06/03/2017 Channel Islands News

for missing pensioner Valerie Jehan in Jersey.

The police say the chances of finding her alive are slim.

The hypothesis at this time is that something has happened to Bowery,

some accident or misadventure. -- to Bowery. -- Valerie.

Good evening and welcome to the late news

from BBC Channel Islands. I'm Alison Moss.

Also tonight: The row crossing the Channel

between park home residents and their Guernsey-based owner.

The search will resume in the morning

for a missing 75-year-old woman in Jersey.

at Devil's Hole on Friday - after telling her family

After three days of searching the police

admit the chances of finding her alive are slim.

It's day four, and Jersey Police have widened their search area,

scouring fields near Devil's Hole for any signs of Valerie Jehan.

Officers believe her mobile phone is still in this area.

But, so far, no trace of the 75-year-old has been found,

and there hasn't been a single sighting of her.

Because we've had no other sightings or information to go on,

our hypothesis at this time is that something has happened to Valerie

very soon after she got off the bus, otherwise we would have expected

Valerie can be seen here on a bus from West Park to Devil's Hole

She checked the destination with the driver as she boarded.

And had told her family she was going for a walk.

She got off the bus in the pub car park just behind me,

and then walked up these steps, heading to the main road.

But from here there are several routes she may have taken,

including the coastal path or even back the way she came.

Throughout the weekend, searches were carried out

Both a light aircraft and a helicopter were used

to look for Valerie, while a drone was also put up

But it's now been more than 72 hours since she went missing.

Given that we have a 75-year-old lady in a difficult environment,

on the north coast, and given the horrendous weather

we've had over the weekend, after you get past that 72-hour

limit, then the chances of finding her alive continue

Officers are urging anyone who was in the area between

12 and 6pm on Friday to come forward.

Jessica Banham, BBC Channel Islands News, Jersey.

A 72-year-old Alderney resident has died

after crashing his toboggan on the Cresta Run in Switzerland.

Ralph Hubbard had successfully completed

the notoriously dangerous descent many times before.

Toboganners can reach speeds of up to 80 mph on the run.

Mr Hubbard's eldest son has described his father

as an adventurer who lived life to the full.

A Guernsey based businessman is being accused of unfair practices

by dozens of mobile park home residents in the UK.

They say they're being exploited because of special terms

in contracts signed by Barry Weir, who lives in St Peter Port.

But he insists it's nothing to do with him.

She lives on Marigold Park in Bognor Regis.

One of six parks owned by Silver Lakes

Property Investments Limited which is co-owned

and run by this man, Barry Weir.

In the UK, park home residents own their home

They pay a pitch fee to cover the upkeep of communal areas.

However, here at Marigold, residents like Rose

are constantly being hit with extra charges.

Sometimes I could sit here and cry, what have

We have heard from dozens of people living across all six parks

and they are having the same problems as Rose.

That's because Barry Weir's contracts contain

unique clauses that some MPs say are unfair.

It is clear some park home residents are being exploited by intimidation,

bullying, costs, fees which are not justified.

Here in West Sussex, they pay one of the highest pitch fees in

Yet they still have to pay for the communal upkeep

You get a letter to say you owe this money.

Being as my husband is quite ill come he doesn't want any worry,

We wanted to put our allegations to Barry Weir directly

but we kept being told the parks were nothing to do with him.

Can I ask you about the contracts you have

between yourself and the residents of your mobile park homes?

The lease, the freehold land is owned by

Silver Lakes property investments of which I am a director.

It is leased to a company who have the contracts.

I am sorry, I am going home, goodbye everybody.

There we go, Barry Weir, the man who has nothing to do

whatsoever with those mobile park homes.

The number of holiday makers visiting Jersey has increased

Last year more than 350,000 visitors stayed on the island -

But the there was a drop in day-trippers

Earlier, the Chief Executive of Visit Jersey explained

The flights between Guernsey and Jersey were down 18%,

and uncertainty in France, a combination wide those visitors

A certain area you would like to see grow, and will you have discussions

with the transport industry to get those places back? Will working now

with French Condor, we are seeing bookings already ahead of last year

from France with the French visitors coming for a stable leisure visit as

opposed to a day visit. And we need to be working harder to tell our

story out there in France. In Germany we saw 6% growth last year.

I am in Germany tomorrow. We are meeting lots of cool operators to

continue growing the market in 2017. -- tour operators. Is this a trend

that you see increasing? We've had a three-year increase. It is the best

for five years. This is where we concentrate our efforts as the

tourist board in Jersey, our main tourist board in Jersey, our

effort is to get tourists to come effort is to get tourists to come

here and contribute to what we call the visitor economy. It is a

reflection of all the hard work that reflection of all the hard work

many people are doing in Jersey. many people are doing in Jersey.

took a big step last year when you took a big step last year when you

went digital only. The visit Jersey campaign was very different. Are you

seeing any results from that? In terms of visits to the website we

are seeing 80% plus growth from the UK, for example. That is phenomenal.

But what are they doing on the website? We see over 100,000

referrals from the visit Jersey website through to our island

suppliers, hotel companies etc. So they are getting increasingly large

amounts of potential business flowing through to them. And indeed,

digital is the main, but we're still working when what is called

traditional media. We're still putting adverts in local newspapers

with various partners around the UK. What we have done is that we have

put the emphasis into digital. Let's take a look at

the weather with David Braine. Good evening. Some slightly less

cold air heading our way. By the end of the day, we will see temperatures

back up to 13, possibly 14 Celsius. At the moment we have some

relatively cold air are still across oss, by the end of tomorrow we will

see some rain turn up. This weather is unsettled but it is milder with

some rain forecast. The first of those changes with this warm front

arriving later in the day tomorrow. Making erratic progress, eventually

bringing rain and higher temperatures. The air is now coming

from down here towards the Azores. Slightly warmer air heading our way

over the next few days. In witness the afternoon it will be a bit

brighter. Maybe briefly some sunshine. Then more drizzle and low

cloud appearing on Thursday into Friday. But the source of the air is

much further south so hopefully, we will see higher temperatures.

Overnight tonight, we will see still quite chilly conditions with that

brisk north-westerly wind fading by the morning with six Celsius the

minimum temperature. And tomorrow we expect to see some hazy sunshine but

by the end of the morning sun spots of Brazil, becoming more widespread

and heavier by the end of the afternoon. Brisk southerly winds

with temperatures back into double figures. The source of the warm air

is down the above Spain and Portugal. At least those

temperatures rise as some of that this drag across oss. We will find

those temperatures rising as we head through to the end of the week.

night. That's all the news for this night. That's all the news for this

Monday night. Your next news Billiton is at 6am from radio Jersey

and radio Guernsey. We're back tomorrow night at 6:30pm. Until

then, it's good night from me. cool, it will be windy at times as

well and still rather unsettled with some blustery showers around. That's

the London forecast and now for the National forecast, over to Nick

Miller. North-west France and Plymouth were

miles apart weather-wise. This southern flank in north-west France

there was a wind gusts of 120 mph which we just dodged. That area of

low pressure continues to move quickly south-eastwards so that by

tomorrow it is in Italy on its southern flank, stormy in Sardinia

and around it strong winds blowing through south-east France. We've got

a little bump in the ice bars with lighter winds, a brief ridge of high

pressure, things briefly settled going into tomorrow, overnight there

are some showers around moving through western Scotland and

north-west England and the Midlands, clearing Wales, one or two in the

east, the North Sea tip of high pressure, things briefly settled

going into tomorrow, overnight there are some showers around moving

through western Scotland and north-west England and the Midlands,

clearing