:00:31. > :00:35.Love it or hate it, Guernsey's finance industry is an essential
:00:35. > :00:41.part of the Island's economy. Development will ensure that
:00:42. > :00:45.remains the case. We are absolutely where we should be. We are at the
:00:45. > :00:54.cutting edge of regulation, and with the transparency we have
:00:54. > :00:59.signed up to, we are considered internationally to be one of the
:00:59. > :01:04.best jurisdictions on the planet. That is very good for the future.
:01:04. > :01:10.With Guernsey's mail order industry under threat, there will be
:01:10. > :01:17.challenges. That is not the only one. Is it is not about us. It is
:01:17. > :01:22.about the eurozone. For us, are a strong UK economy is fundamentally
:01:22. > :01:25.important to our prosperity. The sooner the UK and returns to
:01:25. > :01:32.significant levels of grip, the better. It but on a local level,
:01:32. > :01:34.the issue is that of the April general elections.
:01:34. > :01:37.The police are growing increasingly concerned about a missing woman
:01:37. > :01:43.from Jersey. 31-year-old Margarida Nascimento de Ascensao, who lives
:01:43. > :01:46.in St Saviour's Road, hasn't been seen for nearly two weeks. Officers
:01:46. > :01:49.are asking Islanders to check outbuildings or sheds.
:01:49. > :01:54.Women using community contraception clinics in Jersey will have to pay
:01:54. > :01:58.more. Charges for many who use the service - here at Le Bas - will
:01:58. > :02:02.rise by �5-8. But for those requiring more expensive forms of
:02:03. > :02:07.contraception, they will rise by about 50%. The health service is
:02:07. > :02:09.blaming budget cuts for the decision.
:02:09. > :02:13.Campaigners want Jersey's community AND government to buy the headland
:02:13. > :02:16.and former holiday camp at Plemont. The National Trust wants to return
:02:16. > :02:26.it to its natural state. The charity already has �1.6 million
:02:26. > :02:30.for the project but needs a lot more.
:02:30. > :02:34.As the year draws to a close, we are taking a look back at what has
:02:34. > :02:44.made the news in 2011. Clare Burton continues to take us through the
:02:44. > :02:47.
:02:47. > :02:57.highs and lows of the past year. We pick up the story of 2011 in May,
:02:57. > :03:03.and Guernsey's Royal Court. Philip Burton -- Filipe Burton received
:03:03. > :03:13.three life sentences. That was reduced to 12 years in prison.
:03:13. > :03:14.
:03:14. > :03:21.The goods and services tax went up from three have and 5%. -- 3-5.
:03:21. > :03:27.In June, Alderney collected a new President. I understand the
:03:27. > :03:34.problems of business. I look forward to using my people skills
:03:34. > :03:38.in helping the States and the people of Alderney. Antique rail
:03:38. > :03:45.protesters descended as the International Whaling Commission
:03:45. > :03:49.held its annual conference. Meanwhile, over in Guernsey, 40
:03:49. > :03:56.life-size fibreglass donkey's popped up around the Island. They
:03:56. > :04:01.were later auctioned off, at raising �58,000.
:04:01. > :04:06.Want to August, and a brave Jersey teenager fought off a polar bear
:04:06. > :04:16.that killed his friend. 16 Europe Patrick was a fishing expedition to
:04:16. > :04:19.
:04:19. > :04:29.the Arctic. I remembered the prayer -- bear. Everyone was screaming. I
:04:29. > :04:30.
:04:30. > :04:37.saw people are very scared. Then, he grabbed my arm and a tip. I
:04:37. > :04:43.punched it to get it off me. A later this month, a shocking
:04:43. > :04:53.crime rocked Joseph. Won this St Helier Street, six people were
:04:53. > :04:53.
:04:53. > :04:59.stabbed to death. All six victims were Polish. Jersey police had to
:04:59. > :05:04.appeal for calm. Such an incident will raise a penchant locally, and
:05:04. > :05:07.I would appeal to everyone to him remain calm and dignified, and my
:05:08. > :05:14.officers to continue with a complex, demanding and difficult
:05:14. > :05:18.investigation. 30-year-old Damian Rzeszowski was charged with the
:05:18. > :05:23.sixth murders. Mass services were held for the
:05:23. > :05:26.victims and attended by hundreds of mourners. The whole community is
:05:26. > :05:30.rallying together, and we want to show our support for the family and
:05:30. > :05:37.friends of those who have lost their lives.
:05:37. > :05:44.Tragedy stuck -- struck in Guernsey as a laughing woman was found death.
:05:44. > :05:49.August also brought some of festivals. Alderney Week got things
:05:49. > :05:56.started with a raft race, and then the battle of the flowers time. And
:05:56. > :06:02.it did at rain! For his second year in the world, St Clements took the
:06:02. > :06:06.prize. Not forgetting don't do's battle of
:06:06. > :06:13.flowers. Crowds flocked to the show, in its 89 the year.
:06:13. > :06:18.This summer, at the age of 70, this don't seem and became the oldest
:06:18. > :06:28.person to swim the English Channel. He raised thousands of pounds for a
:06:28. > :06:32.
:06:32. > :06:42.cancer charity. I feel very happy to have done it. Most things are
:06:42. > :06:46.
:06:46. > :06:51.hurting. Some wet weather on its way per
:06:51. > :06:56.tonight. Showers around at first, and then later on tonight, we will
:06:56. > :07:04.see this band of rain arriving from the West. Still quite breezy as
:07:04. > :07:12.well, with a brisk, north-westerly wind. By 5am, temperatures around
:07:12. > :07:15.nine it degrees. A wet start to the day. Heavy rain for a time. The
:07:15. > :07:22.rain starts to ease during the second half of the day, but still
:07:22. > :07:29.quite wet fog the afternoon. Up to 11 degrees Celsius. But still quite
:07:29. > :07:32.breezy. For the New year's weekend, Saturday, things remain mild, it
:07:32. > :07:39.just a whisker of sunlight rain, and by Sunday, in other weather