JSPCA: Police 'conducting criminal investigation'
St Helier RNLI dispute: Lifeboat 'back in two months'
Guernsey Chamber of Commerce backs economic vision
Cows will be on the front of the 2018 phone book
More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Thursday
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
Our coverage across the Channel Islands has finished for today.
We'll be back on Thursday from 08:00 with the latest news, weather, travel and sport.
Don't forget BBC Channel Islands News on BBC One at 18:30 and 22:30.
Isla Blatchford
BBC Radio Guernsey
Arriving in Alderney by air
Plans to hand over a petition campaigning to save Alderney's lifeline air links were thwarted this morning after the flight due to deliver it was cancelled due to poor weather.
The petition has been signed by 500 islanders concerned that the Alderney-Southampton route might be cut.
The Economic Development Committee is due to discuss the issue tomorrow and had asked to see the petition beforehand.
Jersey Evening Post
Additional routes could be on offer from EasyJet next summer, the company’s UK country manager has said., external
Rain will spread from west to east later.
Much of tonight will stay mild, wet and windy with heavy bursts of rain.
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Mark Inchley
BBC Channel Islands News
A union representing staff at Guernsey's College of Further Education is calling for debate on the three-school education model next month to be postponed.
The University and College Union (UCU) surveyed local college staff, with 98% not in favour of the education committee plans, with 79% supporting an alternative two school model, suggested by a group of politicians.
Dan Hunter, UCU Branch Secretary in Guernsey, says he hopes the results of the survey will convince politicians to delay debate to allow time to consider fully published plans for a two school model in January.
"We are concerned with what is being proposed," adding: "We've got a wealth of experience that needs to be taken on board."
Image source, Guernsey PortsSecurity services at Guernsey's ports will continue to be provided by G4S.
The company has been awarded a five-year extension to its current deal with the States of Guernsey.
The contract covers all of the security elements of airports and harbours in Guernsey and Alderney, including all passenger and luggage screening.
BBC Radio Jersey
The head of the Anglican church in Jersey says freedom of expression needs to be given to all, including Christians.
The Very Revd Mike Keirle says he has some sympathy for Revd Martyn Shea and the evangelical alliance, which caused controversy when it asked for a conscience clause to be put into new marriage laws.
It would mean businesses could refuse to serve same-sex couples when they wanted to get married.
The letter from the alliance caused an outcry from people who thought it was discriminatory, but Mr Keirle says both sides in the argument need to show more understanding.
"I would not support discrimination against anybody, but I include Christians in that.
"To give one group freedom of expression at the expense of another is no freedom at all," he said.
Jersey Evening Post
Parts of St Catherine now look like an ‘internment camp’ because of ‘inappropriate’ fencing erected in the area, a heritage campaigner has said., external
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
Guernsey Police say they are aware of an object found by a member of the public on a Herm beach.
A photograph of what may be an old parachute bomb was posted on social media yesterday.
But a spokesman for Guernsey Police said they were unable to confirm if it was an explosive ordnance.
"We are aware of the device taking steps to check out the credibility of the report that it is a parachute bomb.
"It cannot be confirmed at this time whether it is or isn't an explosive ordnance.
"Tidal conditions aren't favourable at this time to fully examine the object."
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Winds up to severe gale force nine are expected soon across the islands.
The Jersey Met Department has issued an orange warning, meaning islanders should remain vigilant and check the latest forecast.
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Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
Labour's leader has criticised a lack of action by the government on tackling tax avoidance and evasion in "tax havens".
Jeremy Corbyn was responding to the Chancellor Philip Hammond's budget speech, in which he outlined the actions Conservative governments had taken to cut the tax gap by a quarter since 2010, he said.
Mr Corbyn said the Paradise Papers exposed how a "super-rich elite is allowed to get away with dodging taxes".
Tory MPs had opposed "measure after measure", he told MPs, "to clamp down on the tax havens that facilitate this outrageous leaching from our public purse".
"There's nothing moral about dodging tax, there's everything immoral about evading it," he said.
"Too often it feels like there is one rule for the super rich, and another for the rest of us."
BBC Radio Jersey
Image source, Getty ImagesJersey travel companies are claiming a reduction in duty-free allowances could mean more people try to smuggle tobacco into the island.
The UK Travel Retail Forum, which includes companies Condor Ferries and Flybe, is concerned by Senator Philip Ozouf's suggestion to reduce the duty-free allowance for cigarettes by 200 to 40, external, in an effort to raise additional tax revenue.
Forum president Sarah Branquinho said reducing the allowance is unlikely to mean an extra £1.5m will be raised in extra excise duty.
"In order for this to happen, the vast bulk of duty free purchases would have to be replaced by duty paid purchases on the island of Jersey.
"Whilst there may be some substitution, the group believes there is no evidence whatsoever that this would happen on the scale suggested and the amendment may, in fact, result in more tobacco smuggling and few extra sales in Jersey."
BBC Radio Jersey
The chairman of two Jersey dog organisations has called for a park specifically for dog walkers.
The parish of St Helier has employed wardens to enforce the laws in parks, which state dogs cannot be let off the lead.
Fiona Whitehead of Jersey's Kennel Club and Dog Handlers Association says a dedicated park for animals is a good solution.
"Certainly if you look at other cities, both in Europe and further afield, then they do have parks that are fenced in where dogs and their owners can go and they've got more freedom," she said.
BBC Radio Guernsey
This afternoon sailings between Sark and Guernsey have been cancelled due to the "ongoing adverse weather conditions".
Jersey Evening Post
A group of people wearing fancy dress who reportedly helped a man and an intoxicated woman near the Robin Hood pub are being urged to come forward by the police., external
BBC Channel Islands News
The former head of Jersey's Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA) says he is “shocked at what's happened" after the charity referred an investigation into financial matters to police.
Major Steve Coleman would not confirm the circumstances around his departure earlier this year, while the JSPCA could only confirm he no longer worked for the charity.
Major Coleman said: “I am not aware of any police referral at this time. But I am aware that assessments made by third parties have raised significant questions about corporate governance operations of the JSPCA committee."
Jersey police confirmed they are conducting a criminal investigation.
BBC News England
The Isle of Man newspaper encouraged readers "to fight back" after the Paradise Papers
The Isle of Man "will continue to flourish" despite an "orchestrated attack from the international media" after the Paradise Papers revelations.
Island politicians have followed Guernsey's chief minister in defending its offshore industry after a leak of financial documents this month claimed it was used for tax avoidance.
In Tynwald MHK Chris Robertshaw said the reporting was "scurrilous" and "brought journalism into disrepute".
The BBC said its reports were "fair and impartial" while the Guardian said it exposed "significant issues".
BBC Radio Guernsey
Image source, States of GuernseyA national union representing staff at Guernsey's College of Further Education has backed a move which would see politicians consider a two rather than three school model of secondary education in Guernsey.
The University & College Union (UCU) said 98% of Guernsey college staff were not in support of proposals for a three school model, put forward by the island's education committee.
Instead, 79% support the alternative two school model proposed by four deputies.
The UCU is recommending next month's States debate on secondary education is postponed until the new year, allowing time for the alternative model to be published and discussed.
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
Guernsey's chief minister says he will be reminding EU diplomats of the "important role" Guernsey plays as a source of investment into Europe.
Deputy Gavin St Pier is also reiterating his message that the Paradise Papers, which he describes as "stolen data" and "misinformation" undermines the island's tax transparency credentials.
Deputy St Pier and Jersey's Chief Minister Ian Gorst are meeting with European officials in Brussels today, the second visit of senior politicians from the islands in a month.
Quote MessageThe misinformation spread from the stolen data in the so called “Paradise papers” risks distracting from the real issues and confusing the proactive role the island plays in fighting, not facilitating, tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance."
Deputy Gavin St Pier, Guernsey Chief Minister
Jersey Evening Post
Support for drug addicts, the new police station and a portable building for Customs are among the initiatives and projects Jersey has spent millions of pounds of seized criminal cash on over the past decade, according to a freedom of information request., external
