Channel Islands Live: As it happened

After a dry evening, cloud will increase through the night, bringing wet and very windy weather in the early hours. Minimum Temperature: 9C (48F).

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Saturday will be a rather cloudy day with spells of rain throughout, heaviest and most persistent through the morning.

Winds will ease through the day but it will feel cool under the thicker cloud. Maximum Temperature: 14C (57F).

Sunday will be dry, bright and mild with sunny spells and light winds.  

The average purchase price of property in Guernsey is continuing to fall but not as rapidly as last year.

Latest figures show it's now nearly £413,000 - that's a 5% drop compared with the previous quarter and nearly 8% lower than the same time last year.

Although the average price is down the number of transactions is up to 159 in this quarter, that's 25% more than this time last year.

Sark's government is hoping to find an independent commissioner to regulate electricity prices and potentially make them cheaper in future.

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Last night's meeting of Chief Pleas also voted in a code of conduct for Conseillers - to monitor their behaviour.

The Deputy Chair of the Policy and Performance Committee, Conseiller Hazel Fry says the cost of supplying power to the island is very high.

"It will be the role of the commissioner to establish what is a fair and reasonable price," she said.

Exactly 100 years after his death, a World War One soldier has been remembered by his great-granddaughters.

Pte George Hanlon died on 11 November 1916 while defending a prisoner-of-war camp in Jersey.

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His grave was found just three years ago, and now Ann White and her sister have come to visit on the centenary of his death.

Quote Message: It was very emotional when we did the minute's silence, it was lovely. I'd been told he was buried in Jersey, and I knew that he was now in a park, but other than that I didn't know where he was." from Ann White Great-granddaughter of Pte George Hanlon

It was very emotional when we did the minute's silence, it was lovely. I'd been told he was buried in Jersey, and I knew that he was now in a park, but other than that I didn't know where he was."

Eight Guernsey teachers, who were on the same trip to China as representatives from Jersey, were there to "strengthen educational links".

Fifteen teachers from the Channel Islands travelled in total, and the Guernsey contingent said they paid for their flights themselves.

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School heads in Jersey have been keen to highlight the £3,500 cost of the trip to China after civil servants were criticised this week by the Public Accounts Committee for excessive spending on travel.

Fred Evans, a D-Day veteran who made Jersey his home, has died.

He featured in a radio documentary and vividly remembered watching the opening bombardment from ships onto the German defences before he landed.

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Quote Message: There was so much going on around you, rocket ships sending the rockets over, I thought I won't like to be on the end of that one! We were told to keep our heads down because the beach was being mortared and also snipers hadn't been cleared away." from Fred Evans D-Day veteran

There was so much going on around you, rocket ships sending the rockets over, I thought I won't like to be on the end of that one! We were told to keep our heads down because the beach was being mortared and also snipers hadn't been cleared away."

Mr Evans took cover from enemy fire, he crouched behind a low wall, to be confronted by his first dead body.

The president of Alderney States thinks reform of the island's government is likely to be top of the agenda for next year.

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Stuart Trought has recently been re-elected unopposed for another four years, having already served eight.

He says a recent report on governance from University College London can't be ignored but it must have the support of islanders.

"It pointed out how we can improve the way we govern ourselves and I think it's important to consult with the people of the island," he said.

"I hope that early next year we can look at governmental reform here in Alderney."

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A condolence letter written to the mother of Sgt Alexander Allan of the Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in France in October 1915, has been shared by his family.

The letter describes the circumstances of his death and where he was laid to rest in a cemetery in an old orchard.

It says his company laid flowers on his grave with "tenderness" and Sgt Allan was a "highly honoured name".

His nephew and namesake Alex Allan, himself a veteran of the Korean War, said he had visited his uncle's grave in France last year.

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Mr Allan also treasures a bronze plaque sent to the family with a note from King George.

Guernsey travel to Jersey tomorrow as they look to defend the EH Trophy.

It's the first time the teams have drawn each other in the competition for more than 20 years.

The last time they played was in the inter-insular in March with the greens running out 1-0 winners in a tightly contested match.

The game pushes back at 13:30 at Le Quennevais with the winner playing in the third round in February.

Quote Message: This is huge, Jersey are going to be a good team but we go there full of confidence." from Andy Whalley Player-coach Guernsey Men's First XI

This is huge, Jersey are going to be a good team but we go there full of confidence."

Since the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One a number of people have been inspired to research the history of their ancestors who served.

Well one Guernsey resident Alex Allan has a lot of information about his uncle and namesake due to a letter sent to his mother.

Sgt Alexander Allen died in France in October 1915 while serving with the Northumberland Fusiliers.

Listen to a reading of the letter...

Jersey's bus company has been asked to come up with a better pay offer by its drivers - or face industrial action.

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Union members voted to reject the company's "final offer" of either 3% or 6% over two years, depending on their length of service.

Both sides have agreed they need to meet as soon as possible to find a way forward.

General manager Kevin Hart said he was disappointed at the rejection of the pay offer - especially as talks have been going on for more than a year.

A 31-year-old man from Jersey has appeared in court charged with rape and three counts of indecent assault.

Wayne Highfield, from Regent Road in St Helier, is accused of sexually assaulting a 25-year-old woman at the end of last year. 

He is also charged with being in possession of cannabis at the time of the alleged offence in Windsor Road. 

Highfield has been released on bail by magistrates and is due to appear before the Royal Court in December.

Questions over bonfire controls have ignited a debate online in Guernsey.

It came after Tobin Cook, from Environmental Health, said there's an increasing appetite for some controls over what people can burn on bonfires.

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Here's what some of you have said on Facebook.

• Robert Bickley: "I don't have a trailer or a pickup! With a large garden I have a lot to dispose of but I always do my best to wait for a favourable wind direction, not so good weather and later in the day."
• Peter Torode: "All it takes is common sense to have a bonfire... something which many are lacking."
• Sarah Jayne Laine: "If green waste is what people are 'needing' to burn, then perhaps that could be collected as well as the white and blue bags."

Keep those comments coming - or you can email us.

School heads from Jersey have been keen to highlight the cost of a trip to China after civil servants were criticised this week by the Public Accounts Committee for excessive spending on travel.

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The seven who went to China spent a total of £3,500 for the week in contrast to two civil servants who sparked an outcry by spending £13,000 flying in business class to South Africa earlier this year.

These Chinese flights were paid for with the States existing pot of loyalty points, while the hosts, China's Han Ban Institute, provided food and accommodation.

The £500 each the group did spend was on local taxes, airport transfers and visas.      

More than £1,000 can be lost if someone is sick in a taxi, with some drivers calling for a system of fines to be toughened up.

A team from Jersey's education department has been on a week-long trip to China in a trip designed to strengthen international educational links.

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The island's head of education, Justin Donovan, went with six Jersey head teachers to visit primary and secondary schools around Shanghai.

It was the second trip of its sort, with Mr Donovan saying the first trip has already paid dividends, resulting in educational trips for students, mandarin tuition, and cross-cultural personal relationships.