:00:15. > :00:19.Good evening and welcome to the news in the Channel Isles.
:00:19. > :00:24.Repasts football manager has resigned. He now wants to focus on
:00:24. > :00:30.managing the Guernsey at seat in the UK combined county league -- of
:00:30. > :00:34.the Guernsey FC manager. He led the top Guernsey team to
:00:34. > :00:40.victory and have won the League Cup going on to represent England in
:00:40. > :00:45.Croatia. We are going to Croatia. By now the manager Tony Vance has
:00:45. > :00:49.quit and will focus on the newest team on the island, Guernsey at sea,
:00:49. > :00:53.which he feels he will not get the support needed. -- Guernsey FC.
:00:53. > :00:57.There are certain things that happen and I don't think the
:00:57. > :00:59.support is there. My job is to develop the footballers and win
:00:59. > :01:07.football matches and there are certain things that are hindering
:01:07. > :01:10.that. And I had to make a difficult decision. I thought it was
:01:10. > :01:15.detrimental to football when Roy was brought in, and I can believe
:01:15. > :01:18.it. It means the players could have to choose between plain between the
:01:19. > :01:23.two and was Tony does not agree with it, it has not been an easy
:01:23. > :01:26.decision for him to stand down. means so much to me. It's the
:01:26. > :01:31.biggest event in the Channel Island sporting calendar and has a lot of
:01:31. > :01:39.history and it will always remain that way. Just because g f c are
:01:39. > :01:43.doing well it doesn't mean there for the original won't be the best.
:01:43. > :01:48.So come the next league, instead of picking the team, he will be
:01:48. > :01:58.cheering from the stands. The first sign that the focus is shifting
:01:58. > :02:08.
:02:08. > :02:13.away from local football to the Jersey was busying Christmas this
:02:13. > :02:16.period than 2010. The social network site Facebook has finally
:02:16. > :02:20.recognised Jersey. The website, which helps people chat whether
:02:20. > :02:25.they are in the world, recognise Guernsey last month. They had been
:02:25. > :02:33.strong calls for it to acknowledge the Channel Islands. Users can now
:02:33. > :02:37.set Jersey as a home town or a location. This is our last
:02:37. > :02:41.programme of the year, so time to take a look at the news which has
:02:41. > :02:51.defined the island over the last year. The final part of Clare
:02:51. > :02:55.
:02:55. > :03:00.Let's start our review of the autumn with sunshine and showbiz at
:03:00. > :03:10.the Jersey Live music festival. Over 10,000 revellers soaked up the
:03:10. > :03:17.
:03:17. > :03:21.sun and refreshments and enjoyed But there was no sunshine, just
:03:21. > :03:24.thick fog, cloud and rain on the Battle of Britain day later,
:03:24. > :03:28.causing both the air displays to be cancelled for the first time in
:03:28. > :03:32.living memory. It is a shame because everybody comes down to see
:03:33. > :03:37.it and it is such a well organised event and part of the year.
:03:37. > :03:40.happens, doesn't it? You can only blame the weather. Darkness
:03:40. > :03:43.repeatedly fell on Jersey and Guernsey at the end of September as
:03:43. > :03:48.French power surges left the island without electricity for hours on
:03:48. > :03:52.end. Electricity bosses he admitted there was little they could to
:03:52. > :03:59.until a third undersea cable is built to secure the supply, but
:03:59. > :04:02.that will take years. Let's bring you on back to Guernsey airport, as
:04:02. > :04:07.final planning and environmental approval for the Loch -- runway was
:04:07. > :04:11.granted in October. The project will cost over �80 million and take
:04:11. > :04:20.about two years, but the lobby against it may try and block it.
:04:20. > :04:23.The next stage will be to call for a judicial review on whether or not
:04:23. > :04:28.the environment department board was entitled to approve the scheme.
:04:28. > :04:33.Joe as he went to the polls in October to elect senators and
:04:33. > :04:39.deputies and constables on the same day -- jersey went to the polls. 29
:04:40. > :04:45.sitting members were returned and we got 16 new members. The turnout
:04:45. > :04:51.was 45 %. A month later a new chief minister was elected. His new
:04:51. > :04:54.Council of Ministers remains largely unchanged from the last one
:04:54. > :05:01.as the Treasury and home affairs remain the same and the deputy is
:05:01. > :05:04.in hell. I am very excited and I like to get things done and achieve
:05:04. > :05:08.an not sit around talking, although we are all members of the
:05:08. > :05:12.legislature, so we do have to discuss and debate issues, but the
:05:12. > :05:16.important thing is achieving on behalf of the community. The big
:05:16. > :05:21.economic shock of the last few months of was that the UK is
:05:21. > :05:26.scrapping tax relief on products sent from the Channel Islands.
:05:26. > :05:29.Online shopping for film and businesses employ around 1,700
:05:30. > :05:34.people across the islands and the postal services rely on the package
:05:34. > :05:38.business to keep going. Politicians and businesses are considering a
:05:38. > :05:43.legal challenge against the decision but they say is
:05:43. > :05:47.discriminating against our islands. There are significant amounts of
:05:47. > :05:51.drugs coming in from the UK all over the world and the suggestion -
:05:51. > :05:56.- acidic -- significant amounts of products. The suggestion that we
:05:56. > :05:59.are the only ones is not true. to our favourite topic, the weather,
:05:59. > :06:05.and we had the mildest October on record in the Channel Islands with
:06:05. > :06:10.beach go sizzling in 27 degrees on the first of their -- 1st October.
:06:10. > :06:14.Jersey had 75 % rest -- less rain than usual and even the reservoirs
:06:14. > :06:24.were severely depleted, so they started turning sea water into
:06:24. > :06:25.
:06:25. > :06:29.But in December the rain came back, and with it winds of up to 70 mph
:06:29. > :06:32.battered the island. Also this month we learned that the
:06:32. > :06:37.population of Jersey is now close to 100,000 with nearly 98,000
:06:37. > :06:47.people registered on the latest census. That is 10 % up on 10 years
:06:47. > :06:52.
:06:52. > :06:55.As Claire said, our favourite topic. After the cloud and rain we are
:06:55. > :06:57.going to keep hold of the cloud going to keep hold of the cloud
:06:57. > :07:03.over night. And it is all because of the weather system, the warm
:07:03. > :07:06.weather brought -- bringing in the rain and we are sandwiched between
:07:06. > :07:10.the weather front so a good deal of cloud over night. That will keep
:07:10. > :07:15.temperatures overnight and will also be thick enough for a few
:07:15. > :07:19.spots of patchy light rain or drizzle. Then towards dawn tomorrow,
:07:19. > :07:24.so extensive foggy is forming with temperatures tonight no lower than
:07:24. > :07:28.10 or 11 degrees. The fog taking a little while to clear tomorrow and
:07:28. > :07:31.it should eventually go later tomorrow afternoon. It stays cloudy
:07:31. > :07:35.and great and the temperatures tomorrow are mild at around 13
:07:35. > :07:40.Celsius, although feeling a little caller with a brisk walk south-
:07:40. > :07:42.westerly wind. As we head through the new year weekend it tends to