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Serving deputy Jonathan Le Tocq pleaded guilty in Guernsey's Royal Court this afternoon, 4 December, to all 15 charges against him.

Guernsey's treasury minister has revealed he and his wife are subjects of an investigation following a complaint alleging harassment.

Guernsey Post says that islanders' appetite for online shopping is increasing.

The Duchess of Edinburgh will be in the island to mark the 80th anniversary of Homecoming.

Both Aurigny and Loganair want to fly the Guernsey to Jersey and Guernsey to Southampton routes.

Guernsey’s market share of ferry passengers from the UK to the Channel Islands has exceeded 50% for the first time.

Staff brought in from the UK to cover absence will work accompanied by a local, experienced clinician.

It will be easier for islanders to identify venues with 'Safe Place' training with staff there to help if a night out goes wrong.

The former second officer in control of the Commodore Goodwill when it collided with a trawler, killing three fishermen, has been sentenced at Jersey's Royal Court.

Serving deputy Jonathan Le Tocq pleaded guilty in Guernsey's Royal Court this afternoon, 4 December, to all 15 charges against him.

42 sheltered homes will be built at St Joseph's Care Home in St Helier.

The Channel Islands' largest rooftop solar array is set to be installed at a Trinity potato farm.

Island Energy engineers are doing emergency work on Bagot Road following a reported gas leak. 

Judges' sentencing remarks will be recorded and broadcast in future, in a change for Jersey's Royal Court that was made in England in 2022.

People living in St Saviour have voted in favour of creating a new public park.

Measures are being introduced across Jersey's healthcare settings to help ease the demand on the hospital this winter. 

Israel will be allowed to compete in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, organisers have said - with several broadcasters saying they will now boycott the event.

The assassination attempt on a former Russian spy was authorised by Vladimir Putin, who is "morally responsible" for the death of a woman poisoned by the nerve agent used in the attack, a public inquiry has found.

Nigel Farage has launched a tirade against the BBC after he was asked about claims he used racist and antisemitic language when he was at school, which he denied. 

Around 200 homes have been evacuated in Derby after police arrested two men on suspicion of explosives offences.

Ref Watch's Dermot Gallagher has questioned why referee Thomas Bramall noticed grappling between Rodrigo Bentancur and Dan Burn, but then "ignored" it and needed VAR to help award a penalty.

Britain's Oliver Bearman has led criticism against online abuse after Kimi Antonelli was threatened on social media following the Qatar Grand Prix.

Scottie Scheffler is in a five-way tie for the lead after the first round of the Hero World Challenge.

The chairman and chief executive of one of the world's biggest banks has said countries have "got to be careful" with their budgets and ask themselves what a tax rise is for.

The UK has come a "step closer" to having direct, high-speed rail connections to Germany, the Department for Transport has said.

The energy regulator has confirmed plans for a massive upgrade to the UK's energy grids, adding £108 to customer bills by 2031.

The UK's construction sector suffered its sharpest contraction in activity since May 2020, according to a closely-watched survey taken before this month's budget.

Israel will be allowed to compete in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, organisers have said - with several broadcasters saying they will now boycott the event.

Thousands of members of actors' trade union Equity are being asked whether they would support industrial action over artificial intelligence protections.

The hotly anticipated Spotify Wrapped is revealing our top tracks, artists and albums for 2025.

A doctor who pleaded guilty to illegally supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the star's death has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Nigel Farage has launched a tirade against the BBC after he was asked about claims he used racist and antisemitic language when he was at school, which he denied. 

A new long-awaited child poverty strategy is promising to lift half a million children out of poverty by the end of this parliament - but critics have branded it unambitious. 

As an opening gambit at PMQs, Kemi Badenoch attacked Labour's knight, the prime minister, over his Treasury queen, Rachel Reeves.

Who is the man behind the record-breaking multi-million pound donation to Reform UK?

There is a sense of impotent futility to the latest sanctions imposed by the UK on Russia in the wake of the Dawn Sturgess public inquiry report released today.

There is a desperate desire for normality in Gaza - for full shops, functioning hospitals, open schools, habitable homes and usable roads. For electricity that comes on reliably, skies that don’t hum with drones and days that don’t crackle with gunfire.

The assassination attempt on a former Russian spy was authorised by Vladimir Putin, who is "morally responsible" for the death of a woman poisoned by the nerve agent used in the attack, a public inquiry has found.

Israel will be allowed to compete in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, organisers have said - with several broadcasters saying they will now boycott the event.

Hundreds of UK online safety workers at TikTok have already signed agreements to leave the company, whistleblowers have told Sky News, despite the firm stressing to MPs that the cuts were "still proposals only".

The rapid spread of the Black Death through medieval Europe could have its origins in a massive volcanic eruption, according to new research.

Thousands of members of actors' trade union Equity are being asked whether they would support industrial action over artificial intelligence protections.

The hotly anticipated Spotify Wrapped is revealing our top tracks, artists and albums for 2025.

An earthquake alert preparing people to "drop, cover, hold on" buzzed on phones in the US on Thursday - but turned out to be completely false.

A raccoon has gotten as drunk as a skunk.

It's a debate that's torn families apart for years - with selection boxes thrown in rage, and stony silences around the dinner table.

"Christmas is saved" after a large search operation for a runaway reindeer found the animal on a beach in Merseyside, emergency services have said.