:00:15. > :00:19.Are top storey comes from the High Court in London: Join me from
:00:19. > :00:25.London's High Court for the latest on Guernsey and Jersey's legal
:00:25. > :00:29.campaign to try to save tax relief. In the Channel Islands: Smoke-free
:00:30. > :00:33.zone - no more lighting up for those who are locked up. Life in
:00:33. > :00:43.the fast lane - the local teenager had been for international swimming
:00:43. > :00:48.
:00:48. > :00:51.Good evening. The British government stood its ground in
:00:51. > :00:53.London's High Court today, reaffirming its decision to scrap
:00:53. > :00:56.Low Value Consignment Relief for Channel Island companies. Yesterday,
:00:56. > :01:04.both Guernsey and Jersey outlined their legal challenges to the move.
:01:04. > :01:09.Penny Elderfield was at the hearing and sent this report.
:01:09. > :01:11.That report in a moment. First: A man has appeared in Guernsey's
:01:11. > :01:14.Magistrates Court charged with indecently assaulting two young
:01:14. > :01:17.girls. Jose Felix Alvarez, seen here wearing jeans arriving at
:01:17. > :01:21.court this morning, is from St Peter Port. The 47-year-old is
:01:21. > :01:25.alleged to have carried out the assaults in the island during the
:01:25. > :01:29.'90s. It's claimed the girls were under 12 years old at the time. Mr
:01:29. > :01:33.Alvarez is due to re-appear at the Royal Court on 12th April.
:01:33. > :01:36.Guernsey's Health Authorities say they still don't know what caused a
:01:36. > :01:38.case of legionella bacteria in the water supply of the island's
:01:38. > :01:42.hospital. This is despite successful heat treatment over the
:01:42. > :01:45.past two months. While the latest test results are clear for the
:01:45. > :01:48.clinical block, one sample still showed a small amount of the
:01:48. > :01:52.bacteria. The age of the building and the complexity of the water
:01:52. > :01:54.system is being blamed. High pressure interference is being
:01:54. > :01:57.blamed for problems with the Freeview television service in the
:01:57. > :02:01.Channel islands. Many viewers have reported difficulties receiving BBC
:02:01. > :02:05.TV channels. The same problem has also been reported in mid-Wales and
:02:05. > :02:09.southwest Scotland. A spokesman for the BBC's Reception Advice service
:02:09. > :02:12.says they are trying to find a solution to the problem, but in the
:02:12. > :02:14.meantime they're apologising for the disruption.
:02:15. > :02:18.The head of the Channel Islands Competition Regulatory Authority is
:02:18. > :02:21.stepping down. John Curran has been in charge of Guernsey's office of
:02:21. > :02:31.utility regulation since 2005 and Jersey's Competition body since
:02:31. > :02:35.
:02:35. > :02:40.It is national no-smoking day to day and from now, people are no
:02:40. > :02:45.longer allowed to smoke in or around disease hospitals or in or
:02:45. > :02:47.around police custody areas. People will be offered nicotine
:02:47. > :02:57.replacements or will have to discharge themselves from hospital
:02:57. > :03:01.and smoke away from the grounds. Meanwhile, at Guernsey prison is to
:03:01. > :03:06.become a completely smoke-free area. All inmates, staff and visitors
:03:06. > :03:10.will be banned from smoking on site by the end of the year. Is it a
:03:10. > :03:15.step too far for people already denied their freedom or a step in
:03:15. > :03:20.the right direction? Locked up, behind bars and with not
:03:20. > :03:26.all that much to do. It is easy to see why so many prisoners smoke. At
:03:26. > :03:31.the last count, almost nine in 10 in mates smoked as well as 39 staff.
:03:31. > :03:38.Soon, this place will be completely smoke-free as a ban will be
:03:38. > :03:44.introduced by the end of the year. Behind me is an accommodation wing.
:03:44. > :03:50.Inside, 80% of inmates smoke so for many of them at the prison, they
:03:50. > :03:56.will have to cope with a new way of living. It will be hard. I think
:03:56. > :04:03.they should be certain wings for it but I think a lot of people will
:04:03. > :04:09.find it hard. It will take time but there is a lot of help and health
:04:09. > :04:13.care to help. In time, the first couple of months will be hard but
:04:13. > :04:18.when people think about it, it is only good for their health at the
:04:18. > :04:23.end of the day. From today, inmates will only be allowed to smoke in
:04:23. > :04:29.their cells but there are plans to stop that out as well. In prison
:04:29. > :04:34.there is an exemption in the law to allow prisoners to smoke in cells.
:04:34. > :04:39.That means that staff and visitors will be endangered when they visit
:04:39. > :04:44.the wing. It is unacceptable to ask staff to enter cells where
:04:44. > :04:48.prisoners have been smoking. Passive for secondary smoking is as
:04:48. > :04:54.dangerous as smoking cigarettes so we have decided to introduce a
:04:54. > :04:58.total ban. Prisoners will be offered help to quit smoking but,
:04:58. > :05:03.as one of their small luxuries is withdrawn, some prisoners will face
:05:03. > :05:06.a significant challenge to kick a habit of a lifetime.
:05:06. > :05:09.Jersey police are raising awareness of road safety in the island. And
:05:09. > :05:12.they're starting with teenagers. At Le Rocquier this morning, students
:05:12. > :05:15.were given workshops. The police hope it will make students think
:05:15. > :05:25.twice before speeding or using mobile phones at the wheel once
:05:25. > :05:29.they pass their tests. We're giving them a try on the
:05:29. > :05:33.speed guns so they can see how easy it is to identify a speeding
:05:33. > :05:39.motorists but also so they understand how severe an impact it
:05:39. > :05:43.will be if they are increasing their speed as they are danger get
:05:43. > :05:47.their first moped or calm licence. Private companies in Jersey could
:05:48. > :05:51.apply for money from a tourism fund. The Tourism Development Fund was
:05:51. > :05:54.set up in 2003 to help non-profit groups such as the Branchage Film
:05:54. > :05:57.Festival and the Jersey Heritage Trust bring tourists to the island.
:05:57. > :06:01.Now the Treasury Minister Senator Philip Ozouf wants to allow the
:06:01. > :06:08.private sector access to the fund. You're watching the BBC in the
:06:08. > :06:13.Channel Islands. We hope to bring you are top Later in Spotlight with
:06:13. > :06:22.Justin and Victoria: Find out how spy-in-the-sky cameras are helping
:06:22. > :06:29.to look after our landscape. -- to bring you are top story later.
:06:29. > :06:37.Dean GB is calling one teenager from the islands this summer. Not
:06:37. > :06:41.the Olympics boat. Emilio Bashforth will represent Great Britain at the
:06:41. > :06:46.European junior swimming championships in Belgium in July.
:06:46. > :06:52.was really excited. How did it come about? Were you training for the
:06:52. > :07:02.Olympics? Yes, it was the Olympic trials but ice knew I didn't stand
:07:02. > :07:03.
:07:03. > :07:10.a chance -- I knew. What I you doing? I am doing the fought by 200
:07:10. > :07:16.relay. How much training is involved? Nine sessions a week for
:07:16. > :07:20.two hours. How does that fit in with your schoolwork. I have to
:07:20. > :07:28.keep on top of my school work. My school is really good about it
:07:28. > :07:35.there. What is the ultimate career a goal for you if you were going to
:07:35. > :07:39.carry on with the swimming? love to represent Britain
:07:39. > :07:45.internationally in the older age groups. Finally, to this
:07:45. > :07:51.competition in July, how do you rate your chances? I am excited but
:07:51. > :08:01.I don't really know. Hopefully I will do well. We hope so too and
:08:01. > :08:01.
:08:01. > :08:07.best of luck. Another teenager for a -- success
:08:07. > :08:14.story for Jersey teenagers as they sit at the annual Jersey used
:08:14. > :08:17.assembly. They have the opportunity to question politicians. The day,
:08:17. > :08:22.on the agenda it was about the benefits system and whether it
:08:22. > :08:29.should be stricter. There was tough composition to get in there.
:08:29. > :08:33.gives us a public speaking opportunity and to say what we
:08:33. > :08:37.think is right. So many times we are overlooked are so it is good to
:08:37. > :08:43.have an opportunity like this so people can hear what we want to
:08:43. > :08:46.save. Time to come back to our top story.
:08:46. > :08:51.The British government standing its ground in the High Court and
:08:51. > :08:56.reaffirming his decision to scrap low-value consignment relief for
:08:56. > :08:59.Channel Island companies. Yesterday we heard that Guernsey and Jersey
:08:59. > :09:03.stays out lined their legal challenges to the move. Our
:09:03. > :09:08.reporter has been in London following the case and is on the
:09:08. > :09:18.line. Penny, tell us what the league -- or the UK legal argument
:09:18. > :09:25.
:09:25. > :09:31.was today. Penny, can we he you now? What was
:09:31. > :09:37.the -- legal argument on the UK's behalf was today? It was a two of
:09:37. > :09:43.their hearing and we heard about why the UK should not be allowed to
:09:43. > :09:49.scrap the relief and also why it should. The UK's legal team set out
:09:49. > :09:54.their case to the judge saying they believe they are perfectly entitled,
:09:54. > :09:59.under EU law, to target the Channel Islands in this way and to remove a
:09:59. > :10:05.low-value consignment relief. They say they have the tools to take
:10:05. > :10:09.action. They argue the situation is getting out of hand. They say the
:10:09. > :10:14.scale of the industry in the Channel Island and the value of tax
:10:15. > :10:19.they give is being avoided. They say they have no choice to tackle
:10:19. > :10:23.this problem. They also said the European Commission had agreed the
:10:23. > :10:32.way that they are doing it is acceptable. The other people to
:10:32. > :10:38.speak today whether retailers against VAT avoidance and they gave
:10:38. > :10:41.evidence about what they thought was abuse of the system. The
:10:41. > :10:50.arguments were technical and it will be up to the judge to weigh up
:10:50. > :10:55.the arguments. We are expecting more news tomorrow afternoon.
:10:55. > :10:59.We will bring you that judgement tomorrow evening. Apologies for the
:10:59. > :11:09.technical problems do -- during that report. Time for the weather
:11:09. > :11:12.
:11:12. > :11:19.Hello. After the sunshine of today, it it will be a little bit more
:11:19. > :11:24.cloudy. Turning chilly tonight. High-pressure beginning to move out
:11:24. > :11:28.of the way. By lunchtime tomorrow, the high pressure weakens and there
:11:28. > :11:33.is more cloud coming in from the South West as the wind changes
:11:33. > :11:39.direction and becoming south- westerly during the day. There is a
:11:39. > :11:45.risk of rain on Friday and barely on Saturday. Tonight, skies are
:11:45. > :11:51.clear and temperatures will tumble away quite rapidly. South-easterly
:11:51. > :11:57.winds, light. A fine start tomorrow but the mist and fog may linger.
:11:57. > :12:07.More cloud will come in from the south-west. Limited sunshine
:12:07. > :12:36.
:12:36. > :12:41.We have a drop in temperatures as we move to Sunday. Patchy drizzle
:12:41. > :12:46.on Sunday turning up later in the day. Only rain will play two
:12:46. > :12:50.showers in the afternoon on Saturday. Brisk north-west wins on
:12:50. > :13:00.Sunday and some buckwheat -- frequent showers for the morning,
:13:00. > :13:03.
:13:03. > :13:09.Finally, if you have ever fancied yourself as a radio presenter,