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JERSEY’S newest political party – which has the backing of the majority of the Council of Ministers – has confirmed an intention to field at least 30 candidates in next year’s election.

DOMESTIC abusers could be forced to notify the police when they start a relationship, as part of plans for new legislation to crack down on violence in the home.

LAW changes that would lead to sex offenders being placed on the register after they have served prison sentences are not achievable before next year’s general election, the Home Affairs Minister has said.

SENIOR police officers could issue protection notices against suspected domestic abusers before they have been charged, preventing them from going near the alleged victim, the Home Affairs Minister has said.

ISLANDERS with relatives sheltering from Russian bombing raids in Ukraine have spoken of their despair after immigration laws prevented their families from seeking safe-haven in Jersey. Two of those, Mariya Palmer and Lera Evered, say that a relaxation in restrictions prompted by the outbreak of the conflict still does not allow their cousin and sister, […]

A NEW ‘one-stop-shop’ sexual assault referral centre for both children and adults is to be built on the site of the former Heathfield Children’s Home in St Saviour, the Home Affairs Minister has confirmed.

FREE bus travel, incentives to cycle instead of driving and higher taxes for polluters are being suggested to help address the Island’s climate emergency.

FISHERMEN could once again be stopped from landing their catches in France from next week and the supply of electricity to the Channel Islands could be under threat, it has been announced, as the long-running fishing dispute intensifies again.

NEW domestic-abuse legislation could be tabled later this year while discussions into the decriminalisation of drugs will continue, the newly appointed Home Affairs Minister has said.