Unexpected levels of incinerator ash found on town car park site The first of six new office blocks is currently being built by the States-owned Jersey Development Company Soil samples taken from the area were sent to the UK for testing a month ago Re-live the protests over the site with pictures and videos below […]
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GALLERY: Hundreds join rally against States cuts
Hundreds of people marched through town protesting against the proposed States cuts The cuts, which aim to plug the predicted black hole, are being debated this week Read what some of the protesters had to say below Find out more about the proposed cuts, savings and spending below UNION leaders urged States workers to defend […]
The International Finance Centre: the questions the JEP wants answered
THE recent progress of the Jersey International Finance Centre has increased public debate about the scheme – but has the public been given enough information about the project?
States round-up: Andium Houses have no power to stop illegal parking and chairman of JDC retires
ANDIUM Homes has no legal powers to stop people parking illegally on social housing sites – even though they employ staff to carry out patrols and who issue approximately 17 warnings every week.
Jersey’s growing divide between rich and poor: JEP columnists have their say
Figures released last week made for sobering reading. It is hard to believe that so many people in an Island so famed for its wealth are at risk of poverty or social exclusion. Astonishingly, Jersey has a higher percentage of at-risk pensioners than the UK.
Healthcare tax plans ‘still up in the air’
PLANS to tax or charge Islanders for health care to help the States plug Jersey’s forecast £125 million financial black hole have still not been finalised, the Health Minister has said.
Lifeguards in action on sand, sea and road
Lifeguards respond to three separate incidents in short timespan Find out more about Jersey’s lifeguards and the RNLI See lifeguard photos from the JEP archives below LIFEGUARDS at St Ouen’s Bay were called into action on sand, sea and road as they responded to three separate incidents in a short timespan. The team’s busy day […]
Former States Treasurer paid nearly £170,000 in compensation after resigning (but it wasn’t a ‘golden handshake’)
FORMER States Treasurer Laura Rowley was paid compensation of £169,375 following her resignation last year.
Hedley Le Maistre criticises proposed finance centre – listen to his new song here
JERSEY’S favourite farmer has released a new song, criticising the proposed Jersey International Finance Centre.
Moving the Airport? Casino at the Fort? Ambitious plans that never came off
In the second of a two-part series, the first of which can be found here, Toby Chiang looks at plans which could have brought major changes to the Island’s landscape but were left on the drawing board:

