down, bringing sunshine back out. That is short lived because there

are more weather front approaching. For Saturday and Sunday, we could

see some thick cloud and outbreaks of rain. At the moment but they

continue to drop through the night, coming in from the north-west, and

temperatures into single figures, temperatures into single figures,

5-6 C is even. Tomorrow, a lot of fine, dry weather with a chance of

is fine, dry, much lighter winds is fine, dry, much lighter winds

down today. The Butcher of around eight Celsius. The forecast, as we

move into next week, things start to cool down. This is money's chart.

The area of low pressure Del Valle thing to the west of Northern

Ireland is calling us down. Eventually, temperatures will drop

from Monday into Tuesday. A risk of a few wintry showers as well.

Saturday and Sunday, mild days. There keep a lot of cloud, winds

from the south-west, 10-11 C is the top temperature. Monday is somewhat

colder, so it could even be colder than that they can we get to

Tuesday. The risk of someone three showers images of no more than than

six Celsius. A bit up and down for the next few days, tomorrow is a

quieter day. Good night. That's your news this Thursday

evening, BBC Radio Guernsey and Jersey will have bulletins

from six tomorrow morning and I'll be back at

6:30 tomorrow night, be much milder. I will leave you

with Thomas Shelter. Good evening. It was quite a day for

some of us. We get these sort of storms every couple of years also.

Difficult to give an exact number, but it was certainly a nasty one.

It's now moving into Holland, Germany, south of Denmark, and it

continues to blow itself out. The winds around coasts were not

particularly spectacular, but the inland winds were unusual, 62 mph in

London. A trail of damage across the UK with trees falling down, mainly

trees, but also other spectacular pictures, frightening but

spectacular. That