Rob England
BBC News Online

Last night's nomination meeting for islanders running for senator in Jersey's May general election saw 17 step forward:

• Gerard Baudains
• Gino Risoli
• Sarah Ferguson
• Tracey Vallois
• Ian Gorst
• John Le Fondre
• Kristina Moore
• Philip Maguire
• Lyndon Farnham
• Anthony Lewis
• Simon Bree
• Sam Mezec
• Steve Pallet
• Frank Luce

• Gordon Troy
• Mary Scott - Moz Scott
• Steven Levy - Stevie Ocean

Candidates were proposed in front of a packed St Helier town hall, and will seek an island-wide vote on 16 May.

At least five of the senators elected will be new to the role, as only three sitting candidates are looking to maintain their seat.

Guernsey FC's recent good form continues as they beat bottom-of-the-table Shoreham 3-0 in Isthmian League Division One South.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Jersey's bowlers have ended a disappointing Commonwealth Games for the Channel Islands with defeats in their final matches.

Malcolm de Sousa lost 21-16 to Papua New Guinea's Matu Bazo to finish fourth in his group of six.

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Meanwhile Jersey's women's pair of Rachel MacDonald and Chrissie Grimes were thrashed 27-8 by New Zealand to finish bottom of their pool with four defeats from four.

Jersey's men's triples team were the only Channel Islanders to make it out of the group stages - they lost 17-7 to Canada in the quarter-finals on Saturday.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Jersey's Barry Le Cheminant is the highest-placed Channel Island shooter after the first day of the individual Queen's Prize at Gold Coast 2018.

The Jerseyman - who led the first two days of competition at Glasgow four years ago - is sixth.

His score of 105 and 12v-bulls - the small inner bullseye on the long-distance fullbore target - is just three v-bulls off Australian leader Jim Bailey.

Image source, Barry Le Cheminant

Guernsey's Adam Jory is 14th with a score of 104-6v, Jersey's David Le Quesne is 18th on 103-10v and Guernsey's Peter Jory is 19th on 103-9v.

The shooters, who shot over 300, 500 and 600 yards will shoot over the same distances on Thursday before going over 900 and 1,000 yards on Friday's final day.

Jersey's last medals at the Commonwealth Games came in the event in 1990 when Colin Mallett won individual gold and pairs bronze with his father Cliff.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Jersey badminton players Alex Hutchings and Matthew Bignell are through to the second round of the men's doubles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Image source, Morag Obarska

The duo had a tight 23-21 21-19 win over Uganda's Edwin Ekiring and Brian Kasirye on the Gold Coast and will face Sri Lanka's pair in Thursday's last 16.

It was the first win for Jersey at this year's Commonwealth Games.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Jersey and Channel Island football champions St Paul's have retained the inter-island Wheway Cup after a 3-2 win over fellow Jersey side St Peter.

Jake Baker's 25th-minute goal gave the parish side an early lead but former Jersey captain Stuart Andre equalised just before half time.

Karl Hinds put the champions ahead after 58 minutes and Jack Boyle made it 3-1 with 10 minutes to go before Baker set up a tense finish with his second soon after.

Del Crookes
BBC News Online

An additional £440,000 has been allocated by the Minister for Treasury and Resources, Senator Alan Maclean, to continue work to prepare Jersey for Brexit.

The extra cash increases the budget for preparations to leave the EU from £3.7m to £4.1m. £3m of the original money has been spent so far.

The funding will support an extra nine fixed-term appointments in the Departments for Community and Constitutional Affairs, EDTSC, the Ministry for External Relations and the Law Draftsman’s Office.

Their focus will be on the development of the island’s post-Brexit policy and any legal changes that are needed.

Del Crookes
BBC News Online

Jersey's elections on 16 May , externalwill be officially observed by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK (CPA UK).

The organisation was invited to oversee the vote by the chief minister and chair of the Privileges and Procedures Committee after an amendment to the law last January.

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CPA UK will check the elections against international standards, commitments and obligations as well as domestic laws.

The group will observe:

• political campaigning
• electoral administration
• voter registration and accessibility
• candidate nomination
• polling (including postal and pre-polling)
• counting and tabulation
• post-election complaints or appeals

A preliminary report will be published within two days following the election to outline the initial findings.

A closing report will be published within two months after the election making recommendations for electoral reform.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Channel Island shooters will be aiming to get in a good position for a medal when they begin the individual Queen's Prize event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Jersey are represented by Barry Le Cheminant and David le Quesne, while Guernsey's Adam and Peter Jory also compete.

Le Cheminant led the fullbore event after the first two days four years ago before finishing seventh - it is the last event in which Jersey won gold - back in 1990.

Image source, Guernsey Commonwealth Games Association

Badminton

Guernsey duo Elena Johnson and Chloe Le Tissier take on England in the second round of the women's doubles.

Jersey's Alex Hutchings partners Elise Dixon in the mixed doubles against Sri Lanka and Matthew Bignell in the men's doubles against Uganda.

Dixon will take on England's Chloe Birch in the women's singles.

Bowls

Jersey's women's pair of Rachel MacDonald and Chrissie Grimes end their games with a final pool game with Northern Ireland.

Malcolm De Sousa also plays his final game as the Jerseyman takes on Matu Bazo of Papua New Guinea in the men's singles.

BBC Weather

Any day-time showers should die away through this evening to leave the night dry with some clear spells.

Minimum Temperature: 6 to 9C (43 to 48F).

It should remain dry through the course of Wednesday with spells of sunshine.

In the sun and with a generally light breeze, it should feel pleasant.

Maximum Temperature: 10 to 13C (50 to 55F).

Mark Inchley
BBC Channel Islands News

G-Joey - the most well-known Channel Islands aircraft - has been moved from the airport to Oatlands ahead of going on display in a purpose-built exhibition hall.

The trislander was part of Aurigny's fleet and served the Channel Islands, Southampton and Dinard for nearly 40 years before being retired in 2015.

John-Paul Williams, group technical director for Aurigny, said: "Everything moves on... the trislander has done its part, its served its part of history for Aurigny, we have the new aircraft now who will take his place, but Joey will never be forgotten."

More on this story:

• G-BEVT Trislander 'in fine company' at Duxford museum
• Aurigny's last Trislander to retire to Duxford
• Guernsey Trislander to become museum piece
• G-Joey could be displayed at Oatlands
• G-Joey's last flight: Aurigny Trislander retirement 'end of an era'

BBC Channel Islands News

More than 170 Jersey residents have benefited from 19 free courses to improve skills and knowledge.

A £50 fee per migrant worker - introduced last year and charged to every business - was used to pay for the training.

The courses cover everything from leadership and management to customer service.

A States spokesman said: "The fee for registered permissions was introduced last year to reduce the reliance on non local labour and fund training and initiatives to mitigate long term skills shortages in the island."

BBC Radio Jersey

Plans for 65 homes for first-time buyers in St Peter may still go ahead, Jersey's planning minister has said.

Deputy Steve Luce says the process for finding sites for affordable homes needs to change. Last week he rejected the plans put forward by Andium Homes - a decision not favoured by the parish constable.

Answering questions in the States Assembly, Mr Luce said the scheme could still go ahead if certain changes were made. But he also said the process he and his department had to follow meant much needed projects were taking "too long".

More on this story:

• 'No more building on green zone land'

Chris Rayner
BBC Radio Jersey Political Reporter

A new organ donation system, external has been agreed in Jersey.

Adults will now have to opt-out of the scheme if they do not want their organs to be donated. In Jersey, about 12% of islanders are on the organ donor register compared to 36% in the UK.

Previously a scrutiny panel questioned whether the changes will see a rise, but politicians voted overwhelmingly in favour of the new law.

Similar legislation was passed by the Welsh government, and is being debated in England and Scotland.

More on this story:

• Organ donation a 'gift of life'
• Organ donation: Half want 'presumed consent'

BBC Radio Jersey

A group that campaigned for university funding for Jersey students has welcomed the States support but says students will still have to cover some of the costs.

States Members unanimously approved the new funding for students from Jersey for the next three years.

But Nikki Heath, from the Jersey Student Loan Support Group, says students will still have to work during holidays or get money from their parents to top up the cost of further education.

More on this story:

• University funding: Number of students 'underestimated'
• Jersey to consider paying students' tuition fees

Jersey Evening Post

Tough sanctions have been imposed by the US government on three Jersey-based companies worth billions and controlled by a Russian ‘oligarch’ with close ties to the Kremlin, the JEP can reveal, external.

Guernsey Press

Hundreds of vehicles are scrapped every year in Guernsey and this highlights the need for a local MOT-style test, according to garages, external.

Naomi Dunning
BBC Radio Jersey, Reporter

The highest ever employment figures for the month of December were recorded in Jersey last year.

The figures, from the Jersey Statistics Unit, count the number of jobs filled and not individual employees. A spokesman said some individuals with multiple jobs may be counted more than once.

The majority of the new jobs were created in the private sector and most of these were full time posts. Only 90 new jobs were in the public sector.

There were 230 new jobs in the finance industry, but the majority of these new jobs were in private education and health.

Just over 6,000 private sector jobs were zero hours contracts. In March, there were 910 people registered as seeking work, down nearly 300 on 2017.

Image source, States of Jersey

Last night was the premiere of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society at Mayfair's Curzon Cinema.

Based on the bestselling novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, the film sees Lily James (Darkest Hour, Baby Driver, Downtown Abbey, Cinderella) play writer Juliet Ashton, who forms a bond with the society when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation.

You can re-live the premiere experience here.

The Guernsey premiere for the film is later this week, on Thursday.

More on this story:

• Director 'anxious' islanders feel represented by film

• Guernsey star excited about island visit
• Co-author: 'The pie in the sky has become the pie on the screen'