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Firefighters fall silent to remember Grenfell victimspublished at 12:42 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
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New governor announced for Jersey's prison servicepublished at 12:08 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
A replacement for Jersey's retiring prison governor has been named by the Jersey Prison Service.
Nick Cameron, a former governor of prisons in Scotland, England, New Zealand and Australia will take up his post on 13 August, replacing current governor Bill Millar.
Image source, Jersey Prison Service
Mr Cameron governed Australia's largest prison with 1,470 offenders and has also led probation and criminal justice healthcare services.
Mr Millar will retire as governor of La Moye prison, on 31 August, after more than 40 years in the service, working for ten years in Jersey and 30 years in Scotland.
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I look forward to working with colleagues across criminal justice and other government services, building on the great achievements Bill has led."
Nick Cameron
Current air licensing regime ‘deterring low-cost airlines’published at 11:32 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Guernsey Press
Low-cost airlines are deterred from travelling to and from Guernsey because of its current licensing regime, they have told Economic Development., external
Illegal news service founder given memorial headstonepublished at 11:04 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Rob England
BBC News Online
The founder of the Guernsey Underground News Service, set up during the Nazi occupation of Guernsey during World War Two, has had a memorial stone erected at his grave in Germany.
Image source, Guernsey Archive
Historian Dr Gilly Carr says Charles Machon, who risked his life to spread illegal pro-Allied news, spent time at Rheinbach and Hamelin Prison, before his death in October 1944. It is thought he died because of an outstanding medical condition.
Dr Carr said a local memorial group for the victims of Nazism, led by local historian Bernhard Gelderblom, helped her locate Machon's grave at Am Wehl cemetery, Hamelin.
She is documenting the stories of all islanders deported during the occupation.
Call for researchers to study tip closure impact on gullspublished at 11:02 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
BBC Radio Guernsey
The closure of Guernsey's tip could present a rare opportunity for scientific research into the impact it will have on gulls, according to an island research group.
When Mont Cuet closes later this year the thousands of birds that feed there will have to look elsewhere for food.
Paul Veron, from the Societe Guernesiase, says they are looking for PhD students interested in writing a paper on the change.
"Once this site closes the behaviour will undoubtedly change. We will be able to record what's happening and we are working hard to get PhD students to analyse this data."
Sark residents could see waste bills rise by 20%published at 10:59 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
Waste bills in Sark could rise by 20% under new plans from the island's government.
The new charges are set to be debated by Chief Pleas at their midsummer meeting next month.
Image source, Sark Chief Pleas
The increases are being proposed because of the gap between the money brought in through charges and the actual cost of dealing with the island's waste.
Under the proposals, the £8,000 shortfall would be covered by a 20% rise for individuals, while hotels could see their bills raised by more than 10%.
If approved the increases would come into effect from August.
Call for islanders to help red squirrel populationpublished at 10:43 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Jersey Evening Post
Islanders are being urged to help protect Jersey’s red squirrel population after a major study found the species is facing extinction in the UK., external
Alderney could vote on allowing cannabis to be grownpublished at 10:13 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
BBC Radio Guernsey
It is likely Alderney politicians will be asked to vote on the economic benefits of growing cannabis for medicinal purposes on the island, the Policy and Finance Committee says.
James Dent who prompted last night's debate on cannabis said there was clear support for the idea.
He believes islander's views and opinions now need to be collected.
Three arrested over spate of vandalism in Guernseypublished at 09:40 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
BBC Radio Guernsey
Three people have been arrested by Guernsey Police in connection with a spate of vandalism and graffiti on Victoria Avenue.
Five vehicles in the surrounding area were found to have been damaged with black spray paint.
Alongside the vandalism on Victoria Avenue, black graffiti was also found on the wall of a basketball court in Le Grand Bouet, on the side of a shed in Pitronnerie Road and on a sign at the back of the former Guernsey Bowl.
Fort Regent 'must be top priority' for ministerspublished at 09:21 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
Jersey's new Council of Ministers has been told the future of Fort Regent must be a top priority by a steering group for the venue.
The 19th Century fortification was turned into a leisure centre in the late 1960s and is the home of a number of island sports groups.
At its peak in the 1980s there were cable cars taking visitors up to the fort from Snow Hill. The cable cars were closed in the early 1990s.
Senator Steve Pallett, who heads up the steering group tasked with drawing up plans for the site, says it needs a lot of work.
New infrastructure minister, Deputy Kevin Lewis, has confirmed work to demolish the old cable car system will begin this year.
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There are elements of the infrastructure of the fort that are breaking down and need to be replaced. This is the pivotal term and at the end of this [States] term we need to find a solution. I don't want to be part of a steering group that has to turn around to the public and say 'look guys we are turning the key on this' and shutting [the Fort]."
Senator Steve Pallett
Employers 'less flexible' over honorary officers' timepublished at 09:14 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
The Chef de Police in St Helier says employers are less flexible than they used to be when it comes to releasing their employees that serve in the honorary police.
Island parishes are continuing to have a problem recruiting new officers to the voluntary forces. In 2015 St Saviour was fined £5,000 by the Royal Court for failing to recruit enough officers.
The tradition of honorary policing in Jersey dates back centuries. Each parish has its own force with members elected by their peers. They serve on a voluntary, unpaid basis.
They help police with major events in their parish, monitor speeding on parish roads and carry out firearm suitability assessments.
St Helier Centenier, Danny Scaife says if the situation is to change then employers need to be more understanding.
Memorial unveiled for GUNS founder in Germanypublished at 08:27 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Rob England
BBC News Online
Image source, Gilly Carr
The founder of a group which risked their lives to give islanders in occupied Guernsey illegal pro-Allied news has been given a memorial headstone at his grave in Germany.
Charles Machon was the founder of GUNS (Guernsey Underground News Service), a group of islanders which transcribed BBC news broadcasts and circulated them.
Image source, Guernsey Archives
Occupying German forces did not want islanders to see pro-Allied propaganda, confiscating radios and making it a punishable offence to listen to the news.
In 1944 Machon was discovered along with other members of GUNS. He was sentenced to two years and one month hard labour and deported.
A ceremony was held on Tuesday. It was attended by his grandson, Phil Machon and his wife Diana Hill.
Constable is ‘running out of ideas’ for recruitmentpublished at 07:41 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
Jersey Evening Post
St Saviour Constable Sadie Le Sueur-Rennard says she is beginning to run out of ideas about how to recruit new centeniers ahead of a September deadline., external
CI weather: Drizzle at first but largely fine laterpublished at 07:22 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
BBC Weather
A cloudy morning with patchy light rain and drizzle. Mostly dry in the afternoon though with sunny spells.
A breezy day with a brisk south-westerly wind becoming westerly. Maximum temperature: 14 to 17°C (57 to 63°F).
Jersey
Guernsey
Alderney same-sex marriage now legalpublished at 07:18 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
BBC Radio Guernsey
New laws allowing same-sex marriage in Alderney come into effect today after being signed off by the island's government.
Image caption,
Alderney couple Dits Preece, left, and Allen Jones, right, at the meeting where politicians backed the same-sex marriage law
They were approved by politicians last year, but Wednesday's States meeting saw the final changes to existing legislation being made.
As well as allowing same-sex marriage, the new laws also give equal rights to all married people regardless of their sex.
It also gives unmarried couples who live together the same rights regardless of their gender. The official language used in the law itself has been changed too, replacing the words husband and wife with spouse.
Pilot suffered seizure on flightpublished at 00:52 British Summer Time 14 June 2018
A passenger plane flying from Inverness to Jersey lurched in mid-air as the co-pilot became unwell, a report reveals.
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Mum prompts airline ticket rethinkpublished at 18:15 British Summer Time 13 June 2018
Fae Clerey missed her grandmother's funeral because of the "unfair" first come first served re-booking policy.
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Police ask World Cup fans to behavepublished at 17:52 British Summer Time 13 June 2018
Jack Murley
Channel Islands Sports Producer
Jersey police have asked football fans to behave responsibly during this year's World Cup.
They say they want fans of every country to be able to enjoy the action peacefully.
Fourteen years ago there was a riot in St Helier after a game between England and Portugal in Euro 2004.
Officers armed with CS spray had to control hundreds of fighting supporters.
Inspector Andy Bisson, who's in command of policing for the World Cup, said fans should be allowed to celebrate if they have a good win but they would deal with any disorderly behaviour robustly.
Weather: Increasing cloud before a brighter Thursdaypublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 13 June 2018
BBC Weather
A dry start to the night with clear spells but increasing cloud later on will bring the chance of rain by dawn. Freshening south-westerly winds.
Minimum temperature: 12 to 15C (54 to 59F).
Thursday morning will be mostly cloudy with spells of light rain. Becoming drier and brighter in the afternoon. A breezy day with a brisk westerly wind.
Maximum temperature: 14 to 17C (57 to 63F).
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BBC Weather Watchers: Around the coastlinepublished at 14:44 British Summer Time 13 June 2018
BBC Weather Watchers
We've had some great photos sent in from around the Channel Islands today.
Despite a day of relatively blue skies, Cloud Nut has managed to find a bit of cloud over Grandes Rocques.
Chris Cumulus has taken another coastal shot over the east coast of Guernsey...
And this one from Brass looks out over the Guernsey harbour.
No pictures from Jersey today though - come on guys, send them in!