:00:12. > :00:12.Hello and good evening. Ashes run down under.
:00:13. > :00:15.Hello and good evening. Jersey's government has revealed a
:00:16. > :00:19.new population policy, to limit immigration to 325 people a year.
:00:20. > :00:23.The temporary law would give the States more control over the number
:00:24. > :00:26.of migrants coming to the island. But there's concern that could have
:00:27. > :00:29.an impact on the economy. Louise Walter reports.
:00:30. > :00:35.Jersey's population has doubled since the '50s. But this isn't just
:00:36. > :00:37.about numbers. Keeping the right ratio of people in the island
:00:38. > :00:44.requires a delicate balance. Over the next 20 years, the number
:00:45. > :00:48.of people in Jersey over the age of 65 will nearly double. And those
:00:49. > :00:51.over 85 will nearly triple. With no migration, that would mean an 1 %
:00:52. > :00:55.decline in the island's working population. So, more people retiring
:00:56. > :01:01.and living longer with fewer people working to support them. In fact,
:01:02. > :01:05.the island would need to have 3 000 migrants a year to support its
:01:06. > :01:09.retired population. But that's a figure unacceptable to the States.
:01:10. > :01:15.They want to limit the figure to 325 a year. And on the streets of St
:01:16. > :01:20.Helier, there was some support for that view.
:01:21. > :01:28.I am old enough to remember Jersey when we had 40,000 people here. And
:01:29. > :01:34.it was much calmer, more pleasant. In the short`term, yes, it could
:01:35. > :01:42.open up for more people to come over. Yes, I think we need to limit
:01:43. > :01:45.it to. The policy also suggests ways to make businesses recruit fewer
:01:46. > :01:55.migrant workers in favour of local or entitled workers. But there's
:01:56. > :02:00.concern that could restrict growth. I fully understand it is an
:02:01. > :02:03.intractable problem. However, given the state of the economy, when we
:02:04. > :02:08.are trying to recover and trying to do better to pay the bills,
:02:09. > :02:11.suggesting we will halve net to migration is going to be a difficult
:02:12. > :02:14.challenge for businesses to deliver. These are interim measures, and
:02:15. > :02:16.islanders have been asked for their input before a 20`year plan is
:02:17. > :02:24.proposed. Meanwhile, Senator Paul Routier the
:02:25. > :02:32.chair of Jersey's Housing and Work Advisory Group, doesn't believe
:02:33. > :02:36.local businesses will suffer. He says the island has to let some
:02:37. > :02:39.migrants in every year to keep the economy and government services
:02:40. > :02:44.going. I think what we need to reassure businesses is that if they
:02:45. > :02:47.have some skills which they need to have within their business and they
:02:48. > :02:51.cannot find it in the island, we will look at that carefully to see
:02:52. > :02:56.if that it is right for them to bring people onto the island, but it
:02:57. > :03:00.has to be of high five years, to contribute to the economy. So I want
:03:01. > :03:02.to give assurances to businesses that we will look at that
:03:03. > :03:05.sympathetically. Lloyds Bank is cutting 30 jobs in
:03:06. > :03:08.Jersey as part of a company`wide reorganisation. They're office jobs
:03:09. > :03:10.in the bank's risk, retail and commercial divisions. Guernsey isn't
:03:11. > :03:13.affected. Meanwhile, up to 18 staff at Menzies
:03:14. > :03:16.Aviation at Guernsey Airport are set to lose their jobs. The handling
:03:17. > :03:20.agent operates baggage and check`in services for both Blue Islands and
:03:21. > :03:22.Aurigny. And the politicians that make up
:03:23. > :03:27.Guernsey's Health Department will find out if they keep their jobs
:03:28. > :03:30.tomorrow. There's been pressure on the minister, Mark Dorey, and his
:03:31. > :03:32.board to quit after he gave misleading information about the
:03:33. > :03:35.island's bowel cancer screening programme. A vote of no`confidence
:03:36. > :03:41.will take place at tomorrow's States sitting.
:03:42. > :03:44.Guernsey's government will investigate upgrading Alderney's
:03:45. > :03:48.airport runway. The proposal was the brainchild of Alderney politician
:03:49. > :03:51.Paul Arditti, who died last week. It's claimed the island will suffer
:03:52. > :03:55.economically if improvements aren't made. Mike Wilkins reports.
:03:56. > :04:03.Touching down on Guernsey's runway with a message about their own.
:04:04. > :04:06.These Alderney residents are unhappy with their airport's facilities and
:04:07. > :04:13.fear it could be driving tourists and business away from the island.
:04:14. > :04:21.They were on the steps of the Royal Court today to lobby deputies to
:04:22. > :04:28.spend ?8 million on the airport Alderney's public are aware of the
:04:29. > :04:31.problems there, both with business and the hotel sector. Customers
:04:32. > :04:38.can't get Alderney and the point is this work was started by me and
:04:39. > :04:41.Paul, my former colleague, with the intention of bringing this to the
:04:42. > :04:44.States. Among those listening to the debate was Phillipa Arditti, the
:04:45. > :04:48.wife of the late Paul Arditti who was in the middle of a campaign to
:04:49. > :04:58.get the airport upgraded when he died. My husband loved Alderney as
:04:59. > :05:02.do I. And he always said to me, the airport is the enabler. This is what
:05:03. > :05:05.is going to help us get back on our feet. Guernsey has just spent ? 0
:05:06. > :05:08.million on its airport and many government departments are battling
:05:09. > :05:11.to cut costs. But today the Public Services Minister told me he's
:05:12. > :05:18.determined to find a solution for Alderney. We recognise there are
:05:19. > :05:22.some real problems that and we want to try to see if we can play our
:05:23. > :05:26.part in that process of trying to see the right way forward. Guernsey
:05:27. > :05:29.has been responsible for the upkeep of Alderney's airport for almost 70
:05:30. > :05:30.years and now campaigners want Guernsey to look after its
:05:31. > :05:37.investment. 90 students from China joined pupils
:05:38. > :05:48.at Jersey's Hautlieu School today. This was the scene earlier. The
:05:49. > :05:52.teenagers have come from a secondary school in Beijing which is twinned
:05:53. > :05:59.with the Jersey school. It's after successful visits to China by
:06:00. > :06:03.Hautlieu students. 99 students from China coming to our tiny little
:06:04. > :06:07.island, I think it's the most important thing that's ever happened
:06:08. > :06:10.to it, to be honest. The students have travelled all around England,
:06:11. > :06:15.they've gone to Paris, and they ve chosen to come here. This will be
:06:16. > :06:19.the beginning of a very long lasting friendship. Minus four in Beijing
:06:20. > :06:23.tonight, what will it be like for us?
:06:24. > :06:30.A quiet day in store across the islands tomorrow, light winds, some
:06:31. > :06:36.missed in the morning, but it is dry. We do keep quite a lot of cloud
:06:37. > :06:44.around. The showers for the start of the night will gradually peter out.
:06:45. > :06:49.The temperatures are well down to what we have seen recently. That is
:06:50. > :06:54.cold enough, briefly, for some frost early in the day tomorrow. It will
:06:55. > :07:04.soon warm up. We are between the showers four shot the day, with
:07:05. > :07:10.seven the top temperature. `` we are in between the showers for much of
:07:11. > :07:18.the day. We have a strong southerly wind on Friday, lifting the
:07:19. > :07:21.temperatures but it will be a wet Day. The winds easing just a little
:07:22. > :07:41.bit on Sunday. Goodbye from all Hello. The next dose of wet and
:07:42. > :07:44.windy weather is due to arrive on Friday from the Atlantic. Today we
:07:45. > :07:50.have had an easterly wind bringing the chill as the threat of icy
:07:51. > :07:55.patches comes to the north where the cloud breaks. More cloud further
:07:56. > :07:59.south. Maybe some sleet and snow in parts of East Wales as we engage the
:08:00. > :08:02.cold air. Temperatures in the south-east are not changing much
:08:03. > :08:06.because the rain keeps going. It will be colder further north,
:08:07. > :08:11.though. Icy patches are possible. More wintry showers in the
:08:12. > :08:16.north-east. Quite a few flood warnings in Tayside. Write to the
:08:17. > :08:26.west of the Pennines. -- brighter. Figure clad -- thicker cloud further
:08:27. > :08:34.south. We see some dampness in parts of the West Country, possibly into
:08:35. > :08:35.East Wales. In the north-west