BBC Channel Islands Live: 9-13 April

Summary

130 sex offenders registered in Jersey, new figures reveal
Halksworth makes Commonwealth history by competing in three sports
London and island premieres of Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Extra Guernsey and Jersey ferry sailings for sport fixtures
Opt-out organ donation system approved in Jersey
Jersey general election 2018: The nominations are in
Seaplane service 'could be ready by June'
Updates from Monday 9 April until Friday 13 April 2018

Live Reporting

Economic impact of inter-island ferries to be 'understood'published at 16:09 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
Work will be done to measure the economic impact of a new inter-island ferry service.
It has been announced today the Manche Iles Express service will include an extra 23 sailings.
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The additional sailings could potentially be of economic benefit to Guernsey, and that is why we have continued discussions with Manche Iles Express over the past few weeks. The additional service will provide an opportunity to understand more fully the demand for the service and any direct or indirect economic benefits from the net additional sailings from Jersey."
Deputy Charles Parkinson, Guernsey's President of the Committee for Economic Development
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The ability to travel between the islands is important to both us, as islanders, and our visitors. As well as the obvious economic benefit to both islands it is important as it allows us to maintain our social, cultural and sporting links. I encourage the public of both Jersey and Guernsey to support this service."
Senator Lyndon Farnham, Jersey's Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture
Extra inter-island sailings agreed in underwrite dealpublished at 15:50 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
An additional 23 sailings between Guernsey and Jersey have been scheduled after the islands' governments agreed to underwrite them.
Manche Iles Express was given the contract for sailings this summer, but concerns were raised it did not adequately serve Guernsey as there were just seven day trips from Guernsey to Jersey, compared to 49 day trips the other way.
It's not clear what the split of services is for the extra sailings, which will run on weekends between May and September this year.
The governments have agreed to underwrite the sailings if they are below 60% of capacity to a maximum of £95,680 - with the costs split between Jersey and Guernsey.
Energy from Waste Plant closed for maintenancepublished at 15:05 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
The Energy from Waste Plant, external is closed for scheduled maintenance for up to four weeks.
The site is still accepting waste but there may be delays during peak times.
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Tributes paid to 'very, very kind' Sir Peter Le Cheminantpublished at 14:17 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
BBC Radio Guernsey
Image source, GUERNSEY POLICE
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Sir Peter Le Cheminant (far left) was the first Guernseyman to serve as Lieutenant-Governor
Tributes are being paid to Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Le Cheminant after he died "peacefully" on Sunday aged 97.
The Guernseyman served as Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey from 1980 to 1985.
He was educated at Elizabeth College and joined the RAF shortly after the outbreak of World War Two.
His wartime service saw him being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, external in 1943.
After the war, he continued to serve with the RAF ending his career as Air Marshal and Deputy Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe.
As a mark of respect, all States departments will be flying the Guernsey flag at half mast today.
Mixed results for CI bowlers on Gold Coastpublished at 13:26 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Jersey's women's triples bowls team of Doreen Moon, Eileen Vowden and Joan Renouf kept their hopes of making the knockout stages of the Commonwealth Games alive with an 26-12 win over Zambia.
The island trio were beaten 18-7 by Wales in their first game on Monday, and know they must beat New Zealand in their final pool game on Tuesday to progress.
Image source, Morag Obarska
In the men's singles Jersey's Malcolm De Sousa faces an uphill battle to progress after an agonising 21-20 loss to Northern Ireland's Gary Kelly.
De Sousa was three shots down going into the penultimate end but tied the match at 20-all, only for Kelly to get a single on the final end for victory - De Sousa meet Canadian group leader Ryan Bester in his second game on Tuesday.
Meanwhile Guernsey's Todd Priaulx eased to a 21-3 win over Samoa's Edward Bell for his first victory - he faces Scotland's Darren Burnett in his first match on Tuesday in a key game is his quest to get out of the group.
Image source, Morag Obarska
Four Guernsey politicians to tread the red carpetpublished at 12:47 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Guernsey's Chief Minister Gavin St Pier will be at the world premiere of the Guernsey at London's Curzon Mayfair cinema.
He will be joined by three members of the island's Committee for Economic Development - Deputies Charles Parkinson, Andrea Dudley-Owen and Dawn Tindall.
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Chalmers sees benefits after semi-finalpublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Guernsey's Cameron Chalmers says his career will benefit from his experience at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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Guernsey Raiders close in on league titlepublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Guernsey Raiders' head coach Jordan Reynolds has praised his depleted side after they beat Westcombe Park 38-27 to stay at the top of the London and South East Premier Division.
The bonus-point win keeps the islanders three points ahead of nearest rivals Barnes with two games to go.
Image source, Martin Gray
"It looked like a team that want to finish the season pretty well.
"When we had seven of our key players not available today we were a little bit concerned, but to get the bonus point win - I would have taken a 3-0 victory.
"We knew it was going to be a tough game, but to get it in the manner that we did was fantastic and getting a other five points and we have to gear ourselves up for Tring next week."
Plans for new Jersey hospital could be debated againpublished at 11:39 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Chris Stone
BBC Radio Jersey
The plans for Jersey's new hospital could be debated all over again under proposals from a scrutiny panel.
The Future Hospital Review Panel said the Council of Ministers should allow States members to have their say.
Jersey's Planning Minister, Deputy Steve Luce refused planning permission for the original hospital design in January.
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He said it was too high, didn't sit well in the area and would "seriously reduce the quality of life for those living around it".
The new plan is to make the existing building shorter and wider.
In a public report, external, the Future Hospital Review Panel says the revised scheme is significantly different from the original and wants States members to debate the revised plan for the new hospital.
Chalmers misses out on final placepublished at 11:23 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Guernsey's Cameron Chalmers is out of the 400m at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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The reigning British Universities champion was fifth in his heat in a time of 46.34 - 0.7 seconds off his personal best set last year.
His time was 0.18 seconds slower than he clocked in the heats when he made the semi-finals as one of the fastest losers.
Former Lieutenant-Governor Sir Peter Le Cheminant diespublished at 11:13 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Le Cheminant GBE, KCB, DFC & Bar has died in Guernsey at the age of 97.
Sir Peter served as Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey from 1980 to 1985 - becoming the first native Guernseyman to hold the position in peacetime for more than 600 years.
He was the senior holder of the GBE.
Buckingham Palace has been informed and funeral arrangements are to be released in due course.
The Lieutenant-Governor's Office for the Bailiwick of Guernsey has said it is "saddened" by the news.
Image source, Gov House Guernsey
Gift of £2.6m saves Victor Hugo's homepublished at 11:06 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
A French billionaire steps in to rescue the house where Les Miserables was written.
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Guernsey cable fault could cause electricity problemspublished at 11:04 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
Customers in Rue de la Mare, Castel, may have their electricity supply disrupted today due to a cable fault, Guernsey Electricity has said.
Work has been ongoing from 10:00 and is likely to last for about three hours.
Engineers have apologised for the inconvenience.
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Misty and cloudy conditions at Jersey Airportpublished at 10:18 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
The webcam at Jersey Airport has captured the misty and cloudy conditions that are expected for the rest of the day across the island.
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Work begins in the Vale to renew main drainpublished at 09:45 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
BBC Radio Guernsey
Work begins today to renew the main drain on a road in the Vale.
Guernsey Water engineers will be digging a series of trial holes and working from the Summerfield Road end of La Hure Mare.
The initial works are expected to take up to 10 days with access to all businesses and commercial premises in La Hure Mare coming from Northside and Trafalgar Road.
The work will continue until August.
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Charitable donations 'equal' across three Crown Dependenciespublished at 09:30 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
Research suggests the rate of charitable giving was roughly the same per person across all three Crown Dependencies.
People in Guernsey gave about £13m to charity last year while people gave £20m in Jersey and £17m in the Isle of Man.
This works out to be the equivalent of about £240 per adult, research showed.
The findings from Island Global Research found most people favoured small and local charities, rather than UK or national ones.
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Unlucky Jersey lose out in Yorkshirepublished at 08:50 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Jersey Reds boss Harvey Biljon says his side failed to get any luck as they lost 26-21 at Yorkshire Carnegie.
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HMS Daring to get multimillion-pound engine refitpublished at 08:46 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Guernsey Press
Guernsey-affiliated Royal Navy vessel HMS Daring is to be part of a multimillion-pound engine refit., external
Guernsey FC unbeaten run endedpublished at 08:41 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Guernsey FC's nine-game unbeaten run comes to an end as they are hammered 4-1 at home by Ramsgate.
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Travel: Traffic moving well after crash in The Tunnelpublished at 08:34 British Summer Time 9 April 2018
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
Vehicles have been removed and traffic is flowing well after a crash in The Tunnel, police have said.
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