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Jersey sports club still searching for new home
A NEW home has not yet been found for the Jersey Special Gymnastics Club – three months after it was forced to leave the sports hall at Greenfields. The group, which enables children with special needs to participate in gymnastics, had been based at the Five Oaks site for more than a decade. It had […]
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‘You need to accept you have a problem’ – experts deliver damning verdict of Jersey's health system
JERSEY’S healthcare system needs to be “redesigned” and aligned with an English hospital, a senior consultant brought in to drive improvements has said in his damning post-mortem of his experience in the department. Professor Simon Mackenzie, who came to the Island in January 2023 as the clinical lead in a five-person “change team”, spent an […]
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‘You need to accept you have a problem’
JERSEY’S healthcare system needs to be “redesigned” and aligned with an English hospital, a senior consultant brought in to drive improvements has said in his damning post-mortem of his experience in the department. Professor Simon Mackenzie, who came to the Island in January 2023 as the clinical lead in a five-person “change team”, spent an […]
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‘On the right track’
THE head of Jersey Sport says ‘excellent development’ has been made since she criticised upcoming government funding for sport – and political understanding of the organisation’s role. Catriona McAllister wrote to the Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel in November, while they were conducting a review of the Government Plan, to highlight her concerns regarding […]
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Confusion over Jersey's first ever 'Minister for Energy and Climate Change' role
CHIEF Minister Kristina Moore has admitted that some new political job titles – where assistant ministers are referred to as ministers – can be confusing and that she will be discussing the matter with the Privileges and Procedures Committee. Earlier this week in a government press release it was announced that Assistant Environment Minister Hilary […]
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Chief Minister chooses her team of 'strong and diverse' assistant ministers
THE Chief Minister has confirmed which politicians will join her government as assistant ministers. Deputy Kristina Moore has chosen ten States Members who will take up assistant ministerial positions. The Chief Minister will be assisted by two assistant chief ministers: Constable Andy Jehan and Deputy Alex Curtis. Mr Jehan is one of four assistant ministers […]
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Jersey's minimum wage to rise to £10 an hour
JERSEY’S minimum wage will rise to £10 an hour at the start of next month. Social Security Minister Elaine Millar has set the rise through a ministerial order, which will come into force on 1 October. The move comes in the wake of a report by the Employment Forum, which recommended that the main minimum […]
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Jersey ‘punches well above its weight on sporting stage’
JERSEY athletes competing on the international stage prove the value of sport to the Island, an assistant minister has said. With Team Jersey already in action across a variety of disciplines in the Commonwealth Games, the Island’s cricketers are set to take centre stage over the next ten days. The Island is hosting five teams […]
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Government funding for elite sport in Jersey?
GOVERNMENT funding for a new elite-sports strategy will be investigated as ‘a priority’ in 2023, with the view to improving opportunities for talented athletes. Deputy Lucy Stephenson, who holds political responsibility for sport in Jersey, is set to lead discussions that could pave the way to better access to facilities, coaching and competitions, with particular […]
