The Government’s economic advisers have warned that plans to set up a £20m Technology Fund and Health and Social Recovery Fund are “undesirable” and could reduce transparency in spending.The creation of the funds is proposed in the Government Plan 2022-25, which sets out the Government'...
Read More »A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in prison after raping a woman in her sleep, leaving her with "severe psychological harm."Appearing in the Royal Court yesterday, Joao Pedro Vieira was also sentenced for getting into a figh...
Read More »Midwives have put together a new panel of volunteers to help push forward improvements to local maternity services – and are looking for more voices from the Portuguese, Polish and LGBTQ+ communities to get involved.The Jersey Maternity Voices Partnership will enable parents’ feedback to be directly shared wi...
Read More »Guernsey’s Financial Crime Chief has been accused of malpractice by a corporate criminal as part of the appeal against his conviction on corruption-related charges.The ongoing case in the UK Court of Appeal relates to the Unaoil bribery scandal, which began in 201...
Read More »An Elizabeth Castle ferry-bus driver, who was sacked after refusing to wear a mask, has had his case for discrimination compensation thrown out.David Pallot had argued that Jersey Heritage’s decision to fire him in March 2021 amounted to ...
Read More »A local artist has depicted iconic trees from the island's 12 parishes in striking watercolour for her latest exhibition.Nicola Lucas’s ‘She walks in beauty’ is on display at Private and Public until Fri...
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