ALCOHOL-exclusion zones should be set up in town to tackle problem drinking, according to St Helier’s Constable. At a recent Havre des Pas Improvement Group meeting, Simon Crowcroft said the parish had tried “everything” to deal with the issue. Speaking to the JEP following the meeting, Mr Crowcroft called it a “parish-wide” problem, involving groups […]
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Calls to reconsider proposed new town primary school on former Jersey Gas site
ST Helier’s Constable has brought forward a proposition calling on ministers to reconsider building a new town primary school next to the Millenium Town Park. Simon Crowcroft – who described himself as “passionate about parks” – said the case for “reconsideration of the future uses of the site has only grown stronger” in recent years. […]
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Who are the firm tasked with finally delivering the new hospital?
Bouygues UK – a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction and a firm with experience delivering more than 400 healthcare facilities worldwide – has been named as the government’s preferred tender for the new hospital project at Overdale. Construction could begin as early as next year, pending final agreements, following a series of delays to the project. […]
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'The Island must give Visit Jersey the funding to capture a bigger share of the tourism market'
By John Henwood IN the spring of 2016, I was coming to the end of four years of close involvement with the many and varied stakeholders in the tourism sector and at about that time the editor of this newspaper, who had helpfully published a series of articles I’d written on the history of tourism, […]
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Government paid £92K for builders’ Covid tests
COVID testing for a French construction firm building a St Helier development has cost the government more than £90,000.
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Call for Islanders to continue their ‘amazing support’ of local producers to help economic recovery
THE Island’s economy will rally faster after the pandemic if people continue their ‘amazing support’ of local producers, the chief executive of Genuine Jersey has predicted.
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Firms criticise online planning hearing following ‘tech issues’
FIRMS behind plans for a major housing project in town have hit out at a decision to reject the scheme – claiming technical issues prevented them from putting forward their views during a virtual planning meeting.
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Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet reshuffle: Key statistics and benchmarks
The new Cabinet is slightly less diverse than the previous line-up.
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New ‘landscape-led’ scheme to transform the Waterfront
NEW indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a national art gallery and a landscaped bridge over Route de la Libération are included in designs to transform the south-west Waterfront area of St Helier.
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Gorst would have ‘preferred fewer consultants’
FEWER consultants and interim appointees should be used to deliver sweeping reforms of the public sector under the OneGov programme, the External Relations Minister has said. claiming he would have done things differently.
