05/04/2017 Channel Islands News

Here, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

The murder investigation continues - Jersey police are still questioning

a 58-year-old man about the death of a woman in St Helier.

Good evening and welcome to the late news from BBC

Also tonight: 20,000 bulbs being planted,

but at a time of cuts, what is the real worth of the floral

We work to find ways that we can reduce

the costs without impacting on the overall effect.

Jersey police have today continued to question a 58-year-old man

in connection with the death of a woman in Jersey.

Officers launched a murder investigation after the discovery

of a body in a St Helier property yesterday, as Julie

The body of the middle-aged woman was found in a property in

By mid-afternoon the police had arrested on suspicion

of murder a 58-year-old man, who they say knew the dead woman.

Today they continued to question him at the police headquarters,

and the property she was found in is still sealed off while it's

A Home Office pathologist has now arrived in the island and has

started a post mortem exam to find how the unnamed woman died.

Officers had expected to be able to release her identity today,

but a police spokeswoman said due to the duration of the post

mortem exam, a formal identification isn't yet possible,

although specialist police officers are supporting the woman's family.

Anyone who heard or saw anything out of the ordinary in Victoria Street

between Monday evening and yesterday morning are being urged

The cause of death of a man, whose body was found by children

in Guernsey woodland six months after he went missing,

remains unresolved, an inquest has concluded.

59-year-old Steven Corbet was last seen getting off a bus in June.

His body was found on Christmas Eve near the pine forest.

Today at an inquest the coroner recorded an open verdict,

noting the cause of death as "unascertained".

Building work will need to be started within three

years of getting planning permission in Jersey.

Jersey's Environment Minister is reducing the limit

from five years in a bid to speed up development.

Deputy Steve Luce hopes it will stop land banking -

a practise where developers sit on land, hoping the value will go

up, and give the department a better idea of how many developments

We want to be a bit more certain about what is coming down the line

and if we grant approval for 500 dwellings and they don't appear, it

I am hoping by reducing five years down to three years it will give us

more certainty about the numbers of development and the numbers

of dwellings which are going to be built in the short-term.

As Spring is in the air, people are spending more

And many in Guernsey choose to enjoy green, public spaces.

But as Mike Wilkins reports, with budgets being slashed

for States-owned parks and gardens, the challenge is on to

maintain the island's strong floral reputation.

Candie Gardens is considered the jewel in Guernsey's gardening crown.

Over 20,000 bulbs and plants are sewn here each year.

This man's been helping look after Guernsey's parks

He says they're places that are good for the soul.

If you have had a pressured day, you know, sometimes coming to sit

in here and have your sandwiches in your lunchtime,

and we get a lot of those that do that, there are plenty of places

As well as the benches, people can sit on the grass.

The cost of caring for all of Guernsey's public gardens is ?675k.

Public parks have a long and strong tradition.

I am in one of the oldest green houses in Britain.

Those responsible for the parks and gardens services are having

It has reduced and it will continue to reduce.

We work to find ways that we can reduce

the costs without impacting on the overall effect.

As the years go one, that becomes more and more difficult.

So, the challenge is on to keep the flowers blooming,

It was a big night of football at Jersey's Springfield Stadium

as the island's team took on the under 23s team

from the Premier League Champions Leicester City.

Hamza Choudhury scored the first goal for Leicester

The full time score was 2-0 to the visitors.

One of the Channel Islands most iconic aircrafts

The G-RLON joined Aurigny's fleet more than 25 years ago and has

completed more flights than any other trislander.

Edward Sault reports on its final journey.

Almost 33,000 flying hours and over 105,000 landings,

but today this Aurigny trislander made its last ever touchdown,

To think that this plane is retiring after moving so many

thousands of people around, it does get you a little bit.

This Trislander has now arrived here in Hampshire for its new home.

It will go to the Solent Sky Museum near Southampton,

where it will be on display for all to see.

It has almost become a part of Southhampton life, if you like,

and that was because of the distinctive engine noise.

As soon as you heard that, you knew it was going overhead.

There is a big linkage here and a lot of synergy

Before arriving in Hampshire, the aeroplane flew a goodbye

It had connectioned the island with Southampton Airport for years.

For the pilot who was in charge of today's last flight,

I only found out yesterday that I was doing this last flight.

Oscar November should be on display at the Southampton Solent Sky Museum

A new future as the sun sets on a piece of Channel

Did you know that Guernsey can now boast another radio station?

LMDC Waves, run by students at La Mare High School,

is starting small, but it has big plans for the future,

including 24/7 broadcasting that anyone can tune in to.

# I've got good soul in my feet...#

If you get a bit bored, you can come in here.

If you have got a slot, you can do a radio show and you can

It is a great opportunity for years 7-11 to experience a job

that they might want to do when they're older,

The potential for using languages, for using debates,

Most subjects at school, I can see this as a pathway

towards learning outside the classroom, and making

their learning more engaging and entertaining, and also

so that parents can listen and hear what they're up to.

When you're thinking what to say next it can be hard.

You just have to think up something and it always works in the end.

Let's find out what the weather has in store with David Braine.

Hello, good evening. We have got some more fine and dry weather to

look forward to, not just for tomorrow, but continuing into the

weekend as well. Getting a bit warmer. A bit more cloud arriving

late in the night which could devise a rather cloudy start about we will

see sunshine quickly developing. This area of high pressure is

slow-moving. This is it position in the middle of the day tomorrow. By

Friday it is beginning to move, and that slow progress means gradually

we will start to seek southerly winds. There is a lot of warm air

down across Spain and Portugal, and gradually that will drift across us

into the weekend. Overnight tonight, temperatures will dip into single

figures, like twins as well. Tomorrow, we do have quite a lot of

cloud to start with but it will gradually break up. After lunch, a

good chance of seeing sums tells of sunshine with the sun breaking

through the cloud. Light winds from the North or Northeast. The real

warmth is across Spain and Portugal. Once we start to see southerly

winds, we will start to see some higher temperatures. Still

relatively cool across the north-east of Europe with daytime

temperatures still in single figures across parts of Scandinavia.

Temperatures up to 13 on Friday, and Saturday and Sunday, as the winds

eventually become southerly, the forecast is promising with 17 on

Saturday, and perhaps 19 or even 20 on Sunday.

Have a good night. We will be back at 6:30pm tomorrow.

Have a good evening. or 15. It is sunny towards the

weekend and we could see the low 20s by Sunday. Here is Darren with the

national weather. Hello. The weather has been a big

news in North America across the Masters in Augusta, for the first

time the par-3 competition was abandoned, the storms moving away

and sunshine windy for a while. Temperatures about 17, which is on a

par with what we had today in the south-east of Wales, blue skies

around here. That's from one of our weather watchers. More sunshine over

the next few days. Little or no rain once again, it's looking dry and as

we get more sunshine, especially in England and Wales this weekend, it

will be warming up. In stark contrast with what we are seeing at

the moment, dhil chilly out