Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

A former Archbishop of Canterbury has used a visit to the Channel Islands to call for greater transparency in tax regimes.

Dr Rowan Williams spoke about his work with Christian Aid in the Guernsey over the weekend.

Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man have all come under pressure to reveal more details of who owns companies registered in the islands by making their registers of beneficial ownership public.

Dr Williams said things should be fair and companies should pay the tax they're required.

While the islands do keep beneficial ownership registers, they are only available to regulators, authorities and prosecutors, not the general public - something that the Tax Justice Network wants to change.

The governments of both Guernsey and Jersey previously said they would adopt a public register when it became an international standard, but also reiterated the constitutional independence of Crown Dependencies.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

Nazi graffiti has been drawn on a memorial to World War Two slave labourers in Jersey.

Swastikas and other Nazi symbols appeared at a personnel bunker at Noirmont.

Shane Boschat, from the Channel Islands Occupation Society, posted the photos online, external and said it was "sad to see".

Image source, Shane Boschat

Mr Boschat said the graffiti was far more extensive than the pictures suggested, with 68 structures thought to be sprayed.

He added that while the signs could be cleaned relatively easily, it was "very sad" that it was necessary.

Image source, Shane Boschat

The States of Jersey Police have been contacted for comment.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

Concerns are growing after a States-owned site at Rue Des Monts in St Sampsons has been put up for sale.

The land at Water's Rocques has an asking price of £585,000 yet it's been highlighted as an area of biodiversity in the Island Development Plan.

The site measures just over half an acre; a local residents group oppose its sale and potential development.

The site is currently locked off, but is owned and maintained by the States of Guernsey.

The States has been approached for a comment.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

The good news is we'll have sunny periods today, but there could be some thundery showers too.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

It's going to be a cloudy start to the day, but there some sun will be on the way this afternoon.

BBC Radio Jersey

Jersey Police are trying to cope with a sharp increase in the number reports of people going missing in the island.

There were 252 more reports last year than the year before - an increase of almost 50%.

The States of Jersey Police Annual Report showed the number of missing people reports rose from 525 in 2016 to 777 last year.

In 2016, more than half of the reports were unauthorised absences from care homes and one person was reported missing more than 50 times.

Last year, 777 people were reported missing - more than two per day - with 358 of them being unauthorised absences from care homes.

The report was not clear as to why there had been a rise.

Guernsey Press

A caution has been given to St Peter Port deputy Jan Kuttelwascher, external for comments he made about assisted dying that "brought the States into disrepute".

New evidence suggests one supposed victim of the Nazis was in fact another man, who survived the war.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

If you live near Jersey's General Hospital, you might hear a few "loud bangs" this morning.

Islanders are being told to expect five noises between 08:30 and 10:00.

Five electrical cables which "do not appear to be live" have been found in a service road on the hospital’s grounds.

They're being tested by Jersey Electricity this morning - to ensure they're not live - so the Future Hospital team can "continue their ground investigation".

The tests involve a spike gun firing a .44 calibre cartridge which can be "quite loud".

A statement from Health and Social Services said: "An acoustic enclosure will be put around the site to reduce the noise, but people are still being forewarned."

BBC Radio Guernsey

Motorists who leave broken-down vehicles in public car parks are being warned they may be fined and risk a one-year driving ban.

Guernsey Police are actively tracing the owners of the six vehicles left for the past few months at the L'Ancresse Lodge car park.

Roads Policing Sergeant Tom Marshall said officers would turn their attention to other car parks, and reminded road users that the penalties for abandoning cars were significant.

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BBC News Online

A critical failure at Le Foulon crematorium would mean that bodies would have to be sent off-island, according to a member of the Committee for the Environment and Infrastructure.

Last week,States members voted in favour of replacing rather than moving the crematorium, a process which is estimated to cost about £4m and take about 12 months.

Deputy Lindsay De Sausmarez said that, in the meantime, the crematorium was at an increased risk of failing, which may have a knock-on impact on people cremating loved ones.

Proposals one and two - which centre around the cremator and surrounding building - were approved by 25 votes to 10, while a new amendment - proposal three - was passed by unrecorded vote.

Proposal three centred around the States' Trading Supervisory Board making the current site - which is at the top of a steep hill - more accessible for disabled and elderly islanders.