:00:00. > 3:59:59moment. They'll be live in Kiev assessing what chance today's deal
:00:00. > :00:12.Hello, good evening. Is Jersey's has
:00:13. > :00:14.Hello, good evening. Is Jersey's government doing enough to help
:00:15. > :00:17.retailers? That's what politicians and businesses have spent the day
:00:18. > :00:21.talking about. The big issues seem to be parking in town and increasing
:00:22. > :00:24.competition from internet shopping. Recent figures show that retail
:00:25. > :00:26.accounts for less than ten percent of Jersey's overall economic output,
:00:27. > :00:37.compared to around forty percent from the Finance industry. Jen Smith
:00:38. > :00:42.reports. Last man standing. Barry Jenkins...
:00:43. > :00:45.Last man standing. Barry Jenkins' shop is the last of its kind on King
:00:46. > :00:48.Street. The independent retailer's been selling electrical equipment
:00:49. > :00:51.here since the '70s. But the challenges he's facing now are the
:00:52. > :00:56.biggest he's seen. The big issue is parking, make it more attractive
:00:57. > :00:59.people coming to town, it will cost less money. GST, I do not think
:01:00. > :01:03.there is much you can do about it, but that has had a big effect on
:01:04. > :01:09.retailers and the government and the Treasury know the amount of money
:01:10. > :01:13.that they are losing from goods coming into this island. Barry's
:01:14. > :01:15.worries are echoed by many of Jersey's retailers, and today a
:01:16. > :01:18.panel of politicians has been hearing about their challenges, such
:01:19. > :01:22.as the growth of internet shopping, the shift of office workers to the
:01:23. > :01:24.Esplanade, and a reduction in parking spaces. But are politicians
:01:25. > :01:28.listening? And will it translate into action?
:01:29. > :01:31.I would like to think that politicians are listening to
:01:32. > :01:35.retailers. In the past, things have been OK and we have not needed to do
:01:36. > :01:38.too much to be successful, but we really need to start working
:01:39. > :01:43.together now to create or to maintain our retail centre in St
:01:44. > :01:46.Helier, and that means that politicians will have to work
:01:47. > :01:49.together and listen to what they are being told and we need to make some
:01:50. > :01:53.movement on this. Scrutiny is also looking at how to make the most of
:01:54. > :01:59.the Central Market. One trader here thinks retailers bear some of the
:02:00. > :02:03.responsibility. We need to build the shared vision and the business plan
:02:04. > :02:13.which will deliver a prosperous bold, confident future for St
:02:14. > :02:16.Helier. We need to understand how it works and we need a shared vision
:02:17. > :02:18.and I think that will happen, because there are some very
:02:19. > :02:22.encouraging signs from the various departments. Over the next couple of
:02:23. > :02:24.weeks, the panel will get more of an insight into retailers worries
:02:25. > :02:27.before putting a review together. It hopes that review will keep people
:02:28. > :02:30.shopping in St Helier. Well, Gerald Voisin is from Jersey's
:02:31. > :02:33.Chamber of Commerce. He'd like to see the states do more for smaller
:02:34. > :02:41.businesses and says it's important the government does act. I think
:02:42. > :02:46.talk is quite easy. Actually doing something and taking some difficult
:02:47. > :02:48.decisions, I think I have yet to deceive that there is that
:02:49. > :02:52.determination or adequate termination there, especially when
:02:53. > :02:55.there is an election coming up the end of the year.
:02:56. > :02:59.A 19`year`old Jerseyman had a lucky escape from a fierce house fire this
:03:00. > :03:02.morning. He was woken by the smoke alarm at the property in Rozel, but
:03:03. > :03:05.couldn't leave his first floor bedroom because of the heat and
:03:06. > :03:08.smoke. Nearby workmen raised the alarm and eight firefighters were
:03:09. > :03:12.sent to put out the blaze. There will be another round of
:03:13. > :03:15.courtroom battles to decide if homes can be built on the former holiday
:03:16. > :03:19.camp at Plemont in Jersey. Today the Royal Court ruled that the parish of
:03:20. > :03:22.St Ouen was entitled to appeal against the planning minister's
:03:23. > :03:25.decision to allow the development to go ahead. It's understood there will
:03:26. > :03:28.be an appeal against today's ruling. Jersey's government could take over
:03:29. > :03:31.the running of the annual Air Display. The Economic Development
:03:32. > :03:34.Minister says the current organisers failed to keep their accounts in
:03:35. > :03:37.order, and therefore haven't been given their full grant for the 013
:03:38. > :03:40.show. Organiser Mike Higgins though, says the department imposed new
:03:41. > :03:43.conditions for the grant AFTER the event.
:03:44. > :03:46.The Alderney Wildlife Trust is pressuring the states in Alderney,
:03:47. > :03:50.Guernsey and Jersey to tackle what's been described as the biggest sea
:03:51. > :03:54.bird disaster of recent years. They want the islands to jointly monitor
:03:55. > :03:58.the losses after hundreds of sea birds were washed up during the
:03:59. > :04:01.recent storms. Concerns about Potholes on
:04:02. > :04:04.Guernsey's roads have led to calls for new laws to allow motorists
:04:05. > :04:08.whose cars are damaged, or cyclists who are injured, to take legal
:04:09. > :04:12.action. Potholes are formed when water works its way into the tarmac,
:04:13. > :04:18.cold weather causes it to freeze and expand, before crumbling as cars
:04:19. > :04:21.drive over it. Now a local lawyer says he's been approached by dozens
:04:22. > :04:26.of road users who'd like to make a claim against the government but
:04:27. > :04:29.can't. We all know the feeling when you're
:04:30. > :04:35.driving along, and suddenly get a bit of a bump. Potholes. A pain for
:04:36. > :04:38.those maintaining the roads. And for anyone using them. And there's
:04:39. > :04:47.growing concern, about the growing number of them. Certainly since
:04:48. > :04:51.Christmas, some of the roads that I cycled down, they have got several
:04:52. > :04:55.deep, three or four inch deep potholes. I have never seen that
:04:56. > :05:00.before. If you're in a car, the wheels ride over them. If you are a
:05:01. > :05:07.cyclist, you can disappear into the more damage your bike or fall off.
:05:08. > :05:12.As I drove around the Island today, I came across quite a few potholes
:05:13. > :05:16.like this one. And you'd know it if you drove through it. But what you
:05:17. > :05:19.may not know is if you damage your car doing that, or say come off your
:05:20. > :05:23.bike, legally there's nothing you can do. It's something this lawyer
:05:24. > :05:26.has had to tell dozens of people who've approached him wanting to
:05:27. > :05:29.make claims against the States. The advice is pretty standard. There is
:05:30. > :05:33.absolutely no way in Guernsey that you can bring a claim because the
:05:34. > :05:36.law is different to the UK. All it takes is a short piece of
:05:37. > :05:40.legislation to impose an obligation on the state is enabling people to
:05:41. > :05:44.see where the injured themselves, but there would be a defence in that
:05:45. > :05:47.law for the States. Could be an increased cost with the state, but
:05:48. > :05:55.equally people injured through no fault of their own could claim
:05:56. > :05:59.compensation that they can't at the moment. Of course if the roads were
:06:00. > :06:02.in a better condition, then legal claims wouldn't even be an issue.
:06:03. > :06:06.And already spending ?3 million a year on them, Public Services says a
:06:07. > :06:07.survey it's just carried out should help identify what investment's
:06:08. > :06:11.needed and where. That is the news from us for
:06:12. > :06:17.tonight, the national weather is coming after the regional forecast.
:06:18. > :06:22.We are back with you at 6:30pm Monday evening.
:06:23. > :06:30.Good evening, one or two sharp showers tonight, but the weekend,
:06:31. > :06:34.not doing too badly. A bright start for Saturday with the wind picking
:06:35. > :06:40.up and into Sunday, some rain arriving. Through tonight, we had
:06:41. > :06:43.one or two showers already. Water, did looks like we will see one or
:06:44. > :06:48.two bits of hail, maybe some thunder. The showers were either way
:06:49. > :06:52.and into the early hours, things becoming drier with temperatures at
:06:53. > :06:56.around six or seven degrees. A bright, fine start to the day the
:06:57. > :07:00.Saturday with some good spells of sunshine on offer. It looks like it
:07:01. > :07:03.would be bright through the lunchtime period and into the
:07:04. > :07:09.afternoon, the cloud increasing the wind picking up as well and
:07:10. > :07:13.temperatures peaking at ten, 12 degrees. Sunday, a cloudy day
:07:14. > :07:18.Generali and looks like we will see the rain arriving late in the day
:07:19. > :07:24.afternoon, evening time. The wind picking up. One or two scattered
:07:25. > :07:31.showers in store as we head into the new working week.
:07:32. > :07:33.Outlook. Tom Shuffle knacker has the National forecast in a few seconds.
:07:34. > :07:42.Some rain around on Monday. If you remember, this time last
:07:43. > :07:48.week, we had some very vicious weather costing the country, the
:07:49. > :07:52.storm on Friday night. Much quieter this Friday night and a much quieter
:07:53. > :07:53.week. Come the