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A PROPOSITION asking the government to ‘stick to the original plan’ for the new hospital is likely to be brought forward by the politician previously responsible for the scheme. Deputy Lyndon Farnham said he had spoken to fellow States Members and concluded that ‘the numbers will be very close’ if such a vote was to […]

REFORM Jersey leader Sam Mézec has confirmed he will be standing for Chief Minister. In a statement, the Deputy-elect said Reform’s new parliamentary party met for the first time this afternoon and ‘unanimously agreed’ to nominate him for the position. ‘We will publish a full statement on Monday outlining our intentions to form a government […]

THE latest chapter in the bid to build a new hospital for the Island is set to be unveiled today. Infrastructure Minister Tom Binet will publish the outcome of a review, initiated by the new government in July, which could see the project heading back to the drawing board. Around £120 million has been spent […]

MORE than £43 million has been spent on consultants and other ‘professional services’ for the future-hospital project during the past three years, the Chief Minister has revealed. In response to a written States question from St Helier Deputy Max Andrews, Deputy Kristina Moore said the government did not retain the ‘depth of skills and capacity’ […]

THE head of the Jersey Fishermen’s Association has said he hopes the government will help the community develop a fish processing plant in the Island. Don Thompson said while he was ‘optimistic’ for a new facility, he described the conditions for the fishing industry as at ‘its worst since after the Second World War’ – […]

A KEY figure in the most recent staging of the NatWest Island Games in Jersey eight years ago has refuted suggestions that the Island would struggle to host the competition in the future – but suggested it could be held differently to reduce pressure on accommodation. St John Constable Andy Jehan, who was the head […]

THERE has been a ‘fundamental change’ in the financial assumptions underpinning the Our Hospital project, according to the Infrastructure Minister. Deputy Tom Binet made the comments shortly after announcing that the current plans to build the £804 million hospital at Overdale were ‘no longer feasible’, and that his ongoing review into the project – which […]

THE government is facing calls to provide direct help to households hit with massive mortgage-payment rises following the single-biggest increase in the UK’s base rate for three decades. Islanders on tracker or variable rates are now paying hundreds of pounds more each month than they were at the start of the year, adding further financial […]

THE Hospital will be replaced with health facilities at Overdale, Kensington Place and St Saviour’s Hospital, if plans revealed by ministers yesterday are given the go-ahead. More than a decade after the Island’s needs for a new hospital were first set out, a draft feasibility study has been issued by the government outlining how new […]