Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online

Six local boats will be affected by new fishing quotas as part of a deal agreed with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the UK according to a Guernsey government spokesman.

This will mean a fisherman with a boat more than 10m long will be limited on how much they are allowed to catch through a new monthly quota.

After months of negotiation between the States of Guernsey and the UK government the Bailiwicks Fisheries Management Agreement has been re-instated. It was suspended for more than a year after a row over quotas for skate and ray.

It's understood there will be further discussions in the new year over future quota arrangements for smaller vessels.

Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online

The MRI scanner at the general hospital in St Helier is used for private patients about 33% of time. The rest of the time it is either booked through GPs or hospital referrals.

Figures released in a Freedom of Information request also found there was a 16-week wait to use the scanner if referred by a GP or consultant and it isn't urgent.

Private patients have to wait between five and 10 working days to use the scanner, the FOI request shows.

Ben Chapple
BBC News Online

Winning the top prize in the Channel Islands Christmas Lottery was not a life changing moment, but did "change aspects of it", one former winner says.

Shaun Bennett, a caretaker at Acorn House, was part of a 19-strong syndicate of all the staff at the school that scooped the 2014 top prize of £1.22m.

Part of his winnings went on something he had wanted for a long time: "I'd been saving up for many years and whenever I got close something else happened... it gets put on the back burner."

Mr Bennett said the jukebox is "sitting proudly in the lounge" and he "managed to get one the same age as me so we're going to grow old gracefully together".

He is again part of a syndicate but said: "I could win the whole lot and I wouldn't give up work, you've got to work."

Of taking part he said: "It's a chance you're going to take, you're doing the charity bit as well, probably most people are doing it not knowing they are donating to charity."

Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online

A police officer who saved a man's life during the 48 mile Jersey round island walk in June this year said he was "humbled" after finding out he'd been awarded a humane society award.

Det Supt Stewart Gull from the States of Jersey Police carried out life saving treatment on the man for 20 minutes before an ambulance arrived.

He said: "It is not how I expected my day to unfold, it is the 5th time I had participated in the walk. It was six and a half miles in and all of a sudden he wasn't on my shoulder and saw him collapse.

"It was dark at this point, I put my hand behind his head and saw there was blood. I could see there were no signs of life so started CPR, I was quickly joined by an off-duty nurse until the ambulance arrived."

Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online

Guernsey fishermen stand to lose their livelihoods as a result of a deal done between Guernsey States and UK Government, according to the president of the Guernsey Fisherman's Association.

The Fisheries Management Agreement has been reinstated after a row over quotas lasting more than a year.

It means boats over 10m long will have their catches limited.

Barry Paint said this will wipe out some owners: "For the larger boat I would say it is devastating news. You can't survive on the quotas given, these are expensive boats to run. It is down to two and half tonne of ray and you can't survive on that."

Ben Chapple
BBC News Online

Later someone will be celebrating as they scoop the top prize in the Channel Islands Christmas Lottery, but what is it like to win the jackpot?

Shaun Bennett was part of a Guernsey syndicate that won the top prize of £1.22m in 2014.

He said it was a "surreal" experience with Chinese whispers among the syndicate members and it not starting to sink in until they met up at work the next day.

The caretaker at Acorn House took home just over £64,000 as the 19-strong group split the proceeds.

Oscar Pearson
BBC Radio Guernsey

It’s only a matter of hours since we learned of the reinstated fishing agreement between Guernsey and the UK government.

I’ve been out in St Peter Port today and I met the president of Guernsey’s Fisherman’s Association, Deputy Barry Paint, at Fish Quay.

He told me the new deal will force one large local boat owner out of business.

Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online

Building work on Jersey's new police station near Green Street roundabout has finished ahead of schedule according to the infrastructure department.

The next step in the development of the £24m headquarters will see technical and IT work completed ready for the police to relocate from their current station on Rouge Bouillon by spring next year.

Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online

Six Guernsey fishing vessels will have to comply with monthly catch limits on certain species after an agreement between the island and the UK to reintroduce a fisheries management deal.

It was part of the compromise between Guernsey and the UK that allowed for the agreement to be reintroduced a year after it was suspended over a row about quotas in 2015.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Guernsey's James McLaughlin moves to the Austrian-based Hrinkow Advarics team for the 2017 season.

Image source, Getty Images

The 25-year-old moves from another Austrian team, Felbermayr-Simplon Wels.

He rode for Guernsey at the last Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014, and achieved three podium finishes in Austrian Cup races this year.

Guernsey Press

Guernsey's ‘unique’ system of appointing eminent lawyers to hear regulatory enforcement actions has been backed by one of the UK’s leading lawyers in financial regulation, external.  

Ben Chapple
BBC News Online

It's someone's lucky day as later on the winning numbers for the Channel Islands Christmas Lottery will be drawn.

Image source, States of Guernsey

Join us later for the details of the winning numbers:

1st - At least £1,052,000

2nd - £100,000

3rd - £25,000

10 prizes of £1,000

This year £972,919.70 from the profits of the annual lottery was given to charities in Guernsey and Jersey.

Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online

A senior Jersey police officer will get an award for saving a man's life after he had a heart attack during the 48 mile round Jersey walk. 

Detective Superintendent Stewart Gull has been awarded a Royal Humane Society certificate for carrying out life saving treatment for 20 minutes until and ambulance arrived. 

Thanks to his efforts the man is now on the road to recovery. Paramedics say that his action saved the man's life. 

Ben Chapple
BBC News Online

Passengers are being warned there could be some disruption if the planned airport workers' strike goes ahead on Friday and Saturday.

Airlines have told Guernsey Airport authorities there is a "potential for impact on some" flights.

The flights due to be affected are:

• Aurigny's flights to Leeds Bradford
• Flybe's Birmingham services
• Bristol flights and operated by Blue Islands under its franchise agreement with Flybe
• Southampton services operated by Blue Islands under its franchise agreement with Flybe   

Passengers are advised to check in as normal and the airlines are working on contingency arrangements.

Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online

A second scanner won't have much impact on waiting times as the two won't run at the same time, according to the Jersey health minister.

It hasn't been put in place yet as the new scanners are larger than the one the island currently uses and so won't fit in the same building. The Health Department are working on finding a new site for it.

Senator Andrew Green said: "I am being honest, I'm a realist and there is nowhere else we can put this scanner at the moment, if there was we would have done it. 

"If you don't invest, if you don't maintain properly then this is what you get. This is something I'm working to put right."

Ben Chapple
BBC News Online

There should be no impact on inter-island flights when Swissport UK takes industrial action on Friday and Saturday.

Guernsey's general manager for ports Colin Le Ray made the announcement after talks with airlines.

He said: "It is understood the industrial action by employees of Swissport UK are likely to be limited to the UK mainland."

Swissport does not have any staff in Guernsey, but it does at Jersey Airport.

BBC Radio Jersey

The fall in the value of the pound after the Brexit vote has been blamed for the growing costs for Jersey's athletes going to the Island Games in Gotland next summer.

The squad's now been given an extra £32,000 to help pay to get to next year's event in Sweden.

It's costing £1,400 a head for the team to attend, but Jersey's assistant minister for sport says the grant should cut that amount to about £1,000. 

Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online

Despite a "dramatic increase" in demand for MRI scans in Guernsey the majority of islanders are seen within six weeks, figures show.

In Jersey patients can wait up to 16 weeks unless it is an emergency or they pay for a private appointment, a recent Freedom of Information request revealed.

The Guernsey health department says it has carried out more than 3,700 scans so far this year compared to just over 2,200 in 2010.

Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online

At least one local fisherman stands to lose his livelihood as a result of a deal done between Guernsey States and the UK government, according to the head of the Guernsey Fishermen's Association.

The Fisheries Management Agreement has been reinstated after a row over quotas lasting more than a year between the States of Guernsey and the UK government. In return boats over 10 meters long have to limit their catches. 

Barry Paint says he fears smaller boats will also be restricted in future but he says what's certain for now is one local boat will be "wiped out".

Deputy Peter Ferbrache, President of the Committee for Economic Development, said the agreement provides stability for island fishermen.

Alex Watson
BBC News Online

Guernsey Police is continuing to appeal for information following an assault last Friday night at Guelles Road in St Peter Port.

A man, 33, was found with serious facial injuries, including a fractured cheek bone, officers said.

Police are particularly interested in hearing from anyone who noticed someone arriving home early on Saturday morning with missing or torn clothes.