:00:10. > :00:12.Guernsey's politicians have agreed to introduce free universal
:00:13. > :00:16.pre`school education for Gudrnsey and Alderney. Deputies approved the
:00:17. > :00:20.measures by 27 votes to 15. It means from September 2016 all children in
:00:21. > :00:23.Guernsey and Alderney will be entitled to 15 hours' free
:00:24. > :00:26.pre`school a week for 38 weeks a year. But, as Mike Wilkins
:00:27. > :00:30.reports, there are concerns over how to pay for it.
:00:31. > :00:33.Today the Education Departmdnt went fishing for funding. It wants to
:00:34. > :00:37.bring Guernsey in line with England and closer to Jersey, where all
:00:38. > :00:43.children receive some free nursery education.
:00:44. > :00:56.There is so much evidence, H find it so frustrating. We know that means
:00:57. > :01:11.Deputies are their children to be preschool educated. It is across the
:01:12. > :01:14.The Education Department wants all children aged between three and four
:01:15. > :01:18.to get 15 hours a week of free education for 38 weeks in the year
:01:19. > :01:22.before they start primary school. But, at a cost of ?2 million a year,
:01:23. > :01:24.some feel taxpayers should pay more for it.
:01:25. > :01:28.For the owner of this pre`school, she says it's a disgrace th`t it has
:01:29. > :01:34.taken Guernsey this long to provide for all its children.
:01:35. > :01:37.island Guernsey is such a forward`thinking place and we have
:01:38. > :01:50.not been I think it is Today was the day,
:01:51. > :01:53.as the Education Minister ptt it, "Guernsey stopped limping bdhind the
:01:54. > :01:56.rest of the world", as his proposal So, while it's good news for him
:01:57. > :02:00.and thousands of parents, grandparents and children, ht's
:02:01. > :02:03.another problem for the Tre`sury and Resources Minister, as he needs
:02:04. > :02:06.to find the money to pay for it Mike Wilkins, BBC Channel Islands
:02:07. > :02:08.News, Guernsey. Jersey's ports could soon go
:02:09. > :02:12.the way of Jersey Telecom and the island's postal service, and become
:02:13. > :02:14.a States`owned private comp`ny. The harbours and airport generate
:02:15. > :02:16.?43 million a year, with profits of ?1 million `
:02:17. > :02:20.but bosses say that's not enough to cover long`term maintenance costs.
:02:21. > :02:34.Louise Walter has more. shameful there are plans to turn
:02:35. > :02:38.Jersey's ports from a trading arm of the States to a why make thhs
:02:39. > :02:44.change? It comes down ministers say that
:02:45. > :02:52.costs are rising faster than revenues and there will be `
:02:53. > :02:57.shortfall of more than ?300 million they company could close th`t gap by
:02:58. > :03:01.property developer, making acquisitions and taking on debts.
:03:02. > :03:15.Those involved in the plans insist very little will his Mrs who play
:03:16. > :03:23.rents here will simply pay that money. Not everybody thinks this the
:03:24. > :03:43.unions Unite and RMT oppose the change. Unite says there ard
:03:44. > :03:52.concerns for the future of hts what safeguards I think there is an
:03:53. > :03:59.important distinction we will continue to do the right thhng thing
:04:00. > :04:01.that is important for us is that we are able to create a sustainable
:04:02. > :04:10.future rather Bosses from Jersey and Guernsey s
:04:11. > :04:12.electricity companies have been to visit their ?70 million invdstment `
:04:13. > :04:16.in the middle of the sea. A new undersea electricity cable is
:04:17. > :04:19.being laid in a bid to secure our power supplies. Sophie Sulehria
:04:20. > :04:34.went on board. than this 700,000 tonne vessel in
:04:35. > :04:49.the middle of the sea at 114 metres long it has one mission the a supply
:04:50. > :04:55.of cable leading from Francd two metres what you can see behhnd me
:04:56. > :05:25.electricity cable. What you can't see is the plough up
:05:26. > :05:41.being polled Jersey this project will allow us to reduce that to less
:05:42. > :05:52.are the `` cow `` power cuts a thing it will help us restore importation
:05:53. > :05:54.capacity and reliability and it will if all goes well, Normandy three
:05:55. > :06:04.should be in service Guernsey's Heather Watson is out
:06:05. > :06:07.of the French Open, after losing her second`round match
:06:08. > :06:10.in straight sets against thd fourth A controlled explosion was carried
:06:11. > :06:16.out today on a World War Two bomb The 5cm`calibre explosive w`s
:06:17. > :06:19.detonated today Mortars like this were used for
:06:20. > :06:22.target practice against La Rocco Tower
:06:23. > :06:25.during the German Occupation. Newnsight starts now over on
:06:26. > :06:43.BBC Two. good evening. High pressure is
:06:44. > :06:46.building. Today will be a mtch better a possible shower through the
:06:47. > :06:56.day but much better conditions and we will see temperatures will stay
:06:57. > :07:00.fairly mild 11 or 12. The showers will gradually be is through the
:07:01. > :07:08.call `` through the night and the winds will be some, showers more
:07:09. > :07:14.likely through the afternoon with temperatures reaching a high of 14
:07:15. > :07:19.some places slightly below the seasonal average, the winds coming
:07:20. > :07:24.in from the North East. Through the course of the week high pressure
:07:25. > :07:27.starts to build and we to bd fairly settled over the weekend, the chance
:07:28. > :07:40.of a shower tomorrow Good evening. Most of us look like
:07:41. > :07:45.ending the week on a dry note. Some of us end it today on a particularly
:07:46. > :07:49.wet note. Notably across parts of south-west England and up into the
:07:50. > :07:55.Midland, a line of vicious storms and thunder in there too. They have
:07:56. > :07:59.been spreading further west in parts of Wales and southern counties.
:08:00. > :08:03.They'll tend to fade away the rest of the night, but one or two
:08:04. > :08:08.lingering on. Most other places having a quiet night. Cloud and
:08:09. > :08:11.mistiness out there. Across the glens of northern
:08:12. > :08:15.Scotland, temperatures will get well down into single fir. But for most
:08:16. > :08:17.of the rest of us, a relatively mild night