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5 hours ago
- Politics
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Senior politician arrested by Guernsey Police
Former Guernsey Chief Minister Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq has been arrested on suspicion of telecommunications offences. In a statement, Guernsey Police said a 61-year-old man had been arrested. The politician, who leads on external relations for the Policy and Resources Committee, has been released by police without being charged. Police said inquiries were ongoing and officers would "not provide further commentary while the investigation continues". Le Tocq has been contacted for a comment. More news stories for Guernsey Listen to the latest news for Guernsey Le Tocq lost the election to become the island's most senior politician earlier in July. He finished ninth in June's general election, where he received 8,002 votes. In a statement, the police said: "We would remind the community that this investigation is ongoing and no-one has been charged with any offence at this stage.' The States of Guernsey's Policy and Resources Committee said in a statement: "The committee has been informed that Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq was arrested yesterday and is now the subject of a police investigation. "The remaining members of the committee have unanimously agreed that Deputy Le Tocq will not participate in any committee business while the police investigation is ongoing. "The committee will not be commenting further at this time." In an e-mail to all States members seen by the BBC, President of Policy and Resources Lindsay de Sausmarez urged deputies "not to speculate". She added the news came as a shock and that this investigation "may take some time". Follow BBC Guernsey on X and Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to Related internet links States of Guernsey Guernsey Police
BBC News
8 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Brittany Ferries: 'Morel's comments are ridiculous'
A ferry company has hit back at claims made by Jersey's economic development minister, that problems with the inter-island ferry service are due to Guernsey ending the joint tender process before Jersey had made its decision. A spokesperson for Brittany Ferries, which won the Guernsey contract, said there must be "something in the deputy's water" after the comments from Deputy Kirsten made the comments after DFDS, Jersey's ferry operator had to cancel several inter island sailings because of tide and staffing Ferries described Morel's comments as "ridiculous." Initial plans for a single provider to serve both islands were disrupted last year when Guernsey announced they had chosen Brittany Ferries before Jersey had made it's decision. Jersey later chose DFDS leaving the two islands with separate DFDS was selected as Jersey's ferry operator, Morel said while an inter-island service wasn't a formal part of the tender process it was something the company understood it would have to asked if in hindsight an inter-island service should have been a formal part of the ferry tender process, Morel said: "What happened is that Guernsey ended the joint process and we had to go alone on our own process which meant we couldn't include Guernsey in that. So it's a moot point."Guernsey controls its own port and as I understand it prioritises the use of its port for that operator so it wasn't possible for us without having any of the information they had to include it in the tender process."It's had an effect on the inter-island service." In response to the minister's comments, Brittany Ferries said in a statement: "There must be something in the deputy's water. There can be no other explanation for such a ridiculous response to the withdrawal of DFDS inter-island services."No doubt, Jersey residents and businesses will see through this for what is."Just a reminder: the reason DFDS were disqualified from the first bid process was a clause that allowed them to change schedules on whim, up prices at their convenience and change service levels with impunity.""Et voila, Deputy Morel: all your chickens are coming home to roost."DFDS has been contacted for a comment.
BBC News
9 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Jersey inflation rises to 2.6%, figures show
Inflation in Jersey has increased in the past three months, new figures have Retail Prices Index (RPI) for June 2025 said the annual figure was 2.6%, compared to the previous three months when it stood at 2.3%.The RPI, which measures changes in the price of goods and services, found leisure goods and services - including sports and off-island holidays - had made the largest contribution to the annual Jersey said a decrease in housing, petrol and diesel prices helped offset the overall rising costs. In December, the figure was 2.5% - a steep decrease since the historically high level of 12.7% in early 2023.
BBC News
17 hours ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
Call for better electric vehicles scrappage scheme in Jersey
Jersey's government needs a proper plan for the scrapping of hybrid vehicles, according to an owner told she would have to pay to dispose of Guyett said she was told there would be a charge, even though her hybrid car stopped working and "wasn't worth £100".She said the Government of Jersey needed to have a plan to recycle electric vehicles (EVs), given the government had been financially helping people to purchase electric vehicles. The scheme closed at the end of Minister Constable Andy Jehan said officers were working with waste contractors to ensure they were trained and had suitable facilities for the safe de-pollution of electric vehicles. Ms Guyett said she found only one company on the island that could scrap the said: "When I contacted them, they said they were unable to take it unless I paid scrappage costs as the Government of Jersey had withdrawn any budget for disposing of hybrid or battery-operated vehicles."That was really challenging because my car was quite a big vehicle... there was really no support from the government."Currently, owners of petrol and diesel vehicles to be scrapped are paid a certain amount per tonne, whereas the owners of electric and hybrid vehicles are being advised to make arrangements to have them shipped off island. The number of electric, hybrid electric, electric petrol and electric diesel registered is 8,139 out of a total of about 128, said those wanting to dispose of end-of-life vehicles were advised to contact the manufacturer through the on-island dealers. He said: "There are not significant numbers of end-of-life electric vehicles in the island currently awaiting disposal. "Officers are working with waste contractors locally to ensure that they are trained and have suitable facilities for the safe depollution of electric vehicles on the island." Ms Guyett said she did not think the government had proper plans in place for said: "They are new, they are not going to be a problem, we don't need to think about end-of-life care. "Cars get written off due to accidents all the time and, if we don't have a treatment strategy for them, what are we supposed to do?"Deputy Hilary Jeune said she believed the government was working on a scheme to help islanders recycle said: "The government are working with the UK to set up a scheme to be able to take the cars from Jersey to the UK and dispose of them that way - it hasn't been set up completely yet but there is work under way."At the moment, we haven't had that many EVs that have had to be scrapped. It's a very small amount... It's growing but, because we are at the moment at the beginning of our EV schemes in Jersey, we're not there yet." Ms Guyett said it was "sheer luck" that she managed to find someone willing to ship her car to the UK free of said: "That took several weeks... and, in the meantime, because we live on an estate where there's limited parking, we were really struggling with neighbours being a bit frustrated."I wanted to buy a full electric vehicle for my next car. "This whole experience has made it that I don't want to even touch a hybrid because I can't deal with having the stress and the uncertainty that, if something happened, I would be back where I started."
BBC News
a day ago
- Business
- BBC News
DFDS cancels some weekly inter-island ferry services
A ferry company has cancelled some of its weekly sailings to Guernsey from began the service in June after calls for a reliable link between the islands and it offered a return trip every Monday, saying it would consider putting on more if there was company launched its ferry routes to and from Jersey in March after winning a government contract to operate sailings for the next 20 years, with Brittany Ferries continuing for said a lack of staff and problems with the tides meant some crossings would be cancelled. A spokesperson said: "We have taken the decision to cancel some upcoming sailings which will impact on inter-island services during the summer. "We can confirm that this is not a planned reduction in inter-island crossings and that our customers have been made aware of these amendments. "We have tried to not disrupt journeys as much as possible by accommodating passengers on the next available ferry but apologise to those who have been affected by these schedule changes." 'Build for long-term' Ian Cuming, from the Jersey Sports Council, said DFDS had to create a plan to improve its services for the future."I think we need to have a conversation with DFDS to find out what their issues are," he said."Presumably it's commercial and then what can we build for the long-term to create a better inter-island service - both for passengers and for people who want to take equipment, cars, horses, boats, whatever, across [to] the other islands."Antiques dealer Stephen Cohu said the timetable had not been helpful and the cancellations were affecting his trade with Guernsey."We used to be able to go over for the day, get a day trip, go and pick it all up or they would send it over," he said. "We literally need to go and pick up half a car full of stuff. We've got to stay in Guernsey for a week."
