:00:08. > :00:10.Making sure the Islands are not forgotten when it comes to Brexit.
:00:11. > :00:14.Good evening and welcome to the late news from BBC Channel Islands.
:00:15. > :00:20.A Jersey Politician says Andium Homes is charging too much
:00:21. > :00:34.not a problem for them, but it is a not a problem for them, but it is a
:00:35. > :00:40.problem for the taxpayer. There is no room for complacency -
:00:41. > :00:43.that's the message from a senior Guernsey politician
:00:44. > :00:45.following the UK's Justice The three MPs are responsible
:00:46. > :00:51.for making sure the interests of the Crown Dependencies aren't
:00:52. > :00:53.forgotten when it comes to Britain's exit from Europe,
:00:54. > :01:00.as Mark Inchley's been finding out. If there's one thing that
:01:01. > :01:02.Brexit's promised to deliver And the Channel Islands
:01:03. > :01:06.are by no means immune. But this week's visit by members
:01:07. > :01:09.of the UK Justice Committee has at least gone some way to reassure
:01:10. > :01:15.the Islands' governments that local Well, I'm certainly confident that
:01:16. > :01:19.we're doing everything that could be reasonably expected of us
:01:20. > :01:22.to ensure that outcome. But I don't have a crystal ball.
:01:23. > :01:27.My glass certainly isn't half empty. I'm cautiously optimistic but I'm
:01:28. > :01:30.absolutely sure of one thing, that there is no room
:01:31. > :01:32.for complacency which is what makes visits such as the one
:01:33. > :01:35.from the Ministry of Justice Select Committee
:01:36. > :01:38.so important. The committee's here to make sure
:01:39. > :01:41.the Channel Islands feel well represented and to hear
:01:42. > :01:44.where concerns lie. One is the whole question
:01:45. > :01:51.of uncertainty affecting That's exactly the same as we've got
:01:52. > :01:55.to handle in the UK as well. And the second one,
:01:56. > :01:57.again common to the UK, is giving assurance to EU citizens
:01:58. > :02:00.who are already in the Crown Dependencies as they are in the UK
:02:01. > :02:03.that their rights to remain and remain a welcome part
:02:04. > :02:05.of our society are not The Islands' smaller industries such
:02:06. > :02:12.as fishing and agriculture also play a role in the inquiry,
:02:13. > :02:15.but local farmers say there's at least one area likely to survive
:02:16. > :02:22.the changes unscathed. We actually manage our production
:02:23. > :02:26.to try and avoid export because our costs of production
:02:27. > :02:29.are high so we're not really We produce milk for the island
:02:30. > :02:37.and we try and make sure we have enough for the island
:02:38. > :02:40.and very little extra. And for those reasons,
:02:41. > :02:43.what goes on beyond our shores hopefully isn't going to impact us
:02:44. > :02:50.in a huge way. But that optimism isn't shared
:02:51. > :02:52.across the Islands' industries and as Islanders line up to find out
:02:53. > :02:55.the true impact of Britain's departure from Europe,
:02:56. > :02:58.much rests on the findings of just A Jersey politician will travel
:02:59. > :03:08.to Washington DC to attend Deputy John Le Fondre has accepted
:03:09. > :03:15.an invitation on behalf of US Congress to go to the annual event
:03:16. > :03:18.addressed by President Donald Trump. Every US President since the 60s
:03:19. > :03:20.has addressed the forum. Deputy Le Fondre says he'll pay
:03:21. > :03:27.for the trip himself. Jersey's Andium Homes is charging
:03:28. > :03:30.too much for new social housing Deputy Montfort Tadier is worried
:03:31. > :03:36.rents are spiralling out of control. It comes after some social housing
:03:37. > :03:40.was priced at ?1300 a month These are the newly
:03:41. > :03:49.refurbished homes at Clos de Deputy Montfort Tadier's impressed
:03:50. > :03:53.with the quality of the flats, but he says for some people
:03:54. > :03:55.affordable housing The rent for these two bed
:03:56. > :04:02.maisonettes is around ?300 a week. And as social housing,
:04:03. > :04:05.those rents are pegged at 90% But his concern is that tenants
:04:06. > :04:12.on income support who are renting privately only get around
:04:13. > :04:22.?280 a week. If their rent is fully covered
:04:23. > :04:24.by income support that's not a problem for them but it's
:04:25. > :04:27.a problem for the taxpayer. That is also question
:04:28. > :04:29.about inflation in the But Social security says this isn't
:04:30. > :04:34.an issue for tenants as the cost Andium Homes follows the rent
:04:35. > :04:38.policy set by the States. The Housing Minister wasn't
:04:39. > :04:40.available but her spokesman told us: We are making a ?250 million
:04:41. > :04:43.investment to improve social housing, which would not be possible
:04:44. > :04:45.without the financial certainty Jersey's Social Secutiry
:04:46. > :05:17.Department says... So while most of Jersey's affordable
:05:18. > :05:21.housing will be refurnished to provide better accommodation,
:05:22. > :05:27.that will cost the tax payer. Guernsey has been chosen
:05:28. > :05:29.by the internet giant Google as the location for its first
:05:30. > :05:32.Education Summit The two-day event in May
:05:33. > :05:37.will showcase the latest technology in education and how it can help
:05:38. > :05:40.teachers and professionals. The tech company says it
:05:41. > :05:42.will involve leading Google Guernsey's Scrutiny Management
:05:43. > :05:53.Committee says it's extremely concerned by the findings
:05:54. > :05:55.of an independent review into health The Committee says the review
:05:56. > :06:00.identifies a number of areas where existing provision falls
:06:01. > :06:02.below acceptable standards. Its president says a lot of work
:06:03. > :06:08.is needed to rebuild confidence. Jersey's Environment Minister says
:06:09. > :06:12.the quality of the Islands water is getting better but admits there's
:06:13. > :06:16.still room for improvement. Deputy Luce has issued a response
:06:17. > :06:19.to a report by Save Our Shoreline. It's concerned that marine life
:06:20. > :06:24.will disappear and tourism will suffer unless more is done
:06:25. > :06:27.to reduce the level We have got some environmental
:06:28. > :06:31.challenges and our water could be better, but are we at
:06:32. > :06:34.a tipping point? I don't think so and I come to that
:06:35. > :06:37.conclusion because our I will put my hand up
:06:38. > :06:45.and say we can do better It's one of the most important ice
:06:46. > :06:52.age sites in northern Europe - and this week archaeologists
:06:53. > :06:55.are meeting with engineers to work out how the La Cotte site
:06:56. > :06:58.at St Brelade can be preserved It comes after Jersey Heritage had
:06:59. > :07:03.to turn down a ?180,000 grant from the government as work can't
:07:04. > :07:07.continue until the site More than 40,000 years ago,
:07:08. > :07:18.it was mammoths and Neanderthals And they returned time and time
:07:19. > :07:28.again to the site at La Cotte. Once linked to Northern France
:07:29. > :07:30.by coastal plains, it now contains more Neanderthal artefacts
:07:31. > :07:34.than the rest of the British Like most of the coastline
:07:35. > :07:41.it is vulnerable to erosion It's a question of stabilising
:07:42. > :07:45.the site and stopping the rocks from becoming loose and creating
:07:46. > :07:48.a safe environment Archaeologists wanted to continue
:07:49. > :07:57.digging at the site later this year. But that work has been frozen, along
:07:58. > :08:01.with the government funding for it, Around 200,000 stone tools have
:08:02. > :08:08.already been discovered there. But Dr Matt Pope, who's
:08:09. > :08:15.an archaeologist, is confident Although a lot of excavation has
:08:16. > :08:18.taken place only about 40% of the site has been explored
:08:19. > :08:21.and that was a long time ago. For the future that is
:08:22. > :08:23.an incredible archive there. Modern scientific techniques
:08:24. > :08:26.would throw an even greater light Dr Pope and Jersey Heritage are
:08:27. > :08:31.meeting with engineers this week. They're hoping to publish a report
:08:32. > :08:34.on exactly what needs to be done But as it's expected to take
:08:35. > :08:39.years rather than months, for now the rest of La Cotte's
:08:40. > :08:48.secrets will remain undiscovered. David Braine has your
:08:49. > :09:04.weather forecast. Thank you. It is going to be a cold
:09:05. > :09:08.day tomorrow. Bitterly cold. Biting south-east wind develops through the
:09:09. > :09:13.night and for much of the day tomorrow. Windy. But when
:09:14. > :09:17.temperatures start at around zero or slightly below, with the strength of
:09:18. > :09:22.the wind, despite the sunshine it will feel cold. The morning
:09:23. > :09:29.temperatures with the wind, this will feel well below freezing
:09:30. > :09:33.because of the wind and that low start of temperature. The rain is
:09:34. > :09:41.the high pressure out to the east. Low-pressure trying to get in. Cold
:09:42. > :09:47.air from senior continent and a strong wind which means a raw
:09:48. > :09:54.feeling day. The weather fronts will move across us and maybe some patchy
:09:55. > :10:00.rain into Friday. Tonight is cold and the breeze starts to increase.
:10:01. > :10:05.It becomes quite a when they start and very cold start with
:10:06. > :10:13.temperatures from zero to minus one or minus two. Cloud will break up
:10:14. > :10:21.nicely and the wind will feel pretty raw tomorrow. Six or seven at best
:10:22. > :10:28.for most of us. A bit different on Friday. The breeze beginning to
:10:29. > :10:33.ease. Temperatures climbing. A lot of cloud with patchy drizzle and a
:10:34. > :10:39.more definite change, south-west winds through the weekend.
:10:40. > :10:42.Temperatures start to recover. Have a good night.
:10:43. > :10:45.That's your news this Wednesday evening.
:10:46. > :10:47.BBC Radio Guernsey and Jersey will have bulletins from 6am
:10:48. > :10:49.tomorrow morning and I'll be back at 6:30pm tomorrow night.
:10:50. > :11:06.take a look at the Outlook towards the weekend.
:11:07. > :11:11.Good evening. If you think it was cold today, for many it will be
:11:12. > :11:15.colder still tomorrow. Cold even when we have the sunshine today.
:11:16. > :11:18.This was one of the wonderful weather watcher pictures we had sent
:11:19. > :11:25.in from Cornwall. It contrasts with a cloudy and foggy eastern half of
:11:26. > :11:28.the country, and a bank of cloud. Still foggy, but it is starting to
:11:29. > :11:32.lift. It is being pushed north and west, this bank of cloud. That will
:11:33. > :11:36.continue through the night. We will still have some fog sitting on the
:11:37. > :11:41.hills. Even with the cloud, it will be a cold night, with temperatures
:11:42. > :11:43.away from the far north and west falling