Channel Islands Live: 14 August

Work on a development that would see a cinema, hotel and a multi-storey car park built in Guernsey could start as early as August next year, according to its architects.

Andrew Merrett, from Lovell Ozanne, says the £70m plans for the development at Admiral Park have been more than five years in the making, which he says is normal for a project of this scale.

Deputy Joe Mooney, from the island's Economic Development Committee, says the construction sector will "rise to the challenge" of the development.

He says it is good news for the sector.

Quote Message: This can be the opportune time for people who already have the infrastructure there. They've got the site and their ready to go to develop. Guernsey's already been very good at rising to the challenge." from Deputy Joe Mooney

This can be the opportune time for people who already have the infrastructure there. They've got the site and their ready to go to develop. Guernsey's already been very good at rising to the challenge."

Discoveries from an Ice Age site in Jersey have been taken to two UK museums so experts can look at them in more detail.

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The artefacts, from a dig at Les Varines, St Saviour, are on their way to the British Museum and the Natural History Museum to be analysed and reported on.

Experts found evidence of fireplaces at the site, which they think may have been occupied as the land around Jersey began to thaw in the last Ice Age; this period peaked about 21,000 years ago and ended about 11,500 years ago.

Samples from the hearths will now be tested to find out how hot they were, what they were being used for and whether they had been reused from previous occupants.

Dr Beccy Scott, from the British Museum, says there are plenty of items for the archaeological team to look into further, including more than 9,000 struck flints - which could be from man made tools - found in the Les Varines area.

A 53-year-old woman has been charged with grave and criminal assault, after an incident on Monday in Jersey involving a knife.

Marion Michel has been remanded in custody and is due to appear in the Magistrate's Court next week.

A 52-year-old man, who was injured, remains in a stable condition in the Jersey General Hospital.

An attempt to invoke a feudal law to stop the narrowing of a road in Guernsey has been rejected by the Royal Court.

Rosie Henderson raised the Clameur de Haro on Tuesday morning claiming the work on the road was "potentially dangerous".

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Whoever calls the clameur then has to have it registered in court within 24 hours, but whoever it is called against has to stop all work as soon as it is called.

Judge Russell Finch said the clameur failed because Mrs Henderson didn't own the roadway.

She has accepted the decision but says she will consider appealing the planning permission.

A dog was left with a fractured leg after being hit by a lorry in Guernsey.

Officers said it happened on Mont Cuet Road in the Vale at about 15:00 on Thursday, 9 August.

The lorry, which had a blue cab, continued towards the Mont Cuet landfill without stopping after the crash, police said.

Police in Jersey have said "speculating online" about convicted sex offenders can "unnecessarily raise the fear of crime" after messages were posted on social media.

Officers said to date 130 offenders had been convicted since the island introduced the Sex Offenders Law in 2010.

A spokesman said: "The vast majority of these individuals currently live and work within our community."

"They are subject to restrictions and are managed via the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)," they added, which had been "highly successful".

Officers also said if members of the community had "concerns" about an individual they should could speak to police, who could consider it under "Sarah's Law" if relevant.

A 52-year-old man who was injured in Jersey on Monday is in a stable condition at the island's hospital, police have said.

Officers were called to an address in St Peter following reports of a domestic incident involving a knife.

A 53-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

A project to review the government’s process of recording and publishing its decisions could ‘inject greater politicisation’ and ‘reduce transparency and efficiency’, a Scrutiny politician has warned.

Visitor numbers to a tourist attraction in Guernsey are rising, and it may be because of the film the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, its owner says.

Richard Heaume, who runs the German Occupation Museum, said he had seen a 5% increase in the number of visitors since last year.

The island's publicly-funded tourism industry body, Visit Guernsey, said it would fund TV adverts for the film as it was released online and in shops because it found more than 20% of visitors to the island in May and June said they were "influenced" by the move.

Mr Heaume said simply having the name of the island in the film's title may have been enough to attract more UK tourists.

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Islanders will be consulted on whether the States of Jersey should adopt an international definition of anti-Semitism as part of the government's efforts to create hate crime legislation.

Last week the States was criticised by a group which represents Britain's Jewish community for not signing up to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism.

The Board of Deputies of British Jews has written to the States, urging officials to listen to the island's Jewish community and adopt the guidelines.

Jersey's government initially said its anti-discrimination laws were already "robust", but later said the definition could form part of a public consultation.

Home Affairs Minister Len Norman said the IHRA definition "seemed to work in other parts of the world" and discussions would be had with the Jersey public over whether it would form part of new hate crime legislation.

A sink-hole in St Helier will be opened up to find out what caused it, according to the parish.

Duhamel Street has been closed until Friday.

A parish spokesman said the hole was not big but needed to be investigated.

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The organiser of Jersey's first vegan festival has claimed the high costs for off-island stall-holders and travel prices have forced them to cancel the event.

The Jersey Vegan Festival was due at Fort Regent on 22 September, but Gareth Edwards said the States of Jersey was charging £1,000 for a non-Jersey traders licence, in addition to the normal ferry costs of about £500.

He said the fees put off those who might have brought over a stall and there was "little interest" from local sellers, forcing organisers to cancel and refund all purchased tickets.

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The BBC has approached the States of Jersey for comment.

An Alderney mother has highlighted the stress pregnant women from her island undergo before giving birth because of transport "unreliability".

An investigation has found that people visiting Fort Regent leisure centre in Jersey have not been exposed to unsafe levels of asbestos.

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Several areas of the centre were closed two weeks ago after a staff member found material suspected of containing the fibres, which can cause cancer, in an electrical cupboard.

Air tests were carried out in the are and found the level of asbestos to be at a safe standard.

However, a States of Jersey spokesman said that, as a further precaution, the material found in the cupboard would be removed, causing the fort's changing areas to stay closed until the work was finished.

Results of a wider scale survey of asbestos levels in Fort Regent are expected by the end of the week, the spokesman added.

There are positives to be taken from Guernsey Football Club's new tactical approach despite a three one opening day loss to Whytleafe on Saturday, according to the team's manager.

Prior to the start of the campaign, Tony Vance, said fans could expect to see them play a different style of football to previous seasons, but did not want to reveal many details of his plans.

Despite the loss, Mr Vance said the new tactics do have promise.

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Quote Message: There is method in our madness. We have looked over the video again and it’s given me confidence that there is mileage in it [the new tactics] for sure. Certainly in the first half it was right but I got spooked a little bit and changed it and that was our undoing as well.” from Tony Vance

There is method in our madness. We have looked over the video again and it’s given me confidence that there is mileage in it [the new tactics] for sure. Certainly in the first half it was right but I got spooked a little bit and changed it and that was our undoing as well.”

The Green Lions are next in action on Saturday at home to Ashford United with a two pm kick off.

A St Peter Port resident who's against plans to narrow a road in the town has evoked the feudal law of Clameur de Haro.

Raising a clameur stretches back to the early Norman period in the Channel Islands, and is thought to have been a plea to Rollo, the first Duke of Normandy.

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Rosie Henderson, who raised the clameur on Tuesday at Les Echelons and the South Esplanade, said the narrowing of the road would "endanger pedestrians and motorists".

The clameur is raised by the reciting in French of "Haro! Haro! Haro! A l'aide, mon Prince, on me fait tort", a call of help or alarm followed by "Come to my aid, my Prince, for someone does me wrong" followed by the Lord's Prayer in French.

Whoever calls the clameur then has to have it registered in court within 24 hours, but whoever it is called against has to stop all work as soon as it is called.

The law dates back to the 10th Century as a form of self-policing, as there was no law enforcement.

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A petition calling for compensation for people in Jersey with asbestos related illnesses has reached more than 1,000 signatures.

It was the first petition to be posted on the new States website, which allows people to put forward e-petitions about subjects which concern them.

Under the rules, the petition will be sent to the relevant minister for a response. Should the petition continue to gain signatures to reach 5,000 signatures it will be considered for debate in the States Assembly.

Earlier this year the BBC spoke to Brian Coutanche, a Jersey man who campaigned for compensation for asbestos victims.

Mr Coutanche died in July.

The petition calls for the States of Jersey to introduce a compensation scheme similar to the one available in the UK.