:00:00. > :00:00.independent Scotland. That is all from the News at six, so
:00:00. > :00:53.Find out what almost 100 Chinese students have swapped China for the
:00:54. > :00:58.Channel Islands. Jersey is really a beautiful island. And it has many,
:00:59. > :01:10.many good people, and they are very friendly.
:01:11. > :01:14.Immigration is the one issue most people in Jersey say they are
:01:15. > :01:18.worried about. And today, plans were announced to limit the number of
:01:19. > :01:21.people allowed to come to work in the island. A figure of 325 people
:01:22. > :01:24.this year, and next, has been set, while politicians works on longer
:01:25. > :01:29.term population policies. Louise Walter has the details.
:01:30. > :01:34.Jersey's population has doubled since the '50s. But this isn't just
:01:35. > :01:39.about numbers. Keeping the right ratio of people in the island
:01:40. > :01:43.requires a delicate balance. Over the next 20 years, the number of
:01:44. > :01:45.people in Jersey over the age of 65 will nearly double. And those over
:01:46. > :01:51.85 will nearly triple. With no migration, that would mean
:01:52. > :01:55.an 11% decline in the island's working population. So, more people
:01:56. > :02:00.retiring and living longer with fewer people working to support
:02:01. > :02:05.them. In fact, the island would need to have 3,000 migrants a year to
:02:06. > :02:09.support its retired population. But that's a figure unacceptable to the
:02:10. > :02:15.States. It wants to limit the figure to 325 a year. And on the streets of
:02:16. > :02:22.St Helier, there was some support for that view. I am old enough to
:02:23. > :02:28.remember Jersey when we had 40, 00 people here. And it was much calmer,
:02:29. > :02:35.more pleasant. In the town, yes `` in the short term, it could open up
:02:36. > :02:38.for more people to come over later on. We need to limit it.
:02:39. > :02:42.The policy highlights the hospitality industry as having a
:02:43. > :02:45.high level of migrant workers, and also suggests ways to make
:02:46. > :02:49.businesses recruit fewer in favour of local or entitled workers. But
:02:50. > :02:59.there's concern that could restrict growth. I fully understand it is an
:03:00. > :03:02.intractable problem. However, given the state of the economy at the
:03:03. > :03:08.moment, when we are trying to recover and do better to pay the
:03:09. > :03:11.bills, suggesting we will halve net migration is going to be a difficult
:03:12. > :03:14.challenge for businesses to deliver. These are interim measures, and
:03:15. > :03:21.islanders have been asked for their input before a 20`year plan is
:03:22. > :03:23.proposed. So, how can the States reassure
:03:24. > :03:28.businesses that further immigration controls won't cut off their
:03:29. > :03:31.workforce? Earlier, I put that very question to Senator Paul Routier,
:03:32. > :03:39.the Assistant Chief Minister and chair of the Housing and Work
:03:40. > :03:44.Advisory Group. I think what we need to reassure
:03:45. > :03:47.businesses is that if they have some skills which they need to have
:03:48. > :03:51.within their business and they cannot find it within the island, we
:03:52. > :03:56.will look at that carefully to see whether it is right to bring those
:03:57. > :04:01.skills to the island but it has to be of high value, to contribute to
:04:02. > :04:04.the island economy. So we want to give assurances to businesses that
:04:05. > :04:08.we will look at that sympathetically. Is there anything
:04:09. > :04:13.more that can be done to get more locals into work rather than giving
:04:14. > :04:19.it to foreign workers? There is a skills initiative. The education
:04:20. > :04:23.department is well made to make sure that children coming out of school
:04:24. > :04:28.are skilled up to the right sort of levels for the business community.
:04:29. > :04:32.And, also, then east to be a change of attitude from local people being
:04:33. > :04:37.prepared to work in other industries which they haven't been previously.
:04:38. > :04:44.There is a limit of 325. Is that police are both? We believe our new
:04:45. > :04:49.legislation does give us the tools to control the immigration. Better
:04:50. > :04:55.than we have in the past. We know the numbers have been higher in the
:04:56. > :04:58.past. We think that the new legislation will help us achieve a
:04:59. > :05:04.far better control. Immigration will always be a contentious issue. What
:05:05. > :05:11.message can you give to islanders who might be worried? We need to get
:05:12. > :05:16.a balance. We need a discussion with the community, which will happen in
:05:17. > :05:20.the next two years. We need to understand what sort of Ireland they
:05:21. > :05:26.want to live in, the services they want, and we need to understand
:05:27. > :05:28.that. We hope to get the appreciation of the number of people
:05:29. > :05:31.we need on the island. Senator Paul Routier, speaking
:05:32. > :05:34.earlier. And there's much more on the population issue on this
:05:35. > :05:36.Sunday's politics hour on BBC Radio Jersey, when we'll hear what
:05:37. > :05:39.environmentalists and housing bosses think. Tune in from 10am.
:05:40. > :05:43.Investigations will soon start on upgrading Alderney Airport, after a
:05:44. > :05:46.unanimous vote in Guernsey States. A Requete was brought by Alderney
:05:47. > :05:50.politicians to secure the future of their lifeline link. Today,
:05:51. > :05:53.specially chartered aircraft brought dozens of Alderney residents over to
:05:54. > :06:00.Guernsey to lobby deputies for a decision. Mike Wilkins reports.
:06:01. > :06:06.Touching down on Guernsey's runway with a message about their own.
:06:07. > :06:09.These Alderney residents are unhappy with their airport's facilities and
:06:10. > :06:16.fear it could be driving tourists and business away from the island.
:06:17. > :06:25.They were on the steps of the Royal Court today to lobby deputies to
:06:26. > :06:32.spend ?8 million on the airport Alderney's public are aware of the
:06:33. > :06:35.problems there, both with business and the hotel sector. Customers just
:06:36. > :06:42.can't get Alderney. The point is this work was started by me and my
:06:43. > :06:44.former colleague with the intention of bringing this to the States.
:06:45. > :06:48.Among those listening to the debate was Phillipa Arditti, the wife of
:06:49. > :06:55.the late Paul Arditti, who was in the middle of a campaign to get the
:06:56. > :07:00.airport upgraded when he died. My husband really loved Alderney, as do
:07:01. > :07:05.I. And he always said to me, the airport is the enabler. This is what
:07:06. > :07:08.will help us get back on our feet. Guernsey has just spent ?80 million
:07:09. > :07:11.on its airport and many government departments are battling to cut
:07:12. > :07:19.costs. But today the Public Services Minister told me he's determined to
:07:20. > :07:22.find a solution for Alderney. We recognise there are some real
:07:23. > :07:26.problems that and we want to try to see if we can play our part in that
:07:27. > :07:30.process of trying to see the right way forward. Guernsey has been
:07:31. > :07:32.responsible for the upkeep of Alderney's airport for almost 7
:07:33. > :07:41.years and now campaigners want Guernsey to look after its
:07:42. > :07:45.investment. Lloyds Bank is cutting 30 jobs in
:07:46. > :07:48.Jersey as part of a company`wide reorganisation. Guernsey's branch
:07:49. > :07:53.isn't affected by the decision to cut more than 1,000 jobs across the
:07:54. > :07:57.group. They are office jobs in the bank's risk, retail and commercial
:07:58. > :08:00.divisions. A spokesman confirmed they are trying to find the staff
:08:01. > :08:02.concerned jobs elsewhere in the group.
:08:03. > :08:05.Meanwhile, up to 18 ground staff at Guernsey Airport are set to lose
:08:06. > :08:08.their jobs once a code`sharing agreement between Blue Islands and
:08:09. > :08:11.Aurigny comes into effect. Under the plans, Blue Islands aircraft and
:08:12. > :08:13.Aurigny's ground staff will be used on the inter`island route. Menzies
:08:14. > :08:16.Aviation, who employ baggage handlers and check`in staff, say
:08:17. > :08:22.workers will be offered voluntary redundancy or jobs at other
:08:23. > :08:26.airports. The politicians that make up Guernsey's health Department will
:08:27. > :08:29.find out if they are to keep their jobs tomorrow. There's been pressure
:08:30. > :08:34.on the Minister and his board to quit after he gave misleading
:08:35. > :08:37.information about the island's bowel cancer screening programme. A vote
:08:38. > :08:42.of no confidence will take those at tomorrow's state sitting. Later in
:08:43. > :08:47.the Spotlight with Rebecca and Simon, out in the cold, we speak to
:08:48. > :08:53.the south`west polar explorer about his latest expedition. Stage and for
:08:54. > :08:59.that. For those of you who didn't realise,
:09:00. > :09:02.it's Chinese New Year on Friday But the celebrations have come early to
:09:03. > :09:04.one Jersey school. Hautlieu in St Helier's welcomed nearly 100 Chinese
:09:05. > :09:07.students from BaYi school in Beijing. Jen Smith went along to
:09:08. > :09:21.meet them. Not a typical assembly for Hautlieu
:09:22. > :09:24.students. Today, they've been welcoming BaYi High School from
:09:25. > :09:26.Beijing, who have come to Jersey for just a day, to end their European
:09:27. > :09:34.visit. The two schools have been linked
:09:35. > :09:38.since last year when a group from Hautlieu went to China. Today's
:09:39. > :09:40.about building on that relationship. And brushing up on some of that
:09:41. > :09:53.extracurricular Mandarin. 99 students from China coming to
:09:54. > :09:57.power tiny little island. It's the most important thing that has ever
:09:58. > :10:00.happened to the silent. These students have travelled all around
:10:01. > :10:04.England, they've gone to Paris, and they are choosing to come here. And
:10:05. > :10:08.I think this will be the beginning of a very long friendship. It's
:10:09. > :10:10.hoped the visit will broaden Hautlieu's students' horizons,
:10:11. > :10:16.allowing them to experience the world beyond the Channel Islands.
:10:17. > :10:24.But what about BaYi's pupils? Our school is really strict. And here it
:10:25. > :10:32.is very relaxed. Very enjoyable So good. It is a beautiful island. And
:10:33. > :10:35.the upside of the hotel, there is the seaside. It is fascinating.
:10:36. > :10:38.Jersey's been doing a lot recently to strengthen its ties with China,
:10:39. > :10:41.from politics to business. But as the ancient Chinese proverb goes, a
:10:42. > :10:49.nation's treasure is in its scholars.
:10:50. > :10:55.And we hope they enjoyed themselves. David is with us now. I just
:10:56. > :10:57.checked, minus four in Beijing tonight. Not quite as cold here as
:10:58. > :11:06.it? Yes, not quite so cold here but it
:11:07. > :11:08.will be a cold night across the islands. Temperatures will fall away
:11:09. > :11:17.quite rapidly especially after the midnight hour. Tomorrow is a cold
:11:18. > :11:22.day, no doubt. There are light winds, it is generally cloudy and
:11:23. > :11:26.mostly dry. The promise of the dry whether will be welcomed by most
:11:27. > :11:30.farmers but it is short lived because there is more wet weather
:11:31. > :11:35.coming our way. It is just leaving the eastern seaboard of Canada. It
:11:36. > :11:39.is this area of low pressure that is racing towards us. By the time we
:11:40. > :11:44.get to the middle of the day on Friday, it is sweeping rain across
:11:45. > :11:48.much of Western Europe. All change by Friday. There are some showers
:11:49. > :11:54.dotted around this evening but most of those will fade away tonight and
:11:55. > :11:58.we will get some link the clear spy is developing so temperatures will
:11:59. > :12:03.be lower than recently. Hash get some length the clear skies
:12:04. > :12:08.developing. It will be murky, briefly some sunshine although we do
:12:09. > :12:16.keep some cloud. More cloud coming in towards the end of the day. Just
:12:17. > :12:17.seven as the top temperature with a gentle Westerly breeze. There is the
:12:18. > :12:32.coastal waters forecast. Here is the times of high water for
:12:33. > :12:37.our ports and harbours. And if you're heading for the beaches,
:12:38. > :12:42.there isn't a huge swell running at the moment.
:12:43. > :12:49.Friday is going to be a windy day with southerly winds reaching gale
:12:50. > :12:54.force with outbreaks of rain. On Saturday, a very blustery Westerly
:12:55. > :13:03.wind. This weekend, some high tides and turning cold again.
:13:04. > :13:07.I don't know what thank you is in Chinese but thank you. I am back
:13:08. > :13:10.with the headlines at 8am. Thank you for watching and see you later.
:13:11. > :15:03.Goodbye. Here at the Royal Devon and Exeter
:15:04. > :15:07.Hospital, the figures are looking much more healthy. They've managed
:15:08. > :15:17.to cut the number of cancelled operations by more than half. We
:15:18. > :15:21.have made a decision to invest into new wards, but we have also worked
:15:22. > :15:24.closely with our partners in health and social care to look at our
:15:25. > :15:29.pathways of care and we have change this quite radically, absolutely
:15:30. > :15:31.wrapping services around the needs of our patients, particularly frail
:15:32. > :15:34.older people. However, even here, hospital bosses admit that
:15:35. > :15:38.operations will at times still have to be cancelled, so for hundreds of
:15:39. > :15:48.patients across the south west, it's still a waiting game.
:15:49. > :15:53.Yeovil Town have slumped to the bottom of football's Championship.
:15:54. > :15:58.It follows a dramatic 3`2 defeat at Derby County last night. In League
:15:59. > :16:00.Two, Exeter City drew a blank at St James Park against Oxford United.
:16:01. > :16:04.Here's Spotlight's Dave Gibbins. Yeovil were sitting pretty at Pride
:16:05. > :16:07.Park last night. Everton loanee John Lundstram gave them a shock lead at
:16:08. > :16:10.promotion contenders Derby. That was quickly doubled by Ishmael Miller,
:16:11. > :16:13.who revelled in putting the Glovers two up as he's on loan from Derby's
:16:14. > :16:17.fierce East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest. But then the Rams
:16:18. > :16:20.started their charge. They hemmed in their opponents with a goal just
:16:21. > :16:24.after half`time and forced them into submission with two more goals in
:16:25. > :16:27.the closing stages. The first, three minutes from the end and the winner
:16:28. > :16:36.in the fifth minute of added time which stunned Yeovil and sent them
:16:37. > :16:38.to the bottom of the Championship. After the Plymouth Argyle and
:16:39. > :16:41.Torquay United postponements, Exeter City played in front of their lowest
:16:42. > :16:45.crowd since re`gaining their League status six years ago. They saw a
:16:46. > :16:50.goalless draw with fifth placed Oxford. Despite Arron Davies hitting
:16:51. > :17:01.the bar early on and a late double save at the end, City remain without
:17:02. > :17:05.a win this year. He's one of only 12 Britons to make
:17:06. > :17:08.it to the North and South Poles but, despite feeling alone in the snow
:17:09. > :17:11.and the ice, Anthony Jinman had 2,000 schoolchildren with him. Well,
:17:12. > :17:14.virtually. They've been tracking his journey online and have even been
:17:15. > :17:19.able to ask him a few questions along the way. We had a few
:17:20. > :17:27.questions for him too as he joined us here in the studio a little
:17:28. > :17:30.earlier. Welcome back to a very warm winter
:17:31. > :17:38.here in Britain. And you are not on your own any more. I have just spent
:17:39. > :17:42.46 days on the ice, travelling some 730 miles from the coast of
:17:43. > :17:47.Antarctica, directly to the geographic South Pole, so it is an
:17:48. > :17:52.absolute pleasure to be back. In this nice warm studio. Yes, it is
:17:53. > :17:56.nice. When you are on your own, you won't unsupported as such, because
:17:57. > :17:59.they were hundreds of children across the globe following your
:18:00. > :18:04.expedition. Yes, I am delighted to say that we had 63 schools and 2000
:18:05. > :18:08.pupils from around the world, not just following the project, but
:18:09. > :18:13.actually asking me questions. So they were able to interact directly
:18:14. > :18:18.with you in Antarctica? Yes, it is incredible how technology has come
:18:19. > :18:25.on, that with a solar panel you can charge a battery to charge a laptop
:18:26. > :18:28.use a satellite phone, and through that you can send and receive
:18:29. > :18:33.e`mails, as well as your social media. What do you think they have
:18:34. > :18:43.learned from you? We have covered a huge amount of topics, from
:18:44. > :18:47.glaciers, history, wildlife. It is an inspiration. Yes, raising
:18:48. > :18:51.aspirations and inspiring children to follow their own dreams in life.
:18:52. > :18:55.You were a Plymouth explorer, won't you? That's right. I was born in
:18:56. > :18:59.Plymouth, I remember being at primary school and learning about
:19:00. > :19:06.Captain Scott, and that was a topic I was always interested in. I always
:19:07. > :19:10.dreamt of travelling to the Arctic and to Antarctica, and in 2010I was
:19:11. > :19:14.lucky enough to travel to the geographic North Pole, and now I
:19:15. > :19:19.have done the geographic South Pole. So, to have children following in
:19:20. > :19:26.that experience, and learning from it first`hand, it is like life
:19:27. > :19:28.learning if you will, it is a great way of sharing that experience and
:19:29. > :19:35.inspiring children about the polar regions. What did you learn from it?
:19:36. > :19:39.You have done the North Pole and the South Pole, but what do learn from
:19:40. > :19:43.your two experiences? The geographic North Pole is very different. You
:19:44. > :19:49.start off at the beginning of February, and you travel across a
:19:50. > :19:53.moving frozen ocean. I think we can see some of the pictures. Wow, this
:19:54. > :20:02.is the first time I have seen some of this film footage. This is you!
:20:03. > :20:07.This is me going out of my tent in Antarctica. This is what I was on my
:20:08. > :20:13.own. This was my home for those 46 days. The temperature actually
:20:14. > :20:16.inside, you know, the sun there is 24 hours of daylight, so the
:20:17. > :20:24.temperature inside the tent, when the sun is shining, can be as much
:20:25. > :20:32.as 25 Celsius. The North Pole is completely different to that. It is
:20:33. > :20:36.well below freezing all the time. Even though you are travelling in a
:20:37. > :20:40.polar environment, in the North Pole you are travelling across a moving
:20:41. > :20:45.ocean, it is very dynamic, the sea ice collides together and breaks
:20:46. > :20:54.apart, where is Antarctica is this incredible frozen continent. You
:20:55. > :20:58.travel across it in the summertime. It brought up different challenges.
:20:59. > :21:05.It was more of an inner journey. Briefly, what is your next journey?
:21:06. > :21:10.I would like to go back into doing some more mountaineering projects.
:21:11. > :21:14.Potentially doing Everest in 2015. It has to link into the curriculum
:21:15. > :21:18.and the work we do within schools, so we are looking into options as we
:21:19. > :21:22.speak on that. I am sure that whatever you'd do will inspire
:21:23. > :21:27.another generation. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me.
:21:28. > :21:28.I get the feeling we will see him again very soon with his next
:21:29. > :21:37.challenge. It will be a cold night. We have had
:21:38. > :21:42.lots of enquiries about how much rainfall we have seen over the last
:21:43. > :21:50.two months. We have got lots of weather observers who keep tabs on
:21:51. > :21:54.it. One chap said he has had 418 millimetres of rain for the two
:21:55. > :21:58.months of December and January, which is double what we expect to
:21:59. > :22:04.see. That just proves how wet it has been.
:22:05. > :22:08.Tomorrow, hopefully, we will get some preliminary weather statistics
:22:09. > :22:12.for January from The Met Office and we will give you an update this time
:22:13. > :22:16.tomorrow on those official statistics show. The good news is
:22:17. > :22:22.that tomorrow is mainly dry. That will be a bonus for all of us. It is
:22:23. > :22:25.colder, and much lighter winds, generally rather cloudy, but at
:22:26. > :22:31.least for one day we will get some dry weather. Friday is another wet
:22:32. > :22:35.day. It is not just the rain that could be a problem on Friday. Also
:22:36. > :22:41.some fairly strong winds, gusting up to 40 or 50 mph. And round the
:22:42. > :22:49.coast, they will be gale force for a time. This weekend we have got some
:22:50. > :22:53.of the highest tides for the year. Overnight tonight and tomorrow, we
:22:54. > :22:57.still have this area of low pressure which is generating a few showers at
:22:58. > :22:59.the moment, but it will slowly weaken and become absorbed by the
:23:00. > :23:05.next band of wet weather coming in from the west. It will be late to
:23:06. > :23:13.arrive tomorrow, so much of the day will be dry. This is the new area of
:23:14. > :23:17.low pressure. This one is racing across the Atlantic. The centre of
:23:18. > :23:20.the logos up towards the north of Scotland, but the weather front
:23:21. > :23:24.associated with that will drape themselves across as for much of the
:23:25. > :23:28.day tomorrow. Perhaps only in the day we might get some brightness
:23:29. > :23:32.across eastern parts of Somerset and Dorset, but quickly the rain will
:23:33. > :23:37.set in. It will be a windy day. The showers we have overnight tonight
:23:38. > :23:42.will fade away through the night, but clear skies will develop, and it
:23:43. > :23:48.becomes largely dry. A bit misty in places and colder than the last few
:23:49. > :23:57.night. Overnight maybe just one or two degrees above freezing, so the
:23:58. > :24:02.risk of a frost and some ice. Tomorrow will be the quietest day of
:24:03. > :24:06.the next few with light winds, some sunny spells, but more cloud coming
:24:07. > :24:10.into the far west to generate some showery outbreaks of rain across
:24:11. > :24:14.Western Cornwall. It'll be a cold day, with seven degrees the
:24:15. > :24:18.temperature for most of us. Some patchy rain for the Isles of Scilly
:24:19. > :24:32.into the afternoon, but there should be a dry morning.
:24:33. > :24:41.The coastal waters forecast has fairly light winds tomorrow.
:24:42. > :24:45.However, there is another warning for Saturday. This one is for the
:24:46. > :24:51.strength of wind. Through the day on Saturday we could have gusts up to
:24:52. > :24:53.60 or 70 mph. Particularly through the Bristol Channel. That will
:24:54. > :24:58.coincide with some of the highest tides of the year early on Sunday
:24:59. > :25:03.morning. We will keep a close eye on what could happen through the
:25:04. > :25:08.weekend. That's it from us this evening.
:25:09. > :25:11.There will be hourly regional news updates on your BBC local radio
:25:12. > :25:35.station throughout the evening. Have a good evening. Goodbye.
:25:36. > :25:40.'The cost of living crisis goes deep into people's lives,
:25:41. > :25:42.'deep into the way our country is run,
:25:43. > :25:46.'deep into who our country is run for.
:25:47. > :25:51.'the solutions need to be deep as well.'
:25:52. > :25:53.I opened a pub six years ago in Hackney,
:25:54. > :25:56.about ten minutes' walk from my house.
:25:57. > :25:57.One of the things that really struck me was that
:25:58. > :26:00.most of the beers that we sold weren't London beers.
:26:01. > :26:03.They were international beers, UK beers, but from further afield.
:26:04. > :26:06."Wouldn't it be really great to open our own community brewery
:26:07. > :26:09."right here in the heart of London, in Hackney?"
:26:10. > :26:15.the genesis of the idea of The Five Points Brewing Company
:26:16. > :26:18.In my speech in the Labour Party Conference,
:26:19. > :26:27.I talked about the broken energy market, and it was controversial -
:26:28. > :26:30...and we're going to do the same when it comes to our banking system.