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extended interview with her. But now on BBC One, it's time for the

Good evening. Guernsey's police chief has been

cleared of gross misconduct after a five month investigation. It

followed allegations made by a member of staff at the Border Agency

about his behaviour at an operational meeting in France.

Allegations which the investigation's concluded were

unfounded. I fully endorse Patrick Rice as Guernsey's head of Loren

Forstmann. He came here to do a difficult job at a difficult time

and has many achievements to be proud of.

A message of support for Guernsey's Head of Law Enforcement after months

of investigation into his conduct. The rumours about his conduct in

respect of this and other matters are understood by the board to be

unfounded and potentially damaging to the reputation of Mr Rice. The

police and the GBA. It is now for us all to support him in continuing to

deliver first`class law enforcement for Guernsey. The trouble started

for Patrick Rice after a working trip in France, when a member of the

Border Agency made allegations about his behaviour. In an open letter to

the public today, he gave further details of those allegations,

saying: He also warned that he'll take legal

action if necessary to challenge any more rumours moving forward. But for

the Home Department, with his name cleared, that's the end of the

matter. Situations like this do happen from time to time but we want

to be able to minimise those situations, to deal with any

allegations appropriately, which we have done, and to move on so that we

have first`class law enforcement services Patrick Rice may not have

wanted to face the media today. . But having faced up to the

allegations made against him, and been cleared of them, he does say

he's looking forward to getting on with his day job.

Guernsey's Health and Social Services Board has survived a vote

of no confidence by a large majority. The motion was brought

after the Minister, Mark Dorey, admitted giving misleading

information about the Island's bowel cancer screening programme. But

today, Deputies voted ten in favour, 34 against ousting the whole HSSD

board after almost a full day's debate.

Also today in the States, Deputies have set up a committee to review

Guernsey's constitutional relationship with the UK. That

review will include seeking clarification on whether the UK TV

licence fee should be charged in the Bailiwick.

A former Jersey magistrate jailed for fraud is fighting an order to

pay compensation to an elderly victim of his scheme. Ian Christmas

was jailed for 15 months in 201 for a multi`million pound property

fraud. Three other men were also convicted and sent to prison.

Christmas' lawyers appeared in court today to appeal the ?100,000

compensation order. The hearing continues tomorrow.

Jersey's launched its biggest drive yet to get more unemployed people

back to work. This was a workshop earlier designed to get those out of

work trained up for the hospitality sector in time for the tourist

season. Latest figures show there are currently 1,750 people looking

for work, the lowest total since October 2012.

A Guernsey retailer says its profits have increased since it started

stocking Tesco products. Bosses at Alliance claim takings have gone up

by 10% and aren't ruling out expansion. Meanwhile, Costcutter

looks set to replace some Spar stores in Jersey. Mike Wilkins

reports on the changing face of Channel Islands retail.

This Guernsey company has been trading in the Island for more than

30 years. And now it could be in a position to expand. It's struck a

long`term deal with one of the world's biggest retailers, Tesco.

For the past few months, it's been trialling their products and has

already seen its sales increase by 10% over the Christmas period

compared to the previous year. Alliance has made no secret of the

fact that it plans to stock even more Tesco products but insists

it'll be keeping its name and not re`branding itself as Tesco. But

while consumers choosing to buy this brand? I think it is a lot better

and a lot more choice and the prices are reasonable as well which makes

me want to come back and do more shopping. Very good because it's

cheap and it's good stuff. I've been told they are stocking the product

here same price as they are in the UK. So, yes, it would be a lot more

expensive if that was a product that these guys were selling. I presume!

Meanwhile, in Jersey, plans have been submitted to rebrand all 1

Spar stores in the island as Costcutter, another big UK retail

player, and another company that, like Tesco, prides itself on low

prices. So, could this continual creep of British brands be good news

for shoppers? Those consumers who are on the tightest budgets are

least well served by the existing market. So the arrival of choice for

consumers in the form of Tesco, given they target people on lower

budgets, it is very good for consumers. As one of the world's

biggest retailers, Tesco's presence in the Channel Islands is

controversial. We asked Alliance if they were looking to expand, and

even bring the brand to Jersey. A spokesman would only say: We are

always looking for opportunity but have no plans at present.

If you saw a Second World War canon on Jersey's roads today, your eyes

were not deceiving you. An 88 millimetre German submarine gun was

hoisted onto a fork lift truck, and taken from its usual home at the

Maritime Museum to be part of Elizabeth Castle's Granite and

Gunpowder exhibition. Let's get the weather forecast.

Good evening. After the quiet weather of today and tonight, the

weather gets pretty lively tomorrow and into the weekend. Lots

happening, we have spring tides some of the highest of the year We

have heavy rain forecast tomorrow as one as strong winds , so big waves.

At the moment, it is all quiet. We might see perhaps by the end of the

night a few light showers in Guernsey but it is mostly dry night

and a cold night. Temperatures down to or four. Cold enough for a touch

of frost. Initially, there's not much problem but in the morning and

through the afternoon, the heavy rain turns up. There could be some

fairly big waves developing. For the second half of the weekend, it comes

down. We are concerned by Saturday. Strong winds, gale force, 50 or 60

miles an hour. A little bit quieter on Sunday.

Question Time follows the national weather on BBC One and I am back

tomorrow. Good night. very good night.

Good evening. As we have seen, it has been an exceptionally wet month

and it is not even over yet. The final day of January promises even

more heavy rain and that is not the only hazard. There could be some

snow and strong winds over the next 48 hours. We have seen too many of

these weather systems steaming in from the Atlantic. It is not with

this yet, however. Some snow over the hills in northern England and

eastern Scotland. Some mist and fog patches in the south. Many of us

will start Friday Drive, however the rain is on its way and it will

gradually spread its way from west to east. It is easily ten to 15