Jersey News

Specialist family liaison officers have been working closely with Hannah Benfield's family following her death.

Aquasplash is to shut completely for at least a week after legionella bacteria was detected in some of the water outlets.

Jersey's Infrastructure Minister says he will examine how his department runs consultations after a backlash to now-ditched plans to move the King Street Apple Crusher.

Families in Jersey are set to get extra help with the cost of living under the proposed 2027 Budget, including a doubling of the parental grant, more funded nursery hours and £250 per school-age child.

The 2026 winter bus timetable has a few additions and adjustments.

There will continue to be a significant emergency service presence in Alderney while a suspected murder investigation continues.

A former gas worker on trial over the fatal Haut du Mont explosion said he felt ‘isolated', 'shocked', and ‘responsible’ when told about what happened.

The plan to relocate the Apple Crusher, as part of the redevelopment of Broad Street, has been abandoned.

Guernsey Police is investigating, and a man was arrested after a body was found in Alderney.

Visitor numbers to Jersey Museum have dropped by more than 23% since entry fees were introduced in July.

Jersey Electricity says its new 'Green Skills Academy' is one of the most advanced training facilities of its kind in Europe.

A new free 20 week course is bringing people in Jersey together to learn basic construction and woodworking skills.

A 65-year-old Jersey surgeon starts seven consecutive swimming marathons today (Sunday 27 September).

Jersey pensioners will get a 4.7% increase in the Old Age Pension from the start of October.

Jersey's Infrastructure Minister says he's listening to concerns expressed over plans to remove the Apple Crusher on King Street... and insists no final decision has been made.

DFDS' Christmas and New Year timetable still isn't published, despite Jersey's Economic Development Minister telling Channel 103 his department signed it off a couple of weeks ago.

The first part of the transformed Departure Lounge at Jersey Airport is expected to open in mid-November.

Hundreds of people are having their say on a suggestion the apple crusher outside M&S could be moved,

Jersey Bulls have reinstated their livestream to their away game against Bedfont Sports following an outcry from fans.

Jersey's estimated population was unchanged at the end of last year at 104,500 people.

Jersey and Guernsey could work together to encourage cruise operators to include both the major Channel Islands in their itineraries.

A young Jersey cricketer is heading to Canada after being picked for a franchise tournament!

An unvaccinated dog in Jersey has contracted a serious bacterial infection that is spread by urine.

A Guernsey football fan has been cautioned over disorder at this year's Muratti.

Coronation Park has been made bigger, with new paths and a play area on the neighbouring former playing fields. But a much-anticipated pump track for bikes isn't there, yet.

Jerseys Infrastructure Minister has published a list of a number of over 100 fields where biosolids fertiliser were spread, following a Freedom of Information challenge.

Jersey Water says bills will increase by 6.9% from the start of 2027, to 'support the investment in the island's water supply infrastructure'.

Jersey Bulls will only stream away matches at Springfield Stadium from now on.

A carer who sexually assaulted a teenage boy in the 1990s has avoided a prison sentence.

'Budget concerns' at Island Energy in the years before the fatal Haut du Mont explosion meant workers - including the three men on trial over the blast - did not get 'fundamental' safety training, Jersey's Royal Court has heard.

A man and woman have been convicted after members of Jersey's Muslim Community were assaulted and verbally abused outside the Jersey Islamic Centre.

Staff at Jersey Zoo are recalling fond memories of Nettie the Sumatran orangutan, following her death at the age of 43.

There'll be direct flights from Jersey to Olbia in Sardinia in 2027.

A motorcyclist has been transferred to Southampton Hospital following a collision on Route du Fort.

A new law to protect whistleblowers in Jersey has been delayed, with the Social Security Minister querying its 'necessity'.

Selected pharmacists in Jersey can now access key patient information such as medication history.

A survey of Jersey employers has revealed 'growing concern' about the 'pace' of recent minimum wage increases.

One of Jersey Zoo's much-loved residents has passed away today (21 September).

A man who 'cynically, cruelly, and repeatedly' sexually abused a young child in Jersey has been jailed for life.

An ambitious project has been launched to build a social skills respite home on the site of Mont a l'Abbe school.

Jersey's Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service has officially opened the doors of its new home at Bermuda House.

Direct flights between Jersey and Normandy could return after an absence of more than 20 years, driven by the need to transport workers for the Island’s new hospital.

A 28-year-old man needed hospital treatment after being punched outside St Saviour's Court.

Jersey's Corn Riots Festival returns to the Royal Square this weekend.

The winners have been named at the 2026 Normans Customer Service Awards, powered by Channel 103.

Cake and ice cream is off the menu at Jersey's primary schools for at least two days a week. Fresh fruit is being offered instead.

Islanders are being invited to give their thoughts on proposed standards for the Assisted Dying.

St Helier Honorary Police have written to parents via Jersey's secondary schools, following an increase in reports of young people exploring abandoned and derelict buildings.

With 30 bays, it's not always easy to know which beach in Jersey is best to head for.

New security fencing has been installed at Haute Vallée school, after a former pupil was recently found on a campus with a knife.

The Safety and Compliance Officer at Island Energy on the night of the fatal Haut du Mont explosion in December 2022 says if he'd known a leak test hadn’t been carried out before reintroducing gas to the network, he ‘would have stopped the job.’

A call for video monitoring of babies in neonatal cots and incubators will be considered by both Jersey and Guernsey's health authorities.

People who use smart glasses are being urged to act responsibly and consider the impact on other people's privacy.

Jersey Cricket has set out a new three-year strategy, aimed at delivering excellence across the game.

A court has heard that, hours after the fatal explosion at Haut Du Mont, an Island Energy worker told his colleague that he 'didn't test the gas main', and that he thought he'd left a gas valve open at the block of flats.

Romerils are expressing shear relief after their Shaun the Sheep was found!

Jersey and Guernsey Electricity have signed a new four year deal with French energy supplier EDF.

There's a chance of stumbling across camera crews around Jersey this week, as series three of Bergerac is being filmed in the island.

More 14 to 19 year olds are being encouraged to join the Jersey Youth Assembly.

Jersey Bulls have been knocked out of the FA Cup in a 3-1 defeat at Burgess Hill Town.

Rules have been simplified to make it easier for businesses to recruit staff in Jersey.

The work of volunteers in Jersey, who risk their lives at sea to save others, will be shown on national TV tonight (15 September) for the second week in a row.

It's baaaa-d news for Romerils... The store's Battle-inspired Shaun the Sheep has gone missing!

Independent observers of Jersey's 2026 election are calling for greater transparency over political finance.

A £4.2 million refurbishment of St Paul's Gate in St Helier has been completed.

Parents and carers in Jersey are being asked to speak to their children about being kind to animals, following 'several' reports of welfare concerns over the summer.

A man found with serious injuries in Gorey has been transferred to a UK hospital.

The Channel Islands Pride Parade is in Guernsey for 2026, and there's lots to do whether you're walking in the Parade or cheering from the sidelines.

Planning permission has been granted for a seven-storey office building on the Esplanade, in the place of a Grade 3 listed Victorian townhouse.

RNLI lifeguards are urging islanders to take care around the coastline this weekend, after they rescued a surfer who was caught out by the rapidly incoming tide.

Fundraising by the people of Jersey has given a little girl with a rare condition the 'best possible start', with treatment that has seen her stand by herself for the first time.

A sinking boat with four people on board was saved by a Jersey lifeboat crew during this week's Air Display.

Private boats arriving in Jersey have been targeted in a joint maritime enforcement operation.

Registration is open for a competition to give Jersey students the chance to design, build, and race their very own, small-scale, F1 car!

The trial into the Haut du Mont explosion, which killed ten residents nearly four years ago, has been told that Island Energy 'did not have systems in place to make sure what its employees were doing was safe'.

A Tunisian man, who sexually assaulted five women on the streets of St Helier, has been jailed for nine years, with deportation recommended upon the completion of his sentence.

Jersey Police have confirmed to Channel 103 that they arrested a teenage boy at Millbrook park on suspicion of sexual touching without consent.

Spectators will line St Aubin's Bay for the 2026 Jersey International Air Display returns.

Jurors have heard the 999 call made by Haut Du Mont resident Louisa De Almeida, reporting the smell of gas inside her flat, hours before the explosion that killed her and nine others in December 2022.

The supervising engineer of gas works that led to a fatal explosion at Haut du Mont was distracted when he attended the flats to check valves were closed, Jersey's Royal Court has been told.

The Red Arrows are still expected in Jersey tomorrow (10 September), despite pulling out of tonight's Guernsey Air Display.

26 new homes will be built in Victoria Village, after a successful planning appeal.

Jersey's government wants islanders' input on the plans to phase out petrol and diesel cars.