BBC Weather

It will be a fine Tuesday evening with some late spells of sunshine. These will give way to some long clear periods through the night. Remaining dry with light and variable winds.

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

A fine day is in store on Wednesday. There will be plenty of sunshine all day with just a little patchy cloud. Winds will remain light and variable and it will turn pleasantly warm.

Maximum temperature: 17 to 20C (63 to 68F).

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BBC Radio Jersey

Further parts of a Jersey hotel could be demolished to make way for 123 flats.

Housing developer Dandara wants to develop a large part of the Hotel de France, in St Helier, following similar successful plans in the past.

Six years ago the hotel was given permission to turn its conference centre into a car park and office space - and to convert another wing into 51 flats.

Dandara plans to demolish, external the south wing of the hotel, including its dining hall, parking building and staff accommodation, to replacing it with flats.

The outline plans also include: "associated structures, services, parking and landscaping."

BBC Radio Guernsey

Filling two disused quarries in Guernsey with inert waste would be an "environmental disaster" according to an island politician.

The quarries, Guilleton and L'Epine in the Vale, are being considered as additional facilities to those at Longue Hogue south.

But Deputy Neil Inder says the quarries, which are filled in with water, have become "oases of wildlife" and he fears the habitats would be damaged for only a "short term gain".

The States of Guernsey claims more than 100,000 tonnes of waste, external is generated each year by local construction and demolition activity, excavations, and roads maintenance. Current waste disposal facilities are expected to be full by 2022, according to the States.

Recent assessments found the best option for further facilities would be reclaiming land to the south of Longue Hougue. However, proposals have also been put forward to fill in the quarries, allowing three more years of waste storage between the two.

The States are now doing wildlife impact studies in the area. The government's proposals are subject to planning permission and being passed by politicians in the States Assembly.

BBC Radio Jersey

The airline Flybe has said a route to Jersey would be considered if it was to expand its operations to a growing Heathrow Airport.

In June MPs backed controversial plans to build a third runway at the London airport, with the government winning a key vote in the House of Commons.

The airline is currently seeking clarity from the UK government about air travel after the country leaves the European Union.

Considering the implications of Brexit on the industry, Flybe says as nearly three quarters of its business is domestic - including the Channel Islands - they are less at risk of disruption than other carriers.

A spokesman for the airline said "consistent demand" for routes and "support" from the government and tourism industry were factors in planning new air links.

More on this story:

• Potential Heathrow air links welcomed by Ports of Jersey

• Heathrow Airport: 'Where's Boris?' shout opposition MPs

BBC Radio Guernsey

There were no serious injuries in a crash involving two cars next to the Camp Du Roi traffic lights, Vale, Guernsey.

Emergency services continue to deal with the incident.

Jersey Evening Post

Emergency services were kept busy on Monday after five road incidents took place within a matter of hours, external.

BBC Spotlight

One-hundred children with special needs are enjoying a day out at the Battle of Flowers Funfair in St Helier.

The equipment at this year's event has been lowered especially to suit them.

The Battle of Flowers has grown to become one of the largest floral carnivals in Europe since it began more than a century ago as a one-off celebration to mark the coronation of King Edward VII.

Sandra Auckland, who is from the charity Variety Jersey, says the event really benefits the children...

Rob England
BBC News Online

A car fire on the Five Mile Road in St Ouen, Jersey, has been put out, fire crews have said.

However, islanders have been asked to avoid the area.

John Parkes, the land manager for the National Trust for Jersey, saw the blaze as it developed on Tuesday afternoon.

Mr Parkes also said no-one had been injured in the blaze.

The fire service has not commented on how the fire started.

Rob England
BBC News Online

Footage has emerged of a car on fire in St Ouen, Jersey.

It happened on the Five Mile Road, near to Big Verns Diner.

A spokesman for Jersey Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze has since been put out.

Rob England
BBC News Online

Emergency services are attending a car fire in Jersey.

The blaze is affecting the Five Mile Road in St Ouen.

Jersey Fire and Rescue Service has asked people to avoid the area.

Jack Murley
Channel Islands Sports Producer

A group of gig rowers from Dartmouth have raised more than £14,000 so far by rowing from England to Guernsey.

A gig is a wooden boat built to a traditional Cornish design which is rowed by six people with a cox. Gig rowing has grown in popularity as a sport over the past decade, with clubs as far afield as the Netherlands, the USA, Ireland and Kuwait.

Image source, Dartmouth Gig Club

The Dartmouth Gig Club decided to tackle the 140 mile round journey to raising funds for the Children's Hospice South West.

The rowers set out with their support vessels on Thursday 26 July in challenging conditions, arriving 20 hours later in St Peter Port on Friday.

Stormy conditions delayed their return journey, which the team started on Tuesday at about 05:00. The team are due back in Dartmouth at about 21:00.

Rower Stan Bray, 73, said the team had to battle tough seas and seasickness in the first leg of their journey but he was "very proud" of his club and the amount raised.

Rob England
BBC News Online

Police have advised drone operators in Jersey flying them "illegally" close to the island's airport could cause "serious accidents".

A commercial passenger plane and a large corporate jet both had "near-misses" with drones flying close to Jersey's airfield recently, according to Ports of Jersey.

It is currently an offence to fly a drone within two nautical miles of the airport, external or higher than 400ft (121m) without permission from the island's air traffic control.

Les Smallwood, a senior air traffic controller, says the incidents would have had to be serious for the pilots to report them.

Image source, Getty Images

From Monday the UK government introduced new rules, external that ban drone use within 1km of an airport or above 400ft.

BBC Radio Guernsey

Funeral directors in Guernsey are backing a petition urging States members to rethink their decision to replace the island's crematorium.

Politicians decided to keep the same site at Le Foulon, in St Peter Port, which is estimated to cost about £4m rather than move it to a different site.

Guernsey Funeral Director Jai Vaudin and Senior Funeral Director John Foster say other sites were not properly considered, and deputies did not "fully understand" the issues at the current site.

Mr Foster also claims the decision was "rushed" and made for cost reasons.

The States of Guernsey has been approached for comment.

More on this story:

• Bigger cremators needed 'as population gets larger'

Rob England
BBC News Online

An incurable disease which can kill ash trees within two years has been confirmed in Guernsey, according to the States.

Recent tests found ash dieback disease at seven sites in the island, which experts now believe is irreversibly established.

Surveys for the fungus which prompts the disease have been conducted since 2012, but no symptoms have been seen until now, according to the States.

Julia Henney, the States' biodiversity education officer, said the arrival of the disease was "sad news" for the island.

She said given its presence in the UK and France it was "not likely that we could withstand it indefinitely".

Image source, Getty Images

More information of the symptoms of ash dieback can be found here., external

Jersey Evening Post

A distraught father is pleading for the return of two silk flower wreaths after they were stolen, external from his daughter’s grave.

Rob England
BBC News Online

Staffing levels in security services at Guernsey Airport has led to delays in passengers passing through to the departure lounge, a spokesman has said.

On Monday, flights were delayed by the issue, prompting the airport to apologise for the inconvenience to passengers.

However, head of aviation services, Ashley Nicholas, said the safety of passengers was the "highest priority" and security procedures could not be "relaxed".

"We would ask passengers due to travel this week to allow plenty of time to get through security, so any impact of delays in the security process can be kept to a minimum," he added.

An airport spokesman said it was working with its security contractor, G4S, on the issue.

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Guernsey Press

An experienced kayaker has warned islanders to be careful on the water, after he and his 13-year-old son were swept off their kayak and badly battered on rocks in the channel between Guernsey and Lihou island, external.

Rob England
BBC News Online

A man received hospital treatment for a face injury after a serious assault in a Jersey nightclub, according to police.

Officers said two men were involved in the "altercation", which happened at a bar inside The Royal Yacht nightclub.

It happened on Sunday at about 00:20. Police are appealing for witnesses.