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Paramedics told not to talk to the media
PARAMEDICS are being threatened with disciplinary action for speaking out about systemic issues within the service, the JEP can reveal. In an email obtained by the JEP, Justice and Home Affairs chief officer Kate Briden warned ambulance staff that talking to the media was “inappropriate and contra...
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Jersey Met issues snow warning for Thursday
ISLANDERS are asked to take caution tomorrow as a yellow snow warning has been issued by the Jersey Met office. Flurries of sleet and snow are expected from 7.30am on the morning of Thursday 21 November and into the afternoon. Highs of five degrees will feel “very cold”, Jersey Met have said, an...
DFDS "fully prepared" to take on Jersey-only ferry service
DANISH ferry company DFDS have returned to Jersey this week to discuss a Jersey-only service which they are “fully prepared” to take over, the company has said. This comes after the joint tender process between Jersey and Guernsey – which was to decide the future operator of the Channel Island...
Haut du Mont plans to be submitted next year
A planning application for the Haut du Mont site is due to be submitted early next year, the Housing Minister has said. Deputy Sam Mézec said that bereaved families and displaced residents had contributed to the “ongoing process” to decide what to do with the area, and had been “kept updated ...
Thai restaurant in St Aubin announces it has closed
A POPULAR Thai restaurant in the west of the Island has announced its closure due to “spiralling costs”. Sugar Banana Thai Kitchen in St Aubin made the announcement on social media late on Monday evening. Owner Moe Chinram said the decision was “not made lightly”. Dozens of Islanders wrote m...
Deputy calls for action on stalled play strategy
THE former Children’s Minister is asking the government to put £66,000 towards fulfilling a previous government’s commitment to develop a play strategy. Deputy Inna Gardiner is seeking to amend the Budget for 2025 to 2028 to ensure that money is reallocated within the Public Realm fund to compl...
Deputy pushes for earlier funding of £7.5 million Le Squez youth centre
A ST Clement politician is pushing the government to approve funding for a £7.5m youth centre project that has been “kicked down the road for years”. Deputy Karen Wilson is urging the government to provide £2.5 million per year from 2025 to 2027 to develop the Le Squez youth centre, with fundi...
Ferry decision now expected in first week of next month
THE troubled process to decide the future of Jersey’s passenger and freight ferry services was called into question on Tuesday as Jersey’s Economic Development Minister faced scrutiny over the saga – which is yet to reach its conclusion. Deputy Kirsten Morel told the Economic and International...
Stamp set celebrates different festive dishes
HAVE you always eaten turkey at Christmas and now fancy something new? Jersey Post is giving Islanders the chance to make a variety of international festive dishes that celebrate the Island’s different communities. A series of recipes have been published to accompany their annual Christmas stamp c...
JEP exclusive: La Moye prison facing mental-health crisis
NEARLY one-third of inmates at La Moye Prison are on medication for mental-health conditions, the JEP can reveal. Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show that 38 of the prison’s 138, or 27.5% of inmates, as of July 2024 are on medication associated with managing a diagnosed ment...
64-year-old man jailed for sexually touching teenage girl
WOMEN will be “protected” by the Island’s justice system, the Royal Court has promised, as it sentenced a 64-year-old man to three years and three months in jail for sexually touching a teenage girl. In September, a jury unanimously found Gordon James Burnett guilty of one count of sexual touc...
Trial date set for men accused of manslaughter following sinking of L’Ecume II
TWO men accused of manslaughter following the sinking of the L’Ecume II trawler will face a four-week trial starting on 1 September next year. Lewis Peter Carr (29) and Artur Sevash-Zade (34) appeared in the Royal Court yesterday to hear the date of their trial. Both denied unlawfully killing skip...
Parents behind Natasha’s Law urge Island to follow UK’s food labelling
THE parents of a girl who died because of an incomplete ingredients label on a baguette warned Islanders about the potentially deadly consequences of Jersey’s laws being out of sync with the UK’s at the first event of its kind in the Channel Islands yesterday. Allergen campaigners Tanya and Nadi...
Man (64) with 1.6kg cannabis stash jailed for over a year
A 64-YEAR-OLD man who had 1.6 kilos of cannabis resin he planned to sell has been jailed for 14 months. The Royal Court heard that Michael Hodgson had seven previous convictions for drugs possession and one for possession with intent to supply, for which he was jailed in 2003. Crown Advocate Carla C...
Government seeks official Jersey anthem (again…)
SHOULD Jersey have its own official anthem? It is a question that the government is asking once again as it launches a public consultation this week to find out what Islanders think about the formal adoption of Liberation Day and Beautiful Jersey as national day and anthem. This forms part of a wide...
Minister to face questions on Jersey ferry tender process
THE Economic Development Minister is due to face questions today about the ferry tender process after a last-minute public hearing was called by the Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel. Panel chair Deputy Montfort Tadier confirmed late yesterday afternoon that Deputy Kirsten Morel had ...
Michael Halliwell obituary
My father, Michael Halliwell, who has died aged 96, was a Church of England clergyman in Jersey who devoted much of his life to promoting Anglo-German friendship.His mission derived largely from his childhood in Jersey, where he was born to Arthur, a surgeon, and his wife, Dorothea (nee Goode). An i...
Government has failed to act on more than 100 recommendations
MORE than 100 recommendations made by the Comptroller and Auditor General over the past ten years had not been implemented by the government by the end of last year. Lynn Pamment recently told the Chamber of Commerce that it was “frustrating” that government procurement processes had remained un...
No fine given to Jersey Post despite compliance breaches
JERSEY Post has avoided a fine after the Jersey Financial Service Commission said there were a number of “serious” regulatory breaches involving its bureaux de change services, money transfer, agency banking and cheque encashment services over a four-year period. In a statement, the JFSC said be...
Deputy calls for £200K bridging grant for ‘struggling’ Jersey Cheshire Home
A BACKBENCHER is calling for the government to provide a one-off “bridging grant” of £200,000 to the Jersey Cheshire Home to help it continue operating amid rising costs. St Helier Deputy Inna Gardiner has lodged an amendment to the government’s Budget. She argued it would cost the Health Dep...