:00:11. > :00:15.Good evening. Welcome to the BBC in the Channel Islands. The headlines:
:00:15. > :00:21.50 civil servants are set to lose their jobs as Guernsey's government
:00:21. > :00:24.tries to balance the books. Taking bets as suspended poker site
:00:24. > :00:34.Full Tilt Poker test the resolve of Alderney's Gambling Commission.
:00:34. > :00:42.
:00:42. > :00:49.And I have found a new hide, find 50 civil servants in Guernsey could
:00:49. > :00:52.lose their jobs as the States tried so to save �1.7 million a year. PTC
:00:52. > :00:57.Treasury and Resources wants to centralise services through States
:00:57. > :01:01.departments as part of the savings programme.
:01:01. > :01:05.It was not good news for workers here who were told they could lose
:01:05. > :01:09.their jobs. Treasury and resources want to get rid of 50
:01:09. > :01:14.administration jobs across different departments. It is a
:01:14. > :01:17.money-saving measure designed to save �1.7 million a year.
:01:17. > :01:26.Effectively at in a moment -- effectively at the moment, every
:01:26. > :01:31.department has accounts departments. That in itself is a duplication of
:01:31. > :01:35.effort because we have different systems running that and so on.
:01:35. > :01:39.government estimates it will cost �7.9 million to get rid of the
:01:39. > :01:43.posts which includes redundancy payouts. I asked the minister
:01:43. > :01:47.responsible whether it was value- for-money or a false economy.
:01:47. > :01:52.certainly not a false economy. It will have a five-year payback. If
:01:52. > :01:55.the amount we are going to spend will produce �1.7 million a year of
:01:55. > :01:59.savings and this is the sort of the reform that people have been
:01:59. > :02:04.looking for for a long time. They say that it will cut down on
:02:04. > :02:07.government waste and where possible, the cuts will be realised through
:02:07. > :02:11.natural turnover and redeployment of staff. That will be of little
:02:11. > :02:18.comfort to the workers who could you look -- who could lose their
:02:18. > :02:23.jobs. Politicians will decide on their fate in October.
:02:23. > :02:28.Three teenagers have been arrested following an assault in Jersey. The
:02:28. > :02:31.attack took place near the junction of St Clement Inner Road and Plat
:02:31. > :02:37.Douet in the early hours of Sunday morning. A 22-year-old victim is
:02:37. > :02:40.unconscious but in a stable condition at Southampton Hospital.
:02:40. > :02:43.Postal collections and deliveries in Guernsey may be reduced to five
:02:43. > :02:47.days a week. The cost-saving measure is being proposed by
:02:47. > :02:51.Commerce and Employment and will be debated by the States next month.
:02:51. > :02:54.Guernsey Post is under financial pressure as its income continues to
:02:54. > :02:59.fall. The Croat side in the Charing Cross
:02:59. > :03:04.area of St Helier is getting a �50 million renovation. Some of the
:03:04. > :03:10.buildings date back to 1919 and will include refurbishment, a new
:03:10. > :03:13.retell units and offices. The picture of His Majesty's Voice will
:03:13. > :03:17.also be brought back to its original state. A we are very
:03:17. > :03:23.anxious that we should continue to invest in this area. The whole
:03:23. > :03:30.development is going to cost �15 million. It is a date waste to St
:03:30. > :03:33.Helier. It is one of the pivotal date ways -- gateways. The
:03:33. > :03:39.Architecture will sit very comfortably in of its surroundings
:03:39. > :03:43.and it will give a massive trading boost to the area.
:03:43. > :03:47.A hearing to decide whether to revoke the licence of one of the
:03:47. > :03:51.world's largest online gambling sites will go ahead on Monday. Full
:03:51. > :03:59.Tilt Poker which is registered in Alderney had wanted to postpone the
:03:59. > :04:02.hearing but today the bid fails. At stake on millions of pounds of
:04:03. > :04:07.customers' accounts and the island's gambolling reputation.
:04:07. > :04:13.It dubs itself the world's best online Popat software. This is Full
:04:13. > :04:17.Tilt Poker, an online gambling side registered in Alderney. But it was
:04:17. > :04:21.suspended in June by the Alderney's Gambling Commission after it and
:04:21. > :04:28.others came under a US investigation for money laundering,
:04:28. > :04:32.illegal gambling and bank fraud. We have been investigating. These are
:04:32. > :04:36.serious allegations that the American authorities are making and
:04:36. > :04:40.they go right to the heart of the credibility of not only Full Tilt
:04:40. > :04:45.Poker but all of the companies. hearing to decide whether to
:04:45. > :04:50.restore or revoke Full Tilt Poker's licence permanently is due to take
:04:50. > :04:54.place in London on Monday. To date Alderney's courts decided the
:04:54. > :04:57.hearing will go ahead. At stake is not only Full Tilt Poker's licence
:04:57. > :05:00.but also the credibility of Alderney's Gambling Commission.
:05:00. > :05:04.Gambling companies will be looking at the decision and looking at the
:05:04. > :05:08.reasons for it and studying it quite closely by debate -- when
:05:08. > :05:14.they decide where to locate their business. Other jurisdictions, the
:05:14. > :05:19.Isle of Man, Gibraltar, even places like malt there will be looking at
:05:19. > :05:26.Alderney and finding out how they have dealt with this case and also
:05:26. > :05:30.perhaps seeing if there is any way they could pick up a businesses
:05:30. > :05:33.that may move from Alderney or choose not to be located in
:05:33. > :05:38.Alderney in the future. Also watching will be thousands of poker
:05:38. > :05:42.players around the world who have millions of pounds stuck in Full
:05:42. > :05:50.Tilt Poker accounts. They will be hoping Alderney ensures that they
:05:50. > :05:57.can get access to their money. You are watching the BBC in the
:05:57. > :06:03.Channel Islands. Later, while one man is counting himself lucky after
:06:03. > :06:08.finding a rare death's head hawk moth.
:06:08. > :06:12.Intriguing. Now it is Friday which means one thing, Free Friday. The
:06:12. > :06:16.time of the week when we showcase something on the islands that is
:06:16. > :06:20.free or costs very little. This week is one of the best times to go
:06:20. > :06:30.bird-watching. With a new hide in St Ouen, it is making it even more
:06:30. > :06:41.
:06:42. > :06:45.# Born Free. Let's face it, we all want to go
:06:45. > :06:49.something a bit warmer as the summer comes to an end. You might
:06:49. > :06:55.not be able to leave the islands this weekend, but you can come to
:06:55. > :07:00.St Ouen where there is a new hide poor but watch -- bird-watching.
:07:00. > :07:05.Migrant birds coming to the Channel Islands this year. We can come and
:07:05. > :07:15.watch them come from the warmer climes. This is the best time of
:07:15. > :07:23.
:07:23. > :07:29.year to be bird-watching in Jersey. We can see about 200 feral beasts,
:07:29. > :07:37.mainly greylag geese. They have escaped from private collections.
:07:37. > :07:45.More interestingly, we have got four or five Greenspan Pipers.
:07:45. > :07:50.Other small wading birds, 15 grey herons and about half-an-hour ago,
:07:50. > :07:54.a white egret flew over. I have never seen one of those in Jersey
:07:55. > :07:59.before. Many people might wonder what is so entertaining about bird-
:07:59. > :08:02.watching. How would you sell it to them? It gets you out into the
:08:02. > :08:07.countryside. On a beautiful day like today, where else would you
:08:07. > :08:17.like to be? Lovely and peaceful, no telephones ringing, it is just
:08:17. > :08:22.
:08:22. > :08:26.If you do fancy giving it a go, the new hide is in St Ouen. For more
:08:26. > :08:30.information, get in latch and -- get in touch with the Jersey
:08:30. > :08:36.National Trust. Can you guess with -- can you guess
:08:36. > :08:40.what this is? Any idea? It is a dragon's head of cause and it forms
:08:40. > :08:44.part of this year's Dragon Boat Festival in Jersey. Teams of people
:08:44. > :08:48.in dragon boats will be racing up and down the Albert Pier Harbour to
:08:48. > :08:51.raise money for Jersey Hospice Care. The event has been going for 14
:08:51. > :08:55.years and this number a record number of teams have entered but
:08:55. > :09:00.there is still room for more. would encourage everyone to come
:09:00. > :09:04.down and watch. There will probably be some places on some of the teams
:09:04. > :09:10.so it come down and ask if you want to have a go. There will be food
:09:10. > :09:16.and drink and activities for children, craft stalls, bungee-
:09:16. > :09:21.jumping, loads of going on. Praying for but where there? Everything is
:09:21. > :09:27.crossed for good weather. If it is like today, I will be happy.
:09:27. > :09:30.Whatever the weather does, it will go ahead, rain, shine, winds, we
:09:30. > :09:34.will still be here. Raising money for a great cause.
:09:34. > :09:43.I think she might need to cross her fingers because I do not think it
:09:43. > :09:48.Quite unsettled weather coming our way this weekend. Showers on both
:09:48. > :09:53.Saturday and Sunday. Hopefully, fingers crossed, a bit of sunshine
:09:53. > :09:56.in between the showers. At the moment, an area of low pressure is
:09:56. > :10:00.stretching from Iceland down towards Scotland. The weather front
:10:00. > :10:04.coming in overnight will bring us some more persistent rain overnight.
:10:04. > :10:07.It should be gone by lunchtime tomorrow. Very quickly some more
:10:07. > :10:15.showers will come in. Sharif throughout the day and blustery
:10:15. > :10:21.winds. -- Sharif. Still Wendy on Sunday and still the risk of
:10:21. > :10:26.frequent showers. There may even be heavy showers with the odd rumble
:10:26. > :10:31.of thunder. Overnight, showers and perhaps a more persistent rain near
:10:31. > :10:35.dawn. 15 degrees minimum temperature. A wet start to
:10:35. > :10:42.tomorrow. Some brighter but but but always the risk of showers until
:10:42. > :10:52.the end of the day. Temperatures getting up to 18 degrees and fresh
:10:52. > :11:20.
:11:20. > :11:25.up to strong westerly winds. The Here is the forecast for Sunday.
:11:25. > :11:29.Sharp showers throughout the day. Blustery northwesterly winds.