BBC Radio Guernsey

A team of Guernsey archaeologists has discovered an Iron Age skeleton in Alderney.

The skeleton, uncovered on Monday, was found with some form of neck ring and bracelet.

The discovery was made by a team including the States archaeologist Phil de Jersey and the director of Guernsey Museums, Jason Monaghan.

It sits in sand that is understood to have eventually overwhelmed the Iron Age site.

This in turn sits below the remains of Roman buildings.

The team in Alderney contains an expert on human bones and so it's hoped they will be able to find out more about the age and sex of the skeleton.

BBC Radio Jersey

A 10-year-old boy has been taken to Jersey's emergency department, after being hit by a car outside Samares Manor.

The boy was crossing La Grande Route de Saint-Clément with his family, when he was hit by a Porsche driven by a 46-year-old woman.

It happened around 12:45 today.

The child was not seriously injured.

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Members of St Catherine's RNLI crew will feature on a BBC programme documenting sea rescues across the British Isles tonight.

Saving Lives at Sea focuses on volunteers who put their lives at risk to save others.

Tonight's episode, on BBC2 at 20:00, will show St Catherine's RNLI launching its lifeboat into a winter storm to search for a missing man at sea.

Image source, RNLI

Five games, five wins, 19 goals scored and none conceded - is this the best ever start by a new football team?

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St Clement is being asked to declare a climate change emergency and pledge to becoming carbon neutral within a decade.

Plans being debated at a parish meeting later aim to ensure as much polluting carbon is taken out of the environment as is put in.

Jersey's States Assembly agreed earlier this year to aim to be carbon neutral by 2030.

St Helier, Grouville and the States Assembly have already committed to similar initiatives to the St Clement proposal.

Chantal Hartle
BBC Radio Jersey reporter

An inquest has heard how the husband of a Jersey woman, stabbed at her home in St Peter, stayed with his wife to say his goodbyes after she died.

The coroner confirmed 68-year-old Pamela Nisbet died from a stab wound to the neck on Tuesday 6 August.

No family members were present at this morning's hearing.

But a statement was read out in which Mrs Nisbet's husband Andrew Patric Nisbet says he stayed with his wife until paramedics arrived at their home.

The coroner agreed to release Mrs Nisbet's body for cremation on Friday.

BBC Radio Guernsey

A cut in sports fields and library space will have a negative impact on young people in Guernsey, according to a prominent critic of plans to transform education in the island.

Carl Meerveld claims the move to one school over two sites will see the amount of land occupied by States-run secondary schools halved.

Deputy Meerveld has already publicly criticised the education committee for publishing its business plan for the reduction in the number of secondary schools too close to the States debate on the issue next week.

He says that doesn't give deputies enough time to digest and respond to the issues it raises.

One of those issues, he says, is what he describes as a shocking reduction in the amount of land available.

Deputy Meerveld claims the total land area will be halved, with space taken up by sports fields reduced to a fifth of current levels and library space cut by half.

He has already been criticised by the education committee for attempting to delay the debate on the future of schools.

BBC Radio Guernsey

A man was injured after he was headbutted in a nightclub in Guernsey.

Police are appealing for witnesses after the attack in Fusion in St Peter Port on Sunday.

It happened on the dance floor at about 00:50 and the victim was wearing a pink denim jacket.

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Security delays at Guernsey Airport are continuing to put people off travelling to the island, according to a member of the Committee for Economic Development.

Deputy Joe Mooney says he's still hearing a lot of complaints about passengers having to wait too long for security checks.

He says Guernsey will benefit from new 3D baggage scanning equipment due to be introduced in all UK airports by the end of 2022.

Ministers in Westminster say the technology will boost security, speed up pre-boarding checks, and could end the restrictions on travelling with liquids and laptops.

Airport bosses in Guernsey are yet to comment.

Image source, Getty Images

BBC Radio Jersey

St Helier Deputy Geoff Southern fears some States services could be at risk as a result of Ministers' plans to save £100m over the next four years.

He is calling for regular reports to consider the impact of the proposed cuts.

Deputy Southern says some government services could be "abandoned" and given to the private sector in a bid to save taxpayers' money.

He wants backbenchers to have the power to reject them.

Ministers are seeking to balance the books by 2023, through a series of savings.

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BBC News Online

Jersey Reds take on the Russian national side in Moscow, external today.

The fixture was set up by Russia head coach Lyn Jones, whose son Luc plays scrum half for Jersey, as part of their preparation for the Rugby World Cup.

Russia will take on Scotland, Ireland, Samoa and hosts Japan in the competition, which begins next month.

Today's match kicks off at the Slava Stadium at 17:00.

Image source, Cliff Chipperfield / Jersey Reds