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A wreath will be laid by the President of the Alderney States in memory of the six million jews killed by the Nazis in World War 2.

Proposed changes to Guernsey's justice system and services are set to be debated by the States this summer.

Deputy Andrea Dudley-Owen has refuted suggestions that Guernsey's Liberation Day celebrations will never again be held on the St Peter Port seafront.

Mandatory mask-wearing is being scrapped in Guernsey, but the Civil Contingencies Authority is asking all islanders to 'take sensible steps' to reduce the spread of Covid-19. 

Guernsey's Premier Inn is on course to open at the end of February, with contractors putting the final touches to the Admiral Park hotel.

A trial clinic at Guernsey's harbour is offering Covid-19 booster jabs to those yet to have one.

An appeal for a former Guernsey footballer who has been diagnosed with blood cancer has already raised more than double its target in a matter of days.

Face masks are no longer required in classrooms in Guernsey's schools. 'Work from home' guidance has been lifted and Covid-19 isolation has been cut to six days.

Hospital visits will be allowed again from 6pm on Thursday 27 January.

The Treasury Minister says 'quite a few' projects given fiscal stimulus funding have been given extensions to either March or June 2022.

Plans have been submitted to transform St Helier's Waterfront with 1,000 new homes, new shops, restaurants and leisure facilities.

The Havre des Pas roadworks will take longer than planned.

Wreaths are being laid in Jersey for Holocaust Memorial Day.

A disused phone box in St John's Village is now home to a public defibrillator.

Springfield Stadium is closing for up to six weeks from mid-February - much to the surprise of the Jersey FA.

Plans have been drawn up to extend the Millennium Town Park onto the former gasworks site as part of a major regeneration of the north of St Helier.

Boris Johnson has dismissed claims he approved the airlift of animals out of Afghanistan, saying they are "total rhubarb", as Sky News obtained more emails which call into question the government's account.

Boris Johnson has said he is "absolutely not" delaying the release of a much-anticipated report into lockdown parties at Downing Street and Whitehall - and promised it would be released in full.

COVID rules in Wales are being further relaxed from today to alert level zero, after the nation passed the peak of the Omicron wave.  

Britain's cyber security centre has urged UK organisations to check their cyber defences because of concern about the potential for new Russian cyber attacks linked to tensions with Ukraine.

Everton will hold a final round of talks with three candidates for the vacant manager role on Friday, with Vitor Pereira, Frank Lampard and current caretaker manager Duncan Ferguson in the frame.

Sky Sports will show every game of The Hundred live this summer, starting with the opening match on Wednesday August 3 between defending men's champions Southern Brave and Welsh Fire at The Ageas Bowl.

Liverpool have rejected initial approaches from Leeds and Monaco for forward Takumi Minamino.

Anthony Joshua would "show weakness" if he does not fight Oleksandr Usyk for a second time, Vitali Klitschko has warned.

Apple has shrugged off the impact of chip shortages to deliver record quarterly sales of $123.9bn (£92.6bn) and said the constraints will start to ease.

The US grew at its strongest pace since 1984 last year as it bounced back from 2020's pandemic-driven downturn, official figures show.

Supply chain bottlenecks have taken a bite out of McDonald's profits as it was forced to spend more money on chicken, beef and packaging material - and warned the pressure would intensify.

A senior Conservative MP has called for the government to delay the proposed National Insurance hike amid rising cost of living pressures

Tributes are being paid to British comedy great Barry Cryer following his death at the age of 86.

"I haven't had a career, just a series of incidents," said Barry Cryer in 1998. "I've been dogged by good luck all my life."

Barry Cryer, who has died aged 86, established himself as a writer on TV show The Two Ronnies, and he also worked with other stars of British comedy such as Tommy Cooper, Sir Billy Connolly, Kenny Everett, Dave Allen and Les Dawson.

Rather than a wedding band, Pamela Anderson had Tommy Lee's name tattooed on her ring finger, the inking marking a commitment made just 96 hours into their wild romance.

Boris Johnson has dismissed claims he approved the airlift of animals out of Afghanistan, saying they are "total rhubarb", as Sky News obtained more emails which call into question the government's account.

A senior Conservative MP has called for the government to delay the proposed National Insurance hike amid rising cost of living pressures

Boris Johnson has said he is "absolutely not" delaying the release of a much-anticipated report into lockdown parties at Downing Street and Whitehall - and promised it would be released in full.

Liz Truss has responded after Labour accused the foreign secretary of spending "disgusting amounts of public money" on her own "vanity and comfort" by using the government's private jet for her trip to Australia.

The US has called for the United Nations (UN) Security Council to hold a public meeting to discuss Russia's "threatening behaviour" against Ukraine.

The mayor of Ukraine's capital Kyiv has told Sky News he is "very worried" about the situation with Russia and expressed concern that the West may not be united in its support of Ukraine.

Britain's cyber security centre has urged UK organisations to check their cyber defences because of concern about the potential for new Russian cyber attacks linked to tensions with Ukraine.

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Britain's cyber security centre has urged UK organisations to check their cyber defences because of concern about the potential for new Russian cyber attacks linked to tensions with Ukraine.

Apple has shrugged off the impact of chip shortages to deliver record quarterly sales of $123.9bn (£92.6bn) and said the constraints will start to ease.

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious spinning object in the Milky Way that emits a radio wave beam every 18 minutes - and is unlike anything seen before.

Part of an old SpaceX rocket is predicted to crash into the moon in March, according to experts.

The spam folder in an email inbox can be a murky place - full of messages promising untold riches that are sadly too good to be true.

Police are trying to track down dozens of monkeys that escaped after the truck transporting them crashed in Pennsylvania.

A dog in Hampshire has been rescued from rising tides with a sausage attached to a drone.

Researchers have discovered how pandas are able to gain weight even though they only eat bamboo.