Jersey Evening Post

People in London got a taste of Jersey at the weekend when a pop-up Jersey Royal stand was erected at one of the city’s famous food markets., external

BBC Radio Jersey

Vote.je has announced it will be filming all the hustings meetings ahead of Jersey's election on 16 May.

The senatorial meetings start tonight and the provider of information for elections in the island says the videos will be watchable the following day.

The hustings for the two contested Connetables elections and those for the contested deputies elections will also be filmed.

Those attending hustings will be asked if they want to appear on film and if they do not the camera will be fixed on the candidates only.

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A settled night to come with some clear spells and patches of cloud.

Remaining mild but the breeze will tend to freshen.

Minimum temperature: 7 to 10C (45 to 50F).

It will be fine throughout the course of Tuesday with spells of spring sunshine.

Staying dry and feeling warm although it will be a windy day with a fresh to strong southerly.

Maximum temperature: 15 to 18C (59 to 64F).

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Guernsey's top politicians has hit back at a letter written by church leaders which criticises proposals to allow assisted dying in the island, external.

Deputy Gavin St Pier wants States members to allow laws to be drawn up which will eventually allow islanders the choice to control their death in certain situations if they decide their suffering is unbearable.

But in a letter penned to all islanders church leaders, including the Dean of Guernsey the Very Reverend Tim Barker, say this would be "a danger" particularly to vulnerable people and would risk turning the island into an "experiment for change".

In the letter it also claims other jurisdictions who have legalised assisted dying had seen an "erosion" of "safeguards" around the law.

But Deputy St Pier says it is "simply false" to claim assisted dying legislation for terminally ill people elsewhere had been "extended" beyond "strict boundaries".

He added the idea Guernsey would become an "experiment for social change" was "nonsense," and there was a "huge amount of evidence of good practice" and a "growing number" of places adopting assisted dying.

He said: "Ultimately this is about an individual’s right to choose their own end of life options. Those who do not wish to pursue this option for faith or any other reasons will remain at liberty not to do so."

More on this story:

• Assisted dying 'can give peace of mind'

• Debate about 'assisted dying not suicide' - St Pier
• Guernsey branch of BMA doesn't support assisted dying
• Guernsey 'could learn from other places on assisted dying'
• Ricky Gervais praises Guernsey's assisted dying stance

• 'Assisted dying debate needed despite sharp divisions'

Rob England
BBC News Online

Plans are being considered to mark the return of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry (RGLI) to the island from the UK after World War One, 100 years on.

Image source, Guernsey Museum

Chris Oliver, Chairman of the RGLI charitable trust, said there was money left over after "hundreds of people" and organisations donated to the trust for a memorial in St Peter Port, unveiled this weekend.

The Guernsey granite memorial is the first in the island to be dedicated to the sacrifice of the RGLI on the western from in World War One - and was unveiled on the 100 year anniversary of the Battle of Lys.

Last year another monument was dedicated to the men of the RGLI in France.

Mr Oliver said the extra funds allowed the trust to "talk about" marking the return of the troops from the UK in 1919 after the war.

It is estimated from Guernsey's population of just over 30,000, 8,000 fought in the Great War, of whom 1,470 never returned.

The Dignitas clinic could be asked to contribute to a series of consultations on assisted dying laws in Guernsey, should politicians choose to pursue them.

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The Swiss clinic claims it "provides support for improving care and choice in life and at life's end".

States members are expected to debate assisted dying on 16 May, the same day as elections in Sark in Jersey.

In a message to Guernsey deputies, a spokesman for the clinic offered its "know how" in developing a "legal regime". The President of the policy and resources committee, Gavin St Pier, said if the debate was successful the States would want "to learn from the experience of other jurisdictions", including Switzerland, "particularly with regard to the safeguards, protections and protocols".

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• Assisted dying 'can give peace of mind'
• Debate about 'assisted dying not suicide' - St Pier
• Guernsey branch of BMA doesn't support assisted dying
• Guernsey 'could learn from other places on assisted dying'
• Ricky Gervais praises Guernsey's assisted dying stance

BBC Radio Jersey

Jersey fishermen say new safety measures have been introduced which mean they are less likely to be injured, after a UK incident where a man died.

In November a fisherman from Scarborough, north Yorkshire was killed after getting tangled in pot lines which were being deployed from his boat.

A Marine Accident Investigation Branch inquiry , externalfound the deckhand was unable to stop himself being dragged overboard after he became entangled in fishing pots that were being put over the side of the vessel.

But Don Thompson from the Jersey Fishermen's Association says local boats have introduced new equipment and practices so that fishing gear is pulled into the water automatically - and as long as crew stay away from it, they will be quite safe.

BBC Radio Guernsey

An independent review looking at the "efficiency" of States owned airline, Aurigny, has been called for by a Guernsey politicians.

Deputy Chris Green the President of Guernsey's scrutiny management committee, said independent analysis would show whether there was "any room for improvement".

Deputy Green has pointed to a review in the last term of the States Assembly , externalhe said had "many useful recommendations", but said scrutiny should not address the issue while the Policy and Resources Committee was looking at the island's connectivity, external.

However, he said an independent review would reassure the public Aurigny was being run "as well as possible".

The airline has welcomed the review.

BBC Radio Jersey

An equality charity in the Channel Islands has called on candidates in Jersey's general election to make sure men and women get equal pay.

Liberate has set out what it would like to see from prospective States members who are campaigning for election on 16 May.

Vic Tanner Davy, the charity's CEO says the gender pay gap in the finance industry is a particular area candidates should look into.

In the UK the Office of National Statistics found the finance sector had the highest pay gap of all sectors, external, based on data for the latest Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, external.

You can search UK government data on gender pay gaps in individual companies here, external.

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• Gender pay gap: Six things we've learnt
• Jersey general election 2018: Senatorial hustings begin
• Jersey general election 2018: All nominations

• Jersey general election 2018: The data
• Candidates for senator step forward
• Elected unopposed: 'It feels like an anti-climax'

Rob England
BBC News Online

A Guernsey family have been left "in a state of huge shock" after a boy died from meningitis.

Joe Gray, 16, died in hospital on Thursday at Princess Elizabeth Hospital.

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In a statement Mr Gray's family said: "Joe's passing leaves a void in our lives and hearts that will never be filled."

The family thanked the "exceptional staff" at the hospital's intensive care unit who looked after Joe with "care and sensitivity". "The whole team went above and beyond delivering round the clock care for Joe, for which we will be eternally grateful," the family added.

Last week the States released guidance to islanders on meningitis, which is an infection of the protective membranes which surround the brain and spinal cord.

More on this story:

• Islanders urged to 'be aware of meningitis symptoms'

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Church leaders from Guernsey, Alderney and Sark have branded proposals to allow assisted dying as a "danger to the community" particularly to the "most vulnerable" islanders.

In an open letter, written by 53 church leaders across the Bailiwick, they said although "choice" was important for islanders, it should not be an argument for "life and death issues".

The letter says: "To assist in the death of another is essentially to assist in their suicide. Deeper ethical and moral considerations should have much greater weight in matters of island policy and law."

Politicians will likely debate the proposals on 16 May., external

The letter goes on to say "Guernsey could become an experiment in social change affecting all Islanders with implications well beyond our shores".

Commenting on other jurisdictions who have legalised assisted dying, church leaders said over time "initial safeguards" had been eroded, and the criteria broadened to allow more than just terminally ill people to access the practice.

The church leaders who signed the letter, including the Dean of Guernsey, have instead called on politicians to increase mental health provision and "focus on the care of vulnerable people".

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More on this story:

• Assisted dying 'can give peace of mind'
• Debate about 'assisted dying not suicide' - St Pier
• Guernsey branch of BMA doesn't support assisted dying
• Guernsey 'could learn from other places on assisted dying'
• Ricky Gervais praises Guernsey's assisted dying stance

• 'Assisted dying debate needed despite sharp divisions'

Guernsey Press

Occupation survivors were treated to a special screening of the Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society film put on by the Arts Foundation Guernsey, external.

Jersey Evening Post

Jersey will soon be able to negotiate its own trade deals after finally being given permission by the UK – three years after the request was first made, external.

BBC Sport

Jersey's Serena Guthrie has said she hopes other players in the islands will be "inspired" after she helped England's netballers win a first-ever gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.

The Red Roses beat Australia 52-51 in one of the final medal matches on the Gold Coast.

Guthrie says she wants to use her success to inspire other young people in Jersey to follow in her footsteps.

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A man from Guernsey diagnosed with a terminal illness has asked politicians to allow him the option of assisted dying.

Commenting on the upcoming States debate, external a man who gave his name as Martin told BBC Radio Guernsey, if approved, assisted dying could be "life changing for quite a few people who are in a position of terminal illness".

"It can give them peace of mind," he said.

Church leaders across the Bailiwick of Guernsey have penned an open letter to islanders, calling the proposals a "danger" to the community.

Martin said: "I do appreciate all the fears and worries that come with it [assisted dying], because I've had them myself, but now it's happened to me I've made my mind up."

He says it is important islanders have a "local option" for assisted dying, but said he would accept it if deputies did not pass the requete.

"At least we've had the conversation," Martin said.

More on this story:

• Debate about 'assisted dying not suicide' - St Pier

• Guernsey branch of BMA doesn't support assisted dying
• Guernsey 'could learn from other places on assisted dying'
• Ricky Gervais praises Guernsey's assisted dying stance

• 'Assisted dying debate needed despite sharp divisions'

Rob England
BBC News Online

Guernsey Police and coastguard recovered a woman's body found in Petit Bot Bay earlier this morning.

Officers were called by a member of the public at about 07:50.

Rescue teams used the Spirit of Guernsey lifeboat to bring the body to shore, which was found about 330ft (100m) off the bay.

A police spokeswoman said: "No further information is available at this time regarding the identity of the individual and police investigations are ongoing."