:00:00. > :00:14.Financial blacklisting - the biggest threat to Guernsey
:00:15. > :00:39.A Jersey politician says the BBC is discriminating the over 75s
:00:40. > :00:47.Financial blacklisting is the biggest single
:00:48. > :00:50.threat from Brexit - that's according to Guernsey's
:00:51. > :00:57.It comes as a new report from the Ministry of Justice urges
:00:58. > :00:59.the UK Government to clarify the position of the Crown
:01:00. > :01:01.Dependencies during Brexit negotiations.
:01:02. > :01:07.Guernsey and Jersey are neither part of the UK nor the EU.
:01:08. > :01:09.But they are part of Europe's Customs Union, allowing
:01:10. > :01:16.But this formal relationship with the EU will end with Brexit.
:01:17. > :01:19.So work's under way to ensure the Crown Dependencies
:01:20. > :01:23.are represented in the tough negotiations ahead.
:01:24. > :01:25.The main priorities for the Channel Islands are
:01:26. > :01:27.protection of the financial services from EU blacklisting,
:01:28. > :01:29.retention of the Common Travel Area and
:01:30. > :01:31.continued export opportunities in agriculture, fisheries
:01:32. > :01:40.This company in St Peter Port provides consultancy services
:01:41. > :01:44.Its boss says the interests of Guernsey and the UK
:01:45. > :01:49.If you look at the investment management fees being earned in the
:01:50. > :01:51.UK from managing people's money internationally, approximately 10%
:01:52. > :01:55.And when you consider how big the industry is,
:01:56. > :02:06.Today Guernsey's most senior politician admitted that financial
:02:07. > :02:11.blacklisting is the biggest single threat from Brexit.
:02:12. > :02:14.I think probably the most important is self evidently the point they
:02:15. > :02:17.make in relation to blacklisting, that the UK will not be at the
:02:18. > :02:22.Instead of there being 28 nations, with the UK speaking and
:02:23. > :02:28.acting on our behalf, there will be 27.
:02:29. > :02:32.What that is likely to mean is we are going to have to ensure we up
:02:33. > :02:38.Today the Justice Select Committee published this report, recommending
:02:39. > :02:41.the UK Government clarifies what happens in Brexit negotiations
:02:42. > :02:43.when its interests differ from the Channel Islands.
:02:44. > :02:46.The Committee's Chairman says it'll be important to keep up the pressure
:02:47. > :02:56.I think the sense is so far the engagement with the British
:02:57. > :02:57.Government is very good, one of the key
:02:58. > :02:59.recommendations in our report is
:03:00. > :03:02.to remind them that has to be kept up right the way through the
:03:03. > :03:09.And tomorrow the Islands will hope the Prime Minister remembers them
:03:10. > :03:11.when she sits down to begin to negotiate divorce
:03:12. > :03:18.A car and electrical items were stolen from a house in Jersey,
:03:19. > :03:20.while the homeowners were asleep upstairs.
:03:21. > :03:23.Thieves broke into the home in Gorey Village in the early
:03:24. > :03:27.A laptop, two guitars, cameras and car keys were stolen.
:03:28. > :03:29.The person's car was later found submerged on Ouaisne beach.
:03:30. > :03:38.Jersey police want anyone with information to contact them.
:03:39. > :03:40.A fraudster who conned the States of Guernsey out of ?2.6 million
:03:41. > :03:49.has been ordered to pay compensation of ?68,000.
:03:50. > :03:51.John Woodhatch is currently serving a five-year jail sentence
:03:52. > :03:53.for scamming the States Treasury by pretending to be
:03:54. > :03:58.from Lagan Construction who were working on Guernsey's
:03:59. > :04:01.Woodhatch has six months to pay the compensation,
:04:02. > :04:07.or another year will be added to his jail term.
:04:08. > :04:10.More people in Jersey under the age of 75 die of cancer
:04:11. > :04:14.compared to people of the same age in England.
:04:15. > :04:16.That's according to figures released by the Statistics Department.
:04:17. > :04:19.Half of all cancer deaths here are in patients aged 75
:04:20. > :04:26.or under, with lung cancer being the biggest killer.
:04:27. > :04:29.Earlier I spoke to our reporter Julie Flanagan who has been
:04:30. > :04:35.Well some areas are better than others.
:04:36. > :04:37.Overall compared to the average for England, the Statistics Unit
:04:38. > :04:40.found many more people in Jersey are living beyond the age of 75
:04:41. > :04:43.but cancer is a big factor in whether or not people
:04:44. > :04:50.Lung cancer is significantly worse in Jersey than in England
:04:51. > :04:58.with the disease here compared to 59 per 100,000
:04:59. > :05:02.people in England but other cancers, including pancratic
:05:03. > :05:09.Cancer has overtaken heart disease and stroke as the major
:05:10. > :05:13.cause of death among people aged 75 and under?
:05:14. > :05:16.Yes, but as Marguerite Clarke from the States Statistics Unit says
:05:17. > :05:18.that is to be expected in a population with
:05:19. > :05:36.we have a greater proportion of deaths they are living longer and
:05:37. > :05:45.are likely as they age. Cancer is now our main cause of death in
:05:46. > :05:47.These figures are important because our policy and decision
:05:48. > :05:51.makers can use this information to decide where they should invest
:05:52. > :05:57.public money and see what has worked well in the past.
:05:58. > :06:05.there is the alcohol side of our strategy. I am not giving neighbours
:06:06. > :06:11.did not understand why we wanted to do it. It wasn't about raising
:06:12. > :06:18.taxation, it was about a healthy community.
:06:19. > :06:20.So the Minister's message is that information and education
:06:21. > :06:22.is working and long term, we'll all benefit.
:06:23. > :06:25.A plan to make all over-75 year olds in Jersey exempt from TV licence
:06:26. > :06:28.fees has been rejected by the States.
:06:29. > :06:31.A politician said the BBC should cover the costs,
:06:32. > :06:35.But the move was defeated 22 votes to 19.
:06:36. > :06:54.Give me a gin and tonic. Make it a double. I have just bought
:06:55. > :06:57.It's the BBC's first ever licence fee advert.
:06:58. > :07:00.The fee is no longer ?58 a year - it's around ?150.
:07:01. > :07:02.But today in the States, the question was who should
:07:03. > :07:07.In the UK, the BBC will be covering the licence fee costs for everyone
:07:08. > :07:09.over the age of 75 - it'll be phased
:07:10. > :07:12.In Jersey, the States pays for licence fees
:07:13. > :07:14.for those eligible over 75 - it's means-tested.
:07:15. > :07:16.In the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the States closed their "free
:07:17. > :07:19.licence fee for over 75s" scheme six months ago, to save money.
:07:20. > :07:22.But after negotiations, the BBC will pick up the tab
:07:23. > :07:25.from the year 2020 for over-75-year-olds across
:07:26. > :07:26.the Channel Islands - only if they're eligible under
:07:27. > :07:32.A Jersey politician argued in the States today that this
:07:33. > :07:38.It's up to the BBC to apply the same rules to all over 75s
:07:39. > :07:43.They should'nt be discriminating against a minority in Jersey, or
:07:44. > :07:49.in the other crown dependencies for that matter.
:07:50. > :07:53.I'm from England anyway so I was always used to having free
:07:54. > :08:00.television so I feel for these people.
:08:01. > :08:02.If they don't get it there missing out.
:08:03. > :08:06.I think it should be free and available to everyone and
:08:07. > :08:14.less they feel they've got plenty of money and can well afford it.
:08:15. > :08:25.I suppose at the end of the day it may
:08:26. > :08:28.be easier, never mind about what you've got what you haven't.
:08:29. > :08:30.But the States narrowly voted against renegotiating the BBC deal,
:08:31. > :08:33.with Ministers arguing the deal is likely to change in the UK
:08:34. > :08:37.Bus fares in Jersey will increase from the 3rd of April.
:08:38. > :08:40.A single journey will increase by five pence to ?1.55
:08:41. > :08:44.and a student price will increase by two pence.
:08:45. > :08:47.Liberty Bus say the rise is in line with inflation.
:08:48. > :08:50.However, the bus operator is freezing the price
:08:51. > :09:00.of its monthly and annual fares for the fourth year running.
:09:01. > :09:17.this was the start of the day. Glorious sunshine to start the day.
:09:18. > :09:21.That producing some rain overnight. There is the risk of showers
:09:22. > :09:26.tomorrow and we will get some sunshine and it will feel miles.
:09:27. > :09:34.Wind from the South lifting the temperatures. This was earlier
:09:35. > :09:39.today. That weather will produce rain over the next few hours and it
:09:40. > :09:44.leaves by the middle of the day tomorrow. We end up with a dry day
:09:45. > :10:00.tomorrow. Because of that high pressure, we could hold onto right
:10:01. > :10:05.up to. Satellite picture. This rain is and we will see some of those
:10:06. > :10:09.outbreaks of rain. Patchy at first but widespread for a while. It
:10:10. > :10:17.becomes mainly dry in the small hours of the morning. Temperature is
:10:18. > :10:27.no lower tomorrow, I am hopeful it wind from the South will give some
:10:28. > :10:36.good temperatures. We may get up even the chance of some sunshine
:10:37. > :10:44.there is plenty of warmth to the south, spring weather. Paris is up
:10:45. > :10:52.to some of that warmth getting to That's your news this Tuesday
:10:53. > :10:54.evening, BBC Radio Guernsey BBC Radio Guernsey and Jersey
:10:55. > :10:56.will have bulletins from six tomorrow morning and I'll be back
:10:57. > :11:04.at six thirty tomorrow night, times, but fairly mild for the time
:11:05. > :11:09.of year. This stay tuned for the national weather forecasts with John
:11:10. > :11:13.Hammond. Good evening. Your parents might
:11:14. > :11:17.have told you once that life 's not fair and they were right. He is the
:11:18. > :11:20.proof. Over the next few days some of us will enjoy some lovely
:11:21. > :11:24.sunshine, temperatures in the low 20s. It will feel like early summer.
:11:25. > :11:30.For others, quite a lot of rain around and it will feel like late
:11:31. > :11:33.March. This is showers earlier on today and dampness this evening in
:11:34. > :11:37.the West Country and Wales. That is heading north eastwards. A different
:11:38. > :11:41.sort of night. A lot of cloud around, quite damp and misty in
:11:42. > :11:45.places. Cloud cover will prevent temperatures falling much at all. A
:11:46. > :11:49.much milder my than we have seen recently. Except for the North of
:11:50. > :11:54.Scotland, but elsewhere in double figures. It will be a Graeme Murty
:11:55. > :11:56.start of the day for most of us, not much in