Tim Hunter
BBC Radio Guernsey

A fire that caused a road in St Martins to close has been put out.

Firefighters arrived at the scene at 11:00 this morning, and the road has now reopened.

Watch Commander Matthew Roger said: "We've extinguished the fire and damped down.

"The damage is mainly confined to the shed that's adjacent to this electrical substation - we've got a large amount of building supplies outside which have been damaged, along with the shed."

Penny Elderfield
Reporter, BBC Channel Islands News

The coast at Fontenelle Bay is being eaten away by the sea at an "alarming rate", according to a member of the Vale Commons Council.

Roger Dadd was speaking after the council had raised concerns with the Environment and Infrastructure Committee - which he said has adopted a "do nothing" policy for the area.

Mr Dadd says he's worried there will be no path left for people to walk on.

The Committee for the Environment and Infrastructure said limiting further erosion would require a "substantially bigger rock embankment, ongoing maintenance and significant expenditure".

The committee added it would actually be working against the natural defence, making it unsustainable in the long term.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

A new director of civil aviation has been nominated in Guernsey.

Dominic Lazarus beat 35 other applicants to accept the role, and is now being recommended by the Committee for Economic Development.

If confirmed by the States, Mr Lazarus will be responsible for all of the Channel Islands' airspace - including Jersey.

The previous director, Gus Paterson, left the role to become the director of education in Guernsey, before leaving just months later to head back to the aviation industry, becoming CEO of the airline Waves - which has suspended its service until September.

Luke Webb
BBC Radio Guernsey

Guernsey's Cameron Chalmers earned bronze at the British Championships on Sunday, taking a podium place in the 400m with a time of 45.79 seconds.

On the feeling of crossing the line third, in what was a very close final stretch, Chalmers said: "It was a good moment. I've worked towards it all season.

Image source, Cameron Chalmers

"It's the main race that they base their selection on for the European Championships.

"I know I could get myself in the mix with some of the top guys, so it's always a relief when you do."

On the prospect of this summer's European Championships, he added: "It's the main thing that I'm gearing training around over the next month or so.

"The eyes are on the European Championships - to see what areas I need to focus on, then it's all about trying to get there healthy".

Live coverage of the States of Jersey meeting from BBC Radio Jersey.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

Guernsey's fire service is currently at a fire in La Brigade Road, St Martin's.

The road is currently closed through to Les Vaurioufs.

More updates to follow.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

Jersey's children's commissioner has released the results of an island-wide consultation, external on the one-year anniversary of the Jersey Care Inquiry report.

Deborah McMillan, whose role was created as a result of the care inquiry's first recommendation, carried out her own report.

She asked 2,000 children, young people and adults to share their views on school, bullying, victimisation, mental health, wellbeing, children's rights and her own priorities.

The consultation covered all children in Jersey, not just those in care.

Image source, Children's Commission

Some key statements and statistics from the report:

• More than half of young people said that they are hardly ever, or never, asked for their views about what happened in school or college and the way that it was run
• Only 16% of young people aged 11 to 18+ said that they heard the outcomes after being consulted on what happened at school or college
• More than two thirds of children had been hit by other children; 61% of children had been left out by other children and 53% of children had been called names or made fun of at least once in the last month
• 47% of children interviewed thought that their views would make no difference or very little difference to what happened in their local area
• 62% of young people said that they felt safe when they walked around their local area, with 23% feeling that the roads in their local area were dangerous

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

Some children in care have had up to 12 different social workers, according to Jersey's children's commissioner.

Deborah McMillan has released the results of an island-wide consultation of 2,000 children, young people and adults on the first anniversary of the Jersey Care Inquiry report.

While the consultation focuses on all children in Jersey, one section of the results is specific to children in care.

Ms McMillan is not the only public servant to concerned with the employment turnover in Jersey's care system.

Glen Houston, the head of the Care Commission - an independent inspection body - said the political will was in place for things to change after the Jersey Care Inquiry, but he remained concerned about a "churn in the workforce".

BBC Radio Jersey

Progress on improving Jersey's children's services and care homes since the Independent Care Inquiry report was published "has not been good enough", according to the head of the island Care Commission.

Glen Houston said things were starting to change, and that the political will was there to push changes forward.

However, he added that, even with the political will in place, he remained concerned about "a churn in the workforce".

BBC Radio Jersey

Children's charity the NSPCC says it's been working closely with the States of Jersey to prevent child abuse in the Channel Islands, and to support survivors of child abuse.

The charity was giving details of its work on the first anniversary of the publication of a report into decades of abuse in Jersey's care system.

A specially designed service for children aged four to 17 - allowing them to talk about their experiences through painting, drawing and storytelling - has been introduced in the island.

Additional campaigns, including one featuring an animated dinosaur, are aimed at providing age appropriate information about how to stay safe from sexual abuse.

Guernsey Press

A UK roofer who admitted drink-driving for the fifth time, external was sent to prison for a total of eight weeks.

BBC Weather

A bright day with spells of hazy, warm sunshine and partly cloudy skies.

Often dry, but with the risk that occasional heavy showers will drift in from the southeast. Maximum Temperature: 18 to 21C (64 to 70F).

Jersey:

Guernsey:

A year after a damning report on Jersey's care system, the government admits change is taking too long.

Freddie Miller
Broadcast Journalist BBC Radio Jersey

Jersey's government has admitted improvements to the way it protects children have not been made quickly enough.

The report exposed how, for decades, Jersey had failed the most vulnerable in society, and even concluded children living in care in the island could still be at risk.

And now, a year on, officials have admitted change is taking too long.

The initial findings of an independent inspection of the island's children's services - by UK government body Ofsted - have confirmed while no children are at risk of immediate harm today, they are still being failed.

Its full report is expected in September.

BBC Radio Guernsey

A meeting between Crown Dependency politicians and the UK government on Monday was "extremely valuable", according to Guernsey's most senior politician.

The Quarterly Ministerial Meetings are held in London to explore the implications Brexit could have on the Crown Dependencies.

Chief Minister Gavin St Pier said the island's high level objectives were being understood as part of the wider negotiations.

BBC Weather Watchers

Judging by this photo, it's a bit brighter in Jersey than it is in Guernsey right now.

"Head in the clouds" captured the bright blue sky over St Helier this morning.

We'll have a full forecast a little later.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

The Jersey Care Inquiry report, published one year ago today, set out eight main recommendations, which included 41 individual actions.

After 12 months, only 11 of these actions have been completed.

Here are the complete actions:

• A new Children’s Commissioner for Jersey is now in post
• The commissioner has visited every school on the island to talk to children and conducted a survey to help to identify her priorities for the future
• Young people have also been part of the interview process
• Young people are now involved in all of children’s social work appointments
• A young people’s panel is now established and advising the commissioner on her priorities and work programme
• In March 2018, a local delegation, including care-experience young people, visited Scotland to understand how young people with care experience are empowered to influence the way that policy is progressed and services are improved
• "Meet the Children’s Commissioner" events are happening
• Fifteen new members of staff have been recruited to children’s services since July 2017, with more engaged in the recruitment process
• A higher profile is being maintained for island services, with improvements in UK advertising and attendance at UK recruitment fairs
• Changes have been made to social worker relocation packages, which also include the allocation of licenses for their partners to work in Jersey in their own right
• A recruitment process has now been reviewed and improved and includes assessment centres which allow for a better assessment of applicants

Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online

The States of Jersey Police have made 10 pledges to ensure the safety of the 18,000 children living in Jersey.

It's on the first anniversary of the publication of the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry report into decades of abuse in the island's care system.

The pledges include:

• Reduce the number of children and young people who are victims of crime
• Reduce the number of children and young exposed to high risk domestic abuse
• Increase online digital security
• Develop a safer schools partnership
• Explore the development of a mini police cadet scheme
• Host a quarterly sponsored breakfast club
• To work with Jersey Sport at promoting a healthy active lifestyle
• Make it easier for young people to raise concerns/complaints about policing in Jersey

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

There were eight key recommendations from the Jersey Care Inquiry report, which was released one year ago today.

1. To create the position of Commissioner for Children who will be seen as "fully independent of government", and will be required to write an annual report
2. Giving children and young people a voice, by reviewing the complaints system, and appointing a Children's Rights Officer
3. Inspection of services, open to external scrutiny "in the interests of ensuring continuous improvement and development", performed by an external body such as the UK's Ofsted
4. Building a sustainable workforce, ensuring care staff stay in place for longer by providing a dedicated HR resource, with a plan for the "recruitment and retention" of staff and foster parents
5. Create a "more effective" mechanism for developing "legislation, policy and practice guidance" in relation to children and young people, including a review of the youth justice system, with a view to moving to a "welfare-based model" rather than a punitive one
6. Make meetings about the "corporate parent" [all agencies involved in providing care and safeguarding] mandatory for all States members after poor attendance, and create a "Children's Plan", setting out how the States will enable all children under its care to fulfill their potential and support them into their adult lives
7. Eradicating negative perceptions of the "Jersey Way" [a term used to describe a system where serious issues were swept under the carpet and people avoided being held to account for abuses], and ensuring perceptions of it are countered on a "lasting basis"
8. Legacy issues, including making the Jersey Care Inquiry archive publicly accessible, remembering Jersey's child care history, demolishing and redeveloping the Haut de la Garenne site, and caring for witnesses after the inquiry

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

The findings of the Jersey Care Inquiry was published one year ago today, but the initial investigation dates back 12 years.

• 2006: States of Jersey Police begin a long-running covert investigation into child abuse
• February 2011: Senator Francis Le Gresley lodges a proposition in the States Assembly demanding a public inquiry
• March 2012: Victims of abuse are offered up to £60,000 compensation without the need for a court hearing
• March 2013: States Assembly unanimously agrees the framework for an independent inquiry into historical child abuse
• July 2013: The inquiry is delayed when its chair, Sally Bradley QC, suffers a stroke. She is eventually replaced by Frances Oldham QC
• July 2014: The Independent Jersey Care Inquiry finally gets under way
• February 2016: It is revealed the care inquiry will spend the full £23m allocated to it, including contingency funding
• July 2017: The findings of the Jersey care Inquiry are published, including more than 600 recommendations