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PLANS to build a three-car garage and an extension to a house in the Coastal National Park will not go ahead after the Planning Committee yesterday decided to uphold the decision to refuse permission.

A MAJOR overhaul of Jersey’s political system could take place before the next election, after States Members took what was described as a ‘historic’ decision yesterday.

POLITICIANS are due to return to the States Chamber next week for the first time since lockdown.

THE closure of the St Ouen sand quarry will increase freight into St Helier harbour by 15 to 20%, the chief executive of Ports of Jersey has said.

ISLANDERS will be asked for their views on ways to reduce the number of vehicles on Jersey’s roads after politicians approved a proposal designed to strengthen the Island’s efforts to become carbon neutral by 2030.

JERSEY’S political system is in ‘terminal decline’ while Guernsey’s recent election experiment ‘defied expectations’, the head of the Privileges and Procedures Committee has said.

GUERNSEY’S electoral system is ‘bold’ and ‘interesting’ but would be inappropriate for Jersey, the St Helier Deputy spearheading calls for electoral reform has said.

A PROPOSAL to change the name of Trenton Square because of its reference to a slave trader were defeated in the States yesterday.