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TRIBUTES have been paid to former Jersey politician Sarah Ferguson, who has died. She was first elected to the States in 2002, as a Deputy in St Brelade. She was re-elected three years later before gaining a Senatorial seat in 2008. Sad news this morning, Sarah Ferguson passed away. She will be sadly missed by […]

EARLY intervention is needed to prevent young people committing serious crimes and being sent to Greenfields, the acting children’s commissioner has said, as she called on ministers to act ‘with pace’ to enact the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry recommendations. Three highly critical reports into the Island’s secure children’s unit have been released in the past […]

PARENTS are facing year-long waits for places at nurseries and paying some of the highest fees in the developed world – with the chair of the Jersey Child Care Trust comparing costs to a ‘second mortgage’ for families already struggling with higher bills. Fiona Vacher said nursery fees were a ‘significant cost’ for Islanders, while […]

A FRESH battle over the Island’s countryside could be set to begin following concerns that a new bid is being prepared to expand a quarry. Field MY966 in St Peter’s Valley had been earmarked for the potential extension of the adjacent La Gigoulande Quarry – operated by Granite Products – as part of the Bridging […]

FAILED attempts to build Jersey’s new hospital over the past decade have cost almost £100 million – without a single brick having been laid – Deputy Lyndon Farnham has said. And the former political lead for the latest project said that further delays resulting from abandoned plans to build the £804 million hospital at Overdale […]

THE government cannot keep recruiting staff when there is an acute shortage of housing, the Chief Minister has warned. Instead, Deputy Kristina Moore said the public sector must increase productivity to ‘deliver value for money’. She also claimed that Jersey risked losing talent and the ‘richness’ of its communities if adequate housing was not provided […]

FISHERMEN from Jersey and France have met to discuss ways to avoid conflicts and confrontation on the water. The meeting this month was the first since Norman and Breton fishing vessels blockaded the Harbour in May last year in a protest over post-Brexit fishing rights. Relations deteriorated to such an extent last summer that the […]