There is wide support for forcing transparency measures on the islands, but will they spark a crisis?

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A chilly Tuesday night with clear periods, but with showers continuing as well. Again, some of the showers may be heavy with hail and thunder possible.

Minimum temperature: 3 to 6C (37 to 43F).

Variable amounts of cloud on Wednesday with bright or sunny spells. Some further showers are likely and again, they could fall as hail and be accompanied by thunder. Moderate or fresh winds.

Maximum temperature: 4 to 7C (39 to 45F).

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The amount of plastic sent to be recycled from Jersey dropped by just under a third in a year.

According to figures released under a Freedom of Information request, nearly 750 tonnes of plastic was taken from the island to plants in the UK or Europe in 2017.

But that dropped to just over 500 in 2018.

Jersey Met is warning the strong winds are expected to continue into Tuesday evening.

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A series of questions have revealed more about the workings of promotional body, Visit Guernsey.

They come from Deputy Neil Inder,, external who has long been critical of its performance promoting the island as a tourist destination.

Visit Guernsey's answers show they have slightly fewer than 20 full-time employees at a total cost of £857,000 per year, averaging at more than £43,000 per worker. Its 2019 budget is £2.5m.

Deputy Inder's questions also focussed on the benefits associated with the April 2018 release of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society movie., external

During 2018, 24% of visitors surveyed said the film influenced their decision to visit Guernsey in some way, while 6.6% said it strongly influenced their decision to come to the island, Visit Guernsey said.

Currently, four off-island specialist agencies are employed by Visit Guernsey, while one on-island firm - TPA - provides web services.

An external report commissioned in September 2017, but released by the States of Guernsey on Tuesday, external cost £92,000, the answers also reveal.

The PwC report described some of Guernsey's tourism offering as "stale, shabby and out of date".

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Jersey farmers will again be allowed to use a fungicide to prevent their crops getting infected this season, even though the UK has said it is potentially dangerous to animals.

Environment Minister John Young has approved the use of Cuprokylt, a copper-based product which has been used in the UK to keep crops such as apples and potatoes free from fungus.

The UK's agriculture ministry has said Cuprokylt it is harmful to livestock, fish and aquatic life - and surface water and ditches must not be contaminated with it.

Last week, Mr Young confirmed there had already been 81 incidents of pollution in the island from other products this year.

However, he said that Cuprokylt posed a low-environmental risk and he had approved its use after Jersey Water said it was not concerned.

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An environmental campaigner has invited all Guernsey deputies to attend a beach clean later this month.

La Société Guernesiaise's Laura Bampton made the offer after attending the Scottish government's International Marine Conference , externalas the island's youth ambassador.

In the email to all island politicians, she said the conference left her with the ambition to extend the invitation in order to "bring home the challenges faced by our oceans," and to "make clear the impacts that policy decisions can make".

The beach clean takes place from 16:00 on 13 April at Grandes Rocques on Guernsey's west coast.

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BBC Jersey

A proposed new Jersey wildlife law could restrict access to the breeding grounds of birds and wild animals.

The law could also impose controls on private landlords after concerns they would not support the measure.

A consultation into the plans has had 68 responses, with most saying they supported plans to restrict access to year-round or during breeding seasons to some sites where wildlife breeds and grows.

Some also called for greater protection for seals and the breeding grounds of birds such as common terns and oystercatchers.

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But many responded that they worried the law would not be effective and any protection order could only be made with the support of landowners.

As a result, officials will decide whether to propose controls on landlords to protect vulnerable creatures.

States officials said the consultation and survey feedback would be incorporated into a final version of the draft law with a view to lodging with the States Assembly this year.

If passed, it will replace the current Conservation of Wildlife Law 2000.

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An 11-year-old boy was grabbed by the neck and lifted off the ground by a man in Jersey, police say.

The incident happened at about 16:10 on Monday near the kiosk in Millennium Park.

A group of schoolchildren said they were approached by the man, described as about 6ft tall, in his 40s, with a beard and glasses.

Police have appealed for witnesses.

BBC Radio Guernsey

A 36-year-old man has been arrested in Guernsey following two reports of indecent touching on the 23 and 24 March.

Police said they were appealing for witnesses to the incidents, including two taxi drivers who drove past one victim at about 02:30 on 24 March.

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Guernsey's director of public health has defended the island's cervical screening programme amid delays for some women in receiving treatment because of faulty equipment.

The Committee for Health and Social Care has finished an investigation into why 24 women were affected by lengthy wait times for information on their cervical screening tests.

Dr Nicola Brink said the equipment had been repaired.

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A letter to Theresa May from Guernsey's most senior politician has reinforced the island's opposition to a no-deal Brexit.

Speaking to the BBC about the letter, Deputy Gavin St Pier acknowledged the prime minister faced "massively competing pressures", but it was useful to reinforce the UK government's responsibility to represent Guernsey's interests.

The island - along with Jersey and the Isle of Man - has recently found itself at odds with a significant number of MPs over efforts to force transparency measures on the islands.

On no-deal scenario planning, Deputy St Pier writes the island is still working with UK counterparts to make sure their membership of the World Trade Organisation is extended to the island.

"Months" of preparation to minimise the disruption to goods flowing to the island had also taken place, Deputy St Pier said.

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A nursing union in Jersey is having to run a ballot on pay again after it sent out the wrong information.

The Jersey Nursing Association was asking its members what they thought of their latest pay deal.

But it apologised to them on social media, saying the results of that ballot were void because of incorrect information included in it and it was sending out new ballot papers this week.

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Jersey's largest teaching union claims the States Employment Board (SEB) is paying no attention to the concerns of its members.

It follows strike action from teachers and the threat of more to come over the ongoing pay dispute.

Marina Mauger, from The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), says teachers feel the States aren't taking them seriously.

Union members are expected to refuse to cover for absent colleagues next term and officials have warned the States there could be a series of strikes.

SEB told States members it had to safeguard the island's savings because of the threat of Brexit and pressure over the island's tax arrangements.

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The Committee for Health and Social Care has apologised to women in Guernsey who faced delays for treatment after receiving abnormal cervical screening test results.

There were 24 women affected by the delay, which was due to a problem with a piece of equipment.

Eighteen of those women have now been booked in for treatment and six are on the waiting list.

BBC Weather

Cloud and patchy rain will pull away east this morning leaving sunny spells and showers.

More frequent showers are expected this afternoon - some heavy - with hail and thunder possible.

Moderate to fresh winds.

Highs of 9C (48F).

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A road is being closed in Jersey to make it safer for children to walk to school.

Rue de Maupertuis in St Clement will be closed for a one-year trial as part of the Safe Routes to School Programme., external

The trial starts on Wednesday and will be managed by the parish's honorary police.

It's hoped the closure will encourage pupils to walk or cycle to school.

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