As it happened: Channel Islands live

A union leader is investigating whether the company Swissport broke any Jersey job laws by bringing staff from the UK to work at the airport during a strike.

Nick Corbel from Unite is concerned Swissport staff didn't have licences to work here.

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The company drafted in 24 people to cover Saturday's strike by baggage handlers.

BBC Radio Jersey is waiting on a response from Swissport.

• Jersey rugby player and Samoan international Fautua Otto has been jailed for five months and sacked from the club.

• A Guernsey driver is being interviewed in a French police station, after a British cyclist was killed during a race in Normandy.
• Guernsey man James Harrison has begun his cross channel swim from Dover to France.
• A seaplane has won the Schneider Trophy for the first time since 1931.

There are calls tonight for the minimum wage in Jersey to rise by the largest amount since the economic downturn in 2008. 

The Employment Forum has recommended the minimum wage increase by 21p to £7.18 from April next year.

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So what does this mean for employers and employees? I'll be talking to Malcolm Ferrey from Citizens Advice Jersey, tonight on BBC Radio Jersey.

Guernsey man James Harrison has begun his cross channel swim from Dover to France.

He set off from Dover at 07:00 and is raising money for Hope for Guernsey - a charity which supports medical research.

He has exceeded his fundraising target of £1000, with £1580 raised so far.

Durrell Conservation Trust wants to raise money to protect one of the rarest land tortoises in the world after its breeding facility in Madgascar was targeted by poachers.

It says the ploughshare tortoise - which is used for the illegal pet trade - could be extinct within the next two years.

Durrell wants to raise £1,000 to pay for solar panels and batteries to power alarms and security cameras at the centre.

Jersey rugby player and Samoan international Fautua Otto has been jailed for five months and sacked from the club.

The centre had admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance twice in the same day last month.

Jen Smith was in court and you can see her report on BBC Channel Islands at 18:30.

Through this evening the winds and rain will ease to leave dry and mild night. Minimum Temperature: 16C (61F).

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Tuesday will start grey and damp with patchy light rain and drizzle. It'll become drier and brighter later in the afternoon and with light winds it will feel pleasant. Maximum Temperature: 18C (64F).

A seaplane has won the Schneider Trophy for the first time since 1931.

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The trophy was awarded annually (and later, biannually) to the winner of a race for seaplanes and flying boats, however, after a Supermarine seaplane won the race three times in five year (1927-1931), Great Britain was awarded the trophy 'in perpetuity'.

In 1981, the race was resurrected by the Royal Aero Club and since 2012 the race has been held annually in Alderney as part of the Air Races weekend.

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A Jersey woman who ran a global competition to promote women in engineering has won this year's Jersey Water bursary award.

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Former head girl at Jersey College for Girls Rachel Hayden will be studying civil engineering at the University of Bath.

The Jersey Water Bursary is now in its eighth year and helps local students on a degree course in a subject relevant to the supply of water.

Repair work on Les Amballes in St Peter Port is behind schedule as work by Guernsey Gas is proving "more complex."

The company says efforts to fix a low pressure gas main, which began on 15 September, will take several more weeks.

The road will remain shut until further notice.

Natural sandbanks and ridges on Jersey's sea bed have been examined for the first time, during a Royal Navy survey.

The Navy spent three months surveying the sea bed, and now new shipping charts have been published. Only a few changes had to be made to the main charts.

It was a battle of the seaplanes for the Schneider Trophy during the Alderney Air Races Weekend.

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First across the line this year was Hamish Mitchell in a float plane followed by Roderic Moreton in another seaplane (pictured above).

However, Hamish Mitchell was awarded a time penalty which meant he ended the race in second place behind Roderick Moreton.

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Controversial affordable housing and parking policies within the proposed Island Development Plan have come under a shock late attack from Guernsey Housing Association.

A Guernsey driver is being interviewed in a French police station, after a British cyclist was killed during a race in Normandy.

Officers have launched an investigation after Ian Bashford from London was involved in a collision with an authorised Guernsey support vehicle near the end of the Duo Normand race.

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The emergency services went to help, but Mr Bashford died at the scene. Captain Damien Reaud from the Gendarmerie in St Lo says the driver was taken to hospital after the collision, suffering from shock.

When he was discharged he was taken to the Gendarmerie to be questioned about what happened. Captain Reaud says officers are taking statements from people who saw the incident.

A man has been charged with smuggling class A drugs into Jersey.

Lee James Barratt, 50, of South Street, Lancing, West Sussex has been charged with importing Class A drug, Ecstasy (MDMA) and Class B controlled drug, Cannabis resin. 

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Mr Barratt appeared in Jersey’s Magistrates Court this morning, where his case was referred to the Royal Court. He was remanded until the 24 October, with committal on the 7 November.

Guernsey Raiders played rugby "from the 1950s" in their 22-17 loss at Shelford, according to boss Jordan Reynolds.

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The defeat ended Guernsey's 100% start to the season and saw them drop to third place in the table.

"It looks like we went back to 1950s rugby and not playing the brand that we want to at the moment," Reynolds said.

There is a call to increase the minimum wage in Jersey to keep in line with average earnings.

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The Employment Forum has recommended the minimum wage increase by 21p to £7.18 from April next year.

If approved by the Social Security Minister, there will be a 3% pay rise for employees over the age of 16.

When islanders turned out to the funeral of 21 servicemen lost during WW2 was "one big act of defiance against the occupying forces".

Martin Browning, officer in charge of the Guernsey Sea Cadets and parade commander, said it was not only important for the services but the island that the event was marked.

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It follows a weekend of events to mark the 73rd anniversary of the loss of HMS Charybdis and HMS Limbourne, which included a concert, survivors sharing their stories with cadets and the laying of a wreath at sea.

Three of the five remaining survivors of the disaster came to the island for the weekend's remembrance events.

Mr Browning said: "As we point out to the cadets a lot of the sailors who were lost were not considerably older than them."