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Jersey News
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Witness Appeal For St Brelade's Bin Fire
Jersey Police are appealing for information after a bin was set alight at a bus stop on Saturday night.
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JRFC's 'Fantastic' Win Rewarded With Promotion
Despite this season not starting too well for Jersey's rugby union scene, Jersey RFC's head coach says this weekend's win is 'absolutely fantastic'.
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Unpaid Leave Introduced For Bereaved Jersey Parents
Parents in Jersey who suffer the death of a child are now entitled to two weeks of unpaid leave.
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Consumer Council Asks Lenders To Justify Higher Mortgage Rates
The Jersey Consumer Council wants to know why mortgage rates are much higher here than in the UK.
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Jersey Swimarathon Raises £77k
After five days frantic front crawl, the Swimarathon has raised nearly £77,000 for Jersey charities.
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People From Jersey To Take Part In Archaeological Digs
Islanders are being given a rare opportunity to take part in local and international archaeology excavations.
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Trial Flights From The Channel Islands To Luxembourg
Blue Islands will fly from the Channel Islands to Luxembourg over four weeks to test demand.
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JK Rowling Visits Sark
The Harry Potter author has taken a trip to the fourth largest Channel Island via Guernsey.
Guernsey News
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More People Walking And Cycling To Work
More people are walking and cycling around St Peter Port while key routes into and out of Town are closed.
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Contraflow Along East Coast For Guernsey Water Project
The main road just north of the Forester's pub is divided by cones and is down to two lanes for the coming eight weeks.
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Preventative Care Car Given To St John Ambulance
The Peugeot E-Rifter - donated by Mavis Lesbirel - is the first electric car in the ambulance fleet.
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Trial Flights From The Channel Islands To Luxembourg
Blue Islands will fly from the Channel Islands to Luxembourg over four weeks to test demand.
UK News
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Princess of Wales: A 'happy and smiling' Kate filmed out shopping with Prince William
The Princess of Wales has been filmed smiling and looking happy while out shopping with Prince William.
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New football regulator announced to vet prospective owners and prevent breakaway competitions
The government has announced its plan for an Independent Football Regulator (IFR) for the professional men's game.
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Rwanda bill amendments rejected by Commons as parliamentary ping pong begins
The House of Commons has rejected the House of Lords' first attempt to amend the Safety of Rwanda Bill - with the legislation sent back to the upper chamber.
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Man arrested over crossbow attacks in London
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two people were injured in separate crossbow attacks in London.
Sport
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The Players: Scottie Scheffler fights off Xander Schauffele, Brian Harman and Wyndham Clark to defend title
Scottie Scheffler produced an incredible final-round comeback to pull clear of a star-studded leaderboard and successfully defend his title in a historic Sunday at The Players.
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Football's independent regulator will have power to settle ongoing row over financial distribution
Football’s independent regulator will have the power to settle the ongoing row over financial distribution between the Premier League and the EFL.
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Laura Kenny: Britain's most decorated female Olympian retires from cycling ahead of Paris 2024 Games
Laura Kenny, Britain's most decorated female Olympian, has announced her retirement from cycling just four months before the Paris 2024 Games.
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Nottingham Forest drop into Premier League relegation zone after four-point deduction for PSR breach
Nottingham Forest say they are "extremely disappointed and dismayed" at being handed a four-point deduction for breaching the Premier League's Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR).
Business & Finance
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Car industry insists 2,000% increase in sales to Azerbaijan has nothing to do with Russia
Britain's car industry has insisted that an unprecedented 2,000% increase in vehicle exports to Azerbaijan has nothing to with Russia and is explained by the fact that the former Soviet state is a "flourishing market in its own right".
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Weak heat pump uptake harming efforts to cut emissions, government warned
Every household must be engaged by the government in the shift to clean heating as uptake of heat pumps to replace boilers is running at less than half of expected levels, the public spending watchdog has warned.
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'Economy turning a corner': Rishi Sunak seeks to turn around fortunes amid plot rumours
Rishi Sunak has insisted "the economy is turning a corner" and urged Tory MPs to "stick to the plan" amid reports of a plot to oust him before the election.
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The Crown actor condemns Southern Water over raw sewage pumped into heavily protected river
The Crown actor James Murray has accused a water company of "lying through its teeth" for blaming heavy rain for sewage pollution in a heavily protected river.
Entertainment & Showbiz
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Liz Hurley and son Damian on 'controversial' bikini shots and working together on new film
Liz Hurley's son has said there is nothing "controversial" about the bikini shots he takes for his mother's beachwear line, insisting it is all just part of being in showbusiness.
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Yungblud announces Bludfest - his own festival aimed at 'shaking up' the 'too expensive' industry
British star Yungblud has announced his own music festival - saying the industry is too expensive and needs to be "shaken up".
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R Kelly appeals to overturn 30-year sex crime sentence
R Kelly has appealed to a New York court to overturn a 30-year racketeering sentence, served to him in 2022.
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Katie Price declared bankrupt for second time
Former glamour model Katie Price has been declared bankrupt for a second time over an unpaid tax bill of more than £750,000.
UK Politics
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New football regulator announced to vet prospective owners and prevent breakaway competitions
The government has announced its plan for an Independent Football Regulator (IFR) for the professional men's game.
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Rishi Sunak 'not interested in Westminster politics' and insists party is 'united'
Rishi Sunak has said he is "not interested in Westminster politics" and insisted his party is "united" as he brushed off rumours of a plot to oust him.
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Rwanda bill amendments rejected by Commons as parliamentary ping pong begins
The House of Commons has rejected the House of Lords' first attempt to amend the Safety of Rwanda Bill - with the legislation sent back to the upper chamber.
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Five episodes of GB News programmes presented by Tory MPs found to have broken Ofcom rules
Five episodes of GB News programmes that were presented by Tory MPs have been found by Ofcom to have breached impartiality rules.
Around the world
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'Treated like dogs': Russia recruiting thousands of Nepali men to fight in war on Ukraine
Around 2,000 Nepali men have been recruited by Russia to fight in its war against Ukraine, Sky News understands.
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Israel-Hamas war: Biden and Netanyahu hold first phone call in a month amid warnings of 'imminent famine' in Gaza
US President Joe Biden and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu have held their first phone call in a month, amid warnings of an "imminent famine" in northern Gaza.
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Vladimir Putin addresses Red Square crowds after landslide win as West condemns 'undemocratic' election
Vladimir Putin has been cheered by large crowds in central Moscow after securing his fifth term as Russian president - in what Western nations have condemned as an "undemocratic" election.
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Russians uneasy as repression increases after unfair election extends Putin's rule
Now the three-day electoral spectacle is done - a shiny semblance of democracy, unfree, unfair and underpinned by Soviet-style repressions - what is next for Vladimir Putin and for the country he leads?
Science and Technology
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Flying taxis could take off in two years under new drones plan
The first piloted flying taxi could take to the UK skies in two years.
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Sky News is on WhatsApp - here's how to get our updates
You can now get breaking news right there in your WhatsApp - plus all the latest updates on UK, foreign and entertainment stories and much more all in one place.
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Comet that passes by Earth once every 71 years visible in night sky
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No - it's a comet that has been spotted from Earth for the first time in 71 years.
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AI more likely to recommend death sentence when defendant writes in African American English
AI chatbots are more likely to recommend the death penalty when a person writes in African American English (AAE) compared to standardised American English, according to new research.
And finally...
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Indian YouTuber Elvish Yadav arrested for allegedly supplying snake venom as party drug
Indian YouTuber Elvish Yadav has been arrested for allegedly supplying snake venom to be used as a recreational drug at raves.
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Alligator twice the size of a man seized after being kept illegally in home
An alligator kept in a home "since the 1990s" has been seized by authorities in New York - but its owner vowed to fight for its return.
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Sock problem delays Chelsea v Arsenal WSL match by 30 minutes
A WSL match between Chelsea and Arsenal kicked off 30 minutes late due to clashing socks.
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Viral video of grandmother caught in shop shutters immortalised in spray-painted mural
A viral incident in which a grandmother was hoisted into air by a shop's security shutters has been immortalised in a spray-painted mural.