BBC Radio Jersey

Jersey's schools are to be sent new guidelines for dealing with disruptive pupils.

It comes after new figures revealed across the island's seven secondary schools, almost 1,200 days were lost due to temporary exclusions during the last academic year.

The government's children's department said it has spent money training school staff to have the skills and confidence to support positive behaviour and respond to challenges when they need to.

It added no pupils were permanently excluded last year, and it's confident the new guidelines will help reduce the number of children told to temporarily stay away from class.

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BBC Radio Guernsey

Guernsey Police are appealing for witnesses after a wall was damaged in St Peter Port.

Police believe the damage could have been caused by a vehicle.

It happened between 22:30 on Monday and 00.30 on Tuesday on Gibauderie.

BBC Radio Jersey

Jersey States will pay a UK company £3.5m to help transform the way the government works for islanders.

Jersey's top civil servant, Charlie Parker, is hoping to streamline the way the States works and has announced a deal with a company called TDP Development, which is based in Halifax in Yorkshire.

The company will work with a group of ministers and States employees to draw up plans aimed at improving teamwork, collaboration and leadership, before they are rolled out to all the island's 7,500 public sector staff.

TDP Development - which beat 23 other companies in a tender process - has committed to creating a Jersey-based company - which will employ local people - to deliver the project.

The Chief Minister, Senator John Le Fondre, said the project will transform the culture of the public sector, so Jersey can "meet the challenges posed by Brexit, globalisation and a fast-changing technological landscape".

BBC Radio Jersey

Jersey could face strikes this autumn by teachers and nurses if union members agree.

The results of a ballot on whether nurses should strike over their recent pay deal are expected to be revealed next Wednesday.

They've described their offer as an insulting re-hash of one they have already rejected.

Now teachers are also being balloted about whether they should strike - after union leaders described their latest offer as "a con trick".

A spokesman for the States of Jersey said the teachers' action was disappointing and the pay offer was designed to tackle equal pay issues and raise the incomes of the lowest paid staff members.

BBC Radio Jersey

CCTV could be erected around a vandalised lighthouse at Sorel in Jersey, after all the glass windows were smashed.

The lighthouse has been vandalised twice in recent weeks. On the second occasion, it was taken out of service because the red glass filter which warns mariners couldn't be used.

Jamie Dollimore, from Ports of Jersey, said it could be out of service for up to two weeks because the glass is difficult to find.

He said they were looking at a number of options to prevent further damage including CCTV.

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BBC Radio Jersey

A Jersey lighthouse has been closed following a spate of vandalism.

Windows and glass panes - including the red glass filter which helps warn mariners of danger - have been smashed at Sorel Lighthouse.

Ports of Jersey said the structure had been vandalised twice in two weeks.

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BBC News Online

The liquidators of an estate agent which collapsed last month say there are "sufficient" deposits to repay landlords.

When Sarnia Estate Agency Limited went into liquidation on 28 August, many tenants and landlords were concerned that they would not get their deposits back.

Liquidators, Grant Thornton, intend to give some funds back to landlords on 1 November, but only to those who have submitted proof of their claim.

Any claim submitted after 15 October "may not be accepted".

BBC Channel Islands News

Guernsey should follow Southampton Airport's example and make it possible to operate to countries all over Europe, according to Deputy Jan Kuttelwascher.

He made the comments after Southampton announced the start of a public consultation, to look at plans to extend their runway and upgrade their terminal.

Deputy Kuttelwascher says Guernsey should look to follow suit, including extending the runway.

BBC Radio Jersey

Almost 13,000 people are now registered as organ donors in Jersey after more than 230 islanders signed up in the past two-and-a-half weeks.

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There was an event in the first week of September to encourage people to register, including banners at the Jersey General Hospital.

Earlier this year, Jersey's politicians agreed an opt-out organ donation system will be introduced in the island.

It will mean that if people don't want to donate their organs after death, they will have to say so, rather than the current system where they have to say if they want to donate.

There is no set date for the introduction of the opt-out system yet but it will likely follow the same system already introduced in Wales.

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BBC News Online

The States of Guernsey has been in "detailed discussions" with Alderney over how to handle the island's waste.

The States of Jersey has also shown an interest in processing Alderney's waste.

Jersey's Infrastructure Minister Kevin Lewis said they could earn £90,000 and generate enough power at the island's energy from waste plant for more than 100 homes.

However, Richard Evans from the States of Guernsey, said there were still some barriers for Jersey to get over before they could provide the service.

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