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Anniversary of Amoco Cadiz oil spill
Updates from Monday 12 March until Friday 16 March
BBC Radio Guernsey
Closed since a landslip on New Year's Eve, Valnord Road could reopen on Thursday or Friday next week.
"It had been hoped to reopen the road early next week, but understandably a number of days were lost in the recent snow and freezing conditions," said a States spokesman.
He said the work to repair and strengthen the wall was nearing completion and as soon as the contractors were finished the road would be opened.
BBC Radio Guernsey
The Alderney Breakwater has been named as one of the top 200 engineering projects in the world by the Institute of Civil Engineers.
The 1,430m structure joins the Eden Project and the Channel Tunnel in the list of transformational projects - released to mark the group's 200th anniversary.
The institute compiled the list in a bid to show how civil engineering has shaped the world and changed people's lives for the better.
The Alderney Breakwater was completed in 1864 to provide a bolt hole for Royal Navy Ships.
It was lengthened in 1870 to give extra protection in Braye Harbour.
It was a mammoth task as the sea was up a 150ft deep in places.
Ownership of the breakwater passed from the British government to the Bailiwick of Guernsey in 1987 as part of the islands' contribution to defence.
Since then the States has spent more than £25m in repairs and maintenance.
Alex Osborne
BBC Weather
Tonight there will be clear spells, but also the risk of some showers continuing.
There could be some showery rain starting to push in from the north-east towards dawn.
Minimum temperature: 4 to 7C (39 to 45F).
It will be increasingly windy and turning colder through Saturday with showery rain, which could fall increasingly as snow through the afternoon, especially on the hills.
Maximum temperature: 3 to 6C (37 to 43F).
BBC Radio Guernsey
The junction of Route de Capelles and Rue Sauvage has reopened after it was closed due to an oil spill from a lorry.
It's hoped all the road around the Camp du Roi will fully reopen later this evening with a 15mph speed limit will be in place.
Jack Murley
Channel Islands Sports Producer
A Jersey man who has become a champion in disability martial arts says he is now hoping to compete in able-bodied tournaments.
Stuart Penn - who was born with just one functioning limb - won the gold medal at last weekend's Jiu Jitsu Grand Slam in London.
"I've never really let my disability change what I want to do. I thank my parents for that," he said.
"They taught me there's no such word as 'can't', and always just to find away around and adapt to everything I do in everyday life, and in sports as well."
He added he was going to focus on able-bodied competitions.
BBC Radio Jersey
Prisoners and staff at Jersey's La Moye Prison are being encouraged to use electronic cigarettes to help them give up smoking, the States says.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe prison hopes to be completely "smoke free" by the end of the year.
A States spokesman said e -cigarettes were less harmful than smoking tobacco and would help prisoners, as well as staff, to stop smoking all together.
The island's latest tobacco strategy , externalsaid smoking was one of the main causes of death and disease in Jersey, causing about a 140 deaths and a 1,000 hospital admissions each year.
Home Affairs Minister Deputy Kristina Moore said "prison safe" e-cigarettes would be sold to help prisoners stop smoking.
BBC Radio Guernsey
A stretch of road between the Rue Sauvage and the Camp du Roi Traffic Lights has closed to all vehicles after an oil spill.
The Rue a Chiens and Les Abreuveurs have also been closed.
Drivers are warned to take care in the area as oil has been transferred to nearby road and lanes, and congestion and heavy traffic are expected in the area.
A States spokeswoman said: "Sand has been put down on the affected roads to soak up the oil, but it will take time to absorb, so the roads will remain closed for the foreseeable future while this process takes place.
"A road sweeper will then need to go through the area to clear the sand, and a further assessment will take place.
"When the road does reopen, we would advise drivers to exercise extreme caution, as the surface may still contain traces of oil."
The spill, caused by a lorry, is understood to be the cause of a crash in the area.
BBC Radio Guernsey
Records from the Guernsey Press at the island's Priaulx Library shed light on the island's experience of the Amoco Cadiz oil spill disaster of 1978.
Reports in the Press say the island could "smell" the spill on 20 March, four days after the tanker first began to sink.
Oil was seen hitting Petit Port on 29 March, with fuel covering rocks and a cliff face up to 15 feet.
States workers later responded by using dispersant in the area.
Boys are described to have spent their school holiday "collecting dead birds", and seagulls were spotted with "black underparts" from contact with the spill.
Earlier reports said the island was used as a base by support services for refuelling and radio communications.
Alderney, according to the States in Press reports, was largely protected by "tidal currents" during the incident.
BBC Radio Jersey
Rape cases in Jersey could be heard by jurats instead of a juries in future if plans from a scrutiny panel of politicians, external are approved.
The panel has been reviewing the new sexual offences law, external, put forward by Home Affairs Minister Kristine Moore.
At the moment, if an individual is accused of serious sexual assault or rape, they are tried in the Royal Court. A jury of 12 islanders is chosen to hear the evidence and deliver a verdict.
Politicians on the Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel argued that this was "not effective" and, after speaking to abuse charities, said more qualified people should hear the evidence.
Jurats - who are legally experienced members of the court - are the obvious choice, the panel said, and panel members want the draft law to be amended.
Since 2015, there have been cases 13 of rape and one of attempted rape heard in the court, but only four have resulted in a guilty verdict.
The law is due to be debated by States members next week.
BBC Radio Guernsey
The fire at Fat Rascal, in St Peter Port, was "quickly extinguished" by firefighters, Guernsey's emergency services say.
It's understood the fire started in a pizza oven.
BBC Radio Guernsey
Firefighters are dealing with a fire at the Fat Rascal bar and restaurant in Lefebvre Street, St Peter Port.
The emergency services have asked the public to avoid the area, just off the High Street.
Alexandra Spiceley
BBC Radio Jersey, Reporter
There has been a steady drop in the number of incidents of shoplifting reported in Jersey, figures show.
A BBC Freedom of Information request revealed the number of incidents dropped from 217 in in 2013 to 150 in 2017.
There were 1,079 reports of theft from shops into total over the past five years.
Freddie Miller
BBC Radio Jersey
Forty years ago, the Channel Islands were preparing as a large oil spill was heading towards the islands.
The Amoco Cadiz super tanker was wrecked off the coast of Brittany, France, after its steering gear failed and the weather pushed the vessel onto rocks.
Brian Nibbs, the States of Jersey's marine pollution officer during the 1978 spill disaster, remembers smelling the fuel leaking into the ocean from L'Etacq, saying he could "actually smell the oil coming".
"My job then was to gather in all the stores - I had three tankers of dispersant," Mr Nibbs said.
"It was very much watch and wait, but we had to get ready in case the oil hit. We did have time because it was about 150 miles away."
Mr Nibbs said the island had prepared several vessels with dispersant, as well as with other equipment to dilute and tackle the spill, but added that the island was fortunate.
"We had very strong wind. Wind is marvellous at breaking up oil - it's like a washing machine effect. We were just very fortunate the way the tides went."
He said the conditions meant Jersey did not get any oil on its beaches other than a "light sheen".
Rob England
BBC News Online
The Condor Liberation will not stop in Guernsey on its way from Jersey to Poole tomorrow, the company has said, external.
High winds forecast for Guernsey mean conditions are predicted to be outside safe limits.
All day trips had also been cancelled, the company added.
A spokesman said Jersey to Guernsey customers could transfer to the Liberation on Friday, or on to Rapide services on Sunday.
Passengers due to travel from Guernsey to Poole will now depart from Jersey at 14:30, arriving in Poole at 20:30.
BBC Radio Guernsey
Advice has been issued to home hunters in Guernsey after a scam involving a fake landlord was found in the island.
A fraudster was spotted advertising a home using pictures from Estate Agent Cooper Brouard's website on social media in a bid to con potential tenants out of a deposit.
Director Matthew Brouard said members of the public raised the alarm.
Guernsey Police said they were aware of the "fake listing" and warned islanders should use "established" landlords and letting agents.
Police advice for home hunters:
Rob England
BBC News Online
Condor ferries says it continues to "totally refute" claims by the RMT union that it is exploiting its workers.
The union is due to hold a protest later, and claims the company is paying "poverty wages" to workers on services to the Channel Islands.
Condor said it was a "proud and responsible employer," and the union's allegations were "absurd".
A company spokesman said: "Salary is only a part of the overall package provided to these individuals, as this includes free en-suite accommodation, all food, laundry facilities and uniform, together with non-contributory life assurance, bonus scheme and medical cover."
He added that Condor's recruitment of non-EU staff was "not uncommon," and "in line with other UK ferry firms."
The company said it fully complied with the Maritime Labour Convention 2006, external.
The protest is due to take place at 13:30 at Portsmouth Harbour.
Rob England
BBC News Online
A fund set up after the Amoco Cadiz oil tanker disaster in 1978, which saw 223,000 tonnes of oil leaking into the ocean, is looking for more projects to support.
The Jersey Ecology Trust Fund supports local environmental projects, and was set up in 1991 with £344,592 compensation money from an insurance settlement after the spill off the Brittany coast.
Fuel from the Amoco Cadiz oil tanker contaminated 320km of the Brittany coastline
The fund currently supports several projects in Jersey:
Chairman of the Ecology Fund Deputy Scott Wickenden said the "hard work" of islanders had helped "some good" to come out of the oil spill disaster.
The next deadline for applications is 16 April - you can find more information here, external.
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Guernsey marathon runner Lee Merrien says he will have mixed emotions when he races at the 2018 Commonwealth Games next month.
The 38-year-old will run at his final major meet, having represented Guernsey at four Commonwealth Games and also represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics and the 2011 World Championships.
"I've had the opportunity to compete at a World Championships and an Olympics, but the Commonwealth Games is right up there," he told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"In those events you're competing for Great Britain and not for Guernsey, so this is the highest accolade to compete for Guernsey in a multi-sport discipline like the Commonwealth Games.
"It'll be my last big stage event, so from a personal point of view i'll be sad in one sense, but it'll be a great stage to experience at least one last time and wear the vest with pride."
BBC Radio Jersey
New homes will be built at Beaumont despite concerns the development would "damage the natural environment" of the area.
Jersey's planning committee approved the plans, submitted by Dandara, for 63 homes at the former Co-op Total Sport site.
Previously a Planning Department report recommended the decision, saying it was a "unique opportunity" to remove an "unattractive building".
The plans attracted 23 letters of comment, some of which raised concerns over traffic, parking, scale, design and damage to the natural environment.
The Department for the Environment acknowledged the flats would be taller than other buildings in the area, but said the development would not be "overbearing".
A spokesman for the department said parts of the old bakery, which supplied food to the German Army and its labour force during the World War Two Occupation, would be saved - although there were some concerns raised by the historic environment officer about its demolition and reconstruction.