LIMITATIONS regarding data held by government has created challenges in fulfilling a Budget pledge to widen access for school lunches, the Education Minister has admitted. Deputy Catherine Curtis said ...

PLANS for a new “fit for purpose” playground in St Helier have been criticised by nearby residents due to concerns about traffic congestion in a green lane. Plans were submitted in July to build a new ...

OLD, previously involved in a syndicate that used schoolchildren to move drugs around Jersey, breached the conditions of his early release from prison by flying to Manchester to compete in a boxing ...

BETTER access to respite and community support for unpaid carers, disabled Islanders and older people with care needs should be an explicit government priority, a backbencher has proposed. Deputy ...

GALE-FORCE winds and bands of rain are set to bring travel disruption later this week, with the potential for the first “named storm” of the season to coincide with the start of the half-term holiday.

TWO farms in Jersey have had animals test positive for a new disease, which only emerged recently.  Shamonda virus first appeared in Europe earlier this year and, in August, it was discovered in the ...

TWO Islanders are seeking to become the latest additions to a proud line of Jersey ocean rowers when they embark on a 3,000-mile crossing of the Atlantic in a few weeks’ time. On 12 December, Jenna ...

TOWN offices which remained unlet after more than two years of marketing could be converted into a two-bedroom home. A planning application seeks permission to turn the first floor of 20 Sand Street ...

JERSEY’S farmers have faced a double whammy of challenges this year with a sharp increase in oil prices coupled with difficult weather conditions affecting their operations. The cost of diesel, which ...

AN electrician who was paid just £2,500 for more than six months of work has been awarded over £33,600 after a tribunal condemned his employer’s treatment as “reprehensible”. Joshua Masefield resigned ...

YOUNG Islanders were invited to help shape the future of journalism this week as they explored how to turn the issues they care about into news stories for JEP Junior. JEP Junior editor Christie ...

THE reliability, or otherwise, of social media as a source of news was central to a debate that featured contributions by students from seven of the Island’s secondary schools. Organised by the Rotary ...