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Jersey News
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More Covid Vaccine Clinics Arranged
More coronavirus vaccine clinics have been arranged in Jersey to get more children jabbed before they return to school next month.
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Visitors To Jersey Down 40% On 2019
The number of people visiting Jersey between January and May 2022 is down by more than 40% on the same period in 2019.
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Woman Who Hid Cocaine Inside Fire Extinguisher Jailed
A woman who tried to get cocaine into Jersey by hiding it inside a fire extinguisher has been jailed for eight years.
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More Hot Weather On The Way
The hot and dry summer looks to continue for even longer, with Jersey predicted to hit 33°C this weekend.
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Man Jailed For Attempted Murder
A 35-year-old man who stabbed a man he knew several times outside the Ambassadeur Hotel in St Clement has been jailed for ten and a half years.
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Appeal After Birds Go Missing
Ten birds have been reported missing from a home in the Devil's Hole area.
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Eliza (6) Has Long Locks Cut For Charity
A six-year old girl has had her 31 inch hair cut into a bob to raise money for Age Concern Jersey.
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Jersey's Homebirth Rate Climbs
Nearly 13% of all pregnant women in Jersey have requested a homebirth in the first half of this year, compared to 10% in the whole of last year.
Guernsey News
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WATCH: Guernsey Athletes Arrive Home
After the island's most successful Commonwealth Games in almost 30 years, Team Guernsey has travelled back to the Bailiwick.
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Water Restrictions Not Ruled Out
Guernsey Water says reserves are low for August at 77% of capacity.
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Chalmers' Bronze Added To Post Box Display
A hand-knitted bronze medal has been added to the Commonwealth Games crochet design adorning the Market Square post box.
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Alastair Wins Guernsey's First Commonwealth Athletics Medal
There has been an outpouring of pride after Guernsey athlete Alastair Chalmers won Commonwealth bronze in the 400m hurdles.
UK News
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Majority of babies born in England and Wales in 2021 were out of wedlock, new statistics reveal
For the first time since records began, more babies were born out of wedlock in England and Wales in 2021.
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The Snowman author and illustrator Raymond Briggs dies aged 88
Author and illustrator Raymond Briggs, best known for the 1978 classic The Snowman, has died aged 88.
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Schools not obligated to use pupils' preferred pronouns, attorney general says
Schools do not have a legal obligation to comply with gender preferences of their pupils, Attorney General Suella Braverman has said.
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Student loan interest rates slashed for second time amid cost of living crisis
Student loan interest rates in England and Wales are set to be cut for a second time to protect borrowers from rising inflation amid the cost of living crisis.
Sport
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Liverpool should not panic in the transfer window after drawing at Fulham, says Jamie Carragher
After Liverpool were held to a 2-2 draw by Fulham in their Premier League opener, Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher gives his thoughts on where Jurgen Klopp's side stand and the rest of the first weekend of the season.
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Adrien Rabiot: Why do Manchester United want to sign Juventus midfielder?
Manchester United have turned their attention to Adrien Rabiot to solve their midfield problems as talks for Frenkie de Jong continue to stall. Here, Sky Sports takes a look at why they have opted to move for the polarising Frenchman...
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Wesley Fofana: Chelsea preparing third bid for Leicester City defender
Chelsea are preparing a third bid for Wesley Fofana, although they have other central-defensive targets they are considering should that approach fail.
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Christian Horner exclusive: Red Bull boss on Max Verstappen vs Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes rivalry
Red Bull boss Christian Horner has admitted that he can understand why Lewis Hamilton fans would feel "aggrieved" about last year's Abu Dhabi title decider but believes Max Verstappen ultimately deserved the championship.
Business and Finance
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Energy bosses 'hauled in' for talks as household bills soar, minister says
Energy bosses have been "hauled in" before government to discuss what they are going to do with their rising profits as household bills soar, the education secretary has told Sky News.
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Elon Musk sells $6.9bn in Tesla shares as battle with Twitter continues
Elon Musk has sold $6.9bn (£5.7bn) of shares in his electric vehicle maker Tesla as his battle against Twitter continues.
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Royal Mail workers to stage strikes over four days in call for 'dignified, proper pay rise'
Royal Mail workers are set to stage four days of strikes in the coming weeks in a dispute over pay.
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Energy bills expected to hit £4,200 in January, according to dire new forecast
Energy bills are expected to rise even further this winter than previously thought, according to the latest forecast from energy consultancy Cornwall Insight.
Entertainment & Showbiz
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The Snowman author and illustrator Raymond Briggs dies aged 88
Author and illustrator Raymond Briggs, best known for the 1978 classic The Snowman, has died aged 88.
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'A great friend and a great bass player': Tributes for The Pogues bassist Darryl Hunt who has died aged 72
Shane MacGowan has led tributes to fellow The Pogues bandmember Darryl Hunt, who has died aged 72.
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EastEnders star Samantha Womack reveals she has breast cancer in Olivia Newton-John tribute
EastEnders star Samantha Womack has revealed she has breast cancer in a tribute to Dame Olivia Newton-John, who died on Monday after a long battle with the disease.
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Emily Maitlis to deliver the Edinburgh TV Festival 2022 MacTaggart Lecture
Emily Maitlis will deliver this year's flagship lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival - her first major address since leaving the BBC earlier this year.
UK Politics
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Energy bosses 'hauled in' for talks as household bills soar, minister says
Energy bosses have been "hauled in" before government to discuss what they are going to do with their rising profits as household bills soar, the education secretary has told Sky News.
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Sunak promises 'hundreds of pounds' more for each household's energy bills as Truss refuses to commit to extra support
Rishi Sunak has promised to give "hundreds of pounds" more to people for energy bills while Liz Truss refused to commit to extra support for struggling families.
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Lib Dems call for parliament to be recalled to pass bill scrapping rise in energy price cap
The Liberal Democrats are demanding parliament be recalled from its summer recess to pass a law to scrap impending hikes in energy prices.
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Tory leadership contest: Liz Truss hits back at 'portents of doom' after Dominic Raab says her tax plans would be 'electoral suicide'
Liz Truss has hit back at claims that her plans for an emergency tax-cutting budget would be an "electoral suicide note", accusing Rishi Sunak's supporters of spreading "portents of doom".
Around the World
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Gaza apartment destroyed in Israeli attack as survivor says: 'I am still asking myself why I am alive'
At 4pm last Friday, residents of the Palestine apartment building on Al-Shohada Street in Gaza were eating, sleeping or relaxing on their day off.
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River Seine rescue: Expert warns trapped beluga whale 'may die' during mission to free it, but insists 'we must still try'
An operation to move a beluga whale trapped in the River Seine since Friday has begun.
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Europe's drought on course to be worst for 500 years, European Commission researcher warns
The drought scorching much of the European Union is set to be the worst endured since the sixteenth century, a senior scientist at the European Commission's (EC) drought service has warned.
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Why the FBI has raided Donald Trump's estate - and what it is investigating
The raid on Donald Trump's Florida estate has stunned his supporters, enemies and observers around the world.
Science and Tech
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Elon Musk sells $6.9bn in Tesla shares as battle with Twitter continues
Elon Musk has sold $6.9bn (£5.7bn) of shares in his electric vehicle maker Tesla as his battle against Twitter continues.
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Scientists propose rewilding the American West by reintroducing grey wolves and beavers
In the face of the growing threats posed to ecosystems by climate change, scientists in the US have put forward an "ultra ambitious" proposal to rewild parts of the American West by reintroducing wolves and beavers.
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Scientists say they may have challenged one of Newton's fundamental laws of physics - the conservation of momentum
Sir Isaac Newton first stated the laws of motion in Principia Mathematica back in 1687 and today those laws are seen as facts - that when something moves it has to push against something else.
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WhatsApp users will be able to leave groups without everyone knowing - what other changes are happening?
WhatsApp users will be able to leave groups without everyone knowing under new privacy features.
And finally...
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Meet the Kenyan presidential candidate campaigning on marijuana and hyena testicles
As Kenya's two leading presidential hopefuls vie for votes in the upcoming election, a third candidate has emerged on a campaign of marijuana and hyena testicles to help solve the country's economic problems.
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Southend United to hold talks with sponsor over 'Gilbert & Rose West Stand'
Southend United have found themselves the subject of mockery after the renaming of one of their stands resulted in an unfortunate name check of notorious serial killer Rose West.
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The heat's ruff on pets - but a new wearable fan in Japan is helping hot dogs keep cool
A Tokyo clothing maker has teamed up with vets to create a wearable fan for pets to help them get through hot summers.
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Teenager avoids getting stuck in jail over £30,000 Wrigley's chewing gum heist
A teenager who helped steal £30,000 of Wrigley's chewing gum to pay off a debt has avoided being sent to jail.