:00:12. > :00:13.Sacrificing the old for new? where you are.
:00:14. > :00:17.Is Jersey's historic past being lost to regeneration?
:00:18. > :00:20.Good evening and welcome to the late news from BBC Channel Islands.
:00:21. > :00:27.Switching on - a drive on electric cars in Guernsey as the island calls
:00:28. > :00:38.for tougher controls on air pollution.
:00:39. > :00:40.There's concern some of Jersey's history
:00:41. > :00:44.A new report on the island's heritage criticises some
:00:45. > :00:49.building projects in St Helier for failing to preserve historic sites.
:00:50. > :01:00.Luxmy Gopal reports from the centre of town.
:01:01. > :01:06.The shop is an example of combining development with history on the
:01:07. > :01:10.island. It is a listed late Victorian building which was a
:01:11. > :01:14.jeweller 's for 200 years. More than a hundred of that was as CT Main,
:01:15. > :01:18.one of the oldest family businesses on the island until it closed in
:01:19. > :01:21.2009. When it became a Jack will store five years ago, it was able to
:01:22. > :01:25.retain a lot of the original features such as the interviewer
:01:26. > :01:31.windows, the panelling and the old saves but Heritage groups say some
:01:32. > :01:32.developments in St Helier aren't doing enough to preserve their
:01:33. > :01:32.sites' history. The changing face of St Helier -
:01:33. > :01:36.the theme of a new report by heritage groups who fear
:01:37. > :01:38.the town's historic character The report highlights the importance
:01:39. > :01:41.of protecting the past, saying two thirds of tourists
:01:42. > :01:43.surveyed felt heritage and history were key factors in deciding
:01:44. > :01:46.to visit Jersey. Latest figures show over 130,000
:01:47. > :01:49.visits were made to heritage sites Most Jersey residents surveyed said
:01:50. > :01:58.historic buildings are an asset So how do you balance promoting
:01:59. > :02:02.development with preserving history? According to the report,
:02:03. > :02:07.some projects have done it well, such as this Methodist Chapel
:02:08. > :02:10.turned community centre, which has kept its
:02:11. > :02:12.historic character. While others, such as the
:02:13. > :02:14.Southampton Hotel site development, have just kept the original
:02:15. > :02:18.building's facade, which heritage The heritage shouldn't be seen
:02:19. > :02:24.as a barrier It is about working
:02:25. > :02:29.with the heritage buildings and historic stock we have got to ensure
:02:30. > :02:33.the island retains its historic character and an attractive place
:02:34. > :02:37.to live and do business. And the challenge is progressing
:02:38. > :02:55.with regeneration while preserving the future St Helier is a priority
:02:56. > :02:58.for the ministers and it is not always possible for developers to
:02:59. > :03:02.keep as many story features as the store behind me has. It simply isn't
:03:03. > :03:06.practical with a lot of modern designs of buildings and as ever, we
:03:07. > :03:11.are limited by Spezia in St Helier and the island as a whole saw the
:03:12. > :03:16.damage had been -- balance between maintaining heritage and making new
:03:17. > :03:17.developments is difficult to meet. It's been announced the final report
:03:18. > :03:20.from the Jersey Care Inquiry Originally the independent inquiry
:03:21. > :03:23.into historical child abuse was due to publish its report
:03:24. > :03:26.by the end of last year, which was then put
:03:27. > :03:29.back to the end of this month. In a statement this evening
:03:30. > :03:31.the panel said it had received information related
:03:32. > :03:32.to its reccommendations A horse has been stabbed
:03:33. > :03:38.in the face in Jersey. It was attacked at a
:03:39. > :03:40.private premises in St Peter This video shows the dressage horse
:03:41. > :03:44.after the vet had treated it for what were described as serious
:03:45. > :03:47.but not life threatening injuries, which are likely to leave it
:03:48. > :03:49.permanently disfigured. Jersey Police say they are taking
:03:50. > :04:02.the attack "very seriously." It is a particular type of horse
:04:03. > :04:04.which is engaged in dressage. Obviously, this permanent
:04:05. > :04:11.disfigurement has a particular impact. Particularly gruesome. We
:04:12. > :04:12.believe a weapon was used and the horse had severe injuries to the
:04:13. > :04:13.nostril into the top of the face. Guernsey Electricity says it's
:04:14. > :04:16.having to plan ahead for what it's describing as an expected surge
:04:17. > :04:19.in popularity in electric cars by developing its own electric
:04:20. > :04:20.transport strategy. And it comes as the States aim for
:04:21. > :04:23.tougher controls on air pollution. This is one of Guernsey
:04:24. > :04:29.Electricity's new electric vehicles. It says we'll see many more of these
:04:30. > :04:31.in the coming years. I would see in Guernsey,
:04:32. > :04:34.particularly with the short journey times and fairly low mileage
:04:35. > :04:40.compared to the UK and European countries, that even the current
:04:41. > :04:43.range of electric vehicles If they're right, one of the major
:04:44. > :04:49.benefits for Guernsey would be a significant reduction
:04:50. > :04:51.in emissions, something measured here in this little green box on one
:04:52. > :04:56.of the island's busiest roads. This piece of kit is used
:04:57. > :05:09.to measure particulates. Specifically, P M tends which are
:05:10. > :05:10.particular it is up to ten Micro beats in diameter.
:05:11. > :05:14.But in simple terms, this monitoring station sucks in air
:05:15. > :05:18.This tells you the particularly busy times such as the school
:05:19. > :05:33.If there is going to be this continual bowl reliance, if we can
:05:34. > :05:36.do it in a way that is less reliance on fossil fuels, burning and
:05:37. > :05:40.combustion, then we will reduce these particular its, nitrogen
:05:41. > :05:43.dioxide, software dioxide levels and that will be really beneficial
:05:44. > :05:45.locally. He says small steps can
:05:46. > :05:47.result in big results - something demonstrated
:05:48. > :05:49.here at St Martin's Primary School where changes to traffic
:05:50. > :05:51.arrangements have halved I was surprised when I heard it had
:05:52. > :05:55.reduced pollution in the area. We are busy school
:05:56. > :05:57.and there is a lot So it has made
:05:58. > :06:01.a pleasing difference. Air pollution levels in the island
:06:02. > :06:04.aren't actually that bad. But if things are to improve it's
:06:05. > :06:07.going to be right here on Guernsey's roads
:06:08. > :06:12.that it all starts. Hundreds of students attended
:06:13. > :06:15.Jersey's higher education fair today finding out more
:06:16. > :06:28.about the opportunities Well, there is nearly 80 educators
:06:29. > :06:32.here today from universities across the UK. They're all here to offer
:06:33. > :06:35.advice to students about what courses they have on offer and what
:06:36. > :06:39.it's like to study at their university. Well, this is the 25th
:06:40. > :06:44.year of this event and what was new this year is that many of these
:06:45. > :06:47.exhibitors gave talks at the college last night. Today, they are
:06:48. > :06:50.expecting around 1000 students to attend and I have been talking to
:06:51. > :06:55.some of them about what they think of today's event. It's nice to talk
:06:56. > :06:59.to people that actually they're studying sea get their opinion
:07:00. > :07:03.rather than just the website. Being in Jersey, you can't go over to the
:07:04. > :07:07.UK and visit universities like the students can. I'm not sure what I
:07:08. > :07:13.want to do but just to see what unique could be like and what I
:07:14. > :07:17.could study is really informative. Joining me now is the education
:07:18. > :07:21.minister who opened the event here this afternoon. Deputy, why are
:07:22. > :07:25.events like this all-important? The art deeply important. This is an
:07:26. > :07:28.opportunity for students to get face-to-face with people who live
:07:29. > :07:32.and breathe in the universities across the UK and Europe so they get
:07:33. > :07:36.direct input from everybody. There is an ongoing review of student
:07:37. > :07:40.finance at the moment. I have been speaking to students who say we just
:07:41. > :07:42.can't afford to go to university overseas. What is the point of
:07:43. > :07:47.holding events like this if some families can't afford it? You know,
:07:48. > :07:51.student finance is one of those problems we are trying to tackle. We
:07:52. > :07:55.still produce a large amount of money to make sure that students
:07:56. > :07:57.have access to UK university but this is an opportunity for students
:07:58. > :08:00.to fully understand and connect with to fully understand and connect with
:08:01. > :08:06.those universities not just across the UK but here in Jersey to. Thank
:08:07. > :08:09.you very much. Well, this afternoon, may give students a better afternoon
:08:10. > :08:12.about their options, but there is still a question mark over how many
:08:13. > :08:17.families will be able to afford their students to study overseas.
:08:18. > :08:18.The scrutiny panel looking into student financial to publish their
:08:19. > :08:20.report by the end of this month. Today's weather has been dominated
:08:21. > :08:22.by fog with almost all flights in and out of Jersey and Guernsey
:08:23. > :08:33.being cancelled, Good evening. File continues to be a
:08:34. > :08:36.bit of a problem tonight and tomorrow but I think there is a
:08:37. > :08:39.chance of some slightly less moist air coming out of France that may
:08:40. > :08:44.well help improve the visibility but it may be short lived so further
:08:45. > :08:47.mist and fog around tomorrow. Still feeling quite mild. Brighter for a
:08:48. > :08:50.time especially through the afternoon. Perhaps later in the day
:08:51. > :08:54.into the evening, we will see more mist and fog returning. This weather
:08:55. > :08:59.from travels away from us through the night and through the day
:09:00. > :09:03.tomorrow. Drifting northwards but it leaves behind a legacy of layers of
:09:04. > :09:06.low cloud. The mist and fog. And all the breeze freshens up to shift
:09:07. > :09:10.that, it could be around for the next 24 hours or so. By the time we
:09:11. > :09:13.get is added, it is still there but this weather front will change
:09:14. > :09:18.things as women from Saturday and into Sunday. It brings some rain but
:09:19. > :09:22.also fresher, cleaner air by the time we get to Sunday afternoon and
:09:23. > :09:27.Sunday evening. That strike of mist and fog and low cloud, it will still
:09:28. > :09:30.away through the day tomorrow but away through the day tomorrow but
:09:31. > :09:34.for the rest of the night and at first tomorrow morning, more fog to
:09:35. > :09:38.content with and of course, you can get travel updates on the BBC local
:09:39. > :09:43.radio. Misty, foggy, spits of drizzle in the wind possible through
:09:44. > :09:46.the night to come. Light winds and temperatures and although then nine
:09:47. > :09:51.or 10 degrees. Tomorrow, this is the start of the day. It may well lift
:09:52. > :09:54.and break and by the time we get to the end of the morning and into the
:09:55. > :09:57.afternoon, the visibility does improve and there should be some
:09:58. > :10:01.breaks in that cloud maybe even letting sunshine in now and again
:10:02. > :10:04.but also clearing the visibility for a time. 13 degrees our top
:10:05. > :10:08.temperature with the wind from the south. On Saturday, a lot of cloud
:10:09. > :10:12.around again. Possibly even for the first thing in the morning. Things
:10:13. > :10:13.improve as we had through the second half of the weekend. Have a good
:10:14. > :10:13.night. Finally a look ahead to a special
:10:14. > :10:23.anniversary tomorrow. In its 80 year history, many a love.
:10:24. > :10:28.Honeyman will have arrived here and I bet there has been a fair few
:10:29. > :10:32.reunions and tearful goodbyes to. Jersey airport may have changed but
:10:33. > :10:37.those kind of memories stay the same. I am Aisling Tracy and I'm
:10:38. > :10:41.getting ready for a morning of the stature and stories with passengers,
:10:42. > :10:45.pilots and sweethearts as we celebrate the airport 's 80th
:10:46. > :10:50.birthday. Join me on BBC radio Jersey tomorrow morning from six.
:10:51. > :10:53.And you can listen to Ashley from six tomorrow morning. You're
:10:54. > :10:54.up-to-date with news of the Channel islands. We will be back at 6:30am
:10:55. > :11:03.tomorrow. Until then, good night. day. On Sunday, cloudier, maybe
:11:04. > :11:16.spots of rain. Good evening, in the spring sunshine
:11:17. > :11:19.we saw temperatures as high as 17.5 Celsius. Not as warm or Sonning on
:11:20. > :11:23.Friday. Still a lot of dry, settled weather in the forecast for the next
:11:24. > :11:27.few days. This was the sunset captured by one of our Weather
:11:28. > :11:31.Watchers. Clear skies there. We have had increasing amounts of cloud
:11:32. > :11:34.moving in from the West. Through the remainder of tonight we will
:11:35. > :11:37.continue to see that cloud across the south-west of England, the
:11:38. > :11:42.Channel Isles, weaving in across Wales, Northern Ireland and western
:11:43. > :11:44.Scotland. Bringing with it some outbreaks of drizzly rain,
:11:45. > :11:48.particularly around the coast and the hills. Further east, clear skies
:11:49. > :11:52.and the coldest temperatures. We are likely to see frost across eastern
:11:53. > :11:55.parts of Scotland by Friday morning. The west of Scotland will see the
:11:56. > :11:59.cloud moving in, bringing spots of light, drizzly rain. A similar
:12:00. > :12:02.picture for Northern Ireland. Fairly cloudy and grey. A bit of hill fog
:12:03. > :12:03.here