:00:17. > :00:23.It's the lowest number of holidaymakers since 2010.
:00:24. > :00:28.As Guernsey decides whether to introduce goods
:00:29. > :00:31.and services tax, we examind if it's really worked in Jersey
:00:32. > :00:45.It is no good saying that it, finished. It will come back.
:00:46. > :00:48.It's invasive, damaging and harmful to human health ` but are wd winning
:00:49. > :00:57.Fewer people are coming to Jersey on holiday, despite multi`millhon pound
:00:58. > :01:03.6,000 fewer tourists visited the Island last year than in 20 2.
:01:04. > :01:06.It's the second year in a row that Jersey has seen a drop in vhsitors
:01:07. > :01:28.On a day like today, you max ask, why would you go anywhere else?
:01:29. > :01:39.It's expensive, that's the lain thing. It is so cheap to go
:01:40. > :01:42.elsewhere in Europe. Last year there were just over 82
:01:43. > :01:51.thousand visitors. This decline in tourists has been
:01:52. > :02:13.noticed my many in the industry This man had to close his own
:02:14. > :02:16.restaurant. It doesn't seem that they h`ve done
:02:17. > :02:22.anything about it. 50% of beds on
:02:23. > :02:33.the island were filled last year. Tourism bosses are now lookhng to
:02:34. > :02:40.invest more and increased travel links with Europe. The main operator
:02:41. > :02:47.brings our Danish visitors hn and is planning on and aircrews opdration,
:02:48. > :02:53.bringing people in by air pdrhaps. `` air crews.
:02:54. > :02:56.With early signs of a better season this year, the tourism industry is
:02:57. > :03:01.feeling optimistic for the hsland's future.
:03:02. > :03:03.A Jersey bank has hired expdrts to find out how details
:03:04. > :03:05.from 20,000 customers were leaked to journalists.
:03:06. > :03:07.Kleinwort Benson is investigating after the Guardian newspaper said it
:03:08. > :03:10.has information on many celdbrities and a UK government minister linked
:03:11. > :03:15.The information was provided to the Guardian by the
:03:16. > :03:16.US`based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists,
:03:17. > :03:23.Beach`goers in Guernsey are being warned
:03:24. > :03:29.There's an official warning about blue jellyfish after some w`shed up
:03:30. > :03:33.at Portelet with other sightings at Perelle, Cobo and in Alddrney.
:03:34. > :03:36.The blue jellyfish has tendrils that are about a metre long
:03:37. > :03:42.Guernsey's Treasury Minister has given his strongest hint yet that
:03:43. > :03:44.a goods and services tax cotld be introduced.
:03:45. > :03:47.Gavin St Pier revealed last week the States went ?25 million over
:03:48. > :03:53.budget last year ` and said GST may be a way to pay for it.
:03:54. > :03:57.It was back in 2008 that Jersey brought in GST
:03:58. > :04:00.on almost all items and services that were bought and sold.
:04:01. > :04:04.Since then it's raised around ? 47 million for the States' coffers
:04:05. > :04:06.So the benefit to the government is obvious.
:04:07. > :04:32.Chelsea Co`op on a summer's morning. Customers are used to paying 5% more
:04:33. > :04:38.for their groceries. `` jersey. It took us about six months' worth
:04:39. > :04:45.of planning to get the systdm straight to organise changing
:04:46. > :04:51.200,000 logos, etc. But I think it probably cost is between ?50,00 and
:04:52. > :04:55.?100,000 to introduce it. Many customers who shopped online
:04:56. > :05:02.have to pay GST when their parcels arrive. Jersey Post holder
:05:03. > :05:09.high`value ones and to their customers pay the sales tax. `` hold
:05:10. > :05:13.the high`value ones. We employ probably two more people to process
:05:14. > :05:23.the packages, and the custolers get used to the GST and can preclude
:05:24. > :05:27.other packages. `` if the ctstomers. These are big businesses with the
:05:28. > :05:31.structure and resources to deal with change. For smaller businesses,
:05:32. > :05:38.though, text changes can be complicated, and costly.
:05:39. > :05:42.One tax expert says Guernsex businesses should get ready for a
:05:43. > :05:48.whole load of admin. They nded to look at it from a pricing shde, then
:05:49. > :05:59.their administration side. They will have to complete quarterly GST
:06:00. > :06:03.returns. So there is a burddn there, on pricing and administration, and
:06:04. > :06:06.this takes them away from doing what they do best, running their
:06:07. > :06:13.business. But higher prices can affect
:06:14. > :06:17.customer behaviour and bottom lines. Consumers spend less, you ghve them
:06:18. > :06:21.less to spend their will spdnd less. There are lots of families on
:06:22. > :06:25.stretched budgets now and GST will eat into that disposable income and
:06:26. > :06:30.accordingly people will havd to Budget.
:06:31. > :06:34.Alex in the States' Budget hs at the Treasury's mind. An announcdment is
:06:35. > :06:40.expected soon, and heated ddbates about the cost to everyone hs sure
:06:41. > :06:43.to follow. `` balancing the States' Budget.
:06:44. > :06:45.You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands.
:06:46. > :06:47.Later in Spotlight with Justin and Clare:
:06:48. > :06:50.A new start for the rescue dogs with saved from the horror
:06:51. > :07:02.`` saved from the horror of a war zone.
:07:03. > :07:04.Guernsey is set to be the star of Channel 4 series
:07:05. > :07:07.Walking Through History, in an episode focusing on the Occtpation.
:07:08. > :07:12.Over the past two days Tony Robinson and his team visited historhc
:07:13. > :07:14.St Peter Port, before being picked up in
:07:15. > :07:17.a classic car from outside the Royal Court and stopping at beauthful
:07:18. > :07:21.Islanders also shared with him their important memories
:07:22. > :07:36.Once all those memories havd gone, that is it for ever. We havd
:07:37. > :07:40.experienced that over the l`st few years as far as the First World
:07:41. > :07:44.War's concerned, there are no first`hand witnesses any more, so
:07:45. > :07:48.the more people who come out here and talk to people who experienced
:07:49. > :07:53.the Occupation first`hand, the better it will be.
:07:54. > :07:55.Next tonight, it's been labdlled the second biggest threat to
:07:56. > :07:57.biodiversity worldwide and can block tarmac, footp`ths and
:07:58. > :08:01.It's called Japanese knotwedd, and a parish constable in Gternsey
:08:02. > :08:03.says the government isn't doing enough to tackle this wild shrub.
:08:04. > :08:05.Sophie Sulehria reports now on a growing problem.
:08:06. > :08:08.Five years ago this was a forest of knotweed ` three metres high
:08:09. > :08:17.We got cracking, cut it down, burnt it, but we're going to have to keep
:08:18. > :08:39.After years of trying to colbat it, Jerry is winning the battle. But he
:08:40. > :08:42.still has a way to go on thd rest of the island.
:08:43. > :08:46.It can grow through concretd, it can grow through tarmac.
:08:47. > :08:50.If you have it in your garddn and you want to sell your house
:08:51. > :09:04.He wants the States to decl`re the plant a "noxious weed" `
:09:05. > :09:06.which would mean the States and the Parishes could force residents
:09:07. > :09:09.to deal with knotweed in gardens and properties, and quickly.
:09:10. > :09:12.Our plant health legislation is being updated currently,
:09:13. > :09:23.So hopefully next year it whll be on our legislation.
:09:24. > :09:30.There are other bits of legislation that may comd first.
:09:31. > :09:33.But I'm hoping it will be available next year.
:09:34. > :09:36.And until then, sites like this allotment in
:09:37. > :09:46.Saint Martin will continue to be home to the ever`growing problem.
:09:47. > :09:48.Weather time now, and it's been another lovelx day
:09:49. > :09:51.Take a look at these marvellous pictures taken by
:09:52. > :09:55.This of course is St Breladd's bay in Jersey earlier on today
:09:56. > :10:06.as many people enjoyed the beach and the sea.
:10:07. > :10:11.The sea is warming up, much to my pleasure.
:10:12. > :10:16.Just on a note about the fine weather, we have had concerns raised
:10:17. > :10:20.by e`mail about the lack of rainfall. I can promise you a great
:10:21. > :10:28.veil over the next couple of days, there is a bit more cloud tomorrow,
:10:29. > :10:36.we managed just under 20 degrees today, we will probably get around
:10:37. > :10:40.21 tomorrow. You can see an awful lot of clear sky to the west of us
:10:41. > :10:46.at the moment. There is a wdather front trickling into the Northwest.
:10:47. > :10:49.Probably a feature as we move through the weekend, one coling in
:10:50. > :10:57.from the east, fizzling out as it moves into France. Eventually moving
:10:58. > :11:03.towards us tomorrow and mord especially into Saturday. S`turday
:11:04. > :11:10.night we may see a few showdrs. But a fresher feel to the air. That band
:11:11. > :11:17.of cloud may well clear for a time, but then thicker cloud approaches
:11:18. > :11:22.towards dawn tomorrow morning. For tomorrow, after a cloudy st`rt the
:11:23. > :11:26.sunshine will quickly breakthrough. Sunny spells in the afternoon, and a
:11:27. > :11:48.top temperature of around 20 degrees. There is our coast`l waters
:11:49. > :11:52.forecast. Times of high watdr.. If there is going to be any surf at
:11:53. > :12:03.all it will be across the North West facing coast. Most other locations,
:12:04. > :12:07.pretty calm conditions. The outlook. There is more cloud around on
:12:08. > :12:10.Saturday. It clouds over a little bit, and perhaps a few showdrs
:12:11. > :12:21.overnight Saturday into Sunday. Somebody also `` Sunday also perhaps
:12:22. > :12:24.a few showers dotted around. Not about forecast, unless of course you
:12:25. > :12:32.will be wanting rain which we will not much of.
:12:33. > :12:39.That is the news in the Channel Islands. You can get in touch with
:12:40. > :12:43.us on Facebook and Twitter. We would love to hear your thoughts on the
:12:44. > :12:47.stories we are covering. I shall hand you now over to Claire and
:12:48. > :13:07.Justin. A man accused of murdering `
:13:08. > :13:16.17`year`old has appeared in Crown Court. The 42`year`old man was
:13:17. > :13:22.further remanded in custody. A former Plymouth Argyle youth player
:13:23. > :13:24.died on Sunday after an alldged row. A vigil in his memory was held
:13:25. > :13:30.in Plymouth last night. The family of a Devon man who died
:13:31. > :13:34.after he collapsed in a polhce cell are in London to protest about
:13:35. > :13:37.the time it's taking for prosecutors to decide whether to bring charges
:13:38. > :13:39.against police officers and staff. Thomas Orchard, from Exeter,
:13:40. > :13:42.died in hospital after his `rrest His family's meeting the he`d of the
:13:43. > :13:45.Crown Prosecution Service, calling The CPS is considering charges
:13:46. > :13:49.against four police officers, two A Devon and Cornwall police officer
:13:50. > :13:56.has appeared in court accusdd of wilfully neglecting her duty
:13:57. > :13:58.and committing acts with intent to PC Sarah Cohen
:13:59. > :14:01.from Lifton denied the charges relating to incidents allegdd to
:14:02. > :14:04.have happened three years ago. She was bailed
:14:05. > :14:14.and the case adjourned. A young mum who says that she
:14:15. > :14:20.suffered for a young mum who says that she is expunging of thd state
:14:21. > :14:25.is hoping to challenge misconceptions by taking her message
:14:26. > :14:29.into schools and youth centres. What do you think when you see a young
:14:30. > :14:35.mother in the street? Do yot make assumptions or even judge? Lauren is
:14:36. > :14:42.21. She first became a mothdr at 17 and has two children. She lhves with
:14:43. > :14:46.her partner, who works to stpport the family, but gets regular abuse
:14:47. > :14:52.when she is out and about. H'd get people staring a lot, and you can
:14:53. > :14:57.talking as they walk past you, babies having babies. They `ssume
:14:58. > :15:02.you are on benefits and you are getting all these trees `` free
:15:03. > :15:06.things of the government and you are having children so you do not have
:15:07. > :15:12.to get a job. This is not an isolated case, but a charitx says
:15:13. > :15:17.they see many young mothers in a similar situation. Young parents are
:15:18. > :15:21.just as capable of being parents as someone in their late 30s or 40s,
:15:22. > :15:25.and the work that Lauren is doing, I am hoping it will push that more out
:15:26. > :15:30.into the public eye, gets pdople realising that actually, thhs
:15:31. > :15:35.misconception that is going and needs to stop. Learn as now working
:15:36. > :15:43.with a charity to change attitudes. I am going into school speaking to
:15:44. > :15:46.children from 14 up to six foreign age about the realities of teen
:15:47. > :15:52.parenting and what happens when you take all the precautions but they go
:15:53. > :15:57.wrong. She is clear she would not advocate girls getting pregnant at a
:15:58. > :16:03.young age. It is about making young people aware of the realitids of
:16:04. > :16:08.parenting. We took the issue to the street and
:16:09. > :16:14.asked people implement what they felt was the right age to h`ve
:16:15. > :16:18.children. Best age, 32. That is when my daughter had her child. Hn your
:16:19. > :16:25.20s. 21 upwards. Maybe even 20 if 20s. 21 upwards. Maybe even 20 if
:16:26. > :16:30.you have done a bit with yotr life. So much talk over the years about
:16:31. > :16:38.having children young, whitd? Women are entitled to have a caredr like
:16:39. > :16:44.men are. They do not need to have them young anymore. I think too
:16:45. > :16:48.young stops you having opportunities, like Univershty and
:16:49. > :16:55.things, but to old, you are too old for the kid, so I'd think 20s, that
:16:56. > :17:02.is what I want to have a kid anyway. Work is underway to protect an
:17:03. > :17:07.airport from the ravages of winter. It has had to close for two months
:17:08. > :17:11.because extreme rain left its runways waterlogged. Millions of
:17:12. > :17:15.pounds are now being spent to ensure the airport can be used safdly all
:17:16. > :17:20.year round. No planes at lands end airport
:17:21. > :17:24.today, but plenty of machindry. They are digging up two of the grass
:17:25. > :17:28.runways so they can be harddned and made safer. All four runways are
:17:29. > :17:33.grass, and when it rains he`vily, they get so waterlogged that the
:17:34. > :17:39.airfield has had to close, sometimes for months on end. Since Brhtish
:17:40. > :17:48.international told it's helhcopter flight out of Pandev, the ahrports
:17:49. > :17:55.`` out of pens and, the air ports... We have tarmac runways and two of
:17:56. > :17:59.them and we are putting in substantial drainage works,
:18:00. > :18:04.navigational aids and lighthng, and this is all designed to improve the
:18:05. > :18:08.resilience of the airports, to improve the capabilities of flying
:18:09. > :18:13.to the Isles of Scilly. The main runway, we are stabilising ht, which
:18:14. > :18:29.is a process that is new to people here. We are planning to put a new
:18:30. > :18:32.surface in. More than ?2.5 lillion is being spent here, have the money
:18:33. > :18:40.coming from Europe. Millions of pounds are being spent on a grading
:18:41. > :18:47.the runways. The airport is closed once again, up but it will not take
:18:48. > :18:53.more than two and a half wedks, and it is hoped that planes will be
:18:54. > :19:00.playing again `` flying agahn for the school holidays.
:19:01. > :19:04.Over 700 servicemen and womdn have been reunited with animals they
:19:05. > :19:09.befriended while serving in Afghanistan, thinks to a ch`rity
:19:10. > :19:15.that started here in the Sotth West. A Royal Marine befriended an ill dog
:19:16. > :19:22.while on service and brought the dog back to the UK afterwards.
:19:23. > :19:27.It all started with this dog here am a named after a district in
:19:28. > :19:31.Afghanistan. This man was sdrving as a Royal Marine in 2006 when he came
:19:32. > :19:44.across a dogfight while on duty I've brought `` took up the
:19:45. > :19:48.dogfight... It changed my whole outlook on Afghanistan and what I've
:19:49. > :19:56.thought about the place. Thdy came really close to him. They ended up
:19:57. > :20:00.rescuing him and bringing hhm back to the UK. That is how it started.
:20:01. > :20:15.He and his partner are involved in HRD that now `` a charity. H'd
:20:16. > :20:21.thought I liked dogs in the Afghan people, and rabies was a colmon
:20:22. > :20:25.denominator. We could help the Afghan people. This is how the
:20:26. > :20:34.charity started. I'd did not realise that soldiers in the same position
:20:35. > :20:40.as me could actually get in touch with us about her dogs. It hs so
:20:41. > :20:45.common, the charity has united more than 700 servicemen and womdn with
:20:46. > :20:49.the animals they befriended. We had a phone call from a gentlem`n named
:20:50. > :20:56.Tony Lewis, and his son was killed two weeks before in Helmand
:20:57. > :20:59.province. He was looking after a dog and he knew that Tony would have
:21:00. > :21:06.wanted this dog to come homd and have a fantastic life. After a lot
:21:07. > :21:11.of hard work and effort, we managed to get the dog to the UK. It is
:21:12. > :21:17.fantastic for them to have ` bit of Conrad with them. They are `lso
:21:18. > :21:26.having abandoned animals with local Afghan people.
:21:27. > :21:29.It is a judicial and has bedn carried down through the
:21:30. > :21:42.generations. The craft of film`making is still very mtch alive
:21:43. > :21:50.and thriving `` film`making. Quilts are being displayed in a rather
:21:51. > :21:56.unusual setting. The church has long been renowned for its colourful
:21:57. > :22:01.robes and vestments. But today, this cathedral itself is adorned with an
:22:02. > :22:08.array of stunning needle cr`ft, created in the very heart of
:22:09. > :22:11.Cornwall's communities. But this is not a solitary pursuit. These were
:22:12. > :22:19.hand`stitched by small groups acting all over the duchy. We are puilting.
:22:20. > :22:25.It is a sociable business. Oh, yes. It puts the world to rights. Most
:22:26. > :22:30.groups meet once a week or fortnight, and we all take our
:22:31. > :22:35.quilts that we are doing. Sometimes we are stuck. It is more to do with
:22:36. > :22:48.fellowship and sharing ideas. Socialising, doing lots of talking.
:22:49. > :22:51.And a little bit of quilting. Yes. The theme is Saint of Cornw`ll, and
:22:52. > :22:58.has taken two years to put together. The quilting groups were
:22:59. > :23:04.just given the size and left to their inspiration and imagination.
:23:05. > :23:09.What is the thrill for you of seeing the exhibition finally up?
:23:10. > :23:15.Delighted. Absolutely delighted I think you will find there is not one
:23:16. > :23:26.quilt that is similar. They are also similar `` different and inspiring.
:23:27. > :23:29.This is a really celebration of Cornish quilting. Absolutelx. The
:23:30. > :23:37.feedback we have had has bedn brilliant. If you want to CD quilts,
:23:38. > :23:40.it is a case of a stitch in time. They are only on display until
:23:41. > :23:47.tomorrow and then they are off on tour. Audiences in Harrogatd and
:23:48. > :23:53.Edinburgh will be able to enjoy the craft and beauty of the Saints of
:23:54. > :23:57.Cornwall. What an amazing amount of work that
:23:58. > :24:06.has gone into that. Really intricate. You will only nedd a
:24:07. > :24:10.light quit `` felt at the moment. You are not going to need to many
:24:11. > :24:15.blankets overnight, but overnight temperatures are quite tight
:24:16. > :24:18.tonight. Tomorrow, there will be some sunshine and a very slhght
:24:19. > :24:24.chance of a few showers dotted around, but our dry story continues
:24:25. > :24:30.until we get into the weekend. For the next 24 hours or so, it is fine
:24:31. > :24:34.and try. The cloud will comd and go. There might be a strand of cloud
:24:35. > :24:38.that comes down through the Irish Sea, that could give us a fdw light
:24:39. > :24:45.showers across Cornwall latdr tonight, but apart from Schreiber
:24:46. > :24:52.apart from that, not much change. `` apart from that, not much change.
:24:53. > :24:56.Top temperature today, 23 ddgrees. A degree or so warmer tomorrow.
:24:57. > :25:01.Heading into the weekend, this weather system gets closer. By the
:25:02. > :25:04.middle of the day on Saturd`y, it is starting to arrive, bringing the car
:25:05. > :25:17.cloud and potentially some outbreaks of rain all stop `` Raina. That is
:25:18. > :25:20.the picture from earlier today. The skies have been off and on clear
:25:21. > :25:28.with the sunshine will stop this is earlier today in the Victorha
:25:29. > :25:34.Gardens where our cameraman got some great shots. Just look at the
:25:35. > :25:38.flowers. They are looking f`ntastic. The sunshine has brought out the
:25:39. > :25:43.flowers in many of our garddns right across the South West of England. We
:25:44. > :25:46.have had a couple of e`mails about when it will rain because there is
:25:47. > :25:51.some concern that some of the gardens and fields and farms could
:25:52. > :25:57.use a bit of water over the next week or so. The only chance is
:25:58. > :26:00.overnight Saturday going into Sunday. Clear skies overnight
:26:01. > :26:07.tonight will be replaced by bigger clouds drifting down from the north.
:26:08. > :26:10.Just a few showers in parts of West Cornwall by tomorrow morning. Quite
:26:11. > :26:15.a Monday night, temperatures no lower than 14 or 15 degrees.
:26:16. > :26:20.Tomorrow, the showers and Wdst Cornwall have disappeared and it
:26:21. > :26:22.will be another nice day with just a small chance of a few showers
:26:23. > :26:28.developing and a sticky humhd developing and a sticky humhd
:26:29. > :26:37.feeling. Top temperature around 23 or 24 degrees. That is the forecast
:26:38. > :26:46.for the Isles of Scilly. At times, quite cloudy.
:26:47. > :26:55.Surfing emissions have not been good today. `` conditions. Slightly
:26:56. > :27:07.bigger waves along the north coast. It is quite choppy. Northwesterly,
:27:08. > :27:11.mainly fair, with good visibility. The wind direction is prettx much
:27:12. > :27:14.the same as we head into thd weekend. It changes a littld bit on
:27:15. > :27:20.Saturday he cause the weathdr front comes in. That will produce
:27:21. > :27:25.outbreaks of rain, not everxwhere, but will gradually spread through
:27:26. > :27:30.the rest of the counties through the day. Sunday, bright and dry but
:27:31. > :27:32.rather cloudy. Somewhat fresher and cooler in the second half of the
:27:33. > :27:35.weekend. Have a nice weekend. cooler in the second half of the
:27:36. > :27:41.weekend. Have a nice We havd lots of comments coming in on our top story
:27:42. > :27:46.on the strike action, thank you very much for that. Keep them coling in.
:27:47. > :27:54.From all of us, have a good night. Goodbye.
:27:55. > :28:02.with some new adventures to share with YOUR little ones.
:28:03. > :28:11.Please, double please. We're going to Dad's office today.
:28:12. > :28:17.These look really yummy. I'm so excited about going to school.