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Good evening. Tonight's headlines: Illegal and unfair, our | :00:12. | :00:16. | |
Government's argument against a UK rolling threatening thousands of | :00:16. | :00:22. | |
local jobs. A danger on the road-it should | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
older drivers be forced to retake their test? | :00:26. | :00:30. | |
And we followed charity soup makers from the kitchen to the paper cup. | :00:30. | :00:40. | |
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If helping make Christmas Mary for -- cheerful for others. | :00:43. | :00:47. | |
The Channel Islands fightback starts here. That is the message | :00:47. | :00:50. | |
from Jersey and Guernsey's governments who are determined to | :00:50. | :00:55. | |
appeal the decision by the UK Government to scrap tax relief on | :00:55. | :01:02. | |
products shoulder from the Channel Islands. -- sold. | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
In a moment, we will speak to Jersey's economic Development | :01:06. | :01:12. | |
Minister about the island's plan of attack. | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
Fulfilment is big business in the Channel Islands including 1700 | :01:16. | :01:20. | |
people. That is where our governments are worried. | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
Politicians businesses and lawyers are considering if a legal | :01:24. | :01:28. | |
challenge can be mounted. It is based on the claim that the Channel | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
Islands are being discriminated against because other non EU | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
importers into the UK such as Switzerland, Hong Kong and the USA | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
still would have to pay VAT. Local companies say they are being | :01:40. | :01:46. | |
unfairly disadvantaged in the UK market. That is the legal argument | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
and if all else fails, we will have to encourage companies to adapt. | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
They have been investigating whether Jersey Post can reduce | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
costs so online companies can stay competitive on price. They are | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
pointing up a business has to look at new are underdeveloped markets | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
in France and other European countries. If fulfillment | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
businesses close, local workers will be taken on hopefully in other | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
areas like hospitality. But there is no guarantees. | :02:17. | :02:22. | |
If the minister in charge of Jersey's side of the challenge is | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
Senator Alan Maclean and he is here now. How worried argue about the | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
prospect of up to 1000 new claimants of income support? This | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
is very much a human story and there are large number of people | :02:37. | :02:43. | |
that are going to be effected, potentially by this move. If this | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
is similar to the EU making a decision to make three-quarters of | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
a million people in the UK potentially out of work and | :02:52. | :02:59. | |
unemployed, it is a serious issue. We are not there yet. Will there be | :02:59. | :03:07. | |
a legal challenge of some sort? have sought advice and the draft | :03:07. | :03:12. | |
legislation has only just gone out today. That will be reviewed as | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
well by Alan legal team and we will consider the results of that next | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
week. -- Al Gore legal team. We will decide what action is taken | :03:21. | :03:26. | |
after that. This idea that the Channel Islands is being | :03:26. | :03:32. | |
discriminated against, are there precedence out there that will show | :03:32. | :03:37. | |
we can prove anything or is there evidence that we can Gabba? How | :03:37. | :03:44. | |
likely are you to succeed? -- gather. There is evidence that it | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
will be difficult for the UK to prove market distortion which is | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
what the primary plank of their case seems to be. There is products | :03:53. | :03:59. | |
being imported into the UK from all over the world and the suggestion | :03:59. | :04:01. | |
that Jersey or Guernsey or the Channel Islands are the only | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
problem, is not true. What is your message to any viewers who might be | :04:06. | :04:12. | |
worried about their jobs? We are going to continue to work hard and | :04:12. | :04:17. | |
do what we can to protect jobs and businesses. There are avenues open | :04:17. | :04:22. | |
to us and once we have got the details, we will make a decision | :04:22. | :04:24. | |
and the council ministers will meet next week and we will take whatever | :04:24. | :04:30. | |
action to protect the businesses and jobs. I am sure we will speak | :04:30. | :04:36. | |
to you next week. For more on this story, tune into | :04:36. | :04:42. | |
BBC Radio Jersey and Guernsey from 9am on Thursday morning. We have a | :04:42. | :04:52. | |
phone in special. We will be taking a questions on the VAT issue. Roger | :04:52. | :05:02. | |
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Palmer will be getting -- -- a Roger Bara will be getting involved. | :05:04. | :05:10. | |
Now, should test as -- elderly people be retested before they | :05:10. | :05:15. | |
drive on the roads? One out of nearly half a dozen | :05:15. | :05:21. | |
crashes in recent weeks. This one involved an older driver who drove | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
across the road and into a shop on the seafront. Luckily no one was | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
seriously hurt but Guernsey Police are worried about the recent trends | :05:29. | :05:37. | |
they have been seeing. If we have seen four in the last month. Do we | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
need to enhance what we do in assessing the more elderly driver? | :05:41. | :05:48. | |
I am meeting with the environment at the end of the week. Should we | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
introduce some basic driver checks to make sure they still have the | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
ability to have the general awareness and the road sense to be | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
driving? Jersey police may have identified a programme which they | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
are keen to sort out but is re- testing Allesley drivers the best | :06:05. | :06:13. | |
way to do it? -- elderly drivers. This driver instructor, who from | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
years of experience, says it is not just age that can make a bad drive | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
and it would be unfair to discriminate in this way. Most | :06:22. | :06:28. | |
elderly drivers are safe. They go too slowly for most people's | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
likings. I don't think you can just look at elderly drivers in | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
isolation. There is a lot of bad driving on this island. The police | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
may plan to meet with environment to discuss the issue but with the | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
Department already saying it has no plans to change the rules, it will | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
be up to officers to convince them they would be best to stop | :06:49. | :06:55. | |
accidents like this happening. One of Guernsey's busiest roads was | :06:55. | :07:00. | |
gridlocked today after a five car smash. It took place this afternoon | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
gave a coastal road between St Peter Port and St Sampsons. | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
A man who involved his 11 year-old son in importing up to �30,000 of | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
cannabis into Guernsey has been jailed for three years and nine | :07:14. | :07:19. | |
months. The 46 year-old from Southampton admitted the offence. | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
He and his son arrived on the island in the July. They found he | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
was carrying a package containing three bars of cannabis resin and | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
another package was found in his son's clothes. | :07:32. | :07:38. | |
Around 200 parking spaces at North Beach will go to replace harbour | :07:38. | :07:44. | |
cranes. They want to use the eastern end to complete the project. | :07:44. | :07:49. | |
They hope to make up some of that loss by using special permit places | :07:49. | :07:55. | |
around the port. Winter has finally arrived in our | :07:55. | :08:01. | |
islands. What better way to warm-up than with a nice bowl of soup. | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
Dozens of islanders have been doing that today and the annual charity | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
soup sales have been getting underway. Rustling up a lunch takes | :08:12. | :08:18. | |
time, inspiration and hard work. Super preparations started early | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
here at Jersey College for Girls. Pupils were busy cooking a variety | :08:22. | :08:31. | |
of winter warmers yesterday. There is lamb stock, carrot, celery, | :08:31. | :08:37. | |
Swede and vegetables. It counts as part of an hour course and it is | :08:37. | :08:43. | |
nice to help people by doing something we enjoy. It is rewarding. | :08:43. | :08:49. | |
It will be a good feeling to see everyone. It is a good experience. | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
This morning, their creations seemed to go down well with punters | :08:53. | :08:59. | |
here in the Royal Square. It seems to be going well. They like the | :08:59. | :09:06. | |
Scotch broth. It is half empty. It has been non-stop. Of course the | :09:06. | :09:11. | |
girls were not the only ones selling soup. There were dozens of | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
stalls and punters and it was all for charity. People don't realise | :09:16. | :09:23. | |
how much is involved. Without all those people, it wouldn't happen. | :09:23. | :09:27. | |
Everything is donated or sponsored so every penny that goes in the job | :09:27. | :09:32. | |
goes where it is needed. These scenes were taking place in | :09:32. | :09:37. | |
Guernsey where a soup kitchen took place for charity. Certainly | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
judging from the smiles of satisfaction, today has been a | :09:41. | :09:48. | |
super event! You might be needing some soup | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
tomorrow because the cold weather is going to stay. Now a look at the | :09:52. | :10:02. | |
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It is not going to be as cold as last night but we will see some | :10:02. | :10:08. | |
shower started around. Tomorrow, it is more of the same. We have | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
brighter skies and more chance to see some sunshine. We have a couple | :10:12. | :10:17. | |
of weather systems coming in from the north-west. The cold front will | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
move in tomorrow morning. After lunch tomorrow, we should see some | :10:22. | :10:26. | |
sunny spells. There is more wet weather coming in as we move | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
towards the end of the day tomorrow and overnight into Thursday, we | :10:31. | :10:38. | |
become windy and milder. This evening and overnight tonight, we | :10:38. | :10:44. | |
have these weather systems keeping it cloudy and damp at times. It is | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
quite breezy and milder than it has been. Tomorrow, we have those | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
showers in the morning but they will fade away in the afternoon. It | :10:53. | :10:59. | |
should brighten up and we will see some warm spells. There is still a | :10:59. | :11:07. | |
brisk wind that would be bring -- with as all day. There is a risk of | :11:07. | :11:17. | |
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