Channel Islands Live: 3 Augustpublished at 06:55 BST 3 August 2018
Bringing you the news, sport, travel and weather for the Channel Islands
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Police hunt Jersey hemp plant thief
Businessman unsure of Guernsey's Brexit role
French speaking former teacher given special award
Environmentalists choughed at record breeding season
Updates for Thursday 2 August 2018
Channel Islands Live: 3 Augustpublished at 06:55 BST 3 August 2018
Beekeeper on the hunt for Asian hornetspublished at 01:21 BST 3 August 2018
The invasive species are the predators of all pollinators, including honeybees, dragonflies and wasps.
Read MoreWeather: Early mist to burn off for more sunpublished at 17:25 BST 2 August 2018
Plenty of evening sunshine, leading into a dry and partly cloudy night some lengthy clear spells.
A few patches of mist may form towards dawn on Friday.
Minimum Temperature: 13 to 16C (55 to 61F).
Early mist patches will again rapidly disperse.
Thereafter another fine and dry day is anticipated, with further lengthy spells of warm sunshine and light winds.
Maximum Temperature: 21 to 25C (70 to 77F).
Yacht with fouled propeller towed to safetypublished at 17:16 BST 2 August 2018
Luke Webb
BBC Radio GuernseyThe Alderney lifeboat rescued a 32ft yacht that was drifting after its propeller was fouled three miles west of the island.
The rescue took just under two hours to complete and there were no reported casualties.
Tax campaign group calls for think tank transparencypublished at 15:52 BST 2 August 2018
BBC Radio JerseyA group that campaigns against tax evasion and tax avoidance in offshore finance centres is calling for think tanks to be more transparent about where there funding comes from.
It comes after Jersey Finance admitted it paid towards a report supporting international finance centres.
The report into the benefits of offshore centres was published by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) at the end of 2017.
John Christensen from the Tax Justice Network thinks the organisation's recent report failed to consider serious criticism of tax jurisdictions.
Jersey Zoo shop approved after flood of supportpublished at 15:30 BST 2 August 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News OnlineA new charity shop is to be built at Jersey Zoo in Trinity despite the States planning department recommending the application be turned down.
The charity asked for permission to build a single-storey shop to help raise money for their conservation work around the world.
The planning department recommended the application be refused, as it would go against the island plan, which advises against new developments in the green zone.
Despite the department's objections, there were more than 100 letters of support for the plans both from people, and from other zoos and conservation organisations around the world.
Deputy Russell Labey, the panel chairman, says the whole world needs Durrell, and this development will help secure the zoo's future, and the survival of this planet's species and so they approved the application.
Warning in Guernsey over unmarked fishing gearpublished at 15:04 BST 2 August 2018
BBC Radio GuernseyGuernsey Sea Fisheries is warning the public after pieces of unmarked fishing gear have been found around the island.
Senior Sea Fisheries Officer Michael Phillips, says "fouled gear" could also lead to accidents.
He said: "What we're trying to do is prevent a situation where somebody has an accident because of foul gear. Our job, as well as enforcing fisheries regulations, is to promote the fisheries within the bailiwick."
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Read MoreDarts 'is dying' in Guernsey says associationpublished at 14:26 BST 2 August 2018
Hayden Atkins
Reporter, BBC Radio GuernseyThe president of the Guernsey Darts Association says the sport is "dying" in the island due to pubs closing and a lack of promotion.
The Western Individual Darts League has finished for the summer.
But the association's Caroline La Touche says it is trying to encourage more players to take up the sport when the league starts again in September.
Police hunt Jersey hemp plant thiefpublished at 14:02 BST 2 August 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News OnlinePolice are hunting a hemp plant thief who stole it from a field in Jersey.
Hemp oil can be used for cooking, while the plant's fibres can be used to make cloth and rope.
Jersey Hemp, the only company with a licence to grow the plant in the island, said it took the car registration number and sent it to the police.
Image source, States of JerseyWaitrose to remove disposable cups from island storespublished at 13:24 BST 2 August 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News OnlineDisposable coffee cups are being removed from Waitrose branches in the Channel Islands as part of a national move by the company.
Waitrose announced in April it would start removing disposable cups as part of a wider move to reduce plastic and packaging.
The island stores will see the cups, for MyWaitrose customers, removed by the end of August. The company says the coffee machines will remain but customers need to bring their own cups.
Image source, WaitroseHundreds of islanders join stem cell registerpublished at 13:19 BST 2 August 2018
Guernsey PressGender balanced panel sworn in for Visite Royalepublished at 12:13 BST 2 August 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News OnlineA panel of six men and six women has been sworn in for St Helier to carry out the annual hedge monitoring process.
The Visite Royale is carried out by a panel of Voyeurs, made up of members of the Jersey Royal Court including lawyers and jurats. They walk around the island roads checking hedges and trees.
It is the end of the Branchage, where landowners have to cut hedges and trees back to ensure they don't get in the way of pavements and roads.
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FacebookSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content.View original content on FacebookThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts.French speaking former teacher given special awardpublished at 11:17 BST 2 August 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News OnlineA Jerseyman who was a founding member of a group aimed at encouraging French speaking in Jersey has been honoured by the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie.
The assembly was launched to bring together French-speaking parliamentarians from across the world and has representatives from Jersey taking part.
Bob Le Sueur MBE has been recognised as part of the Ordre de la Pléiade for his work promoting the French language in the island.
Mr Le Sueur was awarded an MBE in 2013 for his contribution to Jersey’s community and was well known by islanders after he assisted and hid Russian prisoners during the occupation.
Somerset and Jersey share carnival inspirationpublished at 11:10 BST 2 August 2018
BBC Radio JerseyA volunteer for a carnival in the UK says organisers are inspired by Jersey's Battle of Flowers.
Each years organisers from the carnivals in Somerset visit Jersey's annual parade.
Andy Bennett, who volunteers with the Somerset Carnivals, external body, which then works with the individual carnivals in the county, says there's an exchange of ideas between the two events.
He said although Jersey's carnival has flowers and Somerset's have lights the experiences shared by festival volunteers was similar.
Jersey Post worked with relatives over Armistice stampspublished at 10:50 BST 2 August 2018
BBC Radio JerseyJersey Post has worked with relatives of those who served in World War One to make sure the colours on a new step of stamps were as accurate as possible.
The old black and white photographs were restored, before an expert added colour to them.
Jerseyman, Private Charles William Moody, features on the 50p stamp. His grandson, Victor Tucker said he was very moved when he saw the results.
Quote MessageIt's absolutely fabulous, obviously we've only seen the photographs of him as a young man in sepia and to suddenly see it in colour, it's like coming to life. It's a lovely memento of a very sad time. He came back, a lot of his friends didn't.
Victor Tucker, Grandson
Shifted sands reveal Roman 'village'published at 10:46 BST 2 August 2018
A 'substantial' Roman population may have existed in Alderney before previously thought, experts say.
Read MoreCrash blocks Rouge Rue junctionpublished at 10:21 BST 2 August 2018
Chris Quevatre
BBC News OnlineTwo vehicles have crashed at the junction of the Rouge Rue and Mont Arrive in St Peter Port, Guernsey.
Emergency services are on the scene and asking motorists to avoid the area.
Environmentalists choughed at record breeding seasonpublished at 10:04 BST 2 August 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News OnlineIt has been a "record-breaking, external" breeding season for choughs in Jersey, according to the charity that reintroduced them.
By the end of June the Birds on the Edge group found four active nests with a total of 10 chicks.
In 2015, the first chough chick was born in the island for about 100 years.
The species was reintroduced as part of a move by Birds on the Edge with the help of Paradise Park in Cornwall.
Image source, Liz Corry
