:00:11. > :00:16.Good evening. There's early indications Guernsey's managing to
:00:17. > :00:24.turn around a decline in its tourism industry. Visitor numbers are up two
:00:25. > :00:28.percent so far this year. And today there was a major event aimdd at
:00:29. > :00:30.ensuring that trend continuds. Penny Elderfield reports.
:00:31. > :00:40.This is what Guernsey's tryhng to sell. The way they are markdting and
:00:41. > :00:47.promoting the island is the landscapes, the good food, safety is
:00:48. > :00:54.important. All those factors at important and the need to bd shouted
:00:55. > :00:57.louder. And that's what this is about. Shouting a bit louder about
:00:58. > :01:01.what the Bailiwick's got to offer, with a captive audience of people
:01:02. > :01:04.whose job it is to help get more visitors here. The best way of
:01:05. > :01:07.describing what's going on here is it's a bit like speed dating. Lots
:01:08. > :01:10.of individual 15`minute appointments, and when the bell
:01:11. > :01:13.rings you move on to the next appointment. And of course
:01:14. > :01:20.Guernsey's hoping it'll be the start of lots of new relationships. It is
:01:21. > :01:29.important for us to meet up with the operators who bring this to the
:01:30. > :01:35.island. That is why I am so keen to be here. To be face`to`face and
:01:36. > :01:39.explain exactly what I do and build relationships. To help build on some
:01:40. > :01:46.signs of growth in the tourhsm industry so far this year. We are up
:01:47. > :01:52.2% for the first quarter. There is still a long way to go. We `re not
:01:53. > :02:00.resting on our laurels. We want a strong competitive `` So thd figures
:02:01. > :02:03.aren't looking bad so far this year. Although it'll really be next year
:02:04. > :02:08.that people here start to sde whether today's meetings made any
:02:09. > :02:11.difference. All privately rented accommodation
:02:12. > :02:14.in Jersey will be regulated in future. Today the States voted in
:02:15. > :02:21.favour of the proposition to bring in a minimum standard for the rental
:02:22. > :02:25.market. A registrar of landlords in the island, as well as a lilit on
:02:26. > :02:36.how much tenants can be charged is now also being investigated, as Emma
:02:37. > :02:41.Chambers reports. Poor living conditions prompted the UK to
:02:42. > :02:51.regulate properties and Jersey will follow suit. I think there will be
:02:52. > :02:54.more safeguards because at the moment somebody may want to complain
:02:55. > :03:02.and they may not know what their rights are. And one constable 's
:03:03. > :03:04.motivation was personal as well as political, having seen first`hand
:03:05. > :03:11.the squalid conditions in some families have to endure. Sole of the
:03:12. > :03:17.conditions, I would refuse to go into some of the houses. Sole were
:03:18. > :03:20.dangerous and yet people were being charged rent to go into days, people
:03:21. > :03:26.with children and that not acceptable. A formal registdr of
:03:27. > :03:33.landlords is also on the table, as at rent controls. But the housing
:03:34. > :03:40.minister advises caution. I would get some good sound advice on that
:03:41. > :03:46.but my gut feeling is that rent control does not work. The best
:03:47. > :03:50.thing we can do is increase supply. With better protection for the
:03:51. > :03:59.private rental sector agreed, social housing is next according to the
:04:00. > :04:03.Minister. House prices in Jersey have fallen
:04:04. > :04:06.by around six percent since the last peak in 2009. The average price of a
:04:07. > :04:10.three`bedroom house in the first quarter of this year was thd lowest
:04:11. > :04:12.it's been for seven years, `t 458,000. The figures releasdd by the
:04:13. > :04:16.government's statistics unit show that overall there's been a two
:04:17. > :04:20.percent fall in property values in the last year alone. The figures
:04:21. > :04:23.contrast with those in the TK which show house prices rose by ehght
:04:24. > :04:35.percent in the year to the dnd of March, and are still going tp
:04:36. > :04:39.rapidly. A Jersey pensioner who got larried
:04:40. > :04:42.less than two years ago has been placed in a different care home to
:04:43. > :04:46.his wife. John Journeaux is living in Bon Air Court in St Saviour,
:04:47. > :04:49.which is sheltered housing, but his wife is in L'Hermitage Garddns Care
:04:50. > :04:52.Home in St Peter. Mr Journe`ux told our reporter Julie Flanagan how the
:04:53. > :04:55.separation is affecting thel. Newly`wed John Journeaux has only
:04:56. > :04:59.his wedding photos for comp`ny, as his wife Iris has been placdd in a
:05:00. > :05:03.care home in a different parish The couple have been married for just 19
:05:04. > :05:08.months ` and the separation is taking its toll. It is very ported
:05:09. > :05:15.to my wife because my wife's is going down. We should be together. A
:05:16. > :05:18.meeting with Social Services about the situation was cancelled,
:05:19. > :05:23.according to John. And he s`ys he's heard nothing since. But thd Health
:05:24. > :05:27.Department says that efforts are made to keep couples togethdr. In a
:05:28. > :05:43.statement, Ian Dyer, the He`d of Older Adults Services said... For
:05:44. > :05:53.John, only one option appeals ` co`habitation. I love my wife, she
:05:54. > :05:58.is gorgeous to me. She is the best wife in the world. But for now,
:05:59. > :06:03.he'll keep making the daily trip to see his wife and keep love `live
:06:04. > :06:07.from a distance. Heather Watson is on court tomorrow
:06:08. > :06:10.in the first round qualifying match in the French Open. She's up against
:06:11. > :06:14.Ukraine's Kateryna Kozlova `nd needs to wind two matches to reach the
:06:15. > :06:18.main draw. Watson moved back into the World Top 100 tennis pl`yers at
:06:19. > :06:20.the beginning of the week h`ving won the Prague Open. And here's the
:06:21. > :06:38.weather. We have seen some heavy showers
:06:39. > :06:46.around today and there will be more tonight and for tomorrow. Wd will
:06:47. > :07:02.tend to see more sunny spells than today. The showers tonight could be
:07:03. > :07:12.quite heavy. We have this rhsk of showers from the word go tolorrow
:07:13. > :07:19.but we might see more sunny spells. Temperatures getting into ddbt meant
:07:20. > :07:29.to high teens. `` the mid to high teens. Further showers in store over
:07:30. > :07:30.the coming days but Sunday hnto Monday issued a getting mord
:07:31. > :07:38.isolated. after.oon. Feeling cool. I le`va you
:07:39. > :07:50.wit` after.oon. Feeling cool. I le`va you
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