AFTER the 2018 Novichok poisonings in Salisbury, the city’s 41,000-strong community found itself shaken and wary of potential contamination across the area. Sebastian Warrack, who directed the city’s theatre at the time, remembers that, at first, audiences thought the Salisbury Playhouse was off-limits. “That was really hard,” he recalls. At the time, the Playhouse had recently merged with Salisbury International Arts Festival and Salisbury […]
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Inside the Investigation: How investigators recreated the fatal collision between a freight ship and a fishing trawler
Before dawn on 8 December 2022, two vessels cut across the still waters of the Channel. It was two weeks before Christmas, and a cold, dark night – but, despite the cold, the weather was dry and clear, there was little wind, and the moon was shining brightly. It was a peaceful and tranquil time […]
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JEP Investigates: “We want kids, but not here” – Why aren’t younger adults having kids?
JERSEY is not having enough children. That won’t come as a surprise to most, with the Island’s falling birth rate reported year-on-year. And a new report has highlighted that Jersey’s birth rate has fallen to its lowest rate since records began. The Births and Breastfeeding Profile report revealed that there were a total of 720 […]
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There is hope for our tourism industry, but we need to change direction
By Ted Vibert IT is disappointing that our Economic Development Minister, Deputy Kirsten Morel, has done so little to encourage ways in which we can revitalise our once great tourism industry as it struggles to survive all the changes that have taken place in the UK tourism market that we once appealed to. There has […]
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“This vote marks a decisive moment for Jersey”
ASSISTED dying has been a topic on the political agenda for the States Assembly – and other parliaments – for several years. The campaign to legalise assisted dying for those with terminal illnesses began to gather pace as far back as 2018, when a petition – launched by the daughter of an Islander who intended […]
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'Ferry saga: just what has Jersey spotted that Guernsey hasn’t?'
By Richard Digard WHEN the news broke that the islands were to go their separate ways over what was supposed to be a joint Channel Island approach to providing lifeline freight and passenger services, my immediate response was: what’s Jersey spotted that Guernsey hasn’t? That comment was posted on X/Twitter on 1 November and, despite […]
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Building a tunnel between Jersey and France back on the agenda
AFTER years of being derided as the crazed musings of cranks and dreamers, the possibility of a tunnel linking Jersey to Guernsey and France is now firmly back on the agenda. At a breakfast briefing organised by the Jersey Chamber of Commerce yesterday, world experts on so-called “sub-sea fixed links” from Scandinavia explained why it […]
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Assembly votes to suspend former minister: Full report and analysis
THE suspension of one of Jersey’s most recognisable politicians is a “positive step” to restoring public confidence in the States Assembly, the chair of the committee which upholds Members’ standards has said. Deputy Philip Ozouf’s political future was in the balance yesterday after the Assembly dramatically voted to suspend him without pay for 28 days […]
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Minister: ‘We must back this industry to the hilt’
THE theme of this year’s Jersey Farming Conference might have been Farming Matters, but Ferry Matters soon emerged as a strong subsidiary theme. Sustainable Economic Development Minister Kirsten Morel was at the conference to make a speech on agriculture. He was unable to disclose very much about Ferry Matters because of “legal ramifications and lawyers […]
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The Big Treasury Interview: “Everybody has a part to play in controlling the spend”
THERE’S usually a moment in every Budget interview where a Minister leans back, nods gravely and admits that “difficult decisions” had to be made. But Deputy Elaine Millar is not one for syrupy political preamble – wasting no syllables of her gentle Scottish lilt on sugar-coating, the moment comes almost immediately. “There is a constant […]
