Baby death: Three midwives before tribunal
Man arrested in connection with Temple Stores armed robbery
Jersey firms could have fewer licences for newcomers
Further delays to extending Jersey's FOI law
Guernsey is 'losing tech talent to the UK'
Jersey Airport records highest passenger numbers in 16 years
Dogs should be banned from Guernsey beaches, says birdwatcher
Updates on Tuesday 10 January 2017
Live updates for the Channel Islands have finished for the day, but we'll be back at 08:00 on Wednesday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.
Don't forget Channel Islands News later. There will also be news through the night on your BBC Local Radio station.
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
New measures to limit population growth in Jersey have been described as the worst message at the worst time by business leaders.
Ministers have announced they'll be reducing the number of licences, which it issues to companies so they can employ people who aren't from Jersey.
But the Institute of Directors says its completely the wrong thing to do. Chairman Chris Clark says the idea shows a lack of joined up thinking, and would send out the message that Jersey was closed for business.
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
The head of Pentagon, a builders merchants based at Rue des Pres trading estate in Jersey, says a proposed £123 per month parking charge is unreasonable.
Richard Springett says charging town prices at the trading estate was unfair.
Richard Springett of Pentagon has criticised the plans
See more on this story and others from BBC Channel Islands News at 18:30 on BBC One.
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
Ports of Jersey has announced 2016 saw nearly 1.6 million air passengers travel through the airport, the highest since 2000.
This was up more than half a million on the previous year and more than a million on a decade ago.
The company, which owns Jersey Harbours and Airport, says sea passenger numbers have yet to be finalised but it expects them to be down on the previous year.
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
A tribunal is hearing charges against three midwives working in Guernsey when a baby died at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital.
Katherine Higgins, from the Nursing and Midwifery Council, said the then head of risk management Lisa Jane Granville, who is facing a number of charges, "appears to concede she didn't spend sufficient time reviewing patient records and had relied on the word of others" in her assessment on treatment provided to Baby A.
Baby A was born just after midnight on 30 January 2014. The desperately ill baby required resuscitation and died on the afternoon of 30 January 2014.
Granville admits failing to identify inadequate midwifery care in relation to the administration of syntocinon and management of the CTG trace and that her investigation into the death of baby A was inadequate. She denies all other charges.
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
Despite a States vote in 2014 government-owned companies are still not covered by the island's FOI law.
A review is under way and details are expected later in the year but the companies have raised issues of regulation and commercial impact if it were applied to them.
Among others it would cover:
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
Robert Mackenzie, the head of CI Travel Group, says the new government plans to limit the number of licences given to companies to employ migrant workers would cause problems for tourism.
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Jersey Evening Post
A sexual predator who stalked a ‘vulnerable’ woman through the streets of St Helier late at night before indecently assaulting her has been jailed, external.
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The chairman of Jersey's only political party, Reform Jersey, says he doubts the planned limit on new employment licences for migrant workers will come in.
The Council of Ministers wants to limit the number of licences issued, including removing a licence from a company after an employee has been here five years, the point they no longer need it. They say this would stop them just employing someone else from the UK.
Quote MessageSounds great. Is it going to happen? Not a chance. This current Council of Ministers has a long record of talking the talk when it comes to immigration but it never walks the walk."
Deputy Sam Mezec, Reform Jersey
It'll be a cloudy night, with outbreaks of patchy light rain and drizzle at times, with some mist and hill fog in places.
It will be a mild night under the cloud. Winds will be increasing as the night progresses. Minimum Temperature: 9C (48F).
It will be a cloudy and damp start to Wednesday morning, with outbreaks of patchy light rain and drizzle at times.
The cloud and rain will clear away to the south by lunchtime, with brighter spells developing during the afternoon.
It will gradually start to feel colder through the day, with a strong north-westerly wind. Maximum Temperature: 12C (54F).
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
Jersey's Assistant Chief Minister responsible for population, Senator Paul Routier, says there are no caps on population as the island needs to be flexible.
He has announced plans to remove licences from companies after an employee has lived in Jersey for five years to encourage the company to employ more local people.
There has 'never been a cap' on migrant licences, says assistant chief minister
See more on this and other stories from BBC Channel Islands News tonight at 18:30 on BBC One.
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
A tribunal into three midwives working in Guernsey when a baby died in 2014 has heard the "Guernsey way" was how midwifery practices and maternity care were conducted in the hospital.
Katherine Higgins, from the Nursing and Midwifery Council, said: "There was widespread acknowledgement of the use of verbal orders for the use of syntocinon and a lack of escalation.
"There was an acknowledgement by members of staff, including midwives, of a system of care falling outside the midwifery scope of practice that was not only allowed to continue unchallenged, but actively participated in and therefore perpetuated."
She added there seemed to be an acceptance of a "different standard" to that in the UK.
The hearing is expected to last four weeks.
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
Despite setting a net migration target of 325 people in 2014, that figure has been far exceeded in the past two years, with about 1,500 people moving to the island in 2015.
Senator Paul Routier admitted that last year's figure is likely to be similar to the previous years as he announced plans to limit the number of licences issued.
The plan has been criticised by the Institute of Directors, Chamber of Commerce and tourism leaders who say it will harm the island and send a message Jersey is "closed for business".
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
Jersey's assistant chief minister, Senator Paul Routier says companies are more likely to train staff if they can't import them from the UK or elsewhere.
His comments come as the States announces plans to limit the number of migrant licences issued to companies.
Limiting the number of migrant licences could boost training says assistant minister
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
Jersey Airport saw an increase of nearly 60,000 people flying to and from the airport in 2016 over the previous year, Ports of Jersey confirmed.
Myra Shacklady, from Ports of Jersey, said there had been a year on year increase in air passengers since the airport and harbours were merged in 2012 with 2016 the highest since 2000.
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Guernsey Press
A couple’s invitation for people to donate Christmas trees to feed their goats, external has been a huge success.
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Jersey's chamber of commerce has responded to government plans for a limit on the number of migrant worker licences issued.
Government plans would include removing licences from companies after an employee has been there five years, rather than allow them to employ another migrant worker.
Quote MessageDespite a number of initiatives in the last few years, catering does not attract a local workforce due to shift patterns and unsociable hours and without a migrant workforce the sector would struggle to fill vacancies."
Kristina Le Feuvre, President, Chamber of Commerce
Ryan Morrison
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Even though the Jersey freedom of information law doesn't apply to Ports of Jersey or Andium Homes, both former States departments, they comply with the legislation and will respond to FOI requests, according to a spokesman.
Politicians voted to extend the FOi law to all government owned companies in 2014 but so far the legislation hasn't come in, with delays put down to concerns over commercial and regulatory problems.
Ports of Jersey and Andium Homes were government departments when the law was introduced in January 2015 and so say they have continued to respond to requests as wholly owned companies.
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
There were 502 new listings on the Channel Island Securities Exchange last year, a rise of nearly 20%.
There are now 2,272 listings, worth £393bn.
To put that in perspective, it's more than the total of all the banking deposits and investment funds in Guernsey combined.
Quote MessageIt’s great to see that we have built on our success in 2015 by substantially increasing new business again during 2016. What we have also seen is that the number of new listings has also increased markedly during the second half of the year, not least due to a number of REITs and high yield bonds choosing to list on the CISE."
Fiona Le Poidevin, CEO of the CISE
Image source, CISE