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HOME Affairs Minister Len Norman has died.

HOPES of a bumper tourism summer season after two Covid-hit years could be under threat unless hundreds of vacancies are filled and accommodation for staff found, the head of the Jersey Hospitality Association has warned. Claire Boscq-Scott said that businesses were facing major staffing shortages with ‘at least 600 vacancies’ while firms that had sourced […]

THE staff shortages faced by the hospitality sector will not be solved ‘by simply importing workers’, the Economic Development Minister has said.

JERSEY faces a housing ‘challenge’ but there is no crisis, the Treasury Minister has said, adding that the situation in the Island was not as bad as in India and Africa.

IT is in the Channel Islands’ interests to legalise the recreational use of cannabis, Guernsey’s former Chief Minister has said – and he believes it is only a matter of time before the bailiwicks follow in the footsteps of other jurisdictions.

MORE than 1,000 businesses have participated in the government’s lateral-flow community testing programme.

WHILE some politicians have appealed for unity in the wake of this week’s acrimonious debate on funding the Island’s new hospital, others have continued to share their reservations.

DETAILED analysis of the running costs of the proposed new hospital needs to be given to States Members before a crucial funding vote, a Scrutiny panel has said.

JOURNALIST and broadcaster Gary Burgess has died aged 46. The well-known Islander, who is survived by his husband Alan, passed away peacefully on Saturday. Mr Burgess, who had worked for ITV Channel, Channel 103 and was a columnist for the JEP, had become a well-known figure in Island life, and received widespread praise for his […]