Lifeboat crew moves to split from RNLI
'Norovirus-like' infection forces closure of hospital ward
Gay man encourages discrimination victims to speak out
Household waste charges of up to £461 a year
Chief Minister wants change to Bailiff's role in Jersey
Guernsey has 'fragmented' health care system
Live updates on Tuesday 14 November 2017
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
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BBC Radio Jersey
Jersey Zoo wants to keep an aviary for the release of red-billed choughs into the wild because many birds return there to sleep and get extra food.
The birds are acrobatic members of the crow family that have unique, bright red, curved bills.
Image source, Andrew KellyThe zoo got planning permission to build the enclosure on a field five years ago, but was meant to remove it. It's now asked the planning department for an extension.
Dr Glynn Young, head of birds at the zoo, says many birds visit the site to feed.
"They're hopefully finding their own food out there in the wild, but we're not entirely sure they are getting an adequate food supply as Jersey's not got a brilliant insect population at the moment."
BBC Radio Jersey
Jersey's chief minister says his government will continue to refine the island's tax policies, following criticism resulting from the Paradise Papers.
The States heard some laws may be adjusted to satisfy concerns over companies moving shifting their profits to the island.
Senator Ian Gorst said the "challenge" would be to "give confidence" to our European neighbours.
The island may need to therefore "refine our processes, our system, if necessary legislation, to continue to give that confidence", he said.
Oscar Pearson
BBC Radio Guernsey
The breakwater by Castle Cornet will be closed for three weeks so repairs to the bridge can be carried out.
Foot access remains to the castle.
Jersey Evening Post
Wedding businesses – from musicians to photographers – should be allowed the right to refuse to give their services at same-sex marriage ceremonies on religious grounds, a church group has said., external
It will remain rather cloudy into the evening with low cloud and hill fog.
There will be further patchy rain or drizzle and where the skies clear, mist and fog will readily form.
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BBC Radio Jersey
Lawyers for the St Helier lifeboat coxswain will try to force the RNLI to release a full report on why he was sacked and later reinstated.
Since then a crew member has resigned, and last night the rest of the crew announced they were going to leave the organisation and set up an independent rescue boat instead.
Mr Hibbs says he has a right to know the allegations made against him.
The RNLI said it would consider the crew's position, and hoped to meet them again next week.
Image source, Guernsey PoliceDay one of Guernsey Police's weapons amnesty, which also covers Alderney and Sark, has yielded a trove of weapons, including three shotguns, several pistols and BB guns, ammunition, a large collection of knives, two samurai swords and a flail mace.
Image source, Guernsey Police
Image source, Guernsey PoliceJersey Evening Post
Amendments to proposals which could see the Bailiff removed as speaker of the States have been ruled out of order, external – by the Bailiff.
Paradise Papers debate
House of Commons
Parliament
Dame Margaret Hodge calls for public registers of "beneficial ownership, showing who owns what and where" in the UK's overseas territories and crown dependencies.
She asks: "Would Bono have invested in tax havens if he thought we would all know?"
Dame Margaret says former PM David Cameron understood the need for transparency when he called on overseas territories "to rip aside the cloak of secrecy".
However, she accuses the government of having "watered down" the commitment to public registers over the last two years.
"Transparency can and does change behaviour," she argues, and adding that the UK government has acted over the use of death penalty in overseas territories and against discrimination against gay people.
Data released by the States of Jersey shows one in five Jersey children between the ages of four and five are obese.
But how does that compare to regions across England?
Image source, States of Jersey Statistics Unit and NHS DigitalHouse of Commons
Parliament
Labour's Dame Margaret Hodge opened the emergency debate on tax avoidance and evasion earlier.
She describes the revelations in the Paradise Papers as "a national and international disgrace".
Her Labour colleague Jack Dromey comments that Prime Minister Theresa May said "there is no magic money tree" during the general election campaign,, external yet "they grow on the Cayman Islands, in Bermuda and in Jersey".
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
Image source, Guernsey PoliceThere's been a "positive reponse" to Guernsey Police's weapons surrender initiative, the force said.
As part of the national campaign, the force has received three shotguns of various calibres, several pistols and BB guns, a large collection of knives including hunting knives and ceremonial daggers, two samurai swords, a flail mace and ammunition..
Guernsey and Alderney residents can hand weapons in at island police stations, while Sark residents can be given to the constable.
The surrender ends on 26 November.
Guernsey Press
Guernsey Water is to address areas that are prone to flooding, external as part of its new surface water strategy, it has said.
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
One in five Jersey children aged between four and five are overweight or obese, according to States figures released today.
Obesity in the age category has remained flat since 2011, data in the Jersey Child Measurement Programme shows.
Obesity levels had dropped by 8% in the preceding ten years.
Image source, Jersey Statistical UnitParadise Papers debate
House of Commons
Parliament
Dame Margaret Hodge calls for public registers of "beneficial ownership, showing who owns what and where" in the UK's overseas territories and crown dependencies.
She asks: "Would Bono have invested in tax havens if he thought we would all know?"
Dame Margaret says former PM David Cameron understood the need for transparency when he called on overseas territories "to rip aside the cloak of secrecy".
However, she accuses the government of having "watered down" the commitment to public registers over the last two years.
"Transparency can and does change behaviour," she argues, adding that the UK government has acted over the use of death penalty in overseas territories and against discrimination against gay people.
Jersey Evening Post
More islanders will have to be sent to England for treatment, the Health Minister has warned if the States Assembly reject proposals for the new hospital, external.
BBC Radio Guernsey
Image source, States of GuernseyGuernsey's land reclamation site at Longue Hougue is being described as the best future site for the island's inert waste.
More than 100,000 tonnes of the waste is generated by local construction and demolition activity and does not decompose, but can be re-used in construction and landfill.
The site has been selected by the States from a shortlist of five, and will be subject to an environmental impact assessment and a planning enquiry.
Senior project coordinator Rob Roussel says Longue Hougue is looking like the best option.
"In terms of the capacity of the site, It's got reasonable longevity. It doesn't cover the full 20 years of the strategy, but we estimate 11-15 years of fill life at this site."
Tania Targett
BBC Radio Jersey
One of the first employers to be fined under anti-discrimination laws has branded the process "totally flawed" and called for the way these complaints are handled to be reviewed.
John and Alison Baker, of Island Greetings Limited, were fined more than £4,000 last year after a discrimination tribunal found they had unfairly made a gay man redundant and that he had been harassed on the job., external
John Baker said he and his wife support the spirit of the law but felt the tribunal, which heard the matter over four days, took far too long and that the process was biased against small employers.
Mrs Baker said she went into the process confident it was going to get thrown out, but came out of "drained, exhausted, and very upset and unhappy".
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
People in Jersey experiencing symptoms such as diarrhoea, abdominal pain, or a fever should contact their GP, says the island's director of infection prevention and control.
Jersey's hospital has closed a ward to admissions after an outbreak of a "norovirus-like" infection that has seen seven patients and four staff members affected.
Dr Ivan Muscat says islanders with these symptoms should contact their GP, and adopt preventative measures to prevent the outbreak spreading.
Quote MessageEveryone can play their part by not coming to the hospital if they are showing symptoms and by adopting simple methods of enhanced hygiene; the single most effective way to prevent the spread of this type of infection is with handwashing, using soap and water."
Dr Ivan Muscat, Director of Infection and Control
