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
Jersey Evening Post
The sights, sounds and friendly atmosphere made the first Weekender festival a success for the thousands of music fans who attended the Trinity event, external.
Rob England
BBC News Online
A fire service drone was attacked by Asian hornets as it was sent to scout out a nest.
It happened as crews used infrared and high resolution cameras to take a closer look at it on behalf of Jersey's Department for the Environment.
Drawn by the sound of propellers, the hornets "swarmed out", spraying the drone with venom, operators said.
It was the first larger "secondary nest" found in the Channel Islands, thought to contain about 6,000 hornets.
The drone, fitted with an infrared camera, was sent to scout out the nest.
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BBC News Scotland
The father of a three-year-old Scottish boy knocked down and a killed by a van driver in Jersey has said his son did not know where to run when he saw the vehicle approach.
Clinton Pringle was hit as he walked in a shared space area outside a park while on holiday with his mother.
His father Michael is now campaigning for a moratorium on such spaces.
The van driver Rebekah Le Gal was given a suspended sentence in July.
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
Guernsey could introduce a charge for people who generate their own electricity as a way of subsidising the network.
It's an idea supported by Deputy Charles Parkinson, president of the States Trading Supervisory Board.
It would apply to people who generated their own electricity or used alternative suppliers as they launched, with the money going to the States-owned electricity company.
Deputy Parkinson said developments in renewable power technology would disrupt the current business model.
Quote MessageI think the point that Guernsey Electricity is making is a very good one is the cost of maintaining that network cannot be allowed to fall on the people that maintain the network - the people that can't afford to take themselves off the grid."
Deputy Charles Parkinson, States Trading Supervisory Board
Jersey Evening Post
The manager of the island’s only ten pin bowling centre says the leisure attraction remains open for business despite the permanent closure of MFA Guernsey Bowl, external.
Tim Pryor
BBC Sport
Left-arm spinner Ben Stevens took five wickets to help Jersey to a six-wicket win over Vanuatu on the opening day in South Africa in World League Five.
Stevens, who missed Jersey's relegation in Los Angeles last year after a health scare, returned with figures of 5-28 to restrict Vanuatu to 170 all out.
Former captain Peter Gough then made a stylish 65 as the Channel Islanders reached the target inside 35 overs.
Guernsey, meanwhile, suffered a 48-run loss to Italy.
Rob England
BBC News Online
Jersey Fire and Rescue Service drone crews say an Asian hornet nest in the north east of the island "isn't very impressive, thermally speaking".
They sent up a thermal imaging camera drone in the hope of getting a better idea of the scale of the nest.
However, the drone didn't come back unscathed, with some venom being sprayed on the top by the angry hornets.
Mark Le Cornu, from Jersey Fire and Rescue Service, said they're using the standard drone they use for looking at hot spots in fire situations.
They're going to launch a second time, this time with a high definition camera, before experts remove the nest.
BBC Radio Guernsey
Health workers in Guernsey and Alderney with a good idea that could enhance local health services could get £3,000 to help them get the project off the ground.
The 2017 Insurance Corporation Healthcare Bursary launches today and awards a grant of up to £3,000.
It was launched in 1991 when Sandra James MBE took the top prize for her project regarding alcohol abuse in the islands.
Over the following years, there have been a variety of entries relating to bereavement, information provision, mental health, cancer care and several social care projects that have received the bursary.
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
One person was taken to hospital after a three-car collision on Trinity Hill this morning that saw the road closed to traffic.
Jersey Fire and Rescue said there was someone in the vehicle with chest and mouth pain. They were treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to hospital.
Firefighters said a "considerable amount of rain" left the roads wet and potentially slippery, and urged drivers to allow more time for their journey.
The road has reopened.
Image source, Jersey Fire and Rescue
Guernsey Press
'Massive recent growth’ in the use of sites such as Airbnb has left VisitGuernsey wanting to better understand the market and any impact it could have on established providers, external.
Rob England
BBC News Online
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BBC Radio Guernsey
Alderney's new airline will be subsidised by the island's States if the carrier fills fewer than three seats per journey, says Managing Director Danny Brem-Wilson.
The airline has applied for its air operating certificate and Mr Brem-Wilson said he was pleased the States of Alderney was backing the company.
Head of Visit Alderney Helene Turner said she believed there was an untapped market of visitors from Jersey who would make the trip using Air Alderney if they didn't have to fly via Guernsey.
The Alderney Chamber of Commerce also supports the airline. President Andrew Eggleston said it would be a game changer for the island's economic fortunes.
BBC Radio Jersey
Nearly a third of Jersey finance businesses do not have a plan in place in case of a cyber attack, according to a survey by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).
Jersey finance firms completed the survey and from the results the commission identified five threats to finance businesses in the island.
These included:
The survey found 59% of organisations surveyed had had fraudulent emails, and 58% had been attacked using malicious software.
The JFSC is now developing its own cyber security strategy. It's also offering advice to those companies which have suffered a cyber attack.
BBC Radio Jersey
There has been a crash on Trinity Hill in Jersey involving two cars. The road is closed while police investigate.
Officers couldn't confirm whether anyone was injured.
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Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
Children in Jersey are having to wait more than a year to have their teeth checked at the hospital dentist, according to figures from a Freedom of Information request.
The figures show that the waiting lists for a first appointment with a States' dentist this year were the highest they had been for five years.
Between January and July this year, the waiting list for children was more than a year, while for adults it was just over three months.
The Health Department said it was considering contracting work out to private dentists next year and spending more money on dentists. But it added that recruiting dentists and dental nurses was very difficult.
Rob England
BBC News Online
Drone crews from Jersey Fire and Rescue Service have launched their infrared drone to fly up into the canopy of a sycamore tree and check out an Asian hornets' nest.
The hornets aren't happy with the drone spying on them. The drone team here said a vision camera was swarmed by the insects defending the nest.
As it comes in to land, you could actually hear them still hitting one of the drones four rotor blades.
Today will be mostly cloudy and murky with perhaps some light rain or drizzle.
A few bright spells are possible into the afternoon, and it will be feeling warm. Maximum temperature: 20C (68F).
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BBC Radio Guernsey
A Guernsey politician says the debate over the future structure of secondary schooling should take as long as is necessary.
Deputy Mark Dorey will meet with the Education Committee on Thursday to discuss his favoured two-school option.
Education is currently considering a three-school model as part of major reforms to the education system, external in the island.
Quote MessageIf it takes a little bit longer, it is worth it if we get the right solution in the end. The worst thing would be to hurry the process and get something that might not be the right thing in the end.
Deputy Mark Dorey
Jersey Evening Post
A woman who stabbed her friend in the neck with a Swiss Army knife while telling another person "This is what you should be getting" has been jailed for three years by the Royal Court, external.
BBC Radio Guernsey
A new airline, Air Alderney, is applying for its air operating certificate today after months of preparation.
The airline now has its first plane and is hoping to fly to Jersey, Cherbourg, and, eventually, the UK.
The plane is an Islander, similar to what Aurigny, operated in the late 1960s and 1970s.
The director of Visit Alderney, Helene Turner, said she believed the launch of a new carrier out of the island would offer passengers from Jersey the chance to visit on a direct flight.
