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Infrastructure Minister sets out concerns over new hospital project

Tuesday 12 July 2022

The new Infrastructure Minister has outlined his concerns about the £804m hospital project and pledged to work with the Health Minister to “develop new facilities that fit comfortably in a future health service that must now be devised in the wake of this most recent election.”Deputy Tom Binet, who was elected to the Council of Ministers without opposition on Monday and will ...

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Musical clothes swap event aims to keep items from landfill

Tuesday 12 July 2022

A local fashion student has organised a music-filled clothes swap event next week to encourage islanders to give new life to preloved items and keep them out of landfill.Taking place at St. Lawrence-based cooperative Scoop on Saturday 16 July, the swap was the brainchil...

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Heatwave forces school closure

Tuesday 12 July 2022

A £40m school which opened just two years ago is being forced to close this afternoon as temperatures soar past 30 degrees because its windows cannot be opened and most of the building is not air conditioned.It's expected that the closure of Les Quennevais, where students are already being permitted to wear...

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Elderly pedestrian 'seriously injured after being hit by van'

Monday 11 July 2022

An elderly pedestrian remains in hospital after reportedly being hit by a van last week, Police have said in an appeal for more information.Officers said the reported collision happened around 15:20 last Friday (8 July) on the corner of Bon...

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"Without support, the position would be untenable"

Monday 11 July 2022

A former teacher and leading Education Scrutineer has revealed why he decided against standing for the role of Education Minister.Reform Jersey's Rob Ward had been expected to challenge Chief Minister Kristina Moore's preferred ch...

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“You really cannot get any lower than stealing from the dead”

Monday 11 July 2022

A Guernsey judge has condemned a pair involved in breaking into the flat of someone who had recently passed away and stealing a tin containing cash and a slingshot among other items.Richard Le Conte (32) was sentenced to 12 months in prison in the island's Magistrate's Court for tr...

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