Jersey News

A Jersey charity helping people with financial problems has seen demand for its services double since January 2022.

Jersey's cricketers are champions of ICC Challenge League B.

Thousands of lights covered the floats at the Moonlight Parade.

As temperatures continue to rise in Jersey, we're being reminded to protect our furry friends.

All of the winners from the first Battle of Flowers parade in three years have been announced.

Supermarkets have stopped selling disposable barbecues because of the risk of fires breaking out in the ongoing hot and dry weather.

The West's Centre statues in St Helier have been decorated as the Battle of Flowers celebrations continue.

Parents in Jersey are being urged to check their children's polio vaccination status after samples of the virus were found in London sewage.

Jersey's government could have done more to prevent the relationship breakdown between the RNLI and St Helier lifeboat crew, which left the island without an all-weather lifeboat for a time.

On the same day Jersey's firefighters pleaded for the public's help to avoid wildfires, crews were called to a blaze in St Ouen.

A girl has been taken to hospital after a crash involving a motorbike in the Parade.

The Optimists Club has won the Prix d'Honneur award at the Battle of Flowers for the third time in a row.

A 53-year-old man has been jailed for at least 20 years for murder and attempted murder in 1990.

Jersey's Battle of Flowers parade is back for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, and it's the hottest ever!

Jersey's Fire Service is asking islanders not to have bonfires and campfires because of fears of wildfires breaking out because of tinderbox dry conditions.

An 87-year-old man has died after the car he was driving hit a granite wall in St Lawrence.

Save water or face restrictions. That's the warning from Jersey Water as the dry weather continues to grip the island.

Rehabilitation services are back at Jersey's Samarès Ward.

An 18-year-old motorcyclist has suffered a broken leg after a crash at Greve D'Azette.

More coronavirus vaccine clinics have been arranged in Jersey to get more children jabbed before they return to school next month.

The number of people visiting Jersey between January and May 2022 is down by more than 40% on the same period in 2019.

A woman who tried to get cocaine into Jersey by hiding it inside a fire extinguisher has been jailed for eight years.

The hot and dry summer looks to continue for even longer, with Jersey predicted to hit 33°C this weekend.

A 35-year-old man who stabbed a man he knew several times outside the Ambassadeur Hotel in St Clement has been jailed for ten and a half years.

Ten birds have been reported missing from a home in the Devil's Hole area.

A six-year old girl has had her 31 inch hair cut into a bob to raise money for Age Concern Jersey.

Nearly 13% of all pregnant women in Jersey have requested a homebirth in the first half of this year, compared to 10% in the whole of last year.

Jersey's flagbearer at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony will be Daniel Lee.

Sally Minty-Gravett has become the first person to swim the Channel in each of the past six decades.

Firefighters have put out a blaze on the headland near La Pulente in Jersey's St Ouen's Bay.

Jersey's most popular bays will soon have boxes full of beach and sports toys on them.

The winning numbers from this year's Jersey Hospice Care Million Pound Lottery have been drawn.

A 25-year-old woman from Salford has appeared in Jersey's Magistrate's Court after being charged with importing cocaine into the island.

An independent mental health advocate says the new Clinique Pinel facility will offer the island what it has been waiting for for a very long time.

A couple who got married last week have spent part of their honeymoon in Jersey to complete the island's parkrun!

The new Jersey Cricket Centre at Grainville has been opened in a special ceremony.

There are 72 teaching vacancies in Jersey's schools ahead of the next academic year.

The States Complaints Board has slammed the government for an 'increasing failure to co-operate' after it ignored the board's recommendations when it came to a retired firefighter's pension.

Jersey has entered its second drought of the summer.

Officials are looking into what more can be done to encourage mothers to continue breastfeeding when their baby reaches six to eight weeks old.

Jersey's first female Constable has died at the age of 93.

Jersey Police are appealing for information after a group of people allegedly assaulted a man outside Tiki Hut in St Helier.

The government has approved a project to build nearly 200 homes in town.

The leader of Reform Jersey says the government should not waste its time in 'encouraging' private landlords not to put up rent above inflation 'if possible.'

The government has released its mini-budget, which it says will put £15m back into islanders' pockets this year and nearly £42m in 2023.

Passengers can't book British Airways flights to Jersey from the UK's busiest airport until at least Monday 8 August.

The number of people who came out to vote in June's election was lower than in 2018.

Jersey's Community Policing Team is asking for islanders' views on what it should be working on.

Jersey Police have released pictures of two men they want to speak to about a vehicle fire on Victoria Avenue, which is being treated as suspicious.

A two-month programme of free public art events is underway in Jersey.

Jersey has had its driest July since records began in 1894.

An investigation is underway into what caused a vehicle fire in the sixth layby of Victoria Avenue.

The new Sport Minister says finding a new home for the Jersey Special Gymnastics Club is 'very much on the agenda.'

The Chief Minister says she shares people's frustrations that they can't come together to watch the big England Lionesses match on a big screen.

The water play area at Millbrook Park, which has been plagued with issues since opening last month, will close on Tuesday 2 August for planned maintenance work.

Jersey Cheshire Home is appealing for help to raise £170,000 to install a fire sprinkler system.

Four Golden Guernsey Goats have made the trip to Jersey zoo and are now out of quarantine.

The government looked into arranging a big screen for islanders to watch the England Lionesses play in the Euro 2022 final, but decided that it didn't prove to be value for money.

Jersey's government says 'a number' of scarlet fever cases have been found in nurseries and other childcare facilities.

Jersey's competition regulator has made seven recommendations to improve competition and resilience at the island's port.

Jersey has recorded its fourth bird flu case of the year.

A chip pan that was left 'briefly unattended' led to a kitchen fire in a block of flats in St Helier.

28 athletes will represent Jersey across eight different sports at the Commonwealth Games, which gets underway today with the opening ceremony.

A 49-year-old man who attacked his ex-partner with a cleaver has been jailed for six and a half years.

The number of cars or vans owned or available to be used by Jersey households has gone up by nearly 10% in the last ten years.

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Around 100 Jersey boys and girls are being taught by the Celtic soccer academy at Haute Vallee.

There are currently no plans to ban glyphosate in Jersey, but officers have been tasked with looking at the impact it has in the island.

Jersey's outgoing Children's Commissioner says she feels heartened about the new government's plans for young people in Jersey, following talks with the new Chief Minister.

A living flag will be created at Le Braye next month as part of celebrations for Ukraine Week.

Pyrotechnic display team Aerosparx will be in Jersey next month for the return of the Battle of Flowers.

Reform Jersey has asked for a meeting with the Chief Minister to talk about what is being considered for the Millennium Town Park.

An investigation is underway after a fire broke out in the storage area of a block of flats in St Helier.

Deborah McMillan has resigned as Jersey's Children's Commissioner for personal reasons.

It has been confirmed that a case of monkeypox has been detected in Jersey.

A 36-year-old man has been charged with importing around four ounces of cocaine, with a street value of up to £25,000, into Jersey.

A new campaign has been launched to save Jersey's puffins from extinction.

A group of islanders are sleeping in a Jersey car park to raise awareness of homelessness.

Two-thirds of adults in Jersey are now fully vaccinated against coronavirus.