Summary

  • Updates from Friday 28 June 2019

  • Teen in 'stable condition' after baseball bat fight

  • Guernsey 'needs more taxi drivers to run adequate service'

  • Former civil servant defends new company's travel spending

  1. Calls for head of Home Affairs to resignpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    Senior Guernsey politicians say the resignation is "necessary" after allegations of bullying and poor governance.

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  2. Winds of force seven expected across islandspublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    Hayley Westcott
    BBC News Online

    Jersey Met has issued an orange warning for wind.

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  3. Guernsey cannabis smuggler sentencedpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    A British man is jailed for seven years for importing 20 kg of cannabis to Guernsey.

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  4. Driver arrested after early morning crash in St Peter Portpublished at 11:15 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    BBC Radio Guernsey

    Guernsey Police said there were three people in the car involved in the crash in St Jacques at 02:30 on Friday.

    All three were treated for minor injuries and the driver was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.

    Three damaged vehicles were removed from the scene.

    Officers are appealing for witnesses and encourage anyone with information to contact them on 725111.

  5. Former civil servant defends new company's travel spendingpublished at 09:08 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    BBC Radio Jersey

    Mike King

    The former Jersey civil servant, Mike King has defended the organisation that he now works for, after it was accused of spending thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money on overseas travel.

    Mr King resigned from his role at Jersey's Economic Development Department in January 2017 - after it emerged he and a colleague had spent £13,000 of taxpayers' money on business class flights to a mining conference in Cape Town.

    He later apologised, describing the situation as "an error of judgement".

    He is the now the managing director of the Cornwall Development Company - an organisation owned by Cornwall Council.

    A freedom of information request revealed it has made 46 overseas trips - to places such as the US, New Zealand and Singapore - in the past four years but critics claim there is no evidence to support any positive results.

  6. Channel Islands Live: 28 Junepublished at 08:41 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    Bringing you the news, sport, travel and weather for the Channel Islands

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  7. Guernsey 'needs more taxi drivers to run adequate service'published at 08:33 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    BBC Radio Guernsey

    Guernsey needs at least 50 more taxi drivers to offer an adequate service across the week and at peak times, according to the head of a group of Guernsey taxi drivers.

    Leon Gallienne, from the Taxi Drivers Federation, says unsocial hours and dealing with the occasional difficult customer might be to blame for fewer new drivers coming forward.

    He says it's something he's going to try to put right.

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    I think it's a Guernsey thing at the moment and we are, as a committee, looking to try and find ways to improve our recruitment drive. Our next meeting is on the agenda where we'll discuss it, how we'll promote our industry.

    Leon Gallienne, Guernsey Taxi Drivers Federation

  8. Channel Islands weather: Dry, warm and windypublished at 08:22 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    BBC Weather

    A windy day ahead but there will also be plenty of sunshine and blue skies.

    It will remain dry and rather warm.

    Highs of 27C (80F).

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  9. Teen in 'stable condition' after baseball bat fightpublished at 08:12 British Summer Time 28 June 2019

    BBC Radio Jersey

    A Jersey teenager is in a "stable condition" at Southampton General Hospital after a fight in St Helier, police have said.

    The 17-year-old boy was left with a serious head injury after the incident on Grands Vaux Road, outside Sutton Court, between 14:00 and 15:00 on Tuesday, before carrying on into nearby Whitely Close.

    A 15-year-old boy who was arrested on suspicion of grave and criminal assault has been released on police bail.

    Police said they are still searching for a baseball bat they believe was used in the assault.

    Officers have appealed for witnesses.