Danny Cipriani: 'I am truly sorry' after Jersey nightclub incident
Jersey patients wait more than a year for some appointments
Updates on Friday 17 August 2018
Friday night is expected to remain dry with some clear spells, but cloud will tend to thicken from the west as the night progresses.
Minimum Temperature: 13 to 16C (55 to 61F).
Saturday will be a cloudier day, and the cloud may be thick enough to give some showery rain at times. A rather humid feel.
Maximum Temperature: 16 to 19C (61 to 66F).
BBC Radio Jersey
A partnership between the public and the private sector is being investigated to help cut waiting times for dental appointments at Jersey's hospital, according to the health minister.
The hospital recently began publicly displaying its waiting times, which showed people needing dentist treatment are waiting for more than a year for their first appointment.
Deputy Richard Renouf admitted the 55 week wait time was "an embarrassment" and said it was because the island was struggling to recruit and retain dentists.
He says he particularly wanted to reduce the waiting times for children needing treatment.
Quote MessageWe're not going to hide it [waiting times] anymore, we're going to say this is a problem for us, we're doing what we can and we would ask people to understand the pressures that hospitals face."
Deputy Richard Renouf
Deputy Renouf said he will now be speaking with hospital managers to try to improve procedures, but added he would not look to put targets on each department.
Rob England
BBC News Online
A "tall vehicle" caused damage to leadwork after crashing into a wall on Grand Fort Road in St Sampson, Guernsey Police have said.
Officers say they are investigating the crash sometime between 10-15 August after the vehicle failed to stop.
BBC Sport
Gloucester Rugby player Danny Cipriani will be subject to an independent disciplinary panel, the Rugby Football Union has said.
Following his conviction for common assault and resisting arrest at a nightclub in Jersey, the RFU has charged him, external with conduct "prejudicial to the interests of the game".
The hearing will take place next week.
Cipriani leaves Jersey court after admitting assault and resisting arrest charges
Quote MessageWe have high standards that we expect across the game, in line with rugby’s core values, from all those involved within it. I have this afternoon taken the decision to charge Danny Cipriani."
David Barnes, RFU Head of Discipline
Rob England
BBC News Online
Businesses in the Channel Islands are being asked if they would use a Jersey to Luxembourg via Guernsey route.
Blue Islands is surveying potential users of the route to see if there is interest in a twice weekly flight.
The proposed outbound flights would leave Jersey at mid-morning and fly to Luxembourg via Guernsey, with a flight time of an hour and 40 minutes.
Image source, Blue IslandsBBC Sport
Danny Cipriani should still be part of the England rugby team, according to the fly-half's former manager Steve Diamond.
Gloucester fly-half Cipriani was fined on Thursday after pleading guilty to assault and resisting arrest following an incident in a Jersey nightclub.
Image source, PACipriani was ordered to pay a total of £2,250 after the incident
Diamond, who was the 30-year-old's director of rugby for four years at Sale, says the episode should not spell an end to his England career.
"It would be too harsh," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"England need all the help they can get at the moment and players like him are few and far between."
Diamond believes Cipriani will be "pulled into line" by Gloucester head coach Johan Ackermann and "told that he's not even worn the cherry and white of Gloucester yet".
"He just has to get his talking back on the field," he added.
Rob England
BBC News Online
Two kayaks are believed to have been stolen from a St Martin's slipway, according to Guernsey Police.
It happened sometime between early July and Saturday, 11 August.
The yellow kayaks are both Ocean Kayaks brand, one was a full sized one person and the other a smaller model.
Officers said, whilst theft was suspected, it was also possible a high tide floated the kayaks away.
Police have asked those using the area to remove or secure their property at all times.
Rob England
BBC News Online
Concerns over damage to Guernsey's wildlife have prompted a warning from a politician who is against cutting back hedges too much.
Deputy Al Brouard says "increased mechanisation" when strimming hedges means damage can be caused to banks and wildlife.
"These banks and hedges can be a haven for wildlife, both plants and animals, and add much to the island's natural living diversity," he said.
Working with the island's Biodiversity Partnership, a body which advises the government on the implementation of its biodiversity strategy, external, the deputy has produced a leaflet with guidelines aimed at protecting wildlife.
Image source, Biodiversity PartnershipBBC Radio Jersey
New figures showing the cost of one bedroom flats in Jersey do not reflect the market as a whole, according to an estate agent.
Figures from the States of Jersey show the average price is now £258,000, external, an increase of £34,000 on the previous quarter.
Gill Hunt, president of the Jersey Estate Agents Association, says a number of factors have contributed to a higher average cost.
Overall the average price for a property in Jersey is now £480,000, up 6% on 2017.
Image source, States of Jersey Statistics UnitQuote MessageThe reason for the spike in that quarter is because there were over 20 one-bed apartments that sold for over 300,000 so it has raised the average of all apartments in that quarter. The reason for that is these are new build apartments, they have lift service, probably parking, and a view. Therefore the demand for these types of properties is high."
Gill Hunt, President of the Jersey Estate Agents Association
Guernsey Press
Firefighters were called to a Rue Cohu house after the occupant heard bangs and subsequently found a fire at the property, external.
Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online
Jersey Airport could get a VIP lounge and an outside viewing area as part of a £42m redevelopment plan.
Ports of Jersey, the government-owned company responsible for the airport, said it hoped work would begin by the end of 2018.
The final plans include a children's play area, a sensory room and a multi-faith room.
(c)Ports of Jersey
BBC Radio Jersey
A seven-year-old boy from Jersey will be putting on his cape to take part in a superhero triathlon to raise money for a local charity.
Harry De Gruchy Wilson, who has special needs, will become Batman for the day when he takes part in the event in Buckinghamshire on Saturday.
The triathlon is aimed at people with disabilities and Harry and his mum Cirsty will compete against para-Olympians and Invictus Games athletes.
Harry will be swimming 150m, running 1,000km and peddling 3,000km on a specially designed tricycle to raise money for Holidays for Heroes Jersey.
Image source, Cirsty De GruchyGuernsey Press
A scooter rider ended up in a coma for eight days and broke 30 bones after he collided with an unmarked police car, external.
Jersey Evening Post
A pest control expert wearing protective clothing had to lean out of a fourth-floor window in St Aubin recently to destroy a colony of Asian hornets that had built a nest inside a roof, external.
BBC Radio Guernsey
Up to 95% fewer fans could attend Saturday's game against Guernsey FC compared to last year, according to Ashford United Football Club.
In the previous season, as many as 100 Ashford fans travelled to Footes Lane for the match, which is part of the Bostik League.
But Ashford United's media manager, Ben Phillips, said "about 95%" of supporters who travelled out last year would not be making the trip as the league's organisers had only given them four weeks to make travel plans - by making the match earlier in the season.
He said they were "absolutely gutted" to see Guernsey was the first away game for the team, as they had a "fantastic time" last season.
Quote MessageThe league has said it's been selected by a computer and it's been done fairly, so you can't really argue with that. It would have been nice if the fixture had been moved. I understand why they're not moving it. They're saying if we do it for one then we'd have to do it for everybody."
Phillip Richardson, Supporter
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England rugby star Danny Cipriani has admitted he was "wrong" to argue with a bouncer at a Jersey nightclub on Wednesday.
The Gloucester fly-half was fined £2,000 after pleading guilty to common assault and resisting arrest in Jersey's Magistrates Court on Thursday.
In a statement on Twitter, the 30-year-old said he reacted in the "wrong manner" for "a matter of seconds".
Jersey Magistrates Court heard the rugby player tried to grab a body camera off a doorman at the Royal Yacht nightclub and later, whilst resisting arrest, left a female police officer with bruises on her bicep and red marks on her neck.
Cipriani said he was "initially confused" why he was being detained by officers and tried to hold them off, adding, "I didn't strike anyone or initiate aggression in any way".
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Gloucester Rugby say they will continue to offer Cipriani their full support.
BBC Radio Jersey
People needing dental treatment at Jersey's General Hospital are waiting more than a year for their first appointment, according to recent figures, external.
Hospital waiting times are now published online, following a pledge from Jersey's health minister.
In the first sitting of the new States Assembly Deputy Richard Renouf promised to publish the average waiting times for both a first appointment and operations in a number of different departments.
June and May saw the longest wait for dental appointments this year, with an average of 55 weeks and 46 weeks.
Quote MessageThere are considerable variations in the average times an islander is likely to have to wait for their appointment or procedure but it is important to say that urgent cases are always prioritised. I and my colleagues in the department are working to reduce delays and improve patients’ experience of hospital services."
Deputy Richard Renouf
Friday looks set to be a dry and mostly sunny day across the Channel Islands.
There will be a few patches of cloud too though, particularly later.
Maximum temperature: 16 to 19C (61 to 66F).
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