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Welcome to the BBC in the Channel Islands. Here are today's is top | :00:09. | :00:14. | |
stories: a blow for our economy as the UK clamps down on offshore | :00:14. | :00:21. | |
companies buying properties. Plus, out in force, Jersey Police | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
Works Act to drive home the road safety message. | :00:25. | :00:30. | |
How our used cooking oil is being recycled a to fuel the trucks which | :00:30. | :00:40. | |
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pick up our rubbish. People who use companies in the | :00:44. | :00:50. | |
Channel Islands to buy homes in the UK worth over �2 million will be | :00:50. | :00:59. | |
clamped and -- clampdown on like a ton of bricks. George Osborne says | :00:59. | :01:06. | |
he will work swiftly if inappropriate ways around the new | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
rules are found. What does this mean for the Channel Islands? | :01:11. | :01:16. | |
People pay stamp duty or a tax when they buy a new home. The UK's super | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
rich are using a loophole to avoid paying it. How? By getting a | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
company based offshore often right here at home to buy it instead. | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
That is what this man wants to stop. If you buy a property in Britain | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
that is used for residential purposes, we will expect stamp duty | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
to be paid. This is the clear intention of Parliament. I will not | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
hesitate to move swiftly without notice and retrospectively if | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
inappropriate ways around using the new rules are found. | :01:47. | :01:56. | |
La steer, 6300 homes were sold in England and Wales worth over �1 | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
million. -- last year. Over the past 12 years, nearly 100,000 homes | :02:00. | :02:05. | |
were bought by offshore companies based in places like Jersey and | :02:05. | :02:09. | |
Guernsey, losing the UK taxman hundreds of millions of pounds. | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
There were reports in the papers at the weekend after mating that in | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
the last 12 years about 94,000 properties are held in offshore | :02:17. | :02:22. | |
companies. In terms of how many of those are held on the islands, it | :02:22. | :02:26. | |
is very difficult to tell. I would expect it to be a reasonable number. | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
Is this a good news or bad news budget for the Channel Islands? | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
is not big news but it could have been worse. States members I spoke | :02:35. | :02:39. | |
to were still adjusting what the UK Chancellor had to say in the | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
Commons this afternoon. They said any changes could inevitably have | :02:42. | :02:52. | |
an impact on our local economies. How much impact could today's | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
decision have? Could it mean job losses in our biggest industry, | :02:56. | :03:02. | |
finance? To assess the impact, I asked tax expert Gary Todd earlier. | :03:02. | :03:08. | |
Be it is way too early to start talking like that. It is an art -- | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
an announcement that we expected. It is probably a little bit more in | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
regards to UK property. The Chancellor is moving against using | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
offshore companies and he has left a clear message of intent. But we | :03:20. | :03:24. | |
have got a year to consult and understand the changes around | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
capital gains tax and that is the one that is really interesting. | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
That is a move to start taxing non- residents on capital gains. That is | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
quite a change and we have got to understand what he is going to do | :03:36. | :03:42. | |
and how he is going to do it. The devil will be in the detail. A are | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
we going to see... We have had the LVCR. Is there going to be further | :03:47. | :03:51. | |
attacks on the revenue of the Channel Islands? If we have a | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
special arrangement with the UK, we are certainly not seeing much | :03:55. | :04:01. | |
benefit. They did not do a lot due to help us over zero-ten. LVCR was | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
spiteful, deliberately aimed at us. This is not just aimed at the | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
Thailand, but who knows. It is aimed at offshore companies. It is | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
part of a political process in the UK. The coalition have decided to | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
reduce the top rate of tax but the Liberal Democrats have said, the | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
government must attack high-value property in the UK. The rich and | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
the famous are buying properties over �2 million and they are using | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
devices like offshore companies to reduce what the UK Exchequer sees. | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
As part of that process, the Chancellor has had to go against | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
offshore companies. Briefly, is a zero-ten, the corporate tax system, | :04:40. | :04:46. | |
safe? Do think it has got a cloud over it? At the moment it seems | :04:46. | :04:51. | |
safe. We have an -- a sign-off from the youth. I do not think they will | :04:51. | :04:56. | |
rush back to look at it. If we leave it as it is, it is safe. If | :04:56. | :05:05. | |
we tinker with it, we do so at our own peril. We will see what happens. | :05:05. | :05:10. | |
In other news, a woman was taken to hospital in Guernsey after being | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
involved in a three-car crash. Part of the seafront was closed while | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
the emergency services attended the scene. A female had to be removed | :05:18. | :05:22. | |
from one of the vehicles before being transferred to A&E. | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
The six people injured in a three- car crash in Guernsey yesterday | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
have all now be released from hospital. The Vazon coast road was | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
closed for more than four hours after the collision. | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
Road safety has been the subject of a new campaign for Jersey police | :05:38. | :05:44. | |
are today too. 364 people were injured on the island's roads last | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
year with 46 of them being linked to alcohol. Drink-driving, using a | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
mobile phone, speeding and failing to wear a seatbelt on known by | :05:51. | :06:00. | |
police as the fatal four. Good morning. Perfect candidate. | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
This morning we are doing our road safety campaign on the fatal four. | :06:05. | :06:08. | |
One is about wearing your seat belt which you are not doing at the | :06:08. | :06:10. | |
moment. This driver was not wearing his | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
seatbelt when he was pulled over today. He may get a fine but it | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
also comes with a warning. Jersey Police are hammering home an | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
important message they are calling the fatal four to all drivers. | :06:23. | :06:28. | |
Looking at last year, we reported just under 2000 people for those | :06:28. | :06:33. | |
specific four offences. When you look at drink-driving, we had over | :06:33. | :06:38. | |
200 drink-drivers reported last year. Of those, 46 directly led to | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
injuries that people suffered either in the car or as a | :06:41. | :06:49. | |
pedestrian. Police work with honorary officers today stopping | :06:49. | :06:52. | |
motorists on every parish on the island. It is very important to | :06:52. | :06:57. | |
make sure all vehicles are safe and people are up aware of the dangers | :06:57. | :07:02. | |
like mobile phones. I did not mind. I got told off because I had my | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
laptop here. Why did they tell you of? Because they thought I was | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
using it but it is off. Today's exercise is not about issuing | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
tickets although the police have handed out a few. It is about | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
getting the public to understand that some of the most dangerous | :07:18. | :07:26. | |
hazards on the road are completely avoidable. | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
Newsagents in Guernsey are counting the cost of what has been described | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
as a terrible month. There have been days of delays because of the | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
fog. Now with the airport closed, the national papers are arriving a | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
day late. The latest headlines except these | :07:41. | :07:47. | |
are a day late. With the airport closed, the nationals are arriving | :07:47. | :07:52. | |
a day later meaning yesterday's news is as good as it gets. A it | :07:52. | :07:56. | |
has been a terrible month with fog and now with the airport closed. | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
was amazed yesterday how many people despite the publicity did | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
not even know that the airport was closed and were surprised they | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
could not get newspapers. Today I am very surprised because we are | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
selling far more than I expected. have got my paper and now I am | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
going to see someone with a little bit more time on their hands to | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
read one to date. Normally this man would be out in his taxi but with | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
the airport closed he has taken the day off. There are certain drivers | :08:23. | :08:27. | |
that just work the airport. They are losing out completely. Then | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
again, this is one of the houses you have to put up with. The work | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
going on at the airport is very important. We have got to respect | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
it. You work around it. They may not be the queue of tax is outside | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
the airport today but with it due to open tomorrow trade should pick | :08:45. | :08:52. | |
up again then. You are watching the BBC in the | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
Channel Islands. Later an Spotlight with Justin and Victoria, up Y a | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
farmer is calling for action on dangerous dogs after an attack on | :09:01. | :09:07. | |
her herd of rare cattle. We have all heard the saying, one | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
man's rubbish is another man's treasure. For one man in Jersey it | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
is a reality. He collects used cooking oil from restaurants and | :09:16. | :09:22. | |
turns it into fuel. Ever wondered what happens to the | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
gallons of used cooking oil produced from restaurants? In | :09:27. | :09:32. | |
Jersey Basil and his team collected. He picks up oil from 90% of | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
restaurants, takeaways and hotels in the island and brings it here in | :09:36. | :09:46. | |
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Trinity to turn it into bio-diesel. We tip it into containers and it is | :09:46. | :09:52. | |
stored for a period of three weeks to let some of the old Fats subtle | :09:52. | :09:57. | |
to the bottom of the tank. You get a separation which is probably best | :09:57. | :10:02. | |
seen in this part here. When we have gone through the process, we | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
end up with a finished product which is what we see in the staff | :10:06. | :10:14. | |
here. -- this jar. The collections are free to businesses to use as | :10:14. | :10:20. | |
the contract is organised with the States of Jersey. It is so | :10:20. | :10:23. | |
important that waste cooking of does not go down the drains. That | :10:24. | :10:27. | |
goes into the sewers and causes technical problems and costs from | :10:27. | :10:32. | |
us. The collection is vital. He is collecting it and turning it into a | :10:32. | :10:38. | |
vital fuel which has greater benefits. There is not enough bio- | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
diesel produced his after islanders. Basil uses it to fuel his | :10:43. | :10:46. | |
collection trucks which he also runs. Next time you are cooking | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
food with oil, if you bring it here, it could be used to collect your | :10:51. | :10:57. | |
rubbish. A good excuse to eat more chips! | :10:57. | :11:05. | |
Let's find out what is happening After a fine day it is all change | :11:05. | :11:10. | |
tomorrow. Much more in the way of cloud. A little area of low | :11:10. | :11:14. | |
pressure is developing in the Bay of Biscay. That has already | :11:14. | :11:18. | |
produced some rain across the Pyrenees. It will move towards us | :11:18. | :11:23. | |
overnight. One by the front a process will produce a lot of cloud | :11:23. | :11:29. | |
as well as some patchy rain before moving away on Friday. On the | :11:29. | :11:35. | |
weekend, the dry, fine weather will return. In the early hours of the | :11:35. | :11:40. | |
morning, we may see some light rain. Winds from the east which will be | :11:40. | :11:47. | |
fresh. Tomorrow, after some brightness in the morning, although | :11:47. | :11:53. | |
the cloud is very expensive, the rain was set in. Not all of the | :11:53. | :11:58. | |
rain will be heavy. It will be patchy at times. Temperatures up to | :11:58. | :12:04. | |
13 degrees. After quite a breezy start, the winds will steadily | :12:04. | :12:14. | |
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dropped. For our coastal waters Clean surf for most of our beaches | :12:30. | :12:38. | |
but not very big. Here is the outlook for Friday and into the | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
weekend... Friday, the weather front moves away so it will be | :12:42. | :12:47. | |
bright and dry. On Saturday, we will have a lot of fine weather and | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
sunshine. Quite warm too. Slightly cooler on Sunday with more breeze | :12:52. | :13:02. | |
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