19/01/2017 Channel Islands News

The majority of the trained nurses I That's Newsnight with Emily in

The majority of the trained nurses I have lost have been through licences

expiring and we have lost some very experienced nurses. Welcome to the

latest news from BBC Channel Islands. Also, the deteriorating

water quality could be affecting beaches, marine life and tourism.

National staff shortages and restrictions on working

in Guernsey are being blamed for problems recruiting

25% of roles in the States run facilities

Privately run homes are finding it equally tough to get

the staff they need - Penny Elderfield reports.

It takes 42 members of staff to look after the 39 residents here.

Making sure they get the care and support they need.

But also to make sure it feels like home.

And recently it took a year to fill just three nursing vacancies.

And there's one hurdle that's making it harder.

The majority of the trained nurses that I have lost have been

through licences expiring and we have lost some

We have a working party and it has been working closely with housing

and putting our issues across, so hopefully they will recognise

that we need to keep our experienced staff.

And Sylvia's been helping with that today.

But as it stands will have to leave in two years.

I really like my work and I really like the home.

I don't know if it is because I came from an island and it is very calm

I would like, but it depends on the housing.

This restrictive housing licences would perhaps provide a potential

remedy but with an ageing population and inevitable need for more staff,

Speaking to colleagues, we do not think we could have afforded to

Gates University in England said the fact they have the course here now

is good and a lot of us are doing a course so it is good. All of that

will help but with an ageing population and the need for more

staff, those running care homes like this one say this is not a problem

that will go away on its own. Water quality specialists will be

in Jersey next week to review plans Campaigners from the environmental

group Save Our Shoreline say unless action's taken,

marine life will disappear A clear blue sky and clear blue

water - it's an image Jersey has built a reputation on,

but some are worried Because the water quality has

deteriorated, it's affecting Even the texture of the sand

is different because the species We don't want a green mass,

we want our golden beaches back. The campaign group has

sent its report to the government review panel that's looking

at water quality. "The Panel and their advisor

will raise any issues "with the Department that

are relevant to nitrates during The debate about the impact

of sea lettuce isn't new, but we're still no closer

to agreeing what causes it. Jersey's Environment Department has

asked UK advisers to review They'll also be talking

to Jersey Water who regularly We check our water daily,

on a daily basis. We take thousands of tests a year

to make sure that the water that not only the water that we're taking

into our reservoirs is of good quality but also the water we're

supplying our customers With another summer to look forward

to, it's hoped our beaches As you heard, advisers from the UK

will be in the island next week These advisers are

coming here next week. The advisers who are coming

to Jersey next week will be looking at the Water Management Plan that's

been published by the That plan includes a timetable

of work to improve the quality of water in our streams over

the next five years. Jersey Water, the Environment

department and farmers have been working together on the plan

to tackle the problem of nitrates and pesticides

leaking into the system. The problem of sea lettuce and water

quality has been a hot topic for a number of years,

so why now? Campaigners have been putting

pressure on the government to act and are hopeful that they're not

just paying lip service The states are taking concerns

seriously. And it is wonderful we are getting these experts over. We

hope they will listen and implement what they say rather than saying it

is all coming from France and we cannot do any thing about it.

These UK advisers will be talking to Jersey Water

The father of a newborn baby who died in Guernsey

claims his partner was wrongly given drugs to induce labour

Three women who, at the time, worked in the maternity ward

at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital face misconduct charges.

Today the father of the baby who died in 2014 gave evidence

He said the couple planned as natural a birth as possible -

but labour-inducing drugs were given without his partner's

agreement, and without the approval of a consultant.

The practice of midwives acting on their own initiative has been

described as part of a culture known as The Guernsey Way.

It's still unclear whether Senator Philip Ozouf has

tendered his resignation as one of Jersey's Assistant

On Tuesday he told States members he'll write to the Chief minister

offering his resignation over a scathing report into a fund

But today the Senator refused to confirm whether he's

He told the BBC there's a lot that needs to be sorted out before anyone

The decision on how to pay for Jersey's

The plans are to borrow up to four hundred million pounds.

But States Members have voted to put off the debate until they're

A vision of Jersey's future hospital - just under ?500 million needed

Where that money will come from is still undecided.

The debate on whether to borrow up to ?400 million was delayed

from yesterday due to a question in the States of whether

The States aren't allowed to borrow more than they collect in tax -

so had to stop to check whether they collect enough to be

allowed the amount of borrowing needed for the hospital.

But, while that issue threw a cat among the pigeons yesterday,

now there's a new delay - to allow scrutiny politicians

This is a ?400 million borrowing to be paid back

These things need to be looked at so carefully.

That's the role of scrutiny, to make sure this is well researched,

this is based on sound evidence and it does take time.

States Members agreed to more time, despite previous reluctance

by the Treasury Minister, who feared what interest rates

It s difficult to tell, markets can move in both directions,

but if they moved against us we could see up to ?6 million

or more of additional costs in funding the hospital as a result

But that's a gamble the States are taking, to spend more time

on hospital funding, which would involve the biggest debt

The Battle of Flowers in Jersey may drop Mr Battle

While Miss Battle is usually local, and wins her crown, Mr Battle tends

to be a celebrity who's paid between eight to twelve thousand

But festival organisers believe the money could

Here's David Braine with your forecast.

Hello, good evening, very dry and cold air across us at the moment. It

may warm a little bit but not a great deal of change but some

beautiful skies over the last couple of days. Tomorrow, cold and dry,

there will be frost overnight tonight and widespread frost and

smaller islands could see a of frost. A day of unbroken sunshine.

The weather is in the north, high pressure is weakening, it may take

some time before it starts to move away from us, not for the next 24

hours but by the weekend, some subtle changes, high pressure is

weaker, this weather front tries to come in and ahead of it drawing up

less cold air and more cloud. The main story is dry and cold.

Overnight temperatures are getting quite low. I think inland for the

larger islands, -1 or -2. A cold day tomorrow, a lot of sunshine to enjoy

but wrap up warm. An easterly wind and top temperature of four or 5

degrees. Some awful weather across parts of Spain eastern Spain sees

some snow and unusually low temperatures and eastern Europe in

the grip of cold, dry air. By Saturday and Sunday, the weak

weather front introduces more cloud but not a great deal of difference

to temperatures or the risk of rain. It is still a fine, dry story on

Saturday and Sunday. Have a good night.

That's your news this Thursday evening, BBC Radio Guernsey

and Jersey will have bulletins from 6am tomorrow morning

and Alison will be back at 6:30pm tomorrow night.

Good evening, it will gradually get colder in the UK in the next few

days, something we don't have to worry about in Australia at this

time of year. Of course it's the Australian tennis open at the moment

and there's a big storm moving through Melbourne at the moment.

Hopefully it will have cleared through by the time of Andy Murray's

match. We have high withers and light winds and some interesting

contrasts despite things being very slow moving, with the sunshine to

the south of the weather zone but stuck underneath the weather zone,

it's been another miserably grey day. No doubt quite dreary with some

patches of drizzle. This is how it looked in Staffordshire, under the

weather front. In the sunshine, despite the Frosty start, a

sparkling day and a fantastic sunset here in the Isle of Wight. Some

areas, in parts of Northern Ireland that haven't seen much sunshine this

week, actually saw