Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

A man who had a cardiac arrest has spoken of his gratitude for the quick-thinking members of the public who saved his life.

Rick Denton, 57, collapsed in the cafe in Les Cotils, St Peter Port, Guernsey last month.

Two members of the public, Lynnette Symons and Paul Hancock, who had some previous first aid training with St John Ambulance Service, quickly came to help.

Luckily, Les Cotils is also the base for St John Training, so moments later St John Training Manager Steve Ford arrived in the café and immediately started CPR, and used a defibrillator.

Mr Denton started to regain consciousness in minutes, and was "waving around a £20 note" trying to pay for his bacon sandwich while being wheeled into an ambulance.

"Fortunately I had some fantastic help, and collapsed in front of two first-aiders who knew what they were doing, and who quickly got help," said Mr Denton.

"Thanks to their efforts, I can resume a normal life."

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

Jersey Police have arrested two men in connection with a theft from a bookmakers in the island.

Officers say three men were seen arguing before one of them chased another with a knife.

It happened just after 13:00 on Sunday, around the time £9,000 was stolen from Joe Jennings bookmakers in Cheapside.

A 36-year-old man was arrested and released on police bail, while a 39-year-old man was arrested on Monday afternoon after a police appeal.

Officers said it wasn't a planned robbery but an "opportunist theft".

Johanna Carr
BBC News Online

The most popular baby names were Sienna and Leo in Jersey last year, according to the annual statement from the island's superintendent registrar.

Ava, Amelia, Oliver and Jacob were also popular choices for new parents.

It is the first time the report which identifies a number of island trends related to births, deaths and marriages, has included a list of the most popular baby names.

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The report also showed that in 2018:

• 933 babies were born, the lowest number since 2002
• There were 831 registered deaths, the highest number since 2002
• There were 438 marriages
• 38 marriages took place for the first time in outdoor locations following amendments to the Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Law which came into force on 1 July
• Seven couples had civil partnership ceremonies, eight less than in 2017

BBC Radio Guernsey

A nurse from Guernsey has been invited to speak at a Royal College of Nursing conference in the UK.

It is the first time a nurse has been asked to speak at a national conference from a care home perspective.

Sister Bev Herve was first appointed to undertake the joint role of sister and practice development lead at St John's Residential Home in August 2015 and immediately set out a plan to instigate new learning experiences for staff.

She said many of the clients had "complex needs" so staff had been trained in health and safety, infection control and safeguarding.

Jersey Evening Post

A double-decker bus crashed into the Liberation Station building earlier., external

Guernsey Press

Cardiac arrest survivor Rick Denton has thanked the paramedics and members of the public who saved his life, external.

BBC Radio Jersey

The former constable of St Peter insists a precedent will not be set if green fields in his parish are rezoned to make way for a housing development.

John Refault supports plans from the States-owned housing company, Andium, to build 65 affordable homes on farmland behind the village bus stop.

He says he doesn't think changing the island plan to accommodate the development will have "wider implications".

"To make a change to the island plan, it does require to be able to demonstrate there is a definite need for it and we have more than gone beyond proving there was a definite need," he said.

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Residents in St Peter will be asked to vote on the future of the project at a parish meeting on Thursday evening.

BBC Radio Guernsey

Guernsey's trees could be under threat from a serious disease that is killing ash across Europe.

Ash dieback blocks the water transport systems in trees causing leaf loss, lesions in the wood and bark and ultimately the dieback of the crown of the tree.

Andy McCutcheon, secretary of Guernsey Trees for Life, says it is hard to tell if the trees are affected yet as they "naturally lose their leaves in autumn but they will look for signs" as summer approaches.

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What is ash dieback?

• Its proper name is Chalara dieback, named after a fungus called Chalara fraxinea
• Symptoms include lesions at the base of dead side shoots, wilting and lost leaves and a killing off of new growth on mature trees
• The disease is spread by released spores and has swept across Europe over the past 20 years, affecting about 70% of ash in woodland
• It does not pose a risk to human or animal health