The proposals, set out on Friday, describe how an assisted dying service would work and who would be eligible.
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A community in shock – how passengers, politicians and staff reacted to Blue Islands crisis
BLUE ISLANDS SPECIAL BLUE Islands’ sudden suspension of services has triggered a wave of political, business, passenger and staff reaction. Daisy Morel rounds up the reactions across the Channel Islands… AROUND 1,200 passengers were displaced this weekend following the suspension of Blue Islands’s operations, with 21,000 future bookings impacted. Loganair and Aurigny have since stepped […]
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Fond farewell to the Jersey Hospital's League of Friends
AFTER starting with the purchase of a television for inpatients to watch in 1978, and finishing with a cardiac ultrasound machine costing £138,000, the League of Friends for the General Hospital has been dissolved. Having raised an estimated £1.5 million spent on buying a range of medical equipment in the 45 years since it was […]
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St Clement youth centre divides States Members as Budget debate continues
POLITICIANS yesterday decided to postpone developing youth facilities in St Clement until 2028. While Deputy Karen Wilson’s amendment received much vocal support throughout the hours-long – and at times emotive – debate, the proposed change to the government’s £1.2 billion spending plans was rejected when 15 States Members voted for and 31 voted against. Speaking […]
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Interview: ‘My son made medicinal cannabis history – now Jersey can too’
EXCLUSIVE “MEDICINAL cannabis gave me back my right, as a mother, to hope. But most importantly, it gave my son back his right to life.” That is how Charlotte Caldwell describes the impact of medical cannabis on her son Billy, who has a rare and severe form of epilepsy and once experienced hundreds of seizures […]
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Market forces creating ‘user-dealers’ who sell on surplus cannabis illegally
MARKET forces and a lack of regulation in the legal prescription of medicinal cannabis in Jersey has created a class of ‘user-dealers’ of the drug, a senior law enforcement officer has warned. The officer – who cannot be named because of their covert work – said that illegal smuggling of herbal cannabis into the Island […]
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With our growing governments, is it time to get serious on CI cooperation?
At the end of June, the government has a total headcount of 9,786 people, including those on zero-hour contracts and 8,156 full-time equivalents. While total headcount was down 288 on last year, the number of FTEs – with one unit representing the hours of one full-time employee – rose by 304. By comparison, in 2020, […]
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States praised for approach to possible cannabis reform
A PRO-CANNABIS campaign group has praised the States for “setting a direction of travel” on the potential legalisation and decriminalisation of the drug. Although States Members yesterday voted by 23 to 22 to reject the decriminalisation of personal possession and recreational use of the class B drug, a further move – adopted by 26 to […]
