AT some point, the government’s efforts to reduce the amount of a manmade chemical called PFAS which is linked to cancer and ...
ACCESS to reproductive healthcare “must not be dependent on financial means”, a scrutiny panel has warned as it welcomed “long overdue” changes to the Island’s abortion law. The Health and Social ...
By Carl Parslow WHEN the States Assembly voted on 26 February to approve the Island’s Assisted Dying Law, the moment was described as “historic”. Jersey became only the second jurisdiction in the ...
RESIDENTS of two St Helier tower blocks say they have been forced to dodge buckets catching rainwater in communal corridors for years, as roof leaks they describe as a “health and safety biohazard” ...
A BUS that once roamed the Island’s roads in the days of Connex – and later as part of the LibertyBus fleet – has found itself a new home in the UK thanks to a teenager’s preservation project. Bus ...
THE government discriminated against two disabled children after officials refused a request to allow their childminder to continue caring for one of them once a week, a tribunal has found. The Jersey ...
A MAJOR project to introduce a new Electronic Patient Records system is set to conclude this year, the Health Minister has confirmed. Responding to a written question from Deputy Raluca Kovacs, the ...
STRIVE Health Club – which is behind a proposal to build a £50m hotel between the gym and the neighbouring rugby club – has pledged to spend £250,000 for pitch improvements on nearby land in order to ...
IN today’s JEP we set out the various perspectives on an issue which is often used as a bellwether of a modern community: clean drinking water. Of course, that simple word “clean” is often deeply ...
JERSEY’s supply chains “remain stable” despite rising tensions in the Middle East, according to the Chief Minister. After a warning from ATF fuels earlier this week, Deputy Lyndon Farnham said in a ...
ON paper, Jersey is one of the wealthiest jurisdictions in the world. But for many women living in the Island, the reality of everyday life tells a different story. From paying for contraception and ...
THE study of languages is something that is encouraged in many of Jersey schools – but, despite there being a sizeable Romanian population both in the Island and the UK, it is not currently possible ...