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Third good evening. Welcome to the BBC in the Channel Islands. To | :00:10. | :00:16. | |
make's top stories: the facts behind the faces. Jersey poss mac | :00:16. | :00:21. | |
census shows a rising population and double the number of unemployed. | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
Across the water, Guernsey boots for proposals to control its | :00:26. | :00:32. | |
population including changes to housing. And the grieving father | :00:32. | :00:42. | |
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If you live in Jersey you will remember filling in a census form | :00:48. | :00:53. | |
in March. The results have been published. The island's population | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
has increased by 10,000 in the past decade. But can you guess how many | :00:59. | :01:07. | |
car and 11 the island? Would it surprise you if I told you | :01:07. | :01:17. | |
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it was edging towards 100,000? 97,000? | :01:17. | :01:23. | |
That is not bad. Do you think too many people are moving here? | :01:23. | :01:33. | |
No, that is not bad. 90,000. Would it surprise you if I | :01:33. | :01:39. | |
said it is 100,000? Or yes! | :01:39. | :01:46. | |
The man in charge says he does not yet know what he will do about it. | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
It is too early to draw conclusions. There are many reasons for people | :01:50. | :01:56. | |
to join our community. Retirement, moving back because of what is | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
happening in the economy elsewhere in the world, until we know the | :02:00. | :02:06. | |
exact details and characteristics underlying these numbers we should | :02:06. | :02:16. | |
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not be drawing conclusions. Let's take a closer look. There are | :02:16. | :02:23. | |
comely 97,857 people living here. - - currently. That is a 10% rise in | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
10 years. The reasons are simple, more berths than deaths and the | :02:28. | :02:38. | |
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rise in immigration. Only 1,300 of the 2569 out of work are registered | :02:39. | :02:45. | |
as unemployed. In the next few weeks more detailed information | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
will be released about the population. Politicians say that | :02:49. | :02:58. | |
then that they can make better plans for the future. | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
Guernsey's open market is open for business. That is the message from | :03:02. | :03:11. | |
the Chief Minister. There were suggestions it could be scrapped as | :03:11. | :03:17. | |
part of the population review. It sent shivers down the spines of | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
estate agents. But a new report could bring relief. There will be | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
changes, but only to return the open market to its original | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
intentions. How does Gells a balance the needs of European human | :03:32. | :03:41. | |
rights, demands of employers car, and an ageing population? Well, | :03:41. | :03:46. | |
there are no easy answers. It is being described by some as the | :03:46. | :03:51. | |
greatest challenge facing the island. It is being worked on by | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
the population Policy Group. It has laid out a framework with a general | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
proposal to take to the States to help steer them in the right | :04:00. | :04:09. | |
direction. A system had originally been proposed of one, for, and | :04:09. | :04:16. | |
seven year permits. But that has changed to one, 5, and eight years. | :04:16. | :04:23. | |
For teachers, say, within for man- years, it would be too costly and | :04:23. | :04:33. | |
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unsettling for our schools. -- for years. We looked then at the long | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
term of licence and decided that it would be appropriate to have a | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
three-year gap. Following unconfirmed claims last | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
year that the population review could abolish the Top End open | :04:48. | :04:54. | |
market, activity has been stagnant. But for estate agents, prospective | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
buyers, and current open market residents, the message of the | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
report is that the open market is open for business. | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
The key message is to re- issue of the overwhelming majority of open | :05:09. | :05:15. | |
market owners and residence that their status will be unaffected. -- | :05:15. | :05:23. | |
reassure. There is a narrow way there - malty occupancy dwellings - | :05:23. | :05:31. | |
covered by unrelated adults, it is a small part of the register. | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
What happens next? There is only one recommendation for the states | :05:35. | :05:39. | |
to vote on in January. That is Regards replacing the current | :05:39. | :05:45. | |
housing control with a new regime. The proposals will not go before | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
the States for another 12 months. - - current proposals. And even then | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
things are not guaranteed as residents have three options, | :05:54. | :06:01. | |
accept, reject, or abstain. The father of a Guernsey cyclist | :06:01. | :06:07. | |
killed on London on Saturday is coming -- calling for a review of | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
cycling safety. Conservative Members yesterday walked out over a | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
separate issue. The death brings the number of cyclists killed on | :06:18. | :06:24. | |
the roads of the capital of the sea here have to 16. Ellie Carey was | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
today described as a caring and compassionate doctor. She had | :06:27. | :06:37. | |
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everything to live for at 22 years old. -- caring and compassionate | :06:38. | :06:47. | |
daughter. She was a very keen cyclist and | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
environmentalist. She was studying International Development in London. | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
She wanted to work for charities and aid agencies elsewhere in the | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
world. She was caring and compassionate. We all loved her | :07:01. | :07:09. | |
delay. We're totally devastated. Allister Carey is now calling for | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
an urgent review of cycling safety in the capital after a debate was | :07:13. | :07:19. | |
abandoned by politicians on the London Assembly yesterday. | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
In their hearts I suspect they want to take it seriously but in reality | :07:23. | :07:28. | |
it does not feature as highly as it should. I find that sad and | :07:28. | :07:33. | |
distressing. I think policy should be re- addressed and dealt with | :07:33. | :07:41. | |
urgently. Not in 24 team. Meanwhile tributes have been | :07:41. | :07:46. | |
pouring in from those who knew and loved her. A man has been arrested | :07:46. | :07:49. | |
on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He has been | :07:49. | :07:56. | |
bailed until January. Uncertainty surrounding the Euro | :07:56. | :08:02. | |
zone has been blamed for a multi- billion pound fall in chairs a's | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
investment fund business. There was a drop of �3.4 billion in the last | :08:07. | :08:17. | |
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quarter. -- jersey's investment You are watching the BBC and | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
Channel Islands. Coming up in Spotlight: the mother of a boy with | :08:26. | :08:36. | |
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Asperger's who has launched a The former head of the British Army, | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
General Lord Dannatt, has encouraged Channel Islands | :08:42. | :08:47. | |
youngsters have to consider a career with the armed forces. He | :08:47. | :08:53. | |
will be speaking about his 40 year career in the army for a soldiers | :08:53. | :08:58. | |
charity. He says that although soldiering has changed a great deal | :08:58. | :09:04. | |
he believes it is a good career. I would advise Channel Islanders to | :09:04. | :09:12. | |
take seriously -- think seriously about it. They are large, focused | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
organisations. What individuals it can be a challenging and satisfying | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
career. I would definitely recommend it either as an auction | :09:20. | :09:26. | |
for a few years or they could be a. A shop opened in the Jersey today | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
to raise money for charity over Christmas. It is already proving | :09:31. | :09:37. | |
popular. We sent our reporter to film these pictures. All the money | :09:37. | :09:44. | |
raised is going to Jersey Hospice. People are very intrigued. Things | :09:44. | :09:49. | |
are flying out the door. It takes �6,000 per day to run the hospice | :09:49. | :09:59. | |
services. So all the money goes And now the weather. We have some | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
wet-weather across the Channel Islands this evening. The rain will | :10:03. | :10:06. | |
peter out but it will take all night before it finally moves out | :10:06. | :10:14. | |
the way and the risk of heavier bursts are also there. Also windy | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
with winds of beating West Dudley. This active weather system is | :10:19. | :10:29. | |
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coming in. -- wins heading West Dudley. -- westerly. Saturday will | :10:38. | :10:45. | |
be the best day, with fine weather, although a chilly start. Some rain | :10:45. | :10:50. | |
the seedling it overnight. Overnight temperatures will be no | :10:50. | :10:58. | |
law than seven or eight degrees. We will lose their showers throughout | :10:58. | :11:07. | |
the morning and it will brighten up with sunny spells on the afternoon. | :11:07. | :11:15. | |
Dry and bright, less windy, but a cold or feel. The coastal waters | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
are forecast - mainly fair with a risk of showers and generally good | :11:20. | :11:30. | |
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visibility. Here are the high water times. It looks like we will see | :11:31. | :11:35. | |
some big waves. There are likely to remain that way until the end of | :11:35. | :11:42. | |
the day tomorrow. The forecast for Saturday, bright and dry. Clouding | :11:43. | :11:48. |