Channel Islands Live: 06 Februarypublished at 08:04 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2019
Bringing you the news, sport, travel and weather for the Channel Islands
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HMV store in Guernsey to close
States fined £60k after breaching health and safety laws
Emiliano Sala search: Report to be issued by end of month
Warning of high winds across the islands
Updates on Tuesday 5 February 2019
Channel Islands Live: 06 Februarypublished at 08:04 Greenwich Mean Time 6 February 2019
Bid to recover body from Sala plane wreckpublished at 19:01 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
Investigators say "progress is slow" due to strong currents where the wreckage is located.
Read MorePlans to reorganise Jersey Home Affairspublished at 17:30 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
Staff in Jersey's Home Affairs department are to be asked what they think of plans to reorganise it.
It's part of the One Government programme aimed at modernising public services by the States chief executive Charlie Parker.
It is proposed that the Customs and Immigration service and police will come together as Law and Border Enforcement, while the Fire and Rescue and the Ambulance Services will combine.
Workers have until March 6 to comment.
Image source, States of JerseyHMV closures: 16 Guernsey staff lose their jobspublished at 16:55 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
BBC Radio GuernseyAll 16 members of staff at Guernsey's HMV store in St Peter Port have lost their jobs, after the music chain's new owner announced it was one of 27 stores closing.
Canadian firm Sunrise Records will buy 100 stores out of administration, securing 1,487 jobs, but 455 staff are being made redundant at the 27 stores closing.
"We're all gutted, to be honest. Pretty upset about it, but unfortunately we can't change it," Simon Heap, who worked for HMV in Guernsey for 12 years, told the BBC.
There is no legal requirement for Guernsey employers to provide staff with redundancy pay, external but Mr Heap says the company told Guernsey staff they will be able to claim for redundancy.
"Hopefully soon enough we should get some sort of redundancy payout, but until then we're not sure."
Earlier, administrators KPMG announced the store closures, including the company's flagship Oxford Street store in London, its first shop when it opened in 1921, is among the 27 outlets set to close.
Operation to salvage plane wreckage now under waypublished at 16:13 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
BreakingTom Burridge
BBC transport correspondentThe BBC understands attempts are being made to move a large part of the light aircraft which was carrying the Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson, off the seabed of the English Channel and to the surface.
Air Accident investigators have been studying the wreckage using a remotely-controlled underwater vehicle.
Image source, Air Accidents Investigation BranchYesterday the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said its cameras had identified a body within part of the fuselage of the plane which is sitting at a depth of 63 metres.
Relatives of both Emiliano Sala and David Ibbotson were consulted before work to recover the wreckage began.
Investigators will first try and move the body to the surface and then attempt to bring the plane up.
It will be a risky and complicated operation which could last days.
The tide, strong currents and rough weather mean that investigators only have relatively narrow windows, when conditions are calm enough to attempt to bring the remains of the plane up.
If the operation is successful then the wreckage will be moved by boat to a UK port and then onto the AAIB's base at Farnborough in Surrey.
Air accident investigators would then study the remains of the plane in further detail to try and establish why it crashed into the sea.
The AAIB has said it will publish an interim report in just over two weeks.
Emiliano Sala: 'No timeframe' over plane recoverypublished at 15:39 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
Image source, Getty Images/David IbbotsonNo timeframe has been set to decide whether to recover the wreck of the plane carrying Emiliano Sala and David Ibbotson, investigators have said.
A body was seen in the Piper Malibu N264DB on Monday, two weeks after it went missing off the coast of Alderney.
The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) said it has not indicated if or when the plane will be raised.
David Mearns, who located the wreck in the English Channel, previously said it was "imperative" to recover the plane.
HMV stores in South West and Guernsey to closepublished at 13:28 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
Breaking
Rob Byrne
BBC News OnlineHMV's Plymouth store at Drake Circus, Exeter's Princesshay outlet and Guernsey's HMV store are among the 27 stores closing across the British Isles, administrators KPMG have confirmed.
The closures will result in a total of 455 redundancies.
About 1,500 jobs have been saved at the music retailer after a Canadian company bought 100 of its shops.
HMV collapsed in December, its second administration in six years, risking 2,200 jobs at 125 stores.
Body seen in Emiliano Sala plane wreckagepublished at 13:24 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
It is "imperative" Sala's plane is now recovered to give his family answers, says man who found it.
Read MoreDemolishing Jersey flats 'spoiled' original project planpublished at 12:54 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
BBC Radio JerseyExperts have said the original design of Jersey's La Collette flats was spoiled when parts of the development were knocked down.
A study by Jersey Heritage said demolishing some of the low-rise flats damaged the "bold, imaginative layout" of the original 1960s project.
The 14-storey high-rise on Green Street, which is Jersey's first tower block, still stands.
But some of the buildings and some green space has been lost in an ongoing development of new homes.
Roger Hills, the head of historic buildings at Jersey Heritage, said the original architect had an overall plan for the area...
Two teenage girls arrested after fight on Jersey streetpublished at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
Hayley Westcott
BBC News OnlineA teenage girl was left with a bloodied nose after a fight with another teenage girl in Jersey, police have said.
Both were arrested - one on suspicion of grave and criminal assault and one for breach of peace - and have since been released on bail.
The incident took place on Friday 1 February between 21:00 and 21:30 on Bath Street outside Chordz coffee shop.
The girls were then seen further up Bath Street, by the Quiksilver shop, where they were confronted by members of the public, before running off in the direction of Wests Centre.
The girls are known to be friends with each other, officers added.
Any witnesses are asked to contact Jersey Police on 612 612.
Image source, GoogleImage caption, The incident took place on Bath Street, Jersey
Jersey-Tenerife flights cancelled: 2,000 people affectedpublished at 12:01 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
BreakingBBC Radio JerseyAbout 2,000 passengers booked to travel from Jersey to Tenerife have had their flights cancelled after the airline Germania filed for bankruptcy.
The budget airline, which operates Jersey's FlyDirect route, has cancelled all of its flights world-wide, blaming rising fuel prices and changes in currency.
Its first flight to the Spanish holiday island had been due to leave on Saturday and continue until the end of April.
Agents are trying to find alternative travel for those affected and more information is expected later.
Image source, Getty ImagesSome HMV stores saved but will Guernsey's be one of them?published at 11:29 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
Hayley Westcott
BBC News OnlineAbout 1,500 jobs have been saved at the music retailer HMV after a Canadian company bought 100 of its shops.
HMV collapsed in December, its second administration in six years, risking 2,200 jobs at 125 stores.
Twenty-seven stores will still close though - resulting in more than 450 redundancies.
It is not yet known whether Guernsey's HMV store will be saved.
A "closed until further notice" sign was placed on the store's front doors earlier.
New books at Jersey library will help tackle mental healthpublished at 10:55 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
Hayley Westcott
BBC News OnlineA new set of books will be launched at Jersey Public Library this week to help islanders manage their mental health and well-being.
The books, endorsed by health experts, are available both on prescription from GPs and without prescription to registered library users.
They provide practical advice to help people understand and manage common mental health issues, or deal with difficult feelings and experiences.
Image source, States of JerseyQuote MessageMind Jersey welcomes the very positive approach that the Jersey Library continues to take in promoting easy access to an impressive range of materials that have been designed to support islanders in better understanding and managing their own mental health. This service is an excellent example of partnership working and we are very happy to continue supporting this initiative.
James Le Feuvre, Mind Jersey
The books will be available at Jersey General Library for anyone to borrow from Thursday 7 February.
Mind Jersey representatives will also be there from 12:00 until 13:30 on the launch day.
Call for clearer strategy in management of States propertypublished at 09:40 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
Freddie Miller
BBC Jersey political reporter
Image source, States of JerseyA group of politicians claims the amount of money needed to maintain property owned by Jersey's government could be double the budget that's been set aside.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says the cost could be about £20 million and is calling for a clearer strategy , externalso taxpayers' money isn't being wasted.
The States of Jersey owns more than 500 properties, worth more than a billion pounds.
A report by PAC comes eight months after a similar document from the States auditor, which called for a comprehensive plan dictating which government buildings to keep, which to sell off, which to demolish and which to maintain.
The States insists there have been some changes since then but PAC is "disappointed" by delays.
It's hoping to see tangible progress by July, by which time the States say more information on a strategy for managing property should be available.
Yellow weather warning for wind across islandspublished at 09:10 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
Hayley Westcott
BBC News OnlineThere's currently a yellow weather warning for wind in place across the islands, Jersey Met has said.
It added winds of force six can be expected.
Image source, Jersey MetWeather: Mainly dry but with a chance of light rainpublished at 08:55 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
It looks set to be mainly dry but generally cloudy with the chance of some patchy light rain and drizzle at times.
It will be a mild and increasingly breezy day too.
Highs of 15C (59F).
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Channel Islands Live: 05 Februarypublished at 08:45 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
Bringing you the news, sport, travel and weather for the Channel Islands
Read MoreEmiliano Sala search: Report to be issued by end of monthpublished at 08:23 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
BBC Radio GuernseyA report into what happened to an aircraft that went missing off Alderney - carrying footballer, Emiliano Sala and pilot, David Ibbotson - will be issued by the end of the month.
On Monday, the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) said a body was seen in the underwater wreckage of the Piper Malibu. The identity of the body has not yet been confirmed.
The AAIB also said it now has to make a decision, in consultation with the families and police, about what to do with the plane.
It's not yet known how long the full investigation will take, but an interim report will be issued within the next three weeks, the AAIB added.
Image source, GETTY IMAGES/DAVID IBBOTSONImage caption, Emiliano Sala (left) was on board a plane being flown by pilot David Ibbotson
States fined £60k after breaching health and safety lawspublished at 08:12 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2019
BBC Radio JerseyThe States of Jersey has been fined £60,000, external after a worker injured his hand which got caught in a water pump at a laundry used by Jersey General Hospital.
Officials admitted breaching the island's health and safety laws following the incident in December 2017.
Jersey's Royal Court heard how a States engineering technician turned off one of the two pumps at the central laundry in Five Oaks, as he believed it to be blocked.
He suffered a nerve injury and a deep laceration to his index finger after placing his hand in the system and turning off the wrong pump.
He was off work for nine weeks.
Image caption, A worker injured his hand when it got caught in a water pump at a laundry used by Jersey General Hospital
The investigation found the man was working without guidance and without the States completing the necessary risk assessments.
In mitigation, the court heard the States had an otherwise good health and safety record, officials had entered a guilty plea at the earliest opportunity and risk assessments were drafted immediately after the incident.
The States is also required to pay £5,000 in court costs.
