Home Affairs overspend due to 'non-recurrent Brexit costs'
John Fernandez
BBC Radio Guernsey
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Guernsey's Home Affairs Committee says Brexit is one of the main reasons behind an overspend in its budget.
Policy and Resources say the committee has spent £700,000 more than it should have last year.
The announcement of the overspend came last month, but it's taken another month for Home to explain why it occurred.
In a statement, Committee for Home Affairs President, Mary Lowe said the overspend was as a result of some "unforeseen changes which emerged in December".
She added that one of the reasons behind the committee breaching its budget is a non-recurrent cost in relation to Brexit and the money being spent now will be saved in the future.
An investigation by Policy and Resources is under way to look at why the overspend came at such short notice.
Royal College of Nursing members accept Jersey pay deal
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
Royal College
of Nursing (RCN) members in Jersey have accepted the mediated pay offer from the
States.
It follows the rejection of an offer in January and the threat of a strike ballot - forcing the States to come up with an improved offer through a mediation
process with the Jersey Advisory and Conciliation Service.
In a ballot,
53% of eligible RCN members voted and 75% accepted the offer.
The offer
that has been accepted is for:
3.1% for 2018
3% for 2019
RPI plus 1.3% for 2020
A "no detriment
clause" is also included which means if another pay group is given a
better deal, the employer will match it for nurses and midwives.
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Quote Message: We are pleased to be able to draw a line under this negotiation round which has been bitter and difficult at times. It is a huge disappointment to us that it took the historic step of the threat of a strike ballot to shift the thinking of the States as our position over the months never changed: pay our nurses fairly. from Lindsay Meeks South East Regional Director at Royal College of Nursing
We are pleased to be able to draw a line under this negotiation round which has been bitter and difficult at times. It is a huge disappointment to us that it took the historic step of the threat of a strike ballot to shift the thinking of the States as our position over the months never changed: pay our nurses fairly.
Jersey stamps mark centenary of Margot Fonteyn's birth
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
World-renowned
ballerina, Dame Margot Fonteyn is the subject of a set of six stamps to be issued by Jersey Post.
Fonteyn was
associated with Jersey through her parents who lived on the island for a number
of years.
She performed at the Jersey Opera House on two occasions - in 1972 and
again in 1976, - where she performed a variety of excerpts from different ballets.
The
stamps, which celebrate the centenary of Fonteyn’s birth on 18 May 1919, show
the ballerina in some of her most famous performances.
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St Peter Port road closure to be extended
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
The road closure at Rouge Rue in St Peter Port will be extended after drain cleaning works identified a collapsed sewer.
Emergency works were set to be completed later on an electricity cable fault in the area.
However, a collapsed sewer now requires "immediate attention" - forcing the closure to be extended into next week, the States of Guernsey said.
From Saturday morning, the bottom section of the road will be closed between St Johns Road
and Rougeval Estate.
Thirty-five deputies backed the move, but five were absent for the vote.
Some questioned whether it would be rejected by the UK's Privy Council, which currently rubber stamps island laws before they are registered in Guernsey's Royal Court.
Chief Minister Gavin St Pier told the Assembly the island's Procurer had advised that was not the case.
The new law will mirror Jersey's which means that any Acts of the UK Parliament or and Order in Council which extends an Act to the island will need to be approved by Guernsey politicians before being registered domestically.
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John Fernandez
BBC Radio Guernsey
Guernsey's Home Affairs Committee says Brexit is one of the main reasons behind an overspend in its budget.
Policy and Resources say the committee has spent £700,000 more than it should have last year.
The announcement of the overspend came last month, but it's taken another month for Home to explain why it occurred.
In a statement, Committee for Home Affairs President, Mary Lowe said the overspend was as a result of some "unforeseen changes which emerged in December".
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BBC News Online
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members in Jersey have accepted the mediated pay offer from the States.
It follows the rejection of an offer in January and the threat of a strike ballot - forcing the States to come up with an improved offer through a mediation process with the Jersey Advisory and Conciliation Service.
In a ballot, 53% of eligible RCN members voted and 75% accepted the offer.
The offer that has been accepted is for:
A "no detriment clause" is also included which means if another pay group is given a better deal, the employer will match it for nurses and midwives.
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Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
World-renowned ballerina, Dame Margot Fonteyn is the subject of a set of six stamps to be issued by Jersey Post.
Fonteyn was associated with Jersey through her parents who lived on the island for a number of years.
She performed at the Jersey Opera House on two occasions - in 1972 and again in 1976, - where she performed a variety of excerpts from different ballets.
The stamps, which celebrate the centenary of Fonteyn’s birth on 18 May 1919, show the ballerina in some of her most famous performances.
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BBC News Online
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However, a collapsed sewer now requires "immediate attention" - forcing the closure to be extended into next week, the States of Guernsey said.
From Saturday morning, the bottom section of the road will be closed between St Johns Road and Rougeval Estate.
It's not known how long the work will take.
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The new law will mirror Jersey's which means that any Acts of the UK Parliament or and Order in Council which extends an Act to the island will need to be approved by Guernsey politicians before being registered domestically.