24/03/2017 Channel Islands News

There are concerns private investment in Fort Regent could lead

to the loss of sports facilities at the site.

The Government wants to ask private companies to put forward proposals

for the regeneration of the leisure centre.

But there are fears this might not include the same level

From welcoming the Dance World Cup...

To providing a home for women's roller derby.

Over the years Fort Regent has hosted a range of different sports.

But there are fears that could be about to change as the States

look for funding to help regenerate the site.

If a private investor came forward with a fantastic plan to turn

Fort Regent into a conference centre with a hotel, restaurant, etc,

the sports facilities we currently have here would have to be

Now, if there is no money for the States to continue running

Fort Regent in the way in which it has been run, then how are we going

to afford to have new sports facilities somewhere else?

Fort Regent is Jersey's largest leisure centre.

They've got a gym here, dance studios - even

But the government says there's been no investment here for the last 40 -

50 years and there simply isn't any public funding available.

So now they're turning to the private sector for ideas

about what the venue could be used for.

But what do people who visit the site want to see at Fort Regent?

I would not mind seeing more development with the gym

Of course, there are facilities here now but I would

I would like to see more exercise facilities because I believe

that we don't have enough, especially for children.

But if the nature of the building does change, the man in charge

of the project is adamant that the island won't suffer.

Can you guarantee that if any sports facilities are moved out

of Fort Regent they'll be catered for elsewhere?

Absolutely, I've said that all along, we have to work

with sport to find the right facilities for them.

I'd love it to remain a sports facility and entertainments complex

And Constable Pallett hopes to start looking for new ideas from private

Jessica Banham, BBC Channel Islands News, Jersey.

Jersey Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman

was injured in a hit-and-run just before four o'clock this afternoon.

A white Ford Transit style van made contact with the woman

on the pavement near Bay Stores on La Route de St Aubin before

She was taken to hospital with minor injuries and is said to be

A 29-year-old man from High Wycombe has pleaded guilty in Jersey's Royal

Court to importing cannabis valued at almost ?1 million.

Shane Lee Ray was charged with attempting to bring almost

60 kilograms of cannabis resin into Jersey via Elizabeth Ferry

Ray has been remanded into custody and will be

The States of Guernsey is attempting to rubbish what it calls

"myths and misinformation" about the island's new

For two days, anonymous advertisements have been taken out

in the Guernsey Press claiming the new law will be bad for the island.

And today, four Guernsey industry groups met politicians to urge them

to revisit the law and introduce what they call simple,

We've seen the lot today as people across the Channel Islands have been

out in force raising money for Comic Relief.

Our cameras have been out and about to capture the red nose fun.

See if you can spot someone you know doing something funny for money.

I'm David and we have been raising money for Comic

We have raised just over ?1,200 so far.

We have had a great day, we have made 2,000 biscuits.

1,000 cups sent out to lots of local businesses.

We have raised over ?600. Dressing up with wacky hair.

We had a super fundraiser for Comic Relief, it is Red Nose Day and we

have all come in fancy dress. We have had a talent show and raised

?6,000 for Comic Relief. That's your news

this Friday evening. I'll say goodbye and leave

you with David Braine Hello, good evening. It looks like

we will have some reasonable weather this evening. It will be fine and

dry but quite windy at first. Gusts reaching gale force. Also be some

sunshine. High pressure is in charge but not quite close enough. The area

of low pressure to the south squeezing the isobars but the winds

do eased into Sunday and Monday. Overnight it is dry, patchy cloud

but eventually much of that plant will disappear and the end of the

night is clear, dry and windy with 7 degrees the minimum temperature.

Tomorrow a blustery day, the wind is strong enough to whip up the seas.

An east facing ports and harbours will be rough. A top temperature of

11 or 12 degrees. Saturday night and into Sunday, the clocks go forward

and our as we move into British summertime and the outlook for the

weekend is dry in fine on Sunday, more cloud coming our way in next

week it looks like the winds will ease and it will feel warmer with a

top temperature of 13 or 14 degrees. Tuesday, more especially into

Wednesday the wind changing direction bringing us are few

showers. In the second weather outlook for the whole of the

Good evening. It is good news on the weather front for most of the UK. We

have been forecasting fine weather for a few days. It has certainly

arrived. Beautiful picture