:00:00. > :00:00.the middle, England's batsmen have struggled with an Australian barrage
:00:00. > :00:21.Hello, good evening. Passengers are lot
:00:22. > :00:24.Hello, good evening. Passengers are struggling to get to and from the
:00:25. > :00:28.islands tonight as flights are being disrupted after problems at Gatwick
:00:29. > :00:31.Airport. This was the scene at there a short time ago. All flights into
:00:32. > :00:34.Guernsey are expect to arrive but the airport will stay open late to
:00:35. > :00:37.cope with delays. British Airways flights to Jersey are badly
:00:38. > :00:41.disrupted. Three flights are still trying to leave the island and four
:00:42. > :00:45.flights have yet to arrive. The airport says they will stay open as
:00:46. > :00:47.long as they can to get people home for Christmas.
:00:48. > :00:51.It's claimed a new ship being built for Condor won't be able to fit into
:00:52. > :00:54.Weymouth Harbour. The company, which serves Guernsey and Jersey with the
:00:55. > :00:58.UK and France, aren't commenting but business leaders in the Dorset town
:00:59. > :01:01.say it would have a severe impact on businesses there and on passengers
:01:02. > :01:04.wanting to travel to and from the Channel Islands.
:01:05. > :01:08.The Condor Vitesse moored up in Weymouth. This ship was built in
:01:09. > :01:13.1998 but this is the one it's thought Condor want to buy. However
:01:14. > :01:16.according to the local paper in Weymouth the ship, being built in
:01:17. > :01:19.Australia, won't fit into the harbour there, which would have a
:01:20. > :01:29.knock on effect on Guernsey and Jersey. A lot of holiday`makers from
:01:30. > :01:34.the UK do filter through here on the way to the Channel Islands on
:01:35. > :01:37.holiday. A lot of the locals here take regular holidays on the Channel
:01:38. > :01:40.Islands so it is important for them to have it. It is important for the
:01:41. > :01:45.town and it shows confidence that Condor want to stay there and it
:01:46. > :01:49.allows them to bring a lot more people across at a time.
:01:50. > :01:52.Business leaders say in Dorset say the town is still recovering from
:01:53. > :01:56.the forced closure of Weymouth port last year. Problems with the harbour
:01:57. > :01:59.wall led to Condor being forced to move some of its services to Poole
:02:00. > :02:01.further up the coast. Condor aren't commenting but say
:02:02. > :02:04.they're still in talks with shipbuilders. The company are also
:02:05. > :02:07.still in negotiations with the States in Guernsey and Jersey about
:02:08. > :02:12.future services between the Channel Islands and the UK.
:02:13. > :02:19.Guernsey's incumbent bus operator has had its contract extended with
:02:20. > :02:22.the States until March 2015. The Environment Department says changing
:02:23. > :02:25.bus operators for just a year, starting from April 2014, wouldn't
:02:26. > :02:28.be a good use of taxpayers money. However the department says the
:02:29. > :02:30.formal tendering process for a bus service beyond March 2015 is now
:02:31. > :02:34.underway. A listed Church has been given
:02:35. > :02:38.permission to be converted into homes and offices. The Methodist
:02:39. > :02:43.Zion Chapel was used in a teenage `` built in 1881 and last used in 010.
:02:44. > :02:46.Proceeds from the development will be kept in the island.
:02:47. > :02:52.Work to make St Aubin safer for cyclists and walkers has begun.
:02:53. > :02:55.Roads will be made smaller and the speed limit lowered to make it
:02:56. > :02:58.easier for people to pass through the Jersey village safely. The
:02:59. > :03:02.constable says the work is about striking a balance for drivers and
:03:03. > :03:06.people on bike or foot. There have been complaints over a
:03:07. > :03:11.long period of time about traffic that drives too fast, conflict
:03:12. > :03:15.between cyclists, pedestrians and cars and really we just wanted to
:03:16. > :03:21.have a scheme that was going to try and solve some of those issues and I
:03:22. > :03:23.think this does in many ways. Let us get that all`important
:03:24. > :03:28.Christmas weather forecast. Christmas
:03:29. > :03:32.Good evening, it is a season for brollies. Shower was to come over
:03:33. > :03:35.Christmas but the wind will be lighter. The low pressure system
:03:36. > :03:39.that we saw in the last couple of days bringing strong wind and rain
:03:40. > :03:42.will gradually clear but there are still strong winds in Northern
:03:43. > :03:46.Ireland and Scotland. For as the wind will be lighted tomorrow. There
:03:47. > :03:49.are still some friends around that bring showers through the day. It
:03:50. > :03:55.will generally be dry on the Thursday until the next weather
:03:56. > :04:01.system arrives on Thursday night and through Friday bringing strong wind
:04:02. > :04:05.and rain. We still have showers around and some of the will be heavy
:04:06. > :04:09.but between the showers we will see clearer spots. It will be very clear
:04:10. > :04:13.overnight tonight with temperatures falling to four or five degrees
:04:14. > :04:20.Temperatures tomorrow will generally be a dry start. It will be bright in
:04:21. > :04:23.the morning before showers coming in the afternoon with temperatures
:04:24. > :04:27.about eight or nine degrees. The breeze will be a bit lower than the
:04:28. > :04:39.last couple of days. On Boxing Day we will see a brighter day. Here are
:04:40. > :04:42.the tide times for tomorrow. The Boxing Day forecast, if you are off
:04:43. > :04:46.to do some shopping it will generally be dry for much of the
:04:47. > :04:49.day. Some brightness around. In the evening we will see a low pressure
:04:50. > :04:53.system bringing us rain. It will become quite wet and very windy on
:04:54. > :04:57.Friday. That's it from us for tonight. On
:04:58. > :05:00.behalf of the entire BBC News team here in the Channel Islands, I'd
:05:01. > :05:02.like to thank you for watching and wish you all a happy, safe and
:05:03. > :05:04.peaceful Christmas. it from us - we are back on Boxing
:05:05. > :05:16.Day at One o'clock. Merry Christmas. Hello. The weather has been a little
:05:17. > :05:23.kinder today to travellers and last-minute Christmas shoppers
:05:24. > :05:24.across England and Wales. Not as bad as we feared across Northern