:00:08. > :00:13.Hello, this is BBC Channel Islands. These are our top stories tonight:
:00:13. > :00:17.Hard line or heavy handed immigration rules? A musician is
:00:17. > :00:21.deported and banned from Jersey. Plus: The future of elderly care.
:00:21. > :00:26.Transforming care homes for independent living.
:00:26. > :00:36.And is this enough to get to London 2012? A crucial week for our
:00:36. > :00:40.
:00:40. > :00:45.There are concerns immigration rules in Jersey could be choking
:00:45. > :00:48.the creative industries. An American artist who came to the
:00:48. > :00:57.island "to visit friends and work on a song" has been deported and
:00:57. > :01:00.banned because he didn't have a work visa. Jersey - not just the
:01:00. > :01:06.warmest place in the British Isles, but a place to find inspiration, to
:01:06. > :01:09.allow your creative juices to flow. But if you're a painter, musician
:01:09. > :01:17.or writer, does creating art and having bright ideas count as work
:01:17. > :01:22.or leisure? Scott Giaquinta makes music for a living and has worked
:01:22. > :01:26.with the likes of Madonna, David Bowie and Seal. But when he came to
:01:26. > :01:36.the island to meet up with a Jersey music producer, he was stopped at
:01:36. > :01:38.
:01:38. > :01:44.customs. They weren't very excited that I was going to be creating
:01:44. > :01:47.music with Mark Mitchell. We decided that if the track came out
:01:47. > :01:55.of the trip, it would be great, if it didn't, we would enjoy the time
:01:55. > :02:03.we spend together. So what are the rules for working and visiting the
:02:03. > :02:08.island? If a person is coming to Jersey and is a non EU national and
:02:08. > :02:13.has the intent to work, they should be applying for a visa on that
:02:13. > :02:19.basis and declaring that upon the point of arrival. How would you
:02:19. > :02:27.make the definition between unpaid work and leisure in that case?
:02:27. > :02:31.don't know, because I never make these decisions! Mark Mitchell, the
:02:31. > :02:36.Jersey music producer who invited Scott to visit says it was an
:02:36. > :02:39.innocent plan. I was bringing an American tourist to the island he
:02:39. > :02:44.was injecting money into the economy, bringing me the potential
:02:44. > :02:49.of work. Decadence the air was doing anything wrong. There is no
:02:49. > :02:55.work for me on the island -- I couldn't see I was doing anything
:02:55. > :02:58.wrong. But whatever the law, the picture perfect beauty that
:02:58. > :03:00.inspires artists to come to the island isn't going anywhere.
:03:00. > :03:07.Major work to rebuild two of Guernsey's residential homes should
:03:07. > :03:10.start within the next few months. The states have already agreed to
:03:10. > :03:13.spend more than �20 million pounds, replacing Maison Maritaine and
:03:13. > :03:18.Longue Rue House, with the rest of the funding coming from the
:03:18. > :03:25.Guernsey Housing Association. So what do the plans entail? Well,
:03:25. > :03:29.Penny Elderfield went to find out. It's a place for care,
:03:29. > :03:33.support...and socialising. But importantly for all these residents,
:03:33. > :03:39.this is home. After 50 years though, the States say these buildings need
:03:39. > :03:42.to go and that this is the future. Purpose built apartments -
:03:42. > :03:52.replacing both Longue Rue House and Maison Maritaine. Offering not just
:03:52. > :03:57.care, but independent living. will have Ferran home, their own
:03:57. > :04:02.part, bathroom, bedroom and a lunch place -- their own home. It is very
:04:02. > :04:05.different to what they have now, which is just a bedroom. The new
:04:05. > :04:08.development will be built on the land I'm stood on right now,
:04:08. > :04:16.meaning the Longue Rue House doesn't need to be demolished till
:04:16. > :04:22.it's finished. Making a smoother transition for existing residents...
:04:22. > :04:28.And it's a move some residents can't wait for. I've been very
:04:28. > :04:34.happy here. I've got a few more years yet. By family come here. It
:04:34. > :04:42.is not the same, if I was in my own place, they could come and go. It
:04:42. > :04:48.would like having my own home. been collecting bits-and-pieces.
:04:48. > :04:58.I've got a frying pan, a dustpan and brush. It would make you feel
:04:58. > :05:02.you're living again. When you're in a community like this, it doesn't
:05:02. > :05:08.seem you have got the same Freedom. But there will be those that are
:05:08. > :05:12.nervous about moving to a more independent lifestyle. We just want
:05:12. > :05:18.to reassure people that this is not being done to them. It will be done
:05:18. > :05:22.with them and in partnership with their families. Where taking a very
:05:22. > :05:25.slow approach, particularly for residents who might be anxious.
:05:25. > :05:28.won't be till 2014 that you see the new building here. But with an
:05:28. > :05:33.ageing population, it's likely we could have to see a lot more
:05:34. > :05:39.A 16-year-old motorcyclist was hospitalised after a collision with
:05:39. > :05:44.a car in Jersey this morning. It happened on Mont Millais just
:05:44. > :05:47.before 8:30am. He's now been discharged. It's the second
:05:47. > :05:51.accident on the road in a week. On Monday afternoon a 15-year-old boy
:05:51. > :05:57.was hit by a car outside Jersey College for Girls. He remains in a
:05:57. > :06:00.comfortable condition in hospital. A major report on health in Jersey
:06:00. > :06:04.has found islanders here have a lower life expectancy than those in
:06:04. > :06:10.Guernsey. The health profile looks at indicators like obesity, alcohol
:06:10. > :06:13.consumption and fertility rates. It shows the average life expectancy
:06:13. > :06:16.is 80.6 years for Jersey - nearly two years younger than in Guernsey.
:06:16. > :06:19.The figures also show one in ten people in Jersey are drinking
:06:19. > :06:22.dangerous amounts of alcohol. The Channel Islands are losing
:06:22. > :06:27.money by giving away access to radio frequencies for free, when
:06:27. > :06:29.they could be charging. That's according to one of Guernsey's
:06:29. > :06:31.newly elected deputies, Kevin Stewart. The move to digital
:06:32. > :06:34.television, means mobile wireless broadband could be available soon.
:06:34. > :06:37.Guernsey's Commerce and Employment department says it won't charge the
:06:37. > :06:39.phone companies for the frequencies. Deputy Stewart says that'd make the
:06:39. > :06:49.Channel Islands the only jurisdictions in the world not to
:06:49. > :06:51.
:06:51. > :06:53.do so. When the Cayman Islands changed their tour, they are
:06:53. > :06:59.licensed all their telecommunications companies. They
:07:00. > :07:09.are getting nearly �7 million. Where not talking about small sums
:07:10. > :07:13.
:07:13. > :07:16.of money. It would considerably bela black hole.? -- You're
:07:16. > :07:19.watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight with
:07:19. > :07:21.Justin and Victoria. The flags are out for The Queen and the Duke of
:07:21. > :07:24.Edinburgh visiting the region on the Diamond Jubilee tour.
:07:24. > :07:27.It's a big couple of days for our Olympic hopefuls. Last week
:07:27. > :07:30.Guernsey's marathon runner Lee Merrien became the first islander
:07:30. > :07:33.to qualify. This week it's crunch time for our hockey, tennis, and
:07:33. > :07:36.badminton stars, as Ian Kelly reports. The British women's hockey
:07:36. > :07:40.team playing at the Olympic park today. Among the squad of thirty
:07:40. > :07:45.players is Jersey's Becky Herbert. She's hoping to impress the
:07:45. > :07:55.selectors with skills like this. The final selection for the Olympic
:07:55. > :07:55.
:07:55. > :08:00.squad just days away, so simply being on the pitch helps. These 18
:08:00. > :08:03.are the lucky ones because they are out there playing. Those who are
:08:03. > :08:11.sat in the stands, supporting their team-mate, that might be had for
:08:11. > :08:16.them. There is huge pressure on these players -- that might be it
:08:16. > :08:19.for them. Also hoping for a little bit of luck is badminton player
:08:19. > :08:23.Elizabeth Cann. She'll find out tomorrow if she's ranked high
:08:23. > :08:28.enough in the world to be selected for team GB. The Jersey girl is
:08:28. > :08:35.currently 16 places behind Scotland's Susan Egelstaff. Sark
:08:35. > :08:38.dressage rider Carl Hester isn't worried about selection but fitness.
:08:38. > :08:42.Not for him but his horse Utopia. They were due to compete in Germany
:08:42. > :08:45.last week but his horse went lame when it lost a shoe in training.
:08:45. > :08:48.Injury forced Carl to miss the Beijing Olympics four years ago so
:08:48. > :08:54.he'll be crossing his fingers that Utopia recovers in time for the
:08:54. > :08:58.next dressage competition in Austria in early June. And Heather
:08:58. > :09:02.Watson seems to be making a good recovery from her ankle injury. She
:09:02. > :09:05.was knocked out in the second round of the Estoril Open this afternoon
:09:06. > :09:09.but she should still move up the rankings. Currently she is 115th in
:09:09. > :09:12.the world - to make the Olympic team she needs to be closer to the
:09:12. > :09:15.top sixty. So nervous times for four of our Olympic hopefuls -
:09:16. > :09:18.we'll keep you posted on how they get on this week Tomorrow at
:09:19. > :09:28.breakfast on BBC Guernsey, a trio of the island's new Deputies will
:09:29. > :09:30.
:09:30. > :09:35.Jim Cathcart about their first day Time for the weather. There is some
:09:35. > :09:42.Whether on its way by the end of the week. For the moment, the
:09:42. > :09:46.weather fronts are staying away. This one starts to move further
:09:46. > :09:55.south tomorrow, but it will be generally die for -- dry throughout
:09:55. > :10:01.the day. By the time we get to Friday, that front moves even close
:10:01. > :10:08.second so we are likely to see some showery rain by the end of the week.
:10:08. > :10:13.At the moment, it is looking generally dry. The risk of some
:10:13. > :10:18.mistiness overnight. Temperatures no lower than eight 1/9 office. The
:10:18. > :10:27.cloudy start of the day and we continue with the risk of mist of
:10:27. > :10:32.Fokker -- eight or nine degrees. Some of that fog lingering towards
:10:32. > :10:38.the north of the region. Temperatures up to around 14 or 15
:10:38. > :10:48.Celsius at their highest. Out at sea, be aware of that risk of
:10:48. > :11:06.
:11:06. > :11:11.breast off Wark patches. -- that a As we head towards the weekend,
:11:11. > :11:17.they could be some brightness tomorrow and Friday. It is looking
:11:17. > :11:27.rather wet throughout Saturday and it will turn cooler. Still cloudy
:11:27. > :11:28.