30/03/2017 Channel Islands News

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Guernsey's controversial population law is approved and it's good news

for existing workers and the residents

Good evening and welcome to the late news

from BBC Channel Islands I'm Charlie McArdle.

Brexit begins to bite, warning that islanders will be

What is happening in our suppliers are based in Europe and the US are

putting up prices. Guernsey will introduce

a controversial new population control regime next week

after the government New laws governing who can live

and work in Guernsey are aiming to help manage the island's changing

population, as people are living longer and the working age

population continues to fall. The island also needs to do more

to be human rights compliant. It's a very complex

law but essentially people will need to have

a certificate or a permit to work Currently, anyone from outside

Guernsey wanting to live and work must obtain a housing licence,

or make use of higher-priced The new law introduces

new work permits. It involves short, medium

and long-term work permits for one year, five years

and eight years respectively. This would allow anyone who has

lived continuously in local market property for eight years to live

in Guernsey indefinitely. Earlier I spoke to our reporter

Mike Wilkins and asked him about the short term permit

which had come under Many seasonal workers spent nine

months on the island in three months away, and the new law

will mean they will be able to work in Guernsey for a maximum

of five years. Many in the business community

say will cause staff to Today, deputies voted

to allow existing guest workers who have already clocked up

five seasons to continue with the nine-month, three-month

arrangement indefinitely. The man pushing for the change

says it is a short-term It is a boy putting his finger

in the dyke, really. It is protecting the people

who are here with grandfather And there was good

news for the younger generation of Alderney

and Yes, restrictions are to be relaxed

and people from those islands who want to come and live

and work in Guernsey. But there are conditions attached,

and one of Alderney's representatives told me he wants

to see more flexibility. We want the Committee For Home

Affairs to look at the proposition again and to bring it back

with less restriction. That is the message and what we

really need in Alderney to prevent the loss from the catchment

area of Guernsey of young talent. That does tend to leave

Alderney and had for the mainland, because it

is The new population law will affect

the way people can live and work here, and a politician

responsible told me it will be good for

the It is a very complex

law, a Fairlawn, but it is much better

and has much more flexibility than our

current housing control law, which We have spoken with businesses

and our community, Tomorrow, the state

will return for a debate on the open market,

but today, they voted 26-13 in favour

of the new population law. From Monday, this

legislation will affect many One of Jersey's biggest and oldest

retailers is having to increase Article 50 was triggered yesterday

starting the UK's separation Although it will take two

years of negotiations - it seems the weakened pound

is already costing islanders more Online shopping is no longer

retailers' biggest threat. The impact political decisions

across the water have had on the pound are now affecting

the foundations of Certainly in our beauty

department our suppliers have put up prices pretty quickly,

in our accessories area I think our suppliers are waiting

to see what happens but they have told us that they are putting

up their prices in the autumn - and we have the same situation

on the clothing side And it's the customers who are

paying for the rise in cost prices. Unfortunately, it goes

on to the end consumer. No, but we are all was going

to get done, and we? Hopefully, they will keep

as much as possible away from the public, but at the same

time, I'm sure costs will go up Jersey's Chief Minister agrees it's

one of the challenges facing the island as Brexit

negotiations begin. I've got no doubt that it will be

uncertain and there will be turbulence in the political world

throughout this negotiation, but we in Jersey are in a very

strong position, We've got to continue

to fight our corner, make our case heard and look

for opportunities I have no doubt will arise throughout these

number of years. While the Government flies the flag

to secure the island's position over the next few years,

shoppers will have to pay the price for the UK's decision

to leave the EU. A seven and half percent rise

in the price of wholesale milk is to be passed on to customers

by many of Guernsey's retailers. A litre of milk currently costs one

pound eighteen pence - but shops including Alliance,

Marks and Spencer , Sandpiper and the Co-op

are planning a price hike, Guernsey Dairy think customers

will see the wholesale We would like to think

that we have a loyal customer base and they understand the full

economics of the You are not only paying

for a later of milk per sale, you are sort

of reinvesting money back

into the countryside, back into the breed,

back into the structure of island, and supporting one of the oldest

industries remaining. A 48 year old man has been

arrested in connection with a burglary which occurred

while the homeowners slept upstairs. A lap top, two guitars cameras

and car keys were taken The police later found

the homeowners stolen car It's been confirmed that three

and four year olds in Guernsey WILL continue to get fifteen hours

free-preschool each week. A trial which was due to end in July

has been extended for another year. But will fewer providers be

willing to offer it? It's a great start, it

gets them to socialise. Great learning adventures,

play activities, learning numbers and it gives the children

a great start in their education. And it's a start that is now more

accessible to families. Education's removed the financial

barrier, offering 15 free hours of pre-school the year before

children start school. Although funded by a cut

in family allowance, It's a good idea, and benefits

lots of children who'd more they develop, and the more

they can appreciate society and how

we all interact together,

form a community, so I think

it is a Whether it carries on or not

is a different story. There's still a question mark over

what happens in a year's time. One issue is that pre-schools

get a set rate of ?5.90 an hour from the States,

but some want to be able to charge Education says it needs

longer to look at it. It's a concern that some

providers may not be able to provide it at this price,

and some may have to pull out, but that is part of the process

of assessing what can be done So unlike this pre-school,

some may choose not to opt in. But Education says it wants

to build up more evidence Good evening. Normally at this time

of year we have temperatures of around ten or 11 degrees. Today we

shot up to 19 degrees. Not quite so warm for tomorrow, a slightly

fresher feel with a labouring briefly some sunny spells and

generally less one that has filled recently. We have a weather front

coming in over night that'll introduce a lot of cloud and all --

and outbreaks of rain. We lie in between weather systems tomorrow so

favoured by weather before showery Reid turned up later. It is Saturday

and Sunday in any of high-pressure heads towards us but fortunately

there is that little area of low pressure on the weather front on

Saturday keeping a lot of cloud and showers for -- before the weather

turns up on Sunday. Quite different over the next few days, the warmth

from the South will give us some good night in temperatures but this

rain will make its progress towards us overnight so after some fine

weather later on tonight the cloud and some patchy rain will return.

Possibly not reaching as until it gets light tomorrow, and 10 degrees

and of the bridge. Through the day the band of cloud and rain will move

and then will brighten up nicely. Decent spells of sunshine for the

rest the day but fresher feel to the error. 40 degrees atop the butcher.

Forecast for northern parts of Europe are still faintly of warmth,

20 or 21 degrees and cooler in Paris. For us temperatures are back

down to normal as we head into the weekend, Saturday there is the risk

of showers around and although slow-moving and heavy but Sunday has

fine weather with top temperature of 12 or 30 degrees.

That's It from the late news team, BBC Radio Guernsey and Jersey

will have bulletins from six tomorrow morning and Alsion will be

with tomorrow at 6.30, Goodnight.

time of year. The chance of a shower on Saturday. Sunday will be dry.

Hello, it will cool off over the next few days but that's not

unusual, given how warm it was today. This was London. We just had

the warmest March day since 2012, 20 two Celsius in the Sunnis skies in

the south-east. It was much warmer than recently in north-eastern

Scotland, but in between we had a zone of outbreaks of rain. It's

pretty wet in south-west Scotland and North West England at the

moment. This was the scene earlier, with rainy skies. There's more rain

to come overnight. We could see a few splashes running eastwards into

England, but most of the wet weather is further west. We will see heavy

rain arriving in Northern Ireland. Further training north-west England

and also for Scotland. -- further rain. It will stay very mild for the

time of year. Tomorrow, there may be a little early sunshine for East

Anglia and the south-east, but we have a zone of cloud and