Seven taken to hospital with drug-related issues from Weekender festival
Asian hornets 'spray venom' at drone in Jersey
People in Jersey could have to wait more than a year for hospital dental appointment
Carlyle Capital exonerated by Guernsey's Royal Court
Alderney's new airline could get public subsidies
People in Guernsey who generate their own power could pay a charge
Live updates on Monday 4 September 2017
Live updates for the Channel Islands have finished for the day, but we'll be back at 08:00 on Tuesday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.
Don't forget Spotlight for the Channel Islands on BBC One later. There will also be news through the night on your BBC Local Radio station.
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
If you listen to the States of Jersey debates every so often, you will hear a politician chastised by the Bailiff for using "unparliamentary language".
But what does that mean? What can't you say in the States?
Well, a new Freedom of Information request has revealed a few phrases politicians were told off for using over the past two years.
These include:
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Overnight, a few outbreaks of light rain are likely and it will be feeling quite muggy, with mist and fog likely. Minimum temperature: 17C (63F).
Tuesday will be off to a cloudy start with outbreaks of rain, but this will clear later to leave a brighter, fresher day with the odd shower possible. Maximum temperature: 19C (66F).
Rob England
BBC News Online
These Asian hornets didn't take kindly to Jersey Fire and Rescue Service's drone coming near their nest.
Local beekeepers said they thought the sounds of the propeller blades may have been interpreted as an aggressive rival by the insects.
The little flicks of Asian hornets making an attack run on the drone
They also sprayed the drone with venom as they got close. Nasty!
Andrew Segal
Local Live
Guernsey's Royal Court has exonerated executives of US-based fund Carlyle Capital Corporation Limited, which borrowed significantly before its collapse during the 2007 to 2008 financial crisis.
In a few brief words this morning, Lieutenant Bailiff Hazel Marshall QC dismissed the case against Carlyle's hierarchy.
It was brought by the fund's liquidators, who sought "many millions" in damages, claiming that, between July 2007 and March 2008, decision-makers acted wrongfully. The liquidators still have the right to appeal.
However, the briefness of this morning's hearing belied the complexity of the eight-year legal battle - and a 524-page judgement has been handed down.
In that document, the Lieutenant Bailiff thanked advocates for their hard work, their presentation of arguments and "also for their courtesy and unfailing good humour throughout this very long trial".
Tim Pryor
BBC Sport
Guernsey and Jersey boosted their World Cricket League Division Five promotion hopes with wins on day two of the tournament in South Africa.
David Hooper took five wickets and opener Josh Butler hit 93 runs as Guernsey reached 216-4, beating the Cayman Islands' target of 214.
Image source, ICC/Gallo ImagesMeanwhile, rivals Jersey top Group B after a five-wicket win over Germany.
Sussex batsman Jonty Jenner hit 68 from 65 balls to help guide his side home with more than five overs remaining.
Simon Fairclough
Guernsey Political Reporter
Future funding for Guernsey's three grant-aided colleges needs to be decided before the States debates the new secondary school system, external, according to the Education Committee.
It's responded to criticism from the Policy and Resources Committee that its proposals to cut college subsidies by three-quarters lack clarity and reasoned thinking.
Education's plans, coming to the States this month, are to cut college grants from about £4m to just under £1m over a seven-year period.
The committee said the decision to end selection at 11 meant there could no longer be special place holders.
The proposed figure of £816 a year per pupil is aimed at keeping fees affordable.
It said the colleges were an integral part of the system, educating about 30% of secondary students, and they're expected to remain successful well into the future.
But it added that it made sense to separate the funding decision from the secondary school debate at the end of the year.
BBC News Scotland
The father of a three-year-old boy killed in Jersey is calling on the UK Government to ban "shared road spaces" until they can be properly examined.
Clinton Pringle was hit as walked in a shared space area outside Millennium Town Park in St Helier while on holiday with his mother.
Image source, Pringle FamilyVan driver Rebekah Le Gal, 39, who admitted causing death by careless driving, was given a suspended jail sentence of eight months.
Shared spaces, like the one in Jersey, are an attempt to make drivers take more care by removing traffic signs, pedestrian crossings and even kerbs.
Clinton's father, Michael Pringle, said he believed shared spaces worked in other countries like the Netherlands and Denmark because there "the pedestrian is king".
He said that, in the UK, the "pecking order is the wrong way round".
Chris Rayner
BBC Radio Jersey Political Reporter
A survey of islanders' views on Brexit has found many feel it's important EU nationals are still allowed to live and work in Jersey.
The survey, by Jersey's government, found two-thirds felt that was important to the economy as long as Jersey's housing and work rules were followed.
The survey examined the reasons people move to and from Jersey, as well as what people think the impact of Brexit will be.
Jersey Evening Post
A detective has urged anyone affected by hate crime to report the incident, external after a number of islanders said they would not go to the police if they were a victim.
BBC Radio Guernsey
A Guernsey-based public relations company has been sold in employee buyout, but the new owners say it is business as usual.
Brooke Kenyon and Chris Chilton have acquired Orchard PR from founders Steve and Lois Falla for an undisclosed sum.
The company employs 13 people and has clients in Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man.
Rob England
BBC News Online
A team from Jersey Environmental Health is using a combination of nets and insecticide dust to trap and remove an Asian hornet nest in the north east of the island.
A fire service drone has been attacked by insects as it was sent to scout out a nest.
Quote MessageWe will put a net over it first to contain the hornets and then we will put insecticide in and around the nest, leave it 36 hours, come back, remove it, preserve it and remove it to use for further research later."
Frank Raimbault, Pest Controller
BBC Radio Jersey
More than £100,000 was given out to families having difficult times over the past six years, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
The one-off payments from the Social Security Department are only given out in exceptional circumstances, and can include payments ranging from help to pay for emergency dental treatment or a replacement oven.
A spokesperson for Social Security said there had been less than 20 cases over the past six years and last year £8,000 was given out.
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
Executives of Carlyle Capital Corporation, the US-based fund which borrowed significant amounts of money before its collapse during the 2007 to 2008 financial crisis, have been exonerated in a case brought by liquidators to Guernsey's Royal Court.
It collapsed when the financial performance of its mortgage-backed securities worsened during the crisis.
The case against Carlyle was brought by the fund's liquidators, who sought "many millions" in damages, claiming that, between July 2007 and March 2008, decision-makers acted wrongfully.
Lawyers for Carlyle's executives argued the collapse, caused by the second financial crash of March 2008, was "unforseeable" and decisions were taken in "good faith".
In court, Lieutenant Bailiff Hazel Marshall QC found Carlyle's business model was "reasonable", as were decisions made by the fund's directors.
In conclusion, the Lieutenant Bailiff said Carlyle's directors did not appreciate the depth of instability at the time, but they were in "wide and good company".
The liquidators still have the right to appeal.
Guernsey Press
Hotelier Mark Frost will be closing the doors of the L’Eree Bay Hotel for the final time this year, external. Mr Frost has been at the hotel for 20 years and said it’s time for a ‘change of direction’.
A few bright spells are possible this afternoon, and it will be feeling warm.
However, the odd spot of drizzle cannot be ruled out. Maximum temperature: 20C (68F).
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Rob England
BBC News Online
There is a lot of talk about Asian hornets and finding nests. A drone search of one nest saw the drone attacked by hornets. But how do you find one?
Former Jersey Beekeepers' Association president Bob Hogge said he and colleagues had been using a variety of techniques to track hornets around the island for the past five weeks.
They marked hornets and measured how long it took them to fly between their nest and specialised bait they had put down to find the nest.
When the beekeepers thought they had closed the distance between themselves and a nest, they called the Department for the Environment, which helped them find it.
BBC Radio Jersey
A former States dentist says more children could be seen by the dentist if the current hospital service was modernised.
More than 1,000 people are waiting for an appointment under the Community Dental Scheme, with some children waiting over a year to be seen.
Describing the current system as "old fashioned", Sarah Pollard, from the charity Super Smiles, said new measures such as doing more work in schools would mean fewer children needing to come in for dental treatment.
The States said all children under the age of 11 got free dental care under the community service and this made demand for the service high.
There are four dentists employed to handle the workload and only one is full-time.
A spokesman said any child needing an urgent appointment would be seen the same day or the next working day.
Guernsey Press
Patients who thought they were covered by their health insurance have faced bills for emergency hospital treatment after a dispute between insurers and Health & Social Care centred on the new pricing structure., external
BBC Radio Jersey
A 22-year-old woman was treated at Jersey's hospital after being involved in a crash on Trinity Hill.
Three cars were involved in the accident, which happened just after 08:30 this morning. Nobody involved has been named.
Jersey Fire Service are warning drivers to take care as the roads are still wet and slippery after all the rain recently.
