Pedestrian on crossing hit by motorcycle
Head teacher wants more rights for Alderney children
Calls to Jersey's ambulance service up again
Updates on Friday 28 December 2018
Friday night will be dry but with rather a lot of cloud around. Winds will remain fairly light too. Mild.
Minimum Temperature: 6-9C (43-48F).
Saturday is expected to be largely cloudy and misty with the chance of some occasional drizzle. A gentle south-westerly breeze. Mild.
Maximum Temperature: 7-11C (45-52F).
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Rob England
BBC News Online
Police in Guernsey are expecting a "final forensic report" in March on the death of Mikus Alps.
The Latvian national's remains were found in a burnt out car at Petit Bot in January.
Image source, Guernsey PolicePolice have yet to confirm his cause of death. One post-mortem examination has already taken place and officers have confirmed the remains found in the car were his.
Patrick Rice, Head of Law Enforcement, said the force was waiting for the report from the UK Home Office pathologist.
"Our officers have concluded all lines of enquiry currently open to us, but we must wait for the final forensic report," he added.
Image source, Colin DoddQuote MessageThe nature of the remains found in the burnt-out car led us to request support from highly specialised experts to carry out further detailed examinations to try and help determine cause of death.
Quote MessageThere are very few specialists of this nature, which meant we were very much in their hands in terms of timings. However, we considered it essential to wait for these findings to ensure we explored every legitimate line of enquiry."
Patrick Rice, Head of Law Enforcement
Jersey Evening Post
Almost 90 employees are taking formal action against the States, external after having their pay rises reversed, costing them thousands of pounds, and they have warned "similar or worse" could happen to other workers.
BBC News UK
The music retailer HMV is poised to enter administration for the second time in six years - a move that would affect 2,200 staff at its 120 stores.
The company - which has a store in Guernsey - opened its first HMV-branded store on Oxford Street in London in 1921.
The BBC understands the company could appoint administrators as soon as Friday after being hit by competition from streaming services and online retailers.
Guernsey's HMV store
Rob England
BBC News Online
The "lengthy process" of valuing the Jersey coin hoard Catillon II should be finished in the next two months, its founders have said.
The cache - thought to date from about 30-50 BC - was discovered in Grouville by metal detectorists Reg Mead and Richard Miles after a 30-year search sparked by a tip-off.
Two men who found a hoard of coins worth at least £10m look back on their moment of discovery
The hoard holds nearly 70,000 Iron Age coins and other treasures.
The world's leading authorities on the Celtic period have been valuing the cache, Mr Mead said, based on comparisons with similar individual coins sold at recent auctions.
Although it has not been decided where the hoard will go once it has been valued, Mr Mead said they want it to stay in the island.
Mr Miles said it would help "generate interest" for local museums and allow studying to continue in Jersey.
Discussions on where the hoard will remain are ongoing between the Crown, the States of Jersey, the owner of the field where it was discovered, and the detectorists.
Reg Mead
Rob England
BBC News Online
A man has been arrested after he threw traffic cones into a road and attempted to pull another man from a car.
It happened between 21:15 and 21:30 on Thursday outside Cineworld in St Helier.
Officers said a 34-year-old had been arrested at the scene, and inquiries were "ongoing".
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
Guernsey Airport has thanked passengers for their patience after "technical issues" closed one of the X-ray machines in security.
Engineers are working on the problem and the airport is expecting an update from them later.
Passengers are being advised to allow a full hour for check-in.
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BBC Radio Guernsey
Guernsey's La Valette bathing pools and the surrounding area have potential for future development - according to the managing director of property investment company, The Fuller Group.
Alex Fuller wants to create more recreational facilities and said a treetop adventure area, sculpture trail and luxury spa could all be successful.
Residents in the island have been bathing in the pools since 1865, with water in the pool coming directly from the sea at high tide.
Although Mr Fuller said the area can be made "even better", these local people are cautious about the idea to renovate the area...
BBC Radio Jersey
A person was taken to hospital after being hit by a motorcycle in Jersey, police have said.
It happened on Thursday at about 17:26 on a pedestrian crossing on Bel Royal.
Officers said the motorcycle was travelling at a "low speed" and the person hit had "minor injuries".
The road was temporarily closed but has since reopened.
BBC Radio Jersey
JT has apologised for a fault that left some Jersey homes and businesses without a landline connection.
A company spokesman said it had issues with lines across the island late on Thursday.
He said engineers have fixed the problem and everything should now be "working as normal".
BBC Radio Jersey
A group of backbench Jersey politicians is planning a detailed review of the issues surrounding migration - with the government expected to propose a post-Brexit population policy next year.
Members of the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel - led by Senator Kristina Moore - will start asking people their opinions in March.
They want their findings to influence ministers' new migration measures, which are expected to be introduced around September.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Chief Minister, Senator John Le Fondre, sad the new rules will be "clearer" than those proposed by the previous government.
He added its suggestions - including time-limited work permits and criminal record checks for new migrants - were "not robust enough".
Jersey police are milking the puns today...
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BBC Radio Guernsey
The head teacher of St Anne's School is calling on the States of Guernsey to give Alderney children the same rights as those in Guernsey.
Under the current population management laws, Alderney students don't have the right to work in Guernsey once they've finished their post-16 education unless they get a housing licence.
Quote MessageSurely this has got to keep coming back to a debate level. Young people do have a right to be in Guernsey, to access a full plethora of career opportunities. Let's bring it back to the debate."
Martin Winward, Head teacher, St Anne's School
The President of Home Affairs, Deputy Mary Lowe said her committee is developing its policies to make sure young people from Sark and Alderney can access education, training and employment opportunities in Guernsey.
BBC Radio Jersey
The number of calls the States of Jersey Ambulance Service has responded to has risen for the fifth year in a row.
Between January and November this year, the service responded to 8,753 calls - which is 500 more than 2017.
The service said it has recruited new staff to meet its growing workload.
Five new members of the team are joining in the new year to ease the year-round pressures on the service.
Quote MessageOur teams work extremely hard and sometimes they're going from job to job and struggling to find the time to catch a cup of tea and a sit down. But this is a trend ourselves - as well as the UK - is seeing."
Gordon Hunt, Operations Manager, States of Jersey Ambulance Service
Today will be dry with spells of sunshine and variable amounts of cloud.
Winds will be mostly light.
Highs of 10C (50F).
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