27/08/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

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Shops in St Helier will open later on Thursdays from next week in

With internet shopping growing, footfall in town declining

and plans for Sunday trading shelved, retailers wanted action.

But will opening for longer persuade islanders to

A busy Wednesday in St Helier, as islanders and visitors alike

And it's busy scenes like the one behind me that

shopkeepers in St Helier want to emanate on a Thursday night.

Under the plans, shops large and small will be given the opportunity

to stay open until 7pm on a Thursday evening for the next 18 months.

They say it will encourage football through the door

We did a survey a couple of months ago and

the response we had from the public was that there was the appetite for

7pm was the time people said they would like to shop until and

Thursday was the day traditionally associated with late`night

If it was open on a Thursday evening you could do all your shopping.

Meet up with friends, go and do some shopping

We used to do it years ago and it was great.

I try to do everything during the week Monday to Friday,

David Cullen runs this clothes shop on Queen Street.

He's just opened and says he hasn't ruled out the idea.

I think it would work if all of the retailers go for it together.

If we all grouped together, it would be good for the town.

And it's smaller, off the main high street stores,

like this one in Liberty Wharf, that are being targeted too.

We know that people want extra hours and I am asked for it all the time.

The tourists in the summer are always shocked

Town has become a great place to socialise and we need people to

Back on the shop floor, customers in this shop keep spending.

The trial starts next week for 18 months in a bid to get more

of us through the doors and get more tills ringing with cash.

The amount of crime in Jersey linked to drinking in town at night has

continued to fall There's been a 10% drop this year in St Helier,

which follows the trend from last year, when the level fell by 30%

Police say they are focusing their efforts on St Helier's streets

It's been two years since the States of Guernsey was defrauded

of millions of pounds over a rogue payment for its airport upgrade.

But the government's not the only target.

Guernsey Police say they've seen a significant increase

in online crime, which is costing islanders millions of pounds.

And it could be because the island is seen

Spending time and money online can be more convenient in our busy lives

but by entering personal information, it exposes us to a new

According to the police, millions of pounds are being stolen in Guernsey

And even then, it could be the tip of the iceberg.

I think we get a lot of underreporting.

That might be an individual who, because of personal embarrassment,

may not report the problems, right up to companies who,

because of reputational damage, that may cause them to take the hit

We would always urge people to report it.

The most common cases involve fraudulent emails claiming to

be from your bank asking you to share information.

In the building behind me is the financial investigation unit

and the data in there is so confidential that I have not been

They have told me that some of the scams they are seeing have

been traditional, such as letters, to advanced, through online dating

and cases of islanders who have paid tens of thousands of pounds to

Some financial companies have been hacked and paid thousands of

And it appears Guernsey is frequently targeted by scammers

I would accept that people can perceive those from Guernsey

as a soft touch but I would also say that, whatever

the truth, it is perceived as an island with lots of money.

The advice from the police is to always be wary of

any emails you receive from anyone asking you to share your information

In Guernsey, the old crime of fraud has found a new low`risk,

Jersey's Durrell Wildlife Trust is being credited with helping save

five of the world's top ten most critically

They include the Mountain Chicken frog, the Komodo Dragon

The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums has put

together a list of the top ten reptiles and amphibians benefiting

That is the late news from us. We will be back at 630 p.m. Tomorrow.

`` 6:30am to five. I leave you with the weather. We are keeping me

unsettled weather for the last `` against few days. Fight at first

tomorrow with childless by the evening. Still some showers for the

next couple of hours for us but claiming through overnight, leaving

us with a dry story. Mild overnight with 15 degrees below. Heading into

tomorrow, generally dry first thing. Sunny spells. As we go through the

day though, it will become increasingly cloudy. Temperature

wise, not bad, but as I say, the cloud is building and eventually,

rain will arrive in the evening. Looking ahead to Friday, another

unsettled day with the chance of a few showers, increasingly cloudy,

and similar for the weekend. Often cloudy but warm.

It looks like low pressure will see us out for what is rest of August.

It looks as if next week, summer will fight back. Low pressure is

approaching the UK. Rainfall totals are not adding up to too much. There

is some low cloud and hill fog around. Clearer skies reaching the

South West later in the night. Temperatures for Northern England

and Scotland going nowhere near as far down as they have done recently.

A lot of this rain is coming through overnight, so behind it, many of us

will start the day tomorrow dry with some hazy sunshine. The last of that

rain beginning to edge away from Eastern Counties of England into the

North Sea. And, again, many of us starting dry, drier weather heading

into southern Scotland. For northern Scotland, after several days of

sunshine, this might come as a shock - the rain won't last all day, much

of it will have cleared by the