Third politician quits Guernsey Economic Development Committee in two months
Number of assaults inside Jersey's prison increases in 2017
Moving of nuisance seagull Gulliver 'cost Jersey £172'
Guernsey's committee criticises two-school proposals
Young people 'set priorities' for new Jersey children's commissioner
Updates on Thursday 11 January 2018
Live updates for the Channel Islands have finished for the day, but we'll be back at 08:00 on Friday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.
Don't forget Spotlight for the Channel Islands on BBC One later. There will also be news through the night on your BBC Local Radio station.
Dan Downs
Weather Forecaster
It will be dry with some clear spells forming overnight, but this will allow a patchy frost to form. Some mist will also develop in places as temperatures cool.
Minimum temperature: 5 Deg C (41F).
Early mist patches on Friday should clear during the morning, leaving a mostly dry but rather cloudy day. Some brighter spells are possible, particularly in the afternoon. The wind will increase from the west during the evening.
Maximum temperature: 8C (46F).
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
Away from BBC Guernsey's weekly five-a-side match, the annual sporting achievement awards are also taking place at the leisure centre this evening.
Among the nominees for the top award, external are England boxer Billy Le Poullain, GB sprinter Cameron Chalmers, and multiple Island Games medalist Lisa Gray.
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Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
Growth in the number of listings on the Guernsey-headquartered International Stock Exchange is being partly attributed to its position in Europe but outside the EU.
The exchange saw a 40% growth in listings in 2017.
CEO Fiona Le Podevin said the focus remained on promoting listings for companies based in the Crown dependencies and small and medium-sized UK businesses.
Image source, The International Stock ExchangeQuote MessageOur position as a stock exchange based in Europe geographically but outside the European Union means that we can offer proportional levels of regulation and a responsive service offering within an innovative environment."
Fiona Le Podevin, CEO, the International Stock Exchange
Phillippa Guillou
BBC Radio Guernsey reporter
More than 175,000 cruise passengers could come ashore in the Bailiwick this year, according to Guernsey Harbours' 2018 schedule of visiting ships.
Image source, VisitGuernseyIn 2017, 110,288 passengers came ashore - a reduction on 2016, put down to poor weather.
There are 116 stop-offs scheduled during the 2018 season, which starts in March and finishes in October.
Guernsey will have 105 of the visits, with a handful of ships also visiting Sark (five), Herm (three) and Alderney (three).
BBC Radio Jersey
Jersey's Waterfront skate park might be re-opening, but a local skateboard business owner says the antisocial behaviour that occurred there was by no means unique to the site.
Quote MessageTrouble will occur down at any skate park, or any park, or anywhere in Jersey. We're taking the full brunt of it and getting punished for it just because of other people and other kids."
Steve Harben, Skateboard business owner
Jersey Evening Post
Motorists are going to keep older and more polluting vehicles on the road rather than buy more environmentally friendly ones following the introduction of new tax hikes – designed to help reduce vehicle emissions – a garage owner has claimed., external
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
This weekend's Ride The Runway event at Jersey Airport has been postponed until February.
The charity fundraiser, external, which will see 100 people take to the airport runway, was due to take place on Sunday morning.
No reason has been given for the postponement.
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With all the resignations of late, you might be wondering who's left in Guernsey's parliament.
But it's worth remembering these are not politicians resigning in full, just their committee mandates.
In total, there have been six committee resignations in the past two months.
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Rob England
BBC News Online
A charity looking to run an independent lifeboat station in Jersey could be formed by the end of next week, a member of the crew has said.
Former St Helier Coxswain Andy Hibbs said plans to create the charity were due to go before the Royal Court for formal registration next Friday.
This, he said, would allow the organisation to take on donations.
Organisers are also in the process of purchasing a Tyne class all-weather lifeboat, according to Mr Hibbs.
The lifeboat is the same design as the vessel Alexander Coutanche, used by the former St Helier crew under the RNLI before they received the current Tamar class vessel, the George Sullivan.
The RNLI in St Helier uses the George Sullivan as its all-weather lifeboat
He said representatives would be visiting the private owners of the lifeboat - currently moored in Norfolk - for a sea test next week, and the crew planned to use the Tyne-class vessel as a stop-gap whilst fundraising for a new all-weather boat.
A committee for the independent station was formed last year to support the service after the RNLI sacked the St Helier crew and closed the lifeboat station.
The RNLI said it was not confident they could run the station without "constant challenges" after the crew announced they wanted to become independent of the charity.
Jersey Evening Post
Ten car parking spaces in St Helier have been approved for sale by the Treasury for £415,000., external
Rob Byrne
BBC News Online
The Guernsey-headquartered International Stock Exchange saw a 40% growth in listings in 2017.
There were 203 more listings in 2017 compared to the year before, meaning 2,511 securities were listed at the end of December.
Growth areas included debt products and investment vehicles such as Real Estate Investment Trusts, the exchange said., external
Here's the stunning Bailiwick sunrise that featured on BBC Breakfast this morning in all its glory.
It's come from our regular weather watcher and cloud fancier, Chris Cumulus.
We've been long-time admirers, so it's good to see him get national recognition.
Thanks too to Brass, another regular, who captured the sun rise over Castle Cornet earlier.
If you would like your photos to appear on BBC weather forecasts, then get involved.
Gareth Owen
BBC Radio Guernsey
A combination of the two proposed models for secondary education in Guernsey could be the best option, a UK expert has said.
The Education Committee wants to use three schools in its new plans, external, but an alternative model has been put forward by other deputies which proposes having two schools.
The director of policy from the not-for-profit company Association of Colleges, David Corke, was brought to Guernsey by supporters of the two-school model, but he remained firmly on the fence over which system deputies should choose.
Mr Corke said the reality could be the solution was "something in between" both proposals.
He also said there was an "amazing opportunity" in Guernsey to build "high-performing" schools.
Rob England
BBC News Online
Fewer than 1,000 people were actively seeking work in Jersey at the end of 2017, the lowest for the month since 2010, statistics show.
At the end of December 2017, 950 people were looking for employment - a fall of 330 compared to the year before.
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BBC News Online
... all the way from Guernsey!
Brian says: "I cannot understand how the Jersey States can waste so much money on a project of the enormity of the hospital, without exploring other options."
He'd like the politicians to look at other sites, something the health minister has ruled out.
Brian is concerned about parking and disruption the proposed St Helier site would cause.
"Just looking at it from here," he adds.
What do you think? Let us know.
Guernsey Press
Pay deals for 2017 still need to be struck with teachers, police officers and nurses., external
Oscar Pearson
BBC Radio Guernsey Breakfast Presenter
Guernsey's education president has re-iterated that his vision for a three-school system of secondary education, external offers more certainty for pupils, parents, and staff than an alternative two-school model.
Deputy Paul Le Pelley's committee has published a 40-page assessment of the alternative two-school model.
The two-school model's architects say it will offer better post-16 options, but Deputy Le Pelley said he did not agree.
Quote MessageWe don't known what the actual cost to the taxpayer is going to be. We don't know the actual timescales. We don't know which schools are going to be closed. Parents have no idea of what the transition model is going to be. It's so very, very vague."
Deputy Paul Le Pelley, President, Education, Sport and Culture Committee
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Guernsey's Heather Watson beat world number 55 Donna Vekic to make the semi-finals of the Hobart International in Australia, her second WTA Tour semi-final since winning the Monterrey Open in March 2016.
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Image source, ALL SPORT/Getty ImagesQuote MessageMy confidence is very high at the moment. At the beginning of the year, you want a lot of matches, and that's definitely what I've gotten the last two weeks. Every match I play, I feel like I'm getting better and better, tennis-wise and mentally."
Heather Watson
Guernsey Press
Sales of Ernie’s (Im)mature Cheddar – the profits of which go to the charity in memory of Guernsey boy Ernie Backlund-Leale – have outstripped all other local cheeses since its launch., external
