Weekly round-up: Stories you may have missed

Jersey's Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust has released thousands of agile frog tadpoles into ponds

A wildlife conservation trust has been shortlisted for an award for its work to save the agile frog and Guernsey Water announced water bills would rise to fund major investment in infrastructure.

Here's a round-up of some of the stories reported by BBC Jersey and BBC Guernsey in the last week.

Wear a Guernsey Day raises money for charity

A day celebrating a traditional knitted jumper was held to raise money for charity.

Wear a Guernsey Day, was set up by Visit Guernsey but is now run by company Guernsey Woollens.

Organisers said funds would support Les Bourgs Hospice.

Paul Eldridge, from Guernsey Woollens, said: "Really it's just an excuse to try and get people to sort of don their Guernseys and then donate to a charity."

Airport radar failure triggers replacement project

Previous efforts to repair the airfield radar at Jersey Airport have been unsuccessful

Jersey Airport's airfield radar system has failed and must be replaced, bosses confirmed this week.

Despite plans to keep it operational until the early 2030s, Ports of Jersey said specialist engineers had determined the equipment, installed in 2012, needed to be urgently replaced.

The failure comes after "significant repair efforts" during the past year failed to resolve the problem, it said.

Keith Attwood, head of airport operations, stressed the safety and efficiency of air traffic services had not been compromised.

Water bills rise to fund £130m network investment

Steve Langlois said some parts of the island's water infrastructure were up to 100 years old

Guernsey Water is set to invest almost £130m to "renew and improve critical infrastructure and better protect the island against future water shortages".

The firm said it would fund the investment through efficiency savings after refurbishment of St Saviour's water treatment works, borrowing and increasing bills "to spread the cost between current and future water customers".

Steve Langlois, managing director of Guernsey Water, said: "We cannot neglect the infrastructure we are already using."

UK deal 'will not affect Aurigny aircraft fleet'

The service will be operated by Skybus Newquay-based pilots

Guernsey States-owned airline Aurigny said a deal over services between Cornwall and Gatwick would not affect its fleet.

Skybus is due to take on providing the Newquay to London Gatwick route under arrangements with both Aurigny and Jersey-based Blue Islands, after Eastern Airways suspended its operations.

Blue Islands ceased trading on Friday but Skybus said the route would still return as planned.

Aurigny said it had been engaged to provide ground handling services for Skybus, and that it had previously provided the same service to Eastern Airways from its existing ground handling resources at Gatwick Airport.

It added that the new agreement would not see "the reallocation of Aurigny's aircraft fleet or human resources".

Trust recognised for work to save frog species

The species has been monitored by the trust since 2001

A wildlife conservation trust has been shortlisted for an award for its work to save the agile frog.

Jersey's Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust said conservation efforts to safeguard the species began in 2001 and it had been recognised at the Great British Wildlife Restoration Awards.

The trust said Jersey was the only place in the British Isles with a population of agile frogs but they had steadily declined to two locations in the island by the 1980s and later in the decade there was just one breeding site due to a pesticide spill.

Emma Michel, from the trust, said: "Without this contribution, the species would have probably completely disappeared from Jersey by now."