Recycling has increased by about 500 tonnes in Guernsey compared to the first six months in 2018.

The update to emergency legislation allows for the closure of pharmacies and medicine rationing.

BBC Weather

Some spells of evening sunshine, with clear periods to start the night as well. Thereafter, building cloud from the north-west may bring the odd spot of rain to end the night.

Minimum temperature: 12 to 15C (54 to 59F).

A rather cloudy Wednesday is anticipated as a weak weather front moves across the islands. Most places will stay dry, but there will be the risk of the odd spot of rain at times. Moderate southwest winds.

Maximum temperature: 14 to 17C (57 to 63F).

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Edward Rowe
BBC Radio Guernsey

A boost in benefit payments is going before the States next month.

The Employment and Social Security Committee said it would like to see a bump in the pension amount by £5.22, meaning pensioners would receive £222.58 a week.

Other benefit rates are in line for an increase of 2.4% to match the rate of inflation and an increase in median earnings.

The cost of a prescription would rise to £4.10 and the "old age pension" would be renamed "States pension" in legislation.

The proposals are due to be debated on 16 October.

BBC Radio Jersey

Jersey's government has been given the power to close pharmacies and ration medicines in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The States Assembly has unanimously agreed to new, stronger emergency measures, aimed at ensuring islanders who most needed prescriptions were able to get them.

It follows concerns deliveries of food and medicines coming into the island could be disrupted when Britain leaves the EU.

External Relations Minister Ian Gorst said the move strengthened the island's existing emergency law which was written 29 years ago.

Under the newly agreed law, pharmacies would be compensated if the government needed to use their stocks and supplies, he said.

Pest controllers in Guernsey say they are dealing with a secondary nest of Asian hornets found in St Saviour.

The island's Asian hornet team said the nest - the first such one found on Guernsey this year - was located in the top of a sweet chestnut tree on 4 September.

The invasive predators are able to eat up to 50 honey bees in a day and can decimate bee hives.

The Guernsey team said it was "planning the safest way to treat and take down the nest" and a cherry picker would be needed "to complete these activities later this week".

Elsewhere In the British Isles, the insects have been reported in Hampshire and in Jersey this year.

Andrew Segal
BBC News

Organisers of the Guernsey 2021 Island Games are appealing for volunteer attachés at the event.

The 2021 NatWest International Island Games are due to be held in the island from 3-9 July.

Organisers said they were looking to recruit about 80 people for the role.

They said the volunteers who would "primarily look after the on-island personal travel and transportation needs of various VIPs, team managers or medical support staff during the games".

They added that they were "aiming to fill well ahead of July 2021 and particularly in time for the planned site visits next July when representatives from each competing island will be in Guernsey".

Guernsey Island Games Association’s Games Director Jon Marley added that good attachés "can be the difference between a smooth-running games or one which is constantly playing catch up".

Anyone interested can find more information on the 2021 games' website, external.

The games were last hosted in Guernsey in 2003.

BBC Radio Jersey

The States of Jersey has said employment matters "are always confidential" in response to the home affairs minister claiming its chief executive has blocked him from seeing results of an investigation into one of his staff members.

Constable Len Norman said he was told about an external investigation into a member of the home affairs team in May, when he was asked to give evidence.

He said the report was commissioned by Chief Executive Charlie Parker and several requests to read it have been denied.

Mr Norman said he had spoken to Chief Minister John Le Fondre and he expected Mr Le Fondre to deal with the situation.

The States said the chief executive was head of the public service and the "accountable officer for all employment matters".

It added: "Ministers are responsible for the strategy and policy of the government, while operational staffing matters are the responsibility of the chief executive".

The States also said it did "not comment on any individual cases".

Freddie Miller
BBC Jersey political reporter

Jersey’s home affairs minister claims the chief executive of the States has blocked him from seeing the results of an investigation into one of his staff members.

Constable Len Norman said he was told about an external investigation into a member of the home affairs team in May, when he was asked to give evidence.

He said the report was commissioned by Chief Executive Charlie Parker and several requests to read it have been denied.

Mr Norman said he had spoken to Chief Minister John Le Fondre and he expected Mr Le Fondre to deal with the situation.

The States of Jersey has been contacted for more information.

BBC Radio Jersey

Developers have put in new plans for blocks of flats near the Millennium Park in St Helier, increasing the number of homes they hope to put there.

They want to demolish warehouse and office buildings.

The previous plan was for a 169 flats with 191 parking spaces. The new scheme would create 184 flats with 215 parking places.

Planning bosses will decide if they can go ahead.

BBC Radio Guernsey

Guernsey Police are investigating a sudden death after the body of a 21-year-old male was found in the Guet on Monday morning.

The incident is not being treated as suspicious, officers said.

BBC Radio Jersey

Jersey States members could have to give more details of what investments they hold - but they will have to agree to make the change first in a vote on Tuesday.

The body that governs members' conduct said it believed declaration of interests requirements did not currently go far enough.

It said it believed members should give more information about companies they owned and who benefitted from them.

Deputy Russell Labey, who chairs the Privileges and Procedures Committee, said the proposed changes would also make sure politicians could not be swayed by their own interests in debates.

Live coverage of the States of Jersey meeting from BBC Radio Jersey.

BBC Radio Guernsey

Guernsey Fire and Rescue is reminding the public to clean their chimneys before lighting their first fire of the year.

Chimney fires are between 15% and 20% of the total number of incidents the service deals with.

Fire Safety Officer Martin Lucas says "regularly" getting professional cleaning "will prevent any chimney fire from happening".

"Depending on the type of fuel you're burning and appliance... they all require different cleaning regimes," he added.

BBC Radio Jersey

Gender equality campaign group Women's Ed Jersey has said inequality is still apparent in the island's top teaching jobs.

Only 50% of senior teaching positions are held by women, despite making up 70% of the workforce.

The group's leader and senior teacher Parm Plummer described the situation as "slightly better" than the UK as a whole, but said there is still room for improvement.

She also said she is working to equip women with essential skills, such as interview techniques and CV writing, to secure more senior positions in the workplace.

Rory O'Reilly
BBC Radio Guernsey

Households in Guernsey are recycling more as result of the new waste system.

The new system, which came into effect a year ago, has seen recycling in the island increase by about 500 tonnes compared to the first six months of 2018.

New figures from the States show the island is on course for one of the highest recycling rates in Europe as a result of the new waste collections.

Elsewhere the amount of general rubbish being generated by homes has more than halved since the introduction of new collections.

The States says one of the major reasons for increased recycling has been the switch to fortnightly collections for general rubbish, with a survey in June of more than 1,000 homes in Castel and St Peter Port, finding more than 90% of households now use the doorstep recycling services.

BBC Radio Jersey

Jersey's schools started the new term with seven fewer teachers than required, but the education minister says teaching colleagues and supply teachers are compensating for the shortfall.

Senator Tracey Vallois said job interviews will be held "imminently" for the vacant roles, which are at Victoria College, Grainville, Les Quennevais, JCG and Victoria College Prep.

The short staffing comes after the BBC revealed there were 56 vacancies at the end of August.

Senator Vallois said all those roles have now been filled, but a further seven teachers have subsequently left their jobs.

Last week, a teaching union warned the quality of education could be at risk as a result of the staff shortages.

Dan Downs
Weather Forecaster

It will be mainly dry for Tuesday with just a small risk of isolated showers.

There will be some cloud at times but with some decent spells of sunshine.

Maximum temperature: 17C to 20C.