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A second company has been granted a licence to grow a variety of cannabis plant in Jersey.

Hemp - which can be turned into things including clothing, paper and building insulation - has been grown at Warwick Farm in St Helier for the past few years.

But the States has now given a second firm permission to grow the product - which does not contain the psychoactive chemicals that make cannabis users high.

The company - which ministers won't name - has been granted a licence for one growing season, to explore ways of using the plant to make bedding for animals.

Last month, the States said it was considering applications from local companies to produce both hemp and medicinal cannabis in the island.