09/03/2017 Channel Islands News

Sacrificing the old for new? where you are.

Is Jersey's historic past being lost to regeneration?

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

Switching on - a drive on electric cars in Guernsey as the island calls

for tougher controls on air pollution.

There's concern some of Jersey's history

A new report on the island's heritage criticises some

building projects in St Helier for failing to preserve historic sites.

Luxmy Gopal reports from the centre of town.

The shop is an example of combining development with history on the

island. It is a listed late Victorian building which was a

jeweller 's for 200 years. More than a hundred of that was as CT Main,

one of the oldest family businesses on the island until it closed in

2009. When it became a Jack will store five years ago, it was able to

retain a lot of the original features such as the interviewer

windows, the panelling and the old saves but Heritage groups say some

developments in St Helier aren't doing enough to preserve their

sites' history. The changing face of St Helier -

the theme of a new report by heritage groups who fear

the town's historic character The report highlights the importance

of protecting the past, saying two thirds of tourists

surveyed felt heritage and history were key factors in deciding

to visit Jersey. Latest figures show over 130,000

visits were made to heritage sites Most Jersey residents surveyed said

historic buildings are an asset So how do you balance promoting

development with preserving history? According to the report,

some projects have done it well, such as this Methodist Chapel

turned community centre, which has kept its

historic character. While others, such as the

Southampton Hotel site development, have just kept the original

building's facade, which heritage The heritage shouldn't be seen

as a barrier It is about working

with the heritage buildings and historic stock we have got to ensure

the island retains its historic character and an attractive place

to live and do business. And the challenge is progressing

with regeneration while preserving the future St Helier is a priority

for the ministers and it is not always possible for developers to

keep as many story features as the store behind me has. It simply isn't

practical with a lot of modern designs of buildings and as ever, we

are limited by Spezia in St Helier and the island as a whole saw the

damage had been -- balance between maintaining heritage and making new

developments is difficult to meet. It's been announced the final report

from the Jersey Care Inquiry Originally the independent inquiry

into historical child abuse was due to publish its report

by the end of last year, which was then put

back to the end of this month. In a statement this evening

the panel said it had received information related

to its reccommendations A horse has been stabbed

in the face in Jersey. It was attacked at a

private premises in St Peter This video shows the dressage horse

after the vet had treated it for what were described as serious

but not life threatening injuries, which are likely to leave it

permanently disfigured. Jersey Police say they are taking

the attack "very seriously." It is a particular type of horse

which is engaged in dressage. Obviously, this permanent

disfigurement has a particular impact. Particularly gruesome. We

believe a weapon was used and the horse had severe injuries to the

nostril into the top of the face. Guernsey Electricity says it's

having to plan ahead for what it's describing as an expected surge

in popularity in electric cars by developing its own electric

transport strategy. And it comes as the States aim for

tougher controls on air pollution. This is one of Guernsey

Electricity's new electric vehicles. It says we'll see many more of these

in the coming years. I would see in Guernsey,

particularly with the short journey times and fairly low mileage

compared to the UK and European countries, that even the current

range of electric vehicles If they're right, one of the major

benefits for Guernsey would be a significant reduction

in emissions, something measured here in this little green box on one

of the island's busiest roads. This piece of kit is used

to measure particulates. Specifically, P M tends which are

particular it is up to ten Micro beats in diameter.

But in simple terms, this monitoring station sucks in air

This tells you the particularly busy times such as the school

If there is going to be this continual bowl reliance, if we can

do it in a way that is less reliance on fossil fuels, burning and

combustion, then we will reduce these particular its, nitrogen

dioxide, software dioxide levels and that will be really beneficial

locally. He says small steps can

result in big results - something demonstrated

here at St Martin's Primary School where changes to traffic

arrangements have halved I was surprised when I heard it had

reduced pollution in the area. We are busy school

and there is a lot So it has made

a pleasing difference. Air pollution levels in the island

aren't actually that bad. But if things are to improve it's

going to be right here on Guernsey's roads

that it all starts. Hundreds of students attended

Jersey's higher education fair today finding out more

about the opportunities Well, there is nearly 80 educators

here today from universities across the UK. They're all here to offer

advice to students about what courses they have on offer and what

it's like to study at their university. Well, this is the 25th

year of this event and what was new this year is that many of these

exhibitors gave talks at the college last night. Today, they are

expecting around 1000 students to attend and I have been talking to

some of them about what they think of today's event. It's nice to talk

to people that actually they're studying sea get their opinion

rather than just the website. Being in Jersey, you can't go over to the

UK and visit universities like the students can. I'm not sure what I

want to do but just to see what unique could be like and what I

could study is really informative. Joining me now is the education

minister who opened the event here this afternoon. Deputy, why are

events like this all-important? The art deeply important. This is an

opportunity for students to get face-to-face with people who live

and breathe in the universities across the UK and Europe so they get

direct input from everybody. There is an ongoing review of student

finance at the moment. I have been speaking to students who say we just

can't afford to go to university overseas. What is the point of

holding events like this if some families can't afford it? You know,

student finance is one of those problems we are trying to tackle. We

still produce a large amount of money to make sure that students

have access to UK university but this is an opportunity for students

to fully understand and connect with to fully understand and connect with

those universities not just across the UK but here in Jersey to. Thank

you very much. Well, this afternoon, may give students a better afternoon

about their options, but there is still a question mark over how many

families will be able to afford their students to study overseas.

The scrutiny panel looking into student financial to publish their

report by the end of this month. Today's weather has been dominated

by fog with almost all flights in and out of Jersey and Guernsey

being cancelled, Good evening. File continues to be a

bit of a problem tonight and tomorrow but I think there is a

chance of some slightly less moist air coming out of France that may

well help improve the visibility but it may be short lived so further

mist and fog around tomorrow. Still feeling quite mild. Brighter for a

time especially through the afternoon. Perhaps later in the day

into the evening, we will see more mist and fog returning. This weather

from travels away from us through the night and through the day

tomorrow. Drifting northwards but it leaves behind a legacy of layers of

low cloud. The mist and fog. And all the breeze freshens up to shift

that, it could be around for the next 24 hours or so. By the time we

get is added, it is still there but this weather front will change

things as women from Saturday and into Sunday. It brings some rain but

also fresher, cleaner air by the time we get to Sunday afternoon and

Sunday evening. That strike of mist and fog and low cloud, it will still

away through the day tomorrow but away through the day tomorrow but

for the rest of the night and at first tomorrow morning, more fog to

content with and of course, you can get travel updates on the BBC local

radio. Misty, foggy, spits of drizzle in the wind possible through

the night to come. Light winds and temperatures and although then nine

or 10 degrees. Tomorrow, this is the start of the day. It may well lift

and break and by the time we get to the end of the morning and into the

afternoon, the visibility does improve and there should be some

breaks in that cloud maybe even letting sunshine in now and again

but also clearing the visibility for a time. 13 degrees our top

temperature with the wind from the south. On Saturday, a lot of cloud

around again. Possibly even for the first thing in the morning. Things

improve as we had through the second half of the weekend. Have a good

night. Finally a look ahead to a special

anniversary tomorrow. In its 80 year history, many a love.

Honeyman will have arrived here and I bet there has been a fair few

reunions and tearful goodbyes to. Jersey airport may have changed but

those kind of memories stay the same. I am Aisling Tracy and I'm

getting ready for a morning of the stature and stories with passengers,

pilots and sweethearts as we celebrate the airport 's 80th

birthday. Join me on BBC radio Jersey tomorrow morning from six.

And you can listen to Ashley from six tomorrow morning. You're

up-to-date with news of the Channel islands. We will be back at 6:30am

tomorrow. Until then, good night. day. On Sunday, cloudier, maybe

spots of rain. Good evening, in the spring sunshine

we saw temperatures as high as 17.5 Celsius. Not as warm or Sonning on

Friday. Still a lot of dry, settled weather in the forecast for the next

few days. This was the sunset captured by one of our Weather

Watchers. Clear skies there. We have had increasing amounts of cloud

moving in from the West. Through the remainder of tonight we will

continue to see that cloud across the south-west of England, the

Channel Isles, weaving in across Wales, Northern Ireland and western

Scotland. Bringing with it some outbreaks of drizzly rain,

particularly around the coast and the hills. Further east, clear skies

and the coldest temperatures. We are likely to see frost across eastern

parts of Scotland by Friday morning. The west of Scotland will see the

cloud moving in, bringing spots of light, drizzly rain. A similar

picture for Northern Ireland. Fairly cloudy and grey. A bit of hill fog

here