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Jersey News
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Students To Pay Home Fees At English Unis
Students from the Channel Islands will pay the same university tuition fees as UK residents from September.
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Main Skate Park: Les Quennevais Or South Hill?
A year after choosing the Les Quennevais Sports Centre as the preferred site for Jersey's new main skatepark, the government is asking whether people want it built there or at South Hill Gardens.
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10 Days Isolation For All New Arrivals
People arriving into Jersey will now have to isolate for at least 10 days, as of midnight tonight.
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UK To Close Travel Corridors
All travel corridors will close from Monday, meaning everyone arriving in the UK will have to self-isolate.
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Wait For Further Business Support Continues
Despite saying it will be here this week, the Economic Development Minister now says a new package of financial support for struggling businesses will be available 'early next week', subject to final Ministerial approval.
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Town Bus Trial To Start This Summer
A bus service - similar to the popular Hoppa of two decades ago - is being trialled in St Helier.
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122 Gas Works Homes Rejected Over Archaeology Concerns
Andium Homes' revised application for 122 homes on the old Gas Works site have been rejected following concern about archaeological damage to the area.
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Digital Jersey To Launch Online Skills Training
Digital Jersey has unveiled plans to offer skills training online for free.
Guernsey News
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Students To Pay Home Fees At English Unis
Students from the Channel Islands will pay the same university tuition fees as UK residents from September.
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UK To Close Travel Corridors
All travel corridors will close from Monday, meaning everyone arriving in the UK will have to self-isolate.
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Six Week Gap For Covid Vaccine Doses
Islanders being vaccinated at Beau Sejour will have a six week interval between coronavirus vaccine doses.
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Jump In A Puddle For Cancer
A national fundraising campaign launched has been in Guernsey that aims to raise £1 million for Cancer Research UK.
National News
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COVID-19: All UK adults will be offered first vaccine dose by September, Raab says
All UK adults will be offered the first dose of a COVID vaccine by September, Dominic Raab has told Sky News.
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Tracking down the 'Oath Keepers' who stormed the US Capitol
America is finally waking up to the problems caused by its polarising politics.
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More mass vaccination centres opening as target to reach 2m jabs a week appears within reach
Ten new vaccination centres are due to open in England on Monday as the drive continues to protect the population against COVID-19.
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Dog owner 'completely broken' as pet who helped him cope with depression is stolen during attack
Dog walkers are increasingly being targeted by violent criminals intent on stealing their high value pets to sell on for profit.
Sport News
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Sri Lanka seven down, narrowly lead England LIVE!
Over-by-over commentary and in-play clips from the first Test, at Galle. Watch live on Sky Sports Cricket and Main Event.
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Jose Mourinho says Tottenham's Tanguy Ndombele had to change
Tanguy Ndombele's form has undergone a resurgence at Tottenham this season because the midfielder "realised he had to change", according to Jose Mourinho.
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Liverpool vs Man Utd: Jurgen Klopp says it is rare that games are absolutely perfect
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he can "count on one hand" the games that have gone perfectly as he prepares to face Manchester United this weekend, live on Sky Sports.
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Sir Alex Ferguson: 'Running style' stopped Manchester United signing Jordan Henderson
Sir Alex Ferguson says he wanted to buy Jordan Henderson while in charge at Old Trafford, but was advised against it by the club's medical staff on the basis of the midfielder's running style.
Business and Finance
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COVID-19: Councils losing tens of millions of pounds supporting businesses through pandemic
Local authorities are losing tens of millions of pounds supporting struggling business tenants through the pandemic which could have dire and long-lasting consequences for local services, Sky News has found.
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EDF ignites stock market spark with plan for Pod Point float
EDF, the French state-backed energy giant, is drawing up secret plans for a stock market flotation of one of Britain's biggest providers of electric vehicle charging infrastructure amid soaring demand from motorists.
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Hambro Perks swoops for tech bargains in £150m Invesco deal
A leading early-stage investor has struck a £150m bargain to buy stakes in more than a dozen technology companies from one of Britain's biggest asset managers.
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COVID-19: Some airports could close temporarily as they reach 'near-complete shutdown', industry warns
The travel industry is pleading for more support as the latest coronavirus restrictions left the UK's airports at "near-complete shutdown", with warnings they may have to close temporarily.
Entertainment News
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Laurence Fox criticised after showing off mask exemption badge 'he bought online'
Actor Laurence Fox has been criticised after posting a photo of himself wearing a mask exemption badge which he says he bought online.
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Archie Lyndhurst: CBBC star died from brain haemorrhage, mother confirms
Archie Lyndhurst, the son of Only Fools And Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst, died from a brain haemorrhage, his mother has confirmed.
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Stardust: Johnny Flynn on cancel culture and playing David Bowie in new biopic
It's not easy taking on the role of an iconic celebrity beloved by millions, and it's a job made even harder when that celebrity's estate hasn't given you their blessing.
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Dr Dre 'safe and looking good' after hospital stay, says Ice T
Rapper and producer Dr Dre has returned home after a stay in hospital with a reported brain aneurysm.
UK Politics
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Cornwall seaside resort to host G7 summit of world leaders
Boris Johnson will host this year's G7 summit in the tiny seaside resort of Carbis Bay in Cornwall, where he will urge world leaders to unite in "building back better" from the pandemic.
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Home Secretary Priti Patel says engineers working to restore 400,000 wiped police records
Engineers are working to restore hundreds of thousands of police records that were accidentally deleted from the national database, the Home Office has said.
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Kelly Tolhurst: Minister resigns to spend 'precious time' with family after 'devastating news'
Housing minister Kelly Tolhurst has resigned from the government after receiving "devastating" family news.
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Controversial monuments should be 'contextualised' not 'hidden away', cabinet minister says
Controversial monuments should be "contexualised" and "explained" rather than "taken and hidden away", the communities secretary has said.
Around the World
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Uganda presidential election: Incumbent Yoweri Museveni declared winner
Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of the Uganda presidential election with 58.64% of the total votes, according to the country's electoral commission.
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'Very special moment' as Nepali sherpas are the first to reach top of K2 in winter
A team of Nepalese sherpas has made history by scaling the world's second-highest peak during the winter season.
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NASA's 'megarocket' roars into life - but only briefly, putting launch in jeopardy
NASA's deep space exploration rocket has briefly ignited its four engines for the first time.
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COVID-19: India begins vaccine roll-out and aims to administer 300 million jabs by August
India has began its ambitious project of vaccinating its 1.3 billion citizens - as it aims to administer 300 million jabs by August.
Science and Tech
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NASA's 'megarocket' roars into life - but only briefly, putting launch in jeopardy
NASA's deep space exploration rocket has briefly ignited its four engines for the first time.
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WhatsApp delays launch of business feature after privacy backlash
WhatsApp is delaying the rollout of new business features following a user backlash over the company's data sharing practices.
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COVID-19: Every UK adult could be offered a vaccine by mid-July - if these figures are anything to go by
For a few hours this week, we were given an insight into the closely-guarded secret at the centre of the UK's vaccination programme.
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'Human error' blamed for wiping of thousands of police records
Hundreds of thousands of fingerprint, DNA and arrest history records were accidentally wiped from police databases because of "human error" and "defective code", the policing minister has said.
And finally...
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Australia to kill US racing pigeon which survived 8,000-mile trip across Pacific
A racing pigeon that survived an 8,000-mile (13,000km) journey across the Pacific Ocean from the US to Australia, is to be put to death over fears it may be carrying disease.
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Brexit: Driver's 'illegal' ham sandwiches seized at Dutch border under EU rules
A driver travelling from the UK had his ham sandwiches confiscated by Dutch border guards, who said they were now prohibited under post-Brexit rules.
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Naked fugitive rescued from tree by fishermen
Two fishermen have rescued a naked fugitive who they found sitting on a tree branch in Australian crocodile habitat.
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Policeman pays for family's Christmas dinner instead of charging them for shoplifting
A US police officer called to charge two women for shoplifting instead paid for them to have Christmas dinner with their children.