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THE unfolding Israel-Hamas conflict has affected the lives of the many Islanders who have friends and family living in the Middle East region. At the time of writing, there have been over 1,000 deaths and thousands of injuries among Israeli citizens as a result of Hamas firing rockets from the neighbouring Gaza Strip, while an […]

IT is ‘vital’ that provisions are in place to support young people’s mental health, the Children’s and Education Minister has said after a father whose daughter took her own life called for suicide prevention to be part of the curriculum. Deputy Inna Gardiner confirmed that the first meeting to discuss the issue with the Island’s […]

GOVERNMENT plans to prioritise education projects have been welcomed by a leading teaching union, after a spokesperson claimed Island schools were ‘overcrowded and under-resourced’. The proposed Government Plan, which was published this week, features £16.5 million in additional funding through 2023 for schools and young people. The plan is set to be debated in December. […]

PARENTS and university students have called for increased financial support to help them tackle the rising cost of living, energy bills and expensive flights to and from the UK. A recent survey undertaken by the Student Loan Support Group Jersey has revealed that several Islanders were concerned about the impact that tighter budgets were having […]

LES Quennevais School was built in accordance with the ‘bible’ used for UK school construction, the government has said, despite pupils being sent home on multiple occasions this summer amid stifling temperatures. Students at the £40 million school – which opened in September 2020 – were also told to wear PE kit instead of uniform […]

A SCHEME to provide hot school meals at lunchtime is being expanded – with plans in place to eventually offer them at all primaries – according to the newly elected Children’s and Education Minister. Deputy Inna Gardiner said the initiative, which is a collaboration between the government and local charity Caring Cooks, provides lunches at […]

AIR-conditioning issues which forced a £40-million school in St Brelade to close early yesterday as temperatures soared are not due to be fixed until the summer break, according to the government. Recently-elected Infrastructure Minister Tom Binet and Children’s and Education Minister Inna Gardiner both visited Les Quennevais School – which was built just over two […]

A SCRUTINY panel has announced it is disbanding, with a change in approach to monitoring the government’s Covid response reflecting the switch to longer-term management of the virus. The Safer Travel Guidelines Review Panel, which was established in July 2020, is being brought to an end, with the Scrutiny Liaison Committee instead taking a broad […]

AN emergency plea for foster carers has been issued after the impact of Covid and the rising cost of living contributed to the ‘biggest crisis’ in the service for a decade. Sarah Wakeham, the team manager at Fostering and Adoption Jersey, said that the number of carers in Jersey had almost halved since 2020. Those […]