Protesting netballers in plea for new home

Jersey netballers have braved the rain to push the island's government to find the sport a permanent home.

The Jersey Netball Association (JNA) said the sport was "in crisis" after losing its current base at Les Ormes, which is being turned into padel courts, and were instead offered 27 hours per month at the £8.4m new sports hall at Oakfield in St Helier.

President Linda Andrews, who was at a protest in Royal Square, said it was time to "make a noise" because the decline of netball was "so imminent".

Constable Andy Jehan, the minister with responsibility for sport, said: "We need to sit down around a table and find a solution."