05/03/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

A Nick Le Cornu in St Helier need it.

A Nick Le Cornu in St Helier district one and Sam Mezec hn

district two both stood unddr the Reform Jersey campaign group's

banner. Jen Smith is live in the sttdio now.

A low turnout tonight. What have the winning candidates had to s`y about

their triumphs tonight? Nine candidates stood for the seats

made vacant by former deputhes Trevor and Shona Pitman, who you

will recall lost their seats in January, after being declardd

bankrupt. Turnout in both elections today was

low, with 15.3% in St Helier district one and 14% in St Helier

district two. Results in both elections came in within 30 minutes

of polls closing tonight. Ttrning to district one first, it is l`wyer

Nick Le Cornu that will now represent the parish for th`t

district. He got 248 of 761 votes cast. He told us his work now

begins. Procedure in Wellington said at the Battle of Waterloo, ht was a

close run thing. I want to thank my supporters and the voters to promote

and vote for me. I will prove to them that the vote was worth it

The other successful candid`te tonight was Sam Mezec, who was also

standing on a platform of electoral reform. He polled 277 votes out of

528. He says his success fedls incredible, not just to win, but by

such a big margin. I am overwhelmed. It is absolutely

incredible, especially by that large margin. I was worried by thd low

turnout. And I thought it m`y not give it legitimacy, but I think that

has been done. And of course, all States sdats will

be up for grabs again in October, as all of Jersey goes to the polls for

a general election. And there will be more reaction on

tonight's result live from 6.00am on BBC Radio Jersey.

Listed buildings along Jersdy's Esplanade will be demolished to make

room for a multistorey office block. The island's planning minister has

granted permission for thousands of square metres of office space by

local developers Dandara. Their managing director says the project

will create hundreds of construction jobs, as well as Grade A offices,

but campaigners are dismayed at the loss of the island's heritage.

This is the area Dandara have their eyes on ` old, worn, empty buildings

` well, apart from some pigdons ` along Jersey's Esplanade.

They wanted to replace it whth this, but it was refused by the Planning

Minister. They have since m`de some modifications and have come up with

this, a slightly smaller six`storey office block. And that has been

given the thumbs up from thd minister. The first science have

been modified successfully `nd I think they pass the objections put

forward. We have taken thesd into account and come up with solething

much more suitable. But not everyone is happy about it.

One campaigner says it does not meet the design guidance set by the

department. One important dhrective is to detect heritage structures.

This project involves demolhshing a listed building. They also dmphasise

the importance of maintaining the character of the area. The building

should be sympathetic to thd urban context. In my view, it is simply

impossible that this building satisfies those objectives. It will

stick out like a sewer from. The planning department says it is

still following the general guidelines for the area and some

listed aspects of the buildhngs will be preserved. But the overall

transformation from old and shabby to chic and shiny is now indvitable

and work could start as early as next month.

Meanwhile in Guernsey, Deputy Lyndon Trott has ruled himself out of next

week's Chief Minister electhons In a statement this morning, hd says he

wants to avoid conflict and believes a sitting minister would be the best

way to achieve this. That ldaves deputies Allister Langlois `nd

Jonathan Le Tocq as the two runners, with nominations closing tolorrow at

5.00pm. Alderney's top civil servant is

resigning. Roy Burke has bedn the States' Chief Executive since April

2010. He previously worked for the UK government's Department of

Transport. He will leave Alderney in June. In a statement, Mr Burke said

the decision to leave had bden difficult and he wished his

successor well. In sport, Guernsey and Jersdy's

cricket teams are in Malaysha this week for the World Cricket League

Division Five tournament. Gternsey face the Cayman Islands and Jersey

kick off their campaign agahnst Nigeria tomorrow morning. The top

two teams at the end of this week's tournament will be promoted to

Division Four. In other sporting feats in warmer

climes than our own, Jersey runner James Manners is training for the

gruelling Marathon Des Sablds. It is a six` day, 156`mile ultra`larathon

across the Sahara Desert. J`mes is taking part to raise money for an

African charity and for what he calls "the ultimate running

challenge". I have done a couple of marathons and a couple of h`lf

marathons. I do like my running This one is the pinnacle of running.

You cannot get any better than this. And good luck to him.

A reminder of tonight's top story again Nick Le Cornu has been voted

in as Deputy of St Helier ntmber one and Sam Mezec as Deputy of St Helier

number two in Jersey's by`elections. Both candidates were standing on a

mandate of electoral reform. The election was called after Ddputies

Trevor and Shona Pitman lost their seats after being declared bankrupt.

Much more of course on that on BBC radio Jersey from six o'clock in the

morning tomorrow. I will leave you with the wdather,

with David Braine. Good night. Good evening. I think we looking

forward to some pretty good weather over the next few days. Two things

happening, a high pressure hs coming our way and two, the temper`tures

are generally on the rise. @ fine start tomorrow, but is a few spots

of drizzle during the afternoon The band of cloud and patchy rahn will

push off tomorrow night. It will leave is fine and dry overnhght The

wind from the south or Southwest. Tomorrow, a good start to the day,

with the best of the sunshine in Jersey. I temperatures of 12

Celsius. Here is the forecast going into the weekend. Still rather

cloudy on Friday, but warm `nd dry come the weekend.

exceed 15 Celsius. The unsettled weather will continue. With more on

that, here is the National forecast. Good evening. I would like to start

by showing you simply haven't seen the quite some