Water quality investigation in Jersey ready for review
Education bosses to maintain class sizes in new Guernsey schools model
Hotel in Jersey to demolish pool for parking
Updates from Monday 15 July 2019
Monday night will be dry and mainly clear with light winds. This could allow a few shallow mist patches to form.
Minimum Temperature: 11 to 14C (52 to 57F).
Tuesday will maintain a good deal of dry, calm and settled weather, with lots of sunshine throughout.
Maximum temperature: 18 to 21C (64 to 70F).
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BBC Radio Guernsey
Aurigny says Guernsey's quasi open skies policy - meaning airlines no longer need an air transport licence to fly to and from the island - has created an uneven playing field for it.
In the company's 2018 annual report, the States-run airline is critical of the policy and a subsidy paid to Flybe for its London Heathrow route.
Both, it said, were having a negative impact on its finances, despite that 2018 saw an improved financial performance overall.
Aurigny said its turnover for 2018 was £45.5m, up from £44.7m in 2017, with an EBITDA [earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization] profit of £2.3m, up from £800,000 in 2017.
The open sky plans were put forward by the Economic Development Committee with the hope to increase competition.
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
A woman is missing from her home in St Helier and police are concerned for her welfare.
Sharon Evans is described as having long, brown hair and was last seen wearing a black T-shirt and black bottoms.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 612 612.
Image source, States of Jersey Police
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
Ynys Mon, also known as Anglesey, off the coast of northwest mainland Wales has been named the preferred bidder for the International Island Games, external in 2025.
The group's AGM was held in Gibraltar while athletes were competing in the 2019 Island Games, external.
An inspection team will visit Ynys Mon later this year and report back in 2020 when a final decision on host island is due to be made.
If approved, Ynys Mon will be the 12th member island to host the event.
The executive committee also named the Isle of Man, which hosted in 2001 and the inaugural 1985 games, as the preferred bidder for the 2027 Games.
BBC Radio Guernsey
Guernsey's Job Centre is reporting May 2019 saw the highest number of jobseekers on training schemes and placements ever recorded.
In this achievement the organisation has praised the efforts from the Guernsey Employment Trust, GO, Guernsey Caring for Ex-Offenders and the Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Unemployment numbers fell from April to June to 296 – the lowest June figure since 2011.
Image source, States of Guernsey
BBC Radio Jersey
A hotel in Jersey wants to create more parking for its staff by demolishing an old swimming pool.
The Hotel de France said more space was needed as a result of recently approved plans for 124 flats from property firm Dandara - which will see parts of the hotel and its grounds redeveloped.
The Rosebank building - on St Saviour's Road - used to be a hotel in its own right, but Hotel De France bosses said the block's swimming pool wais no longer required.
If plans are approved, it will be replaced with 21 new staff parking spaces, while the site's vehicle entrance will be made wider.
Image source, GoogleBBC Radio Guernsey
Work to install a "raised table" at the Longfrie in Guernsey has started.
After changing the junction last year, the new higher road surface will "highlight the presence of the filter", according to the island's government.
Quote MessageWith speeding a proven issue in the area, it was decided to install the filter on a raised table which will force vehicles to slow down and hopefully improve road safety in the area.”
Colin Le Page, Traffic and Highways
Freddie Miller
BBC Jersey political reporter
The findings of an investigation into claims of possible pollution at a marina in Jersey are to be handed to Jersey's attorney general.
Environmental protection officers have interviewed "several" people under caution as part of their inquiry into water quality St Elizabeth Marina in St Helier, it is understood.
Attorney General Robert Macrae will now decide whether to bring criminal charges - and, if so, who to bring them against.
Environment minister John Young said he has not yet seen the results of the official water tests, which are not yet public.
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
Guernsey education bosses have pledged to keep class sizes the same when the new one-school model comes in.
Normal secondary classes are set at 24 pupils, although it can go to a maximum of 26.
The island's overall pupil-to-teacher ratio is 13.8 students to every teacher, compared with 16 in the UK.
The Committee for Education Sport and Culture said that, while the new model would save money on staffing, it was proposing to "reinvest some of these savings to improve the quality of education and range of opportunities that students are offered".
It will be dry with a good deal of sunny spells on Monday, although some patchy cloud is likely from time to time.
The evening will be dry and mainly clear with light winds, which could allow a few shallow mist patches to form.
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