Jersey Children's Services 'spend £800k on agency staff'
Guernsey's most senior politician has sent his congratulations to businessman Donald Trump on being elected President of the United States
Memorial would mark island's 'blackest day'
Guernsey Electricity turns its finances from a loss of £3.5m last year to a profit of more than £4m this year
The former Jersey Rugby Club Chairman Bill Dempsey resigns as the Championship club's Director of Professional Rugby
Jersey tennis player pulls out of Island Games
Seal pup airlifted into care
Updates on Tuesday 15 November 2016
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
That's it from the team at Local Live today, but we're back from 08:00 tomorrow morning with all the latest news, sport, travel and weather.
BBC Channel Islands news will be on BBC One at 18:30 this evening, and don't forget to look out for the waves coming over the sea wall on your drive to work in the morning, it's a very high tide!
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
Both Guernsey and Jersey States will be back in their respective chambers tomorrow.
In Jersey the current topic is the separation of the Bailiff's role as both chief judge and speaker.
In Guernsey it is the plan aiming to make the island "the happiest and healthiest place in the world" by first deciding what the island should be like in 20 years.
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Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
The losses suffered in just three days in 1917 impacted almost every family in Guernsey "for years and years".
After the British advance during the Battle of Cambrai in World War One the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry held the line at Masnieres for three days.
Historian Chris Oliver said: "Against terrible losses they managed to hold a bulge in the line."
Nearly 600 men, about 40% of the regiment, were reported killed, injured or missing during the battle.
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
Feeling festive?
Me neither, but you might be soon, as more signs of Christmas start cropping up around the Channel Islands...
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Guernsey Press
Nineteen-year-old Benjamin Paton has been sentenced to two years and nine months’ youth detention, external for indecently assaulting a young teenage girl and making a threat to kill her.
It'll be fairly cloudy this evening with outbreaks of rain and drizzle, and potentially some hill fog over the hills, especially towards dawn. Minimum Temperature: 13C (55F).
After a mild and cloudy start tomorrow, it'll be a dry day with sunny spells for most, though feeling colder in the breeze.
However, there may be a few showers later into the evening. Maximum Temperature: 14C (57F).
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
Guernsey Post has reported profits of £388,000 for the year ending 31 March 2016, a 23% drop from the previous year.
In 2015, the States-owned company made £506,000.
I've been doing some number crunching...
Contributing to the lower profits was the fact the company received £173,000 less income from interest, and paid a £187,000 increase in pension costs.
Income dropped by £2.7m, but expenses dropped further, by £2.8m.
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
Last night the youngest grey seal pup to be taken in by Guernsey's animal shelter was rescued in Alderney.
Now named "Poppy", she has made it through her first night and is receiving further treatment with the GSPCA team and vet today.
Image source, GSPCAPoppy was found with various injuries, underweight, and with "no sign of a mother".
Mike Weir
BBC Radio Jersey, reporter
The £800,000 hiring of eight agency staff at Jersey's Children's Social Services Department was identified as a significant governance risk by the States treasurer and chief officer because they say normal recruitment procedures "were not followed", raising concerns that inappropriate staff could be appointed.
The most expensive post - revealed in the Freedom of Information request - was for 20 months, costing £210,000 to fill, but more specific details have not been made available.
Image source, ThinkstockThe response to a Freedom of Information request says the Children's Services manager at the time was given permission to hire whoever she wanted.
Earlier this year, she told Jersey's care inquiry that, when she started the job, senior management didn't know what they were doing and had to be replaced.
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
The nomination period for the Alderney States election closed at 16:00 and there are 13 candidates standing for the five available seats.
They are Tony Barnes, Paul Clark, Mike Dean, James Dent, Neil Harvey, Tony Haywood, Louis Jean, Debbie Lewis, Lin Maurice, Christopher Rowley, Francis Simonet, Alex Snowdon and Simon Wild.
Polling takes place from 09:30-18:30 in the Members Room, Island Hall, Royal Connaught Square Saturday, 26 November.
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
Jersey's chief minister has been asked in the States if he plans to follow Guernsey's government in congratulating Donald Trump on becoming president of the USA.
Senator Ian Gorst told politicians: "I have not done so and nor do I plan to do so."
When asked to clarify why he said: "I am not aware the outgoing president of the United States was sent a congratulatory letter. We don't send every head of States a congratulatory letter."
Image source, APThere might be a more interesting commute to work than normal in the Channel Islands tomorrow morning, with an orange tidal warning in place.
High tide is at 07:15 in Jersey and 07:24 in Guernsey.
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BBC Travel
Flights from the Channel Islands Airport are being delayed, diverted or cancelled due to mist and fog this afternoon.
Visibility is not expected to clear until this evening.
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Gareth Owen
BBC Radio Guernsey
The president of the Committee for Health and Social Care says Guernsey needs to promote preventative health care in the coming years.
In her successful change to the Future Plan for Guernsey, Deputy Heidi Soulsby stressed the need for personal responsibility and prevention for personal well-being and care.
She says medication and operations aren't going to be sustainable in the coming years.
BBC Radio Jersey
Jersey's health minister has defended his choice of restructuring the current site to make a new hospital.
Ahead of a public hearing by a scrutiny panel tomorrow, States members asked Senator Andrew Green to explain why it was chosen instead of the Waterfront.
He says the scheme meant less disruption to patients who would have otherwise had to move more than 40 times during a lengthy building programme.
Image source, States of JerseyJersey Evening Post
Defendants facing trial are having to wait up to six months, external before their cases are heard because of a backlog in the system, the JEP has learned.
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
A memorial stone to be unveiled in Masnieres, France, on 30 November 2017, is a chance to connect the town with Guernsey.
Nearly 600 men from the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry were reported killed, injured or missing during the Battle of Cambrai in World War One.
During the battle they held the town against a German counter attack for three days.
Quote MessageThis is a wonderful opportunity not just to remember the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, not just to put a stone in a foreign field where no memorial exists to the RGLI, but also to bond two communities together."
Chris Oliver, Historian
BBC Travel
The flight situation in Jersey is much the same at the moment.
Here's the departures board...
Image source, Jersey AirportAnd this is how the arrivals are looking...
Image source, Jersey AirportBBC Travel
There are still quite a few problems in the skies today... mainly fog.
This is the departures board for Guernsey Airport...
Image source, Guernsey AirportAnd this is the arrivals board...
Image source, Guernsey airport