:00:10. > :00:12.still questions abo5t how the w`ole Good evening. A Jersey pensioner is
:00:13. > :00:16.Good evening. A Jersey penshoner is calling for faster action on the
:00:17. > :00:20.regulation of care agencies after a carer she employed stole money from
:00:21. > :00:21.her. Sylvia Laurence installed a CCTV camera to catch the woman
:00:22. > :00:25.her. Sylvia Laurence installed a CCTV camera to catch the wolan in
:00:26. > :00:27.the Act. But Mrs Laurence says the case highlights the lack of
:00:28. > :00:34.protection for vulnerable pdople. Emma Chambers reports. This is the
:00:35. > :00:38.way I walk in. When I come home I way I walk in. When I come home I
:00:39. > :00:42.walking, put my handbag varied, and walking, put my handbag varhed, and
:00:43. > :00:45.on. After noticing hundreds of pounds
:00:46. > :00:49.was going missing from her bag, Sylvia made the bold move to catch
:00:50. > :00:52.her thief in the Act. This secretly hidden camera showed it was a lady
:00:53. > :00:55.she employed and trusted to look after her bedridden husband that was
:00:56. > :01:04.the person stealing from her. You don't sleep properly. You are
:01:05. > :01:07.anxious. You can't explain to people how it makes you feel. It m`kes you
:01:08. > :01:10.how it makes you feel. It makes you feel vulnerable, for goodness sake.
:01:11. > :01:13.Unlike the UK, care agencies are not regulated in Jersey. That's because
:01:14. > :01:14.they are exempt from the current nursing and residential homes
:01:15. > :01:14.they are exempt from the current nursing and residential homds law
:01:15. > :01:21.nursing and residential homes law that hasn't been updated since 984.
:01:22. > :01:26.It's now a new law has been drafted to enable all care services to be
:01:27. > :01:27.regulated. Tonight if the legislation does go through, the
:01:28. > :01:36.intention will be to bring hn proper intention will be to bring in proper
:01:37. > :01:40.regulations to ensure that competent and qualified staff are employed. We
:01:41. > :01:46.make sure they have the skills and expertise and are suitable people to
:01:47. > :01:50.be undertaking this sort of role, because at the moment, anybody can
:01:51. > :01:54.provide care. Sylvia now has hired carers she trusts with her husband
:01:55. > :01:57.and within her own home, but hopes changes to the regulations will
:01:58. > :02:04.prevent what happened to her happening to others. There hs no way
:02:05. > :02:09.happening to others. There is no way you can turn to complain and get
:02:10. > :02:11.them struck off never to do that work again. This is what I'm
:02:12. > :02:16.work again. This is what I'l fighting for.
:02:17. > :02:20.Meanwhile in Guernsey, carers could soon be allowed to earn mord money.
:02:21. > :02:23.Politicians are due to debate a new Carer's Allowance, to replace the
:02:24. > :02:27.Invalid Care Allowance. The earnings limit has been removed, meaning that
:02:28. > :02:29.a carer will be able to increase their hours of work while kdeping
:02:30. > :02:32.their hours of work while keeping the ?78 a week benefit. That's if
:02:33. > :02:37.their total annual household income does not exceed ?90,000.
:02:38. > :02:41.Guernsey Police are warning islanders not to be tempted to buy
:02:42. > :02:44.cheap jewellery in the wake of the smash`and`grab raid on Paints, the
:02:45. > :02:45.jewellers. Inquiries into the ?300,000 are ongoing, althotgh a
:02:46. > :02:46.jewellers. Inquiries into the ?300,000 are ongoing, although a man
:02:47. > :02:53.?300,000 are ongoing, althotgh a man has been charged with handling
:02:54. > :02:55.stolen goods. `` ?300,000 robbery. Police want to know where this pick
:02:56. > :02:58.axe came from, which they believe axe came from, which they bdlieve
:02:59. > :03:01.was used in the smash`and`grab raid on Paints and Sons on Good Friday
:03:02. > :03:03.morning. Rewards are being offered for information leading to `
:03:04. > :03:10.for information leading to a conviction. We are looking for the
:03:11. > :03:15.majority of its bar a coupld of majority of its bar a coupld of
:03:16. > :03:17.pieces. We need to focus on a significant amount of jewellery
:03:18. > :03:18.being on this island somewhere, significant amount of jewellery
:03:19. > :03:20.being on this island somewhdre, and being on this island somewhdre, and
:03:21. > :03:24.if someone has knowledge about that, hopefully they can come forward.
:03:25. > :03:27.Alcohol, drugs, and a lack of parental discipline are seen as the
:03:28. > :03:30.main causes of crime in Guernsey. Around 1,000 people were surveyed on
:03:31. > :03:34.their perception of crime locally. Home break`ins was one of islanders'
:03:35. > :03:35.biggest concerns. But today's figures did have some good news,
:03:36. > :03:38.biggest concerns. But today's figures did have some good news as
:03:39. > :03:40.Penny Elderfield reports. It's pretty much a fact of life.
:03:41. > :03:47.Crime happens ` and Guernsex isn't Crime happens ` and Guernsey isn't
:03:48. > :03:55.exempt from that. But how worried are the public? Generally, crime is
:03:56. > :03:59.kept to a low level. The Mac I've done a lot of travelling over ten
:04:00. > :04:04.years on and off, and I would say this is the safest place on the
:04:05. > :04:07.planet. It is very safe. It is not something I had considered. Views
:04:08. > :04:10.backed up by a survey out today Under a third of people questioned
:04:11. > :04:12.said they were fairly or very worried. And more than half aren't
:04:13. > :04:13.very worried about crime. Whth very worried about crime. Whth
:04:14. > :04:14.vandalism, home break`ins, and very worried about crime. With
:04:15. > :04:16.vandalism, home break`ins, `nd being vandalism, home break`ins, and being
:04:17. > :04:20.scammed the crimes causing the most concern. As for the causes of crime,
:04:21. > :04:21.two thirds of respondents blamed alcohol, more than 50% drugs, and
:04:22. > :04:28.around 45% a lack of parent`l around 45% a lack of parental
:04:29. > :04:29.discipline. And when crimes are committed, 71% thought commtnity
:04:30. > :04:32.committed, 71% thought community sentences are appropriate for some
:04:33. > :04:36.crimes, and that if an offender does end up in prison, nearly three
:04:37. > :04:43.quarters agreed the main purpose of prison was to punish. But prison
:04:44. > :04:45.officials are keen to stress there also needs to be a focus on
:04:46. > :04:57.rehabilitation. To help them on rehabilitation. To help thel on
:04:58. > :05:02.release by learning, various qualifications and employment
:05:03. > :05:05.opportunities, as well as assessing the need to reduce the risk of
:05:06. > :05:08.reoffending on release. For the new Home Minister, it's a valuable
:05:09. > :05:12.insight into what the public are thinking, so the States can decide
:05:13. > :05:16.how to best tackle crime. It is one source of information that will be
:05:17. > :05:21.used. It is also important to note that although the biggest concern
:05:22. > :05:25.people had worked burglary, since 2010, there has been a 41% reduction
:05:26. > :05:26.in burglaries. So the Home Department's pleased that pdople
:05:27. > :05:29.Department's pleased that people don't seem to think crime's a
:05:30. > :05:33.massive issue for Guernsey, but it's up to them to make sure in reality
:05:34. > :05:37.the figures back up the public's perception.
:05:38. > :05:41.Dozens of poppies were planted by the Women's Institute in Jersey
:05:42. > :05:43.today. Members of the First Tower and Millbrook WI sowed the seeds in
:05:44. > :05:47.St Andrew's Park to mark thd St Andrew's Park to mark the
:05:48. > :05:48.centenary of the First World War. It's hoped they'll bloom ovdr
:05:49. > :05:50.centenary of the First World War. It's hoped they'll bloom over the
:05:51. > :05:57.next four years, encouraging islanders to remember those who lost
:05:58. > :06:00.their lives. It was such a horrendous time,
:06:01. > :06:00.their lives. It was such a horrendous tile, but
:06:01. > :06:04.It was such a horrendous time, but the plants all came up after the
:06:05. > :06:13.war, and it is always exerchsed as war, and it is always exerchsed as
:06:14. > :06:18.Poppy day, so we thought we would do our small part. That is it from the
:06:19. > :06:22.news teams here in the Channel Islands. BBC Radio Jersey and
:06:23. > :06:26.Guernsey will be back on air from 6am tomorrow. For now, here is David
:06:27. > :06:31.with the weather. After the wet day we have seen
:06:32. > :06:35.today, it is much better tolorrow. A today, it is much better tomorrow. A
:06:36. > :06:40.chance to dry out and to sed some chance to dry out and to sed some
:06:41. > :06:45.sunshine. A bit chilly overnight tonight, but a brighter day
:06:46. > :06:49.tomorrow. The main area of rain has now moved away from us, so
:06:50. > :06:50.overnight, and a clear sky to get the temperatures into single
:06:51. > :06:54.the temperatures into singld figures, perhaps as low as six
:06:55. > :06:56.degrees inland for the larger islands. A gentle breeze from the
:06:57. > :07:01.south`west. Tomorrow is a reasonable south`west. Tomorrow is a rdasonable
:07:02. > :07:03.day. Patchy cloud is coming to go. A small chance of a shower, btt
:07:04. > :07:05.day. Patchy cloud is coming to go. A small chance of a shower, but apart
:07:06. > :07:10.from that, damages in the sunshine getting up to a pleasant 14 or 5
:07:11. > :07:13.degrees. `` temperatures in the sunshine. On Friday, a similar day.
:07:14. > :07:18.Not much of a breeze. On Sunday, it Not much of a breeze. On Sunday it
:07:19. > :07:20.becomes much more unsettled. We are likely to see outbreaks of rain.
:07:21. > :07:28.likely to see outbreaks of rain Friday into Saturday, perhaps more
:07:29. > :07:29.persistent rain and the risk of showers on both days Saturday and
:07:30. > :07:31.showers on both days Saturd`y and Sunday. In a second, the UK
:07:32. > :07:31.forecast, but unsubtle, so for the time being, the
:07:32. > :07:34.weeke.d unsubtle, so for the time being, the
:07:35. > :07:34.weekend doesn't unsubtle, so for the time being, the
:07:35. > :07:35.weeke.d does.'t lgo+ grey. unsubtle, so for the time being, the
:07:36. > :07:39.weekend doesn't look grey. Here's weeke.d does.'t lgo+ grey. Here?s
:07:40. > :07:45.Nick Miller with the national outlook.
:07:46. > :07:51.The weather is going downhill, and here is why. Weekend weather
:07:52. > :07:55.developments are now to the south-west of us, low-pressure
:07:56. > :07:56.forming, and this has the weekend whether written all