James Rabey
BBC Radio Guernsey

Alderney and Herm have been selected for a pilot project to protect the British Isles from marine plastic pollution.

The initiative, which is part of the Cold Water Islands Project, external.

The campaign said all of the 10 island communities chosen, including Orkney, Lewis, Harris, and Skye, face unique challenges in respect to addressing so-called plastic pollution pathways.

BBC Radio Jersey

Jersey's States will spend £250,000 to set up an office in New York to develop the island's financial services sector.

It is one of 11 projects that has been approved funding by Treasury Minister Susie Pinel.

She has also approved spend £150,000 on looking at what to do next with Fort Regent and £80,000 will be put towards setting up a board that will see Jersey and Guernsey working together on spending projects.

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Bee Tucker
BBC Weather

It will be breezy and rather cloudy with a few showers, especially in the morning and into the early afternoon.

However, there could be occasional bright or sunny spells at times.

Maximum temperature: 8 to 11C (46 to 52F).

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BBC Weather

Monday night will have clear intervals and showers. Some of the showers will again be heavy with a chance of thunder. Strong westerly winds will moderate a touch.

Minimum temperature: 6 to 9C (43 to 48F).

Tuesday morning will have sunny spells and scattered showers while the afternoon will be cloudy with some more persistent rain moving in. Fresh to strong south-westerly winds.

Maximum temperature: 8 to 11C (46 to 52F).

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BBC Radio Guernsey

Tributes are being paid to former Guernsey deputy Francis Quin, who passed away at the weekend at the age of 78.

He first joined the States in 2000, topping the poll on his first election.

His career included serving on the Recreation Committee, in the Home Department and the Culture and Leisure Department.

Tributes included Chief Minister Gavin St Peter saying Mr Quin was never "without ... a smile on his face".

BBC Radio Guernsey

Guernsey's new head of law enforcement says his officers in Guernsey will do everything they can to prevent knife crime.

In recent weeks, several teenagers have been stabbed to death in London, Greater Manchester and Birmingham.

Ruari Hardy said the issue ranks highly in Guernsey Police's agenda going forward...

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Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

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The governments of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man have welcomed the decision of the UK government to defer debate of the Financial Services Bill and its associated amendments.

It was announced earlier the debate - aiming to force Crown Dependencies to make company ownership information of island firms public - had been postponed.

In a joint statement, all three governments said the deferral "provides the opportunity for meaningful engagement with UK ministers and parliamentarians on the matter of public registers of beneficial ownership, in a way that does not contravene the well-established constitutional relationships between our Islands and the Crown".

It noted that all three dependencies wanted to move forward in a way that "does not breach the rule that the United Kingdom does not legislate for the Crown Dependencies on domestic matters without our consent".

"We are committed to exchanging adequate, accurate and current information on beneficial ownership to combat tax evasion, money laundering and corruption," the statement said.

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BBC Radio Jersey

The Financial Services Bill debate aiming to force Crown Dependencies to make company ownership information of island firms public has been postponed.

Chief ministers from Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man are holding meetings in London in efforts to thwart transparency measures which could be forced on the islands.

Shadow Treasury Minister Jonathan Reynolds argued on Twitter the amendments had been "nakedly pulled" to prevent the government being defeated.

The proposed rules were looking to enforce new tax transparency rules by the end of 2020.

Jersey States has welcomed the news that the bill has been dropped by Parliament.

Constable Richard Buchanan, the assistant chief minister, said Jersey has a "highly robust" regulatory system.

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

Power prices in Jersey will rise by 3.5% from April, Jersey Electricity has said.

The rise, which is the second in five years, is below the latest inflation figure of 3.9% and will add about 65p a week to the average domestic bill of £965 a year.

Jersey Electricity's CEO, Chris Ambler, said the rise was "inevitable" following the fall in foreign exchange rates and other inflationary pressures.

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

The window of a parked car was smashed in Vale, Guernsey Police have said.

It happened on Picquerel Road between 15:00 on 28 February and 15:00 on 2 March.

The silver Peugeot Partner was parked next to a telephone box, officers added.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 725 111.

BBC Radio Jersey

There could be five new self-catering holiday homes in Jersey.

A planning application by Peter Green Builders Ltd proposes a redevelopment of La Rue in St Martin.

It involves demolishing a car paint shop and converting a garage, workshop and offices.

Applicants Lee Glover and Andrew Robinson are working with Visit Jersey on the project - which says there's a shortage of self-catering holiday homes in the island.

Mr Robinson said he is "confident" there is enough demand for holiday homes like this and it will be an "improvement" on what's there now.

"It will enhance the area and be all granite - the traditional build," he added.

The application can be found on the States website, external.

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

St Peter's Valley in Jersey will be closed for about two-and-a-half hours later to allow investigation works to take place into a fatal crash.

On Saturday, 18-year-old Aaron Banks died when the red Suzuki Jimny he was driving crashed with another car.

The States of Jersey Police is continuing to appeal for witnesses.

The road will be closed between Mont Fallu and Tesson Chapel between 11:15 and 13:40.

Ralph Anthony, described as one of Guernsey's greatest-ever sportsmen, dies at the age of 67.

Jersey Evening Post

Condor's new policy of not allowing passengers to board without photographic ID, external has been criticised by a St Brelade resident who was left stranded in Poole.

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

There's an orange weather warning in place for wind across the islands, Jersey Met has said.

It added winds of gale force eight are "imminent".

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BBC Radio Jersey

Jersey's teachers strike is back on after they rejected the latest pay offer from the States.

A strike planned last week was called off so a new deal from the States Employment Board (SEB) could be looked at.

Andy Woolley, from the National Education Union (NEU), said he was "shocked" at how quickly his members turned it down.

He said it reflected the mood of anger among teachers who felt "undervalued after years of below inflation pay rises".

The offer had been for the rate of inflation plus 1.3%, which Mr Woolley said was brilliant in theory but a disaster in practice.

A date for the next strike has not yet been set.

The States of Jersey had said previously said little money was available to increase pay further.

BBC Weather

Monday morning will be mostly cloudy with rain at times while this afternoon will have sunny spells and blustery showers.

Some heavy bursts of rain are possible with a chance of thunder.

Strong westerly winds.

Maximum Temperature: 8C (46F).

Rob Byrne
BBC News Online

Chief ministers from Britain's Crown Dependencies are holding meetings in London on Monday morning in efforts to thwart transparency measures which could be forced on the islands.

On Friday, it emerged various amendments had been lodged, external to the UK's Financial Services Bill, being debated by MPs later.

They seek to force Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man to make company ownership information of island firms public.

Campaigners said offshore leaks had shown anonymous companies were open to abuse.

The dependencies insist the move is unconstitutional, external and their private registers of company ownership are adequate.

One amendment lodged by Tory MP Andrew Mitchell and Labour's Margaret Hodge forces the islands to have publicly-accessible business registers.

Under the plans, they will be in place by the end of 2020 "for the purpose of the detection, investigation or prevention of money laundering".

Their amendment adds that the UK government must provide "all reasonable assistance" to the islands in setting the registers up.

It has the support of at least 40 MPs, including former Tory cabinet ministers Ken Clarke, David Davis and Sir Oliver Letwin, senior Labour backbenchers Margaret Beckett and Ed Miliband, and deputy Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson.

Ian Blackford, who leads the SNP group in Westminster, and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas have also put their name to the amendment.

The dependencies governments said they were "proactively engaging with the UK government and parliamentarians" to argue for rejecting the amendments.