2018 news

More than 750 people have taken part in the Island-wide consultation so far

Three young people from Jersey with experience of the care system in the Island joined the delegation and afterwards spoke about what they had learnt.

Professionals from a number of agencies have been nominated for the awards which are being given in recognition of an outstanding contribution towards Safeguarding in Jersey.

The Home Affairs Minister, Deputy Kristina Moore, welcomes the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report on police governance

Deputy Sam Mézec, the chairman of the Care of Children in Jersey Review Panel, will also attend the visit.

The inmates’ work will showcase their artwork and crafts and will be exhibited from this Thursday at The Harbour Gallery, St Aubin, until 8 April.

One of the key recommendations was to publish the “Severe Weather and Grands Vaux Flood Plans”

Under the proposals there are plans to include rape trials by jurat, which the Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel have recommended.

The Law will repeal and replace legislation dating from the 1830s to the 1940s, to build on the strengths of justice and fairness in our system.

The Minister for Home Affairs has announced the news today following the release of a new consensus statement for Jersey in which top health professionals have signed up to about the use of e-cigarettes.

The Jersey consensus statement explains that based on the latest limited research evidence there is sufficient confidence to say that e-cigarettes are less harmful to smokers’ health than if they continue to smoke conventional cigarettes.

As part of this year’s National Awareness Day on Sunday 18 March a range of organisations and senior leaders in Jersey are joining forces to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation this week.

Details of the work involved in developing a Children’s Plan for Jersey will be made public for the first time at the ‘Engagement Day’ on 14 March, at Hotel de France, an event which is open to everyone.

Jersey’s Superintendent Registrar has released the Annual Life Event statement for 2017, which also shows that the number of births were at their lowest since 2002 and deaths at the highest since 2002.

​The event is taking place on Saturday, 10 March, from 12pm to 3pm, at The Link, Eagle House, La Colomberie. As this is a drop-in event, no booking is required and children and young people can just turn up on the day.