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THE cause of a fire which wrecked the kitchen at HMP La Moye earlier this year has been revealed – tea towels. Home Affairs Minister Helen Miles said the items had self-combusted after being taken out of a dryer and placed in a sealed plastic bag. Revealing the cause of the blaze at a Children, […]

MINISTERS are discussing a further easing of restrictions affecting the rental market, according to the Housing Minister. Earlier this month, Home Affairs Minister Helen Miles told the States that new 12-month work permits – increased from nine months – would be introduced to help combat staff shortages in the hospitality sector. Housing Minister David Warr […]

POLITICIANS yesterday decided to postpone developing youth facilities in St Clement until 2028. While Deputy Karen Wilson’s amendment received much vocal support throughout the hours-long – and at times emotive – debate, the proposed change to the government’s £1.2 billion spending plans was rejected when 15 States Members voted for and 31 voted against. Speaking […]

THE States police are ‘under-resourced’ and too much time is spent dealing with mental-health incidents and searches for young Islanders who have gone missing from care, the former chair of the Jersey Police Authority has said. Just weeks after the Met Police announced that it would stop responding to most mental-health calls, Dr Jason Lane […]

REFORM Jersey’s leader has called for the use of cannabis in Jersey to be decriminalised. Deputy Sam Mézec said that ‘prosecuting people for smoking a few joints of cannabis to relax (just as so many of us enjoy a few alcohol drinks) is a waste of public resources’. He said that prosecutions ruined ‘people’s future […]

MORE Islanders are coming forward with concerns of coercive and controlling behaviour now that it is considered a criminal offence, according to the head of the service which supports victims of domestic abuse. Sarah Hamon, the service manager at Jersey Domestic and Sexual Abuse Support, added that she expected a report from the Violence Against […]

A MOVE to allow businesses to ‘avoid prosecution’ for financial crimes has been approved by the Assembly. Deferred prosecution agreements allow for firms to come clean about criminal conduct, and then agree a way to right the wrongs they have committed and admitted. Home Affairs Minister Helen Miles, who brought the proposition, said that a […]

THE Deputy Chief Minister has praised front-line emergency services for the role they have played responding to recent major incidents – and he will speak to the Home Affairs Minister ‘to gain a better understanding’ of their resourcing needs. Deputy Kirsten Morel said the States police – and the emergency services in general – had […]