A TOTAL of £370,000 in ‘short-term’ government grants was provided to Jersey Reds – which is on the brink of liquidation – in the past three months in a bid to buy the club time to find private investment, the politician with responsibility for sport has said. The Island’s only professional sports club ceased trading […]
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Ministers back Jersey's Chief Minister as crunch vote looms
SENIOR members of the government have rallied around Chief Minister Kristina Moore ahead of a looming vote of no confidence next week. Pressure is mounting on States Members to pick a side before a key debate on 16 January, after former Infrastructure Minister Tom Binet lodged a proposition asking the Island’s politicians to consider removing […]
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JEP relaunches campaign to help struggling Islanders
THE JEP is relaunching a community campaign to help support Islanders in need and combat loneliness amid the cost-of-living crisis. As part of the Jersey Together initiative, charities and business are being encouraged to contact the paper to highlightthe support and advice available now for anyone struggling with any personal difficulty – financial or otherwise. […]
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‘I will be a voice for sport’
AS the shockwaves from this week’s vote of no confidence are still felt Island-wide, Deputy Lucy Stephenson was “very frustrated and disappointed” at the States Assembly’s decision to oust Jersey’s first female Chief Minister. Stephenson assumed the position of assistant minister with responsibility for sport within Deputy Kristina Moore’s administration in July 2022 and said […]
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The Chief Minister debate: what happens in a tie?
STATES Members are due to meet tomorrow morning to vote for the Island’s new Chief Minister… but the race is so close that the JEP has had to ask: what happens in a tie? With 49 votes up for grabs, a candidate needs a majority of 25 votes to secure the role. As neither of […]
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Deputy raises concerns over vaping marketing strategy allowed in Jersey
VAPE marketing aimed at children needs to be stopped, a backbencher has said, as she urged the government to address the issue in its work to ban disposable e-cigarettes. Deputy Lucy Stephenson sparked discussion on social media after reposting an image of a “Toys & Vape” store in the UK and pointing out that there […]
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Cost-of-living crisis hitting Jersey Sport services
THE cost-of-living crisis has meant that Jersey Sport is currently unable to offer all the services it would like to, the outgoing chairman has said as he called for greater government funding for sport. Phil Austin is stepping down as chair after seven years in the role and admitted that funding concerns puts a lot […]
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Grève de Lecq car park could be reopened by Easter, trust says
THE car park at Grève de Lecq could be reopened as soon as Easter following a States decision to purchase the site and gift it to the National Trust for Jersey. The trust’s chief executive, Charles Alluto, also said that a pop-up café could be set up in time for the summer. The States Assembly […]
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‘A sad day for so many’ as Jubilee Sailing Trust closes
ISLANDERS have shared their memories of a “beautiful” tall ship – that made regular visits to the Island – following the “incredibly sad” news that the company which operated it has closed. Tenacious is currently the only sea-going tall ship in the world that can be sailed by a mixed-ability crew, including disabled people, those […]
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Jersey's first States sitting of new political year to include censure vote
THE first debate of the first States sitting of the new political year, which begins tomorrow, will include addressing an unedifying spat between two Members which has led to one of them facing a vote of censure – in essence a mechanism to give a Member an official ‘ticking off’. The States Assembly’s own housekeeping […]
