Summary

  • Senator Tracey Vallois steps down as Deputy Chief Minister

  • Guernsey operations delayed amid soaring demand

  • St Helier al fresco smoking ban rejected

  • Jersey Water still running desalination plant despite rise in water levels

  • Scrutiny leader urges States to start hospital build

  • Sark holds first election in five years

  • Updates on Wednesday 12 December 2018

  1. Jersey Water still running desalination plantpublished at 08:13 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

    BBC Radio Jersey

    Jersey Water is still running its desalination plant despite an increase in reservoir levels.

    The utility said reservoirs were at 54% - up from 46% a few weeks ago.

    However, that is still significantly down on this time last year, when levels were at 71%.

    The plant, external, which turns the sea into fresh water, was turned on last month, the first time in seven years following a dry autumn.

    Helier Smith, from Jersey Water, added staff were expecting the next three months to be drier than usual.

    Jersey Water desalination plantImage source, Jersey Water
  2. CI weather: Rain dying out during a largely dry daypublished at 08:09 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2018

    BBC Weather

    Patchy light rain will tend to die out on Wednesday morning, leaving it largely dry through the rest of the day with the chance of a few brighter spells later. South-easterly winds will strengthen.

    Maximum temperature: 4 to 7C (39 to 45F).

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