02/05/2012 BBC Channel Islands News

Hello, this is BBC Channel Islands. These are our top stories tonight:

Hard line or heavy handed immigration rules? A musician is

deported and banned from Jersey. Plus: The future of elderly care.

Transforming care homes for independent living.

And is this enough to get to London 2012? A crucial week for our

There are concerns immigration rules in Jersey could be choking

the creative industries. An American artist who came to the

island "to visit friends and work on a song" has been deported and

banned because he didn't have a work visa. Jersey - not just the

warmest place in the British Isles, but a place to find inspiration, to

allow your creative juices to flow. But if you're a painter, musician

or writer, does creating art and having bright ideas count as work

or leisure? Scott Giaquinta makes music for a living and has worked

with the likes of Madonna, David Bowie and Seal. But when he came to

the island to meet up with a Jersey music producer, he was stopped at

customs. They weren't very excited that I was going to be creating

music with Mark Mitchell. We decided that if the track came out

of the trip, it would be great, if it didn't, we would enjoy the time

we spend together. So what are the rules for working and visiting the

island? If a person is coming to Jersey and is a non EU national and

has the intent to work, they should be applying for a visa on that

basis and declaring that upon the point of arrival. How would you

make the definition between unpaid work and leisure in that case?

don't know, because I never make these decisions! Mark Mitchell, the

Jersey music producer who invited Scott to visit says it was an

innocent plan. I was bringing an American tourist to the island he

was injecting money into the economy, bringing me the potential

of work. Decadence the air was doing anything wrong. There is no

work for me on the island -- I couldn't see I was doing anything

wrong. But whatever the law, the picture perfect beauty that

inspires artists to come to the island isn't going anywhere.

Major work to rebuild two of Guernsey's residential homes should

start within the next few months. The states have already agreed to

spend more than �20 million pounds, replacing Maison Maritaine and

Longue Rue House, with the rest of the funding coming from the

Guernsey Housing Association. So what do the plans entail? Well,

Penny Elderfield went to find out. It's a place for care,

support...and socialising. But importantly for all these residents,

this is home. After 50 years though, the States say these buildings need

to go and that this is the future. Purpose built apartments -

replacing both Longue Rue House and Maison Maritaine. Offering not just

care, but independent living. will have Ferran home, their own

part, bathroom, bedroom and a lunch place -- their own home. It is very

different to what they have now, which is just a bedroom. The new

development will be built on the land I'm stood on right now,

meaning the Longue Rue House doesn't need to be demolished till

it's finished. Making a smoother transition for existing residents...

And it's a move some residents can't wait for. I've been very

happy here. I've got a few more years yet. By family come here. It

is not the same, if I was in my own place, they could come and go. It

would like having my own home. been collecting bits-and-pieces.

I've got a frying pan, a dustpan and brush. It would make you feel

you're living again. When you're in a community like this, it doesn't

seem you have got the same Freedom. But there will be those that are

nervous about moving to a more independent lifestyle. We just want

to reassure people that this is not being done to them. It will be done

with them and in partnership with their families. Where taking a very

slow approach, particularly for residents who might be anxious.

won't be till 2014 that you see the new building here. But with an

ageing population, it's likely we could have to see a lot more

A 16-year-old motorcyclist was hospitalised after a collision with

a car in Jersey this morning. It happened on Mont Millais just

before 8:30am. He's now been discharged. It's the second

accident on the road in a week. On Monday afternoon a 15-year-old boy

was hit by a car outside Jersey College for Girls. He remains in a

comfortable condition in hospital. A major report on health in Jersey

has found islanders here have a lower life expectancy than those in

Guernsey. The health profile looks at indicators like obesity, alcohol

consumption and fertility rates. It shows the average life expectancy

is 80.6 years for Jersey - nearly two years younger than in Guernsey.

The figures also show one in ten people in Jersey are drinking

dangerous amounts of alcohol. The Channel Islands are losing

money by giving away access to radio frequencies for free, when

they could be charging. That's according to one of Guernsey's

newly elected deputies, Kevin Stewart. The move to digital

television, means mobile wireless broadband could be available soon.

Guernsey's Commerce and Employment department says it won't charge the

phone companies for the frequencies. Deputy Stewart says that'd make the

Channel Islands the only jurisdictions in the world not to

do so. When the Cayman Islands changed their tour, they are

licensed all their telecommunications companies. They

are getting nearly �7 million. Where not talking about small sums

of money. It would considerably bela black hole.? -- You're

watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight with

Justin and Victoria. The flags are out for The Queen and the Duke of

Edinburgh visiting the region on the Diamond Jubilee tour.

It's a big couple of days for our Olympic hopefuls. Last week

Guernsey's marathon runner Lee Merrien became the first islander

to qualify. This week it's crunch time for our hockey, tennis, and

badminton stars, as Ian Kelly reports. The British women's hockey

team playing at the Olympic park today. Among the squad of thirty

players is Jersey's Becky Herbert. She's hoping to impress the

selectors with skills like this. The final selection for the Olympic

squad just days away, so simply being on the pitch helps. These 18

are the lucky ones because they are out there playing. Those who are

sat in the stands, supporting their team-mate, that might be had for

them. There is huge pressure on these players -- that might be it

for them. Also hoping for a little bit of luck is badminton player

Elizabeth Cann. She'll find out tomorrow if she's ranked high

enough in the world to be selected for team GB. The Jersey girl is

currently 16 places behind Scotland's Susan Egelstaff. Sark

dressage rider Carl Hester isn't worried about selection but fitness.

Not for him but his horse Utopia. They were due to compete in Germany

last week but his horse went lame when it lost a shoe in training.

Injury forced Carl to miss the Beijing Olympics four years ago so

he'll be crossing his fingers that Utopia recovers in time for the

next dressage competition in Austria in early June. And Heather

Watson seems to be making a good recovery from her ankle injury. She

was knocked out in the second round of the Estoril Open this afternoon

but she should still move up the rankings. Currently she is 115th in

the world - to make the Olympic team she needs to be closer to the

top sixty. So nervous times for four of our Olympic hopefuls -

we'll keep you posted on how they get on this week Tomorrow at

breakfast on BBC Guernsey, a trio of the island's new Deputies will

Jim Cathcart about their first day Time for the weather. There is some

Whether on its way by the end of the week. For the moment, the

weather fronts are staying away. This one starts to move further

south tomorrow, but it will be generally die for -- dry throughout

the day. By the time we get to Friday, that front moves even close

second so we are likely to see some showery rain by the end of the week.

At the moment, it is looking generally dry. The risk of some

mistiness overnight. Temperatures no lower than eight 1/9 office. The

cloudy start of the day and we continue with the risk of mist of

Fokker -- eight or nine degrees. Some of that fog lingering towards

the north of the region. Temperatures up to around 14 or 15

Celsius at their highest. Out at sea, be aware of that risk of

breast off Wark patches. -- that a As we head towards the weekend,

they could be some brightness tomorrow and Friday. It is looking

rather wet throughout Saturday and it will turn cooler. Still cloudy