BBC Channel Islands Live: 2-6 April

Summary

Sarah Groves murder: Five years on
Les Miserables writer's house given €3m for restoration
Man charged over jet ski crash
£2.5m paid out in 'compromise agreements' to States of Guernsey staff
Old Daimler car found buried in Guernsey garden
Jersey killer Damian Rzeszowski dies in prison
Updates from Tuesday 3 April until Friday 6 April 2018

Live Reporting

Burst water main closes roadpublished at 11:17 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
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Road in St Helier closed tomorrowpublished at 11:12 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
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Sarah Groves murder: 'Things don't go away'published at 10:53 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
BBC Radio Guernsey
The father of Sarah Groves, a woman from Guernsey who was killed in the Indian state of Kashmir five years ago today, has said there is no escaping the events of his daughter's death.
Vic Groves says reminders and anniversaries linked with Sarah are always present.
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Things don't go away for any period of time. You might have a week or two where activity levels are fairly low but you know this beast is going to come up and rear its head again at some point in the near future, so this is a recurring theme."
Vic Groves
Deputy Jonathon Le Tocq who speaks on behalf of the Policy and Resources Committee on foreign affairs says every effort is being made to get a resolution in the ongoing trial in India.
"We've 'upped our game' if you like to try and put pressure on appropriate authorities to speed up the process and to make the process seem more credible than it has up until now."
Dutchman Richard De Vit is still on trial for the murder of Sarah Groves in 2013. He denies any wrongdoing.
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Gender pay gap: What is it like in the Channel Islands?published at 10:51 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
BBC Channel Islands News
Channel Island businesses have revealed vast average gender pay gaps.
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Specsavers, whose head office is in Guernsey, pays its male staff on average 41.9% more than its female employees nationally.
Jersey women's rights activist, Michelle Johansen, says it is not "surprising" the figures are made up of the fact more men are in senior positions, and more women "at the bottom of the gender pyramid" in part time, lower paid roles.
But, she added, the revelations were "an opportunity to make sure... women and men are being paid the same for the same job".
A spokesman for Specsavers said pay gap data for "a very small part" of their organisation had been released, which did not include their stores.
But on the data that had been released the company said it "paid people equally" and the gaps were due to the company having more men in senior roles than women, and it was "committed to addressing" it.
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'Several items' recovered from stolen car and scooterpublished at 10:18 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
Rob England
BBC News Online
Guernsey Police have released images of items recovered after the theft of a car and scooter from St Peter Port on Wednesday night.
Officers have warned owners of vehicles left for several days to check them.
"The St Peter Port area appears to have been targeted overnight and police would encourage increased vigilance and the reporting of any suspicious behaviour," a force spokesman said.
Image source, Guernsey Police
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A small black Bose speaker was located in the stolen vehicle
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A Victsing hands-free car unit was also found in the vehicle
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Police are also looking to identify the owner of a dark blue 'Hotuna' rucksack
CI teams knocked out of bowlspublished at 10:13 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Jersey and Guernsey suffered more disappointment on the bowls rink on the seocnd day of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Guernsey's men's pair of Matt Le Ber and Matthew Solway and Jersey's women's four team were both knocked out at the group stage.
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Le Ber and Solway lost 16-10 to Malta - their second successive loss meaning they cannot make the top two in their pool.
Jersey's women - Chrissie Grimes, Joan Renouf, Eileen Vowden and Doreen Moon - were beaten 21-13 by Norfolk Island to add to two defeats on Thursday.
Earlier in the day Guernsey's world bowls champion Lucy Beere was knocked out of the women's singles.
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Condor services face delayspublished at 10:12 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
Rob England
BBC News Online
The Condor Liberation and the Condor Rapide are facing delays today, according to Condor Ferries., external
High winds have delayed the Liberation and the Condor Rapide is currently operating on "reduced power".
The crowds go wild for the bowls on the Gold Coastpublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
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Is Lawn Bowls the hidden gem of the 2018 Commonwealth Games?
'Homophobic abuse' shouted at dog walkerpublished at 09:42 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
Rob England
BBC News Online
A dog walker was subjected to homophobic abuse in Jersey, police say.
It happened in the grounds of Springfield Stadium on Monday at about 17:30.
Officers are appealing for witnesses, in particular a "middle-aged lady" who was seen with a small child and a French bulldog.
€3m gift to rescue Victor Hugo’s home in Guernseypublished at 09:29 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
The Times
The house in Guernsey where Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables is to be saved from ruin after a French tycoon came forward with a €3m donation, external.
Crossing hot coals for cancer patientpublished at 08:39 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
Jersey Evening Post
An islander has completed a charity fire walk to raise money for a young mother who has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, external.
Jersey's Guthrie gets injury boostpublished at 08:39 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
A day after being helped off the court with an ankle injury, Serena Guthrie is fit for England's second game at Gold Coast 2018.
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Sarah Groves murder: Five years onpublished at 08:38 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
BBC Radio Guernsey
Today marks five years since Guernsey woman Sarah Groves was killed on a houseboat in Kashmir.
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Her family are still campaigning for justice as the trial for her murder continues in India. Recently an online petition, asking the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to intervene in the case reached more than 15,000 signatures.
Despite this, according to Sarah's parents Vic and Kate, little progress has being made diplomatically.
Dutchman Richard De Wit is still on trial for the murder of Sarah Groves in 2013, he denies any wrongdoing.
A UK Foreign Office spokesman said: "Our sympathies have been with the Groves family since Sarah's tragic death and we will continue to help them however we can.
"We have been providing support to them since her death and are in regular contact, liaising with the Indian authorities on their behalf."
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Cloudy with sunny spells developingpublished at 08:35 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
BBC Weather
Fairly cloudy at times this morning but sunny spells should develop.
This afternoon should be largely dry with some sunshine and variable amounts of cloud.
Maximum temperature: 13-16C (55-61F).
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Strong winds continuing across the Channel Islandspublished at 07:58 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
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Car and scooter taken from St Peter Portpublished at 07:58 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
Rob England
BBC News Online
A car and scooter have been taken from car parks in St Peter Port, police have said, and another car entered.
All three incidents happened between 18:00 on Wednesday and 04:40 on Thursday.
Officers said a Blue Nissan Micra was taken from the Odeon car park - where another vehicle was "entered" - and recovered at Beau Sejour car park, where people were seen "to run from the vehicle." The scooter was taken from Coronation Road, and abandoned at Fosse Andre.
A force spokesman said several items had been found during an investigation, but owners had not been identified.
"The St Peter Port area appears to have been targeted and police would encourage increased vigilance and the reporting of any suspicious behaviour," the spokesman added.
'Number of explosions' on-board burning fishing boatpublished at 07:32 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
Rob England
BBC News Online
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There were "a number of explosions" on-board a fishing boat which caught fire just outside St Helier Harbour on Thursday, causing two crew members to be evacuated.
Jersey Fire and Rescue Service and the RNLI were called to assist at about 16:25.
As the RNLI's all-weather lifeboat approached, a spokeswoman said the flares, fuel and gas cylinders on-board presented "some risk" and crew members witnessed "a number of explosions on-board."
Once the fishing boat was deemed to be safe, it was towed to shore and handed over to the Coastguard at 18:40.
Ports of Jersey confirmed there were "no casualties" and Jersey Fire and Rescue said the cause of the fire was "under investigation."
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Beere out of women's singlespublished at 07:20 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Guernsey's world champion Lucy Beere is out of the women's bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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The 35-year-old lost 21-6 to Scotland's Caroline Brown meaning she cannot catch either the Scot or Wales' Laura Daniels - who beat her on Thursday - at the top of her pool.
Beere will play Brunei's Amaliah Matali in her final match on Saturday.
CI swimmers miss out on semi-finalspublished at 07:12 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Jersey's Gemma Atherley and Guernsey's Tatiana Tostevin both failed to progress beyond the heats on day two of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
Atherley was 18th-fastest in the 100m backstroke in a time of 1:04.75, meaning she is second reserve for the semi-finals after finishing seventh in her heat.
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Tostevin set two personal bests as she finished seventh in her heat in the 100m backstroke in a time of 1:04.90 and was second in her 50m freestyle heat in 27.52.
Commonwealth Games records were broken in both of the 14-year-old's races.
"It's quite amazing because you're against such fast people," she told BBC Radio Guernsey.
Jersey men top their grouppublished at 07:09 British Summer Time 6 April 2018
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Jersey's men's triples bowls team have topped their group at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Derek Boswell, Malcolm De Sousa and Ross Davis beat Fiji 20-10 before an 11-11 draw with Brunei in their final match to end the pool stages unbeaten.
It was not so good news for fellow islander Rachel MacDonald who lost all four of her women's singles matches.
After two defeats on Thursday she lost 21-14 to Brunei's Amaliah Matali and 21-11 to Wales' Laura Daniels.