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earlier this evening. There will be more on that and any development

There's a four month wait in Jersey for an MRI scan unless you can

Without extra investment in staff to run the scanners, I don't see how we

can reduce the public waiting list any time soon.

Good evening and welcome to the late news from BBC Channel Islands.

Tooth decay in decline - a new approach is delivering great

People in Jersey are waiting on average 16 weeks

That's compared to two in England, and six in Guernsey.

The figures - released to the BBC in a Freedom

of Information request - also show there's only

one scanner in Jersey, despite repeated pledges

This is a common procedure in hospitals.

MRI scanners like this are used to examine almost every

They can detect a big variety of conditions

Deputy Jackie Hilton is worried how long the wait

At the moment I've been told that the second scanner is not

going to work alongside the original one, so when we have the new scanner

we will only have one scanner in position,

the old scanner will be used occasionally as back-up.

So that was disappointing as I don't see, without extra investment

in the staff to run the scanners, I don't see how we can

reduce the public waiting list anytime soon.

And that waiting list is currently 16 weeks long -

unless you want to pay to go private.

Jersey's Health department has promised the new hospital

will have two scanners - but that's eight years away.

The director of Jersey's hospital says in the meantime a replacement

It's not a second scanner, it is a replacement scanner. Is that the

original one isn't good enough any more, is it not possible to get two?

Scanners have quite a short shelf life, because technology goes on so

quickly. So we plan about the life cycle. It is still functioning, and

very well. The new one will be better, more technologically

advanced. We'll have a second scanner, but it is going to be used

as a second scanner, it is there is a contingency if we have excess

demand and can get the staff, because staff is the key element

here. Then we'll be able to use it on occasion. But it is really a

replacement scanner. Wayne Grady is due to be installed by the end of

the year, but that has been delayed without a fixed date. The message

seems to be if you're worried and can afford it, you might be best to

pay. Meanwhile Jersey's hospital

cancelled five operations today as it's now back up

to a red alert status. There are currently fewer

than five beds available. The health department says higher

than normal emergency admissions, winter flu and staff sickness

are putting pressure Jersey Police are still searching

for a man who ran away from a crash yesterday morning involving

a stolen car. Thermal imaging equipment was used

by the Fire Service to track the driver after a white Suzuki

carry - stolen from St Peter's garden centre -

which ended up on its side The level of damage to the van

after hitting two parked cars and a granite wall suggests the man

could be hurt. The number of four to five-year-olds

with tooth decay has dropped to its lowest level

ever in Guernsey. Latest figures show that

fourteen in every hundred This compares to twenty

five in England. Mike Wilkins reports on the measures

taken to punish plaque. Not a sound many young

people want to hear, but now fewer children are having

to receive treatment In the last five years there's been

a significant drop in tooth decay Five years ago, almost a fifth had

evidence of dental decay. Dental nurses are better trained

and the head of the children's dental service says new departments

are delivering encouraging results. We're working very closely

now with education. We work with the dieticians,

other health professionals and we also about three years ago

having won a bursary, we introduced tooth-brushing any

charity based preschools. They've taken on brushing the teeth

school. Sugary drinks and Paula school. Sugary drinks and Paula

brushing mean that in children with dental problems, on average at least

three teeth are decayed. Internationally, our rates of tooth

decay are pretty good compared to other Europeans, but there are a

minority of children that have particular problems. Again, the

intervention area's Rulli around educating people, particularly

around sugar, drink and sweets. Some drinks also linked to obesity, that

nutritionally are really useless, such as cola and fizzy drinks. You

know, our particular problems with tooth decay and tooth decay is

associated with a lot of pain and problems potentially for children. A

lot of this is also prevented. What government advice is to limit sugary

drinks, brush twice a day and see the dentist at least once every six

months. Jersey's Treasury Minister has

been questioned over Concerns over the drop

in students going to university because of the costs involved has

prompted a review by They want to hear from students

and parents to come up with alternative ways on how

the island can help with student financing -

as they say today's meeting highlights the lack of work done

by the Ministers involved. The work in between the two

departments education and Treasury was of concern and that is not that

options that could have been considered from a Treasury

perspective looking out for university students really

hadn't been done and therefore at the panel will continue

to gather evidence. We want to hear from the public

and hear their views on how they feel student financing should

happen on the island. He invented the envelope

folding machine, printed the first perforated stamps,

and was instrumental in the mass manufacture

of the modern deck of cards. Now Guernseyman, Thomas de la

Rue has been honoured with a blue plaque -

marking his place of birth. His name is set in stone

in the heart of St Peter Port, but how many islanders really know

who Thomas de la Rue was? Thomas de la Rue behind you,

do you know who he was? I think he invented

printed banknotes. A blue plague in Forest Shores

marking where the house We're putting up, more

or less, one a year. Individually, they serve

as reminders of that particular person, but collectively now,

we're getting a nice story about the famous

Guernsey people of the past. Thomas de la Rue left Guernsey

in 1816, but his legacy continues. We still believe in innovation

and entrepreneurialism We're the world's largest printer

of commercial bank notes. We're the world's largest commercial

printer of passports. And just recently we celebrated

200 years of formation. The name Thomas de la Rue may have

been more associated with this pub than printing,

but it's hoped this blue plaque will remind people just how much

this visionary Guernseyman achieved. After a foggy few days lets see

what the forecast has in store Good evening. A fairly cloudy day

across the island, and very little changes over the next 24 hours.

Through this week, we start to see a bit of a change as we head towards

Christmas. It'll be quite unsettled, we have had quite a dry start to

December but we will see some more persistent rain pushing in through

the week. The wind will start to pick up as well. We have had a

fairly solid layer of cloud across the islands today, not much in the

way sunshine. It is a similar story into tomorrow. By this time

tomorrow, we have a weather front towards the west, and it will bring

rain overnight tomorrow night. During the day, we should see more

sunshine. As we had through Wednesday, it looks like a fairly

wet day. We could well see quite a bit of rainfall from this weather

front on Wednesday. Thursday, largely cloudy, bit of my deep

patchy rain and drizzle. Friday is your best bet for sunshine. It

should be largely dry with some sunshine. He considers the area of

low pressure up towards the north-west, which will pick up the

wind. Actually, Friday could be quite blustery. We have some rain

out there tonight, mist and low cloud too. It should be murky, frost

free, temperatures down to three or four degrees. Quite a Gray start

tomorrow, with the risk of sunlight patchy rain and drizzle through the

day. The bulk of the rain will come through the overnight period. A bit

of something coming and going, it will feel slightly cooler than

today. Temperatures up at around seven or 8 degrees. We have a bit of

a change through the week, something a bit more mobile. We have a lot of

cloud tomorrow, perhaps a few bright spells, but feeling cooler than

today. Wednesday looks like a fairly wet and windy day, but more sunshine

and Terry increasingly windy towards the end of the week.

and Jersey will have bulletins from 6.00 tomorrow morning and I'll

be back at 6.30 tomorrow night, until then have a good evening.

The rest of the weekend, some rain around, windy, but with dry and

bright spells. Heavy weather is brewing, it will

not reach us just yet. It will take a good few days before the stormy

weather reaches us. At the moment, it's just potential, nothing is

certain, but it will be different to what we've had over the last few

weeks, it's been so calm. We have a jet stream raging out of North

America making a beeline for the UK. It