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JERSEY’S decision to ban single-use plastic and paper bags is ‘brilliant’ but only the ‘tip of the iceberg’ in tackling environmental issues, campaigners have said.

A BACKBENCH politician has called for a review of Jersey’s Covid track-and-trace regime for people arriving in the Island after a pupil was allowed back to school while awaiting a test result after 14 days in isolation.

THE Jersey Tenants Forum has reacted with fury to the ‘disgraceful situation’ which saw States Members with declared financial interests in property able to vote down proposals to regulate the Island’s rental sector.

A PROPOSITION calling for a ban on both single-use bags in Jersey has been resubmitted by a Deputy alongside a new detailed report.

A STATES decision which could see Jersey become the first place in the British Isles to ban single-use carrier bags – including paper ones – has been welcomed by supermarkets and campaigners.

MORE than 60 feral chickens have been shot dead as part of a cull organised by Environmental Health officers.

TAXES may have to increase in order to avoid a ‘massive black hole’ in Jersey’s finances after the coronavirus crisis – but simply targeting the wealthy is not the answer, the Treasury Minister has said.