Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

Guernsey's chief minister and Jersey's external relations minister have attended the seventh quarterly government Brexit meeting.

Hosted by the Department for Exiting the European Union, the meeting was chaired by Robin Walker MP.

Guernsey's top politician Gavin St Pier said: "Today’s meeting has been extremely valuable".

"We have taken the opportunity to discuss in some detail, the current progress of the Bailiwick’s preparedness, in particular in relation to trade in both goods and services as well as ensuring the Bailiwick is linking into and preparing for any negotiated outcome or for 'no deal'."

Image source, States of Guernsey

The Crown Dependencies also attended a separate meeting with Chris Heaton-Harris MP - the man responsible for planning a "no deal" outcome - which was arranged during a meeting with Deputy Lyndon Trott at the Conservative Party Conference.

Ben Chapple
BBC News Online

Work to repair a cable fault will continue into the weekend, the States Traffic and Highway Services.

The emergency works by Guernsey Electricity engineers and contractors means temporary traffic lights will remain in place along the eastern seafront.

Motorists are being asked to allow extra time for the journey especially at busy times.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

Here are all the numbers you need.

The final total on the electoral roll was 31,685.

A turnout of 40% was required for the referendum to be binding, a total of 12,746 votes.

After the votes have been reconciled with the electoral register, the number of votes cast - including spoilt or blank ballots - was 14,370, which equals 45.1% of the electoral roll.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

It has been announced that the turnout in Guernsey's first ever referendum was 45.1%.

This means that the result of the referendum will be binding on the States of Guernsey.

Simon Fairclough
Guernsey Political Reporter

The anticipation is building at St James, where we'll know shortly whether there have been enough votes in Guernsey's referendum to make the result binding.

It does look like we're heading that way - towards a 40% turnout.

A Forest constable has told me the numbers at his polling station was higher than in the general election in 2016.

The Forest falls in the West district, which saw a 74% turnout then.

It could be the exception rather than the rule, though.

Turnout in St Peter Port could be the deciding factor.

There have also been a record number of postal votes which are yet to enter the mix, and reports of turnouts above the 40% threshold, external to make the vote on how Guernsey elects its politicians binding.

Guernsey Press

Early indications are that the 40% threshold required to make Wednesday's island-wide voting referendum result binding will be reached., external

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

The process of counting thousands of votes in Guernsey's first ever referendum has begun.

The first stage involves reconciling the voting slips against voter registration books to ensure that there is no voter fraud happening, and to verify the turnout.

A minimum turnout of 40% will ensure the result of the vote is binding on the States of Guernsey.

This stage of the count will also see most of the spoilt or blank votes identified.

The vote could decide the method of electing politicians in future, with options ranging from the current district-based system to the formation of a single Guernsey-wide constituency.

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Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

Later patchy rain will spread in from the west.

It will stay damp into the afternoon but brighter skies may then follow from the west towards evening.

Tonight will start dry but breezy - the southerly wind will strengthen later in the night and there will be an increasing chance of some rain edging from the west.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

Thousands of you cast your votes yesterday in Guernsey's first ever referendum.

Now it's time to count them all.

The whole process is taking place at St James from 09:30 - here's what will happen:

• Reconciliation of votes: The ballots for each polling station will be counted and reconciled against the voter registration books; at this stage blank and spoilt ballot papers will also be identified
• First round: Counting of first preference votes; the first preference votes for each option will be counted by district
• Second round: If no option has secured a majority of the votes in this round, the option with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated - any second preference votes on the eliminated ballot papers will be assigned to the relevant options
• Third round: If no option has secured a majority of the votes in this round, the option with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated - any second or, where relevant, third preference votes on the eliminated ballot papers will be assigned to the relevant options
• Fourth round: If no option has secured a majority of the votes in this round, the option with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated - any second or, where relevant, third or fourth preference votes on the eliminated ballot papers will be assigned to the relevant options

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

The set of traffic lights that caused rush-hour queues up and down Guernsey's east coast on Wednesday are still in place.

An electricity cable fault has caused emergency works on St George's Esplanade.

On Twitter, Guernsey Police told commuters to "allow lots of extra time for your journey, find a different route, a different method of transport or accept you’re going to be a little bit late for wherever you’re going".

Rob Byrne
BBC News Online

Some islanders who signed up for postal votes in Guernsey's first ever referendum did not receive their forms, it's been confirmed.

Deputy Peter Roffey, head of the government body tasked with organising the vote, apologised for the error.

Deputy Roffey admitted while the error was concerning, he had been assured those affected were eventually able to cast their ballot.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

After pledging £350,000 to the relief effort in Indonesia, Jersey's international development minister has said the island could not "sit back and do nothing".

Deputy Carolyn Labey has confirmed the funds will come from Jersey's Overseas Aid budget.

Image source, Lewis Inman

Thousands of people are still missing after Indonesia's earthquake and tsunami, but rescue efforts are being called off.

More than 1,700 people are known to have died so far.

Each year, Jersey gives up to £2.85m to countries dealing with emergencies.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

Our newsroom was bathed in red this morning as the sun rose over Herm and Sark.

Quite a few people were pulling over into the car park on Bulwer Avenue to take a snap themselves.