Summary

  • Jersey's chief minister could earn extra £15k

  • Proposed Guernsey road tax 'unfair on motorists'

  • Travelodge plans new Channel Island hotels

  • Updates from Monday 22 July 2019

  1. Channel Islands Live: 23 Julypublished at 07:59 British Summer Time 23 July 2019

    Bringing you the news, sport, travel and weather for the Channel Islands for Monday 22 July

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  2. CI weather: Sunny and very warm on Tuesdaypublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 22 July 2019

    BBC Weather

    Remaining dry through Monday night. However, cloud will build from the west for many. It will also turn rather misty in places as winds turn light. A few pockets of dense fog possible.

    Minimum temperature: 13 to 16C (55 to 61F).

    A largely dry Tuesday, with cloud quickly clearing to leave it sunny and very warm or hot for much of the day. Light winds and humid air. Thunderstorms possible after sunset.

    Maximum temperature: 27 to 30C (81 to 86F).

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  3. Jersey's chief minister could earn extra £15kpublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 22 July 2019

    BBC Radio Jersey

    Jersey's chief minister could earn an extra £15,000 a year if States members agree to changes put forward by the body which sets their pay.

    The board has looked at the way politicians are paid. As well as recommending they should all get £50,000 a year by 2022, compared to £46,500 at the moment, it said those who had more responsibility should get extra.

    Currently, all States members receive the same remuneration "irrespective of the category of member or the position they hold".

    The chief minister could get £15,000 more, while ministers and scrutiny leaders could get an extra £7,500.

    Those increases would have to be agreed by all members because they would involve a change to the law that said island politicians should be paid the same.

  4. Travelodge plans new hotel in Guernseypublished at 12:19 British Summer Time 22 July 2019

    BBC Radio Guernsey

    UK hotel chain Travelodge wants to expand to Guernsey as part of a £165m coastal plan.

    Bosses said were highlighting the island as a "key area for development" and a new hotel would create 25 jobs on the island.

    It follows the announcement earlier this year that rival chain Premier Inn obtained planning permission for a 100-bed hotel as part of a £35m development at Admiral Park. It is expected to be completed by December 2021.

    TravelodgeImage source, Getty Images
  5. Marine ambulance called to cruise ship three timespublished at 10:25 British Summer Time 22 July 2019

    Adam Durbin
    BBC News Online

    Guernsey's marine ambulance, the Flying Christine, was called to a cruise ship on three separate occasions on Friday.

    All three calls to the Arcadia were for medical emergencies which required further treatment on the island.

    A volunteer skipper and engineer piloted the Flying Christine, transporting a medical team from the St John Emergency Ambulance Service to the ship.

    Cruise shipImage source, St John Ambulance Guernsey

    The conditions of the patients is not known.

  6. New social work degree programme is fullpublished at 09:21 British Summer Time 22 July 2019

    BBC Radio Jersey

    All 15 places have been filled on a new degree course for social workers at Jersey's Highlands College.

    The government launched the initiative to address a shortage of social workers on the island.

    The course, a BA run in partnership with the University of Sussex, starts in September and the first students are expected to graduate in 2022.

  7. Channel Islands weather: Mist clearing for a sunny daypublished at 08:44 British Summer Time 22 July 2019

    Alex Osborne
    BBC Weather

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    It is a misty start to the day for Monday.

    This will quickly burn away for a fine and sunny day with a south westerly breeze.

    Maximum temperature: 22 to 23C (72 to 73F).

  8. Proposed road tax 'unfair on motorists'published at 08:40 British Summer Time 22 July 2019

    BBC Radio Guernsey

    Motorists in Guernsey will be unfairly used to add the States' general revenue, according to the head of the Guernsey Motor Trade Association.

    Deputies agreed in principle on Thursday to introduce a road tax based on how far peopled travelled, as well as resolving to leave fuel duty uncapped for the next two years.

    Robert Cornelius said there needed to be "consistency" in the proposed policy.

    "It just constantly seems to be that the motorist is funding a lot of things, other than just roads and infrastructure, and I don't know if that's correct," he added.

    The Policy and Resources Committee has been tasked with putting together a policy proposal for how the tax would function.