:00:08. > :00:11.Good evening and welcome to the BBC Channel Islands. The headlines:
:00:11. > :00:16.Farmed out - The grower who's had to cut his staff by 40% and says
:00:16. > :00:21.the states are to blame. Unless things turn round dramatically, I
:00:21. > :00:26.cannot see us doing what we do in the future.
:00:26. > :00:30.Also, all change? Is the law set to change on who can run for Chief
:00:30. > :00:33.Minister in Guernsey. And, educating our children - As
:00:33. > :00:43.part of our series looking at Jersey's schools, should the way we
:00:43. > :00:49.
:00:49. > :00:52.A group of French politicians and agriculture experts has been
:00:52. > :01:02.visiting Jersey today to learn how the government supports its rural
:01:02. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:08.industries. It comes as one local farmer says he might have to give
:01:08. > :01:11.up because of a lack of support from politicians. So what is the
:01:11. > :01:14.States doing to help farmers in the island? Not enough, says a local
:01:14. > :01:17.grower, as Nafisa Sayani reports. It's all hands on deck at this
:01:18. > :01:20.organic farm in St Lawrence. The workforce here has had to be cut by
:01:20. > :01:23.nearly half because the recession's put pressure on the price of
:01:24. > :01:30.produce they ship to the UK. It's argued the States needs to offer
:01:30. > :01:35.more support if the business is to survive. We will continue to
:01:35. > :01:39.struggle. We have been treading water for the last two years.
:01:39. > :01:43.Unless things turned round dramatically, I cannot see us
:01:43. > :01:46.carrying on doing what we do in the future. And doing it in a market
:01:46. > :01:49.where it's claimed European farmers are getting higher subsidies, makes
:01:49. > :01:52.it all the more difficult for small scale Jersey farms to compete. But
:01:52. > :02:00.the Environment Minister says giving them more cash to level the
:02:00. > :02:04.playing field isn't the answer. you have some inspiration and good
:02:04. > :02:09.ideas and a good business brain, you will succeed in business. But
:02:09. > :02:13.is the way we should be promoting helping farms, not just allowing
:02:13. > :02:17.them to take taxpayers' money in order to operate businesses that
:02:17. > :02:20.are not cost-effective. But with rising land rent adding to the
:02:20. > :02:28.concerns for Steve, his worry is he may have to say au revoir to his
:02:28. > :02:31.business. Major concern within Guernsey
:02:31. > :02:34.States prompted a report to change the rules on who can be the
:02:34. > :02:36.Island's next Chief Minister. That's according to one of the
:02:37. > :02:40.politicians behind plans to remove the restriction on how long
:02:40. > :02:44.candidates have to have been in the States. It would mean new-comers
:02:44. > :02:47.could stand. An emergency report was drawn up yesterday and a short
:02:47. > :02:55.time ago I asked one of the deputies involved how it all came
:02:55. > :02:59.about. The committee took it to the States
:02:59. > :03:04.last year because we felt it was unjustified. Pitch should be the
:03:04. > :03:10.best person for the job. But the States last year decided to reject
:03:10. > :03:14.the report and keep it in situ. We were accused after that debate by
:03:14. > :03:19.the public or we were keeping jobs for the boys. That was unfortunate,
:03:19. > :03:24.but that is how the public saw it because of this restriction. Making
:03:24. > :03:31.sure newcomers could not have the job. Since last Friday, there were
:03:31. > :03:34.numerous e-mails saying is there any way we can get rid of this rule
:03:34. > :03:39.to make sure the best person can be elected for the job of chief
:03:39. > :03:44.minister. Will there be the support from States members to change it?
:03:44. > :03:49.That is why we have gone for an emergency billeted with the bailiff.
:03:49. > :03:53.So many have said to us they want to have a debate or rescind the law
:03:53. > :03:59.that is in place. How many potentially new candidates could be
:03:59. > :04:05.see as a result of this? Now the goal posts it will be moved, if it
:04:05. > :04:10.is approved, who knows? I suspect it will be three or four macro. I
:04:10. > :04:14.don't see a flurry of candidates coming forward. It may even just be
:04:14. > :04:20.the same three, but at least it will have gone away forever, the
:04:20. > :04:23.ridiculous rule where you have to have this discriminatory four years
:04:23. > :04:26.out of five years restrictions. Thanks very much indeed for joining
:04:27. > :04:30.Jersey's Population control mechanism isn't working and isn't
:04:30. > :04:32.being enforced, that's the view of a group of politicians. The
:04:32. > :04:35.Corporate Services Scrutiny panel has been reviewing population and
:04:35. > :04:41.migration in the island in answer to public concern following the
:04:41. > :04:51.results of the census. It says population levels are crucial for
:04:51. > :04:52.
:04:52. > :04:57.the island's way of life. We have serious concerns as we move forward
:04:57. > :05:03.and discuss population levels and provision for health and housing.
:05:03. > :05:08.We need to rely and be able to rely on appropriate and proper
:05:08. > :05:11.information. We are looking out to the chief minister to address the
:05:11. > :05:14.matters that have been raised with in our report and the census
:05:14. > :05:16.figures. 16 jobs are to go at the aircraft
:05:16. > :05:19.maintenance company Anglo Normandy. It'll continue to maintain
:05:19. > :05:22.Aurigny's Trislander fleet and its ATR aircraft, but the comprehensive
:05:22. > :05:29.annual checks on the ATRs will be carried out by an as yet unnamed
:05:29. > :05:32.company. Anglo Normandy is part of the States-owned airline Aurigny.
:05:32. > :05:42.The company blames competition from Eastern Europe and says without
:05:42. > :05:43.
:05:43. > :05:51.shedding jobs it'll make a �500,000 loss this year. Are charge out
:05:51. > :05:57.rates for third-party customers in Europe are of the Order of �32. The
:05:57. > :06:02.national airline of Rumania bomb- making a similar offer at 26 euros
:06:02. > :06:10.an hour. It is difficult for us to compete with that. The cost base
:06:10. > :06:14.and liberates the we have got, we can no longer compete. It has come
:06:15. > :06:20.into our life in the last 18 months, two years. It's
:06:20. > :06:23.You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight
:06:23. > :06:33.with Justin and Victoria: Totally devoted - we meet the man who's
:06:33. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:39.dedicated almost 50 years to his All this week we're looking at
:06:39. > :06:43.secondary education in Jersey, and today we're asking if the way a
:06:43. > :06:46.school's success is measured should change. Schools have traditionally
:06:46. > :06:51.been judged on their GCSE results - but the highly selective nature of
:06:51. > :06:58.our system makes it difficult to compare them on that basis alone.
:06:58. > :07:08.Clare Burton reports. Does this look like one of the
:07:08. > :07:10.
:07:10. > :07:14.worst schools in Britain? Does it sound like a failing school? It is
:07:14. > :07:20.about determination, it is about to effort and perseverance. That's how
:07:21. > :07:30.Grainville was described last year when its GCSE results came out.
:07:30. > :07:37.Good evening. Coming up: Failing parents and children call for a
:07:37. > :07:42.radical shake-up of the way schools' performance are measured.
:07:42. > :07:45.Pass rates have dropped to 13%, placing them in the bottom five
:07:45. > :07:52.schools in England and Wales. reaction, across all island media,
:07:52. > :07:56.headteacher, John McGuinness says was damaging. For a large
:07:56. > :08:03.percentage of students, they felt they were not worthy of recognition
:08:03. > :08:07.and it does not reflect the students who do the vocational
:08:07. > :08:10.courses and work-related learning. And they were demoralised by that
:08:10. > :08:14.of one benchmark and headlines. forget that one benchmark - let's
:08:14. > :08:22.look at some other numbers. Last year over 98% of students passed at
:08:22. > :08:32.least five GCSEs. And 92% of them moved into further education - A-
:08:32. > :08:37.levels at Hautlieu or vocation training at Highlands. However, 25%
:08:37. > :08:40.of students have special educational needs like autism. And
:08:40. > :08:50.for 10%, English isn't even their first language - like year 11
:08:50. > :08:52.
:08:52. > :08:56.prefect Juliana. I did not speak any English, it was very hard. My
:08:56. > :08:59.teacher helped me a lot and I had good support. But the statistic
:08:59. > :09:03.John McGuinness wants you to focus on is this. 67% of his students met
:09:03. > :09:13.or surpassed their target grades last year. So he says the school
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:09:13. > :14:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 288 seconds
:14:02. > :14:12.Out at sea, some strong winds. The showers moderate visibility with
:14:12. > :14:15.
:14:15. > :14:21.showers. Times of high water for The the surface, a big swell with
:14:21. > :14:26.low pressure. For the rest of the week, after wetter weather tomorrow,
:14:26. > :14:31.it is still looking breezy and unsettled on Thursday. Showers to
:14:31. > :14:34.come with sunny spells. The risk of a shower on Friday, but it looks
:14:34. > :14:42.dry now. Uncertainty over the dry now. Uncertainty over the
:14:42. > :14:48.weekend that it looks like we could see more rain.