2024 news

The Jersey Police Authority is looking for new members to be ambassadors and advocate for policing in the Island.

Parts of the St Helier ring road, Clarendon Road and La Pouquelaye are currently closed due to an unstable building.

Residents from Le Clos Mourant in St Clement are now able to return to their homes, following last night's gas leak.

After working through the night, Island Energy’s engineers located the gas leak which had led to the evacuation of Le Clos Mourant, St Clement, last night.

During their investigations at Le Clos Mourant, a pocket of gas was detected by Island Energy engineers in a service duct.

Earlier this evening, the States of Jersey Fire & Rescue Service evacuated around 50 homes from Le Clos Mourant on Le Squez Road in St Clement following a gas leak.

Along with Jersey Met and other partners, Jersey’s Emergency Planning team is monitoring the approach of Storm Darragh.

A 35-year-old man has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for attempting to import heroin into the Island.

A new campaign focused on the impact which sexual harassment can have on women and girls has been launched.

Five men have been sentenced to 36 years and six months, plus 456 hours of community service, by Jersey’s Royal Court today, for the parts they played in a number of drugs importations into Jersey.

Islanders are being reminded to call 999 in an emergency, following a spate of misplaced calls to the Justice and Home Affairs administration team.

Jersey’s Independent Prison Monitoring Board is looking for new members to continue its work over a four-year term.

The Minister for Justice and Home Affairs has issued a statement on non-fatal strangulation as a standalone offence.

The States of Jersey Ambulance Service, whose staff have been attacked on duty, is leading a campaign to highlight the impact of aggressive and intimidating behaviours.

Two men were sentenced today (Tuesday 5th November 2024) in the Royal Court in two separate cases concerning the importation of drugs to the Island.

Jersey Fire and Rescue Service has launched its latest recruitment campaign, to attract on-call firefighters to the team.

Jersey Fire and Rescue Service (JFRS) will once again be supporting Jersey Electricity's (JE) annual electric blanket safety testing on Thursday 17th October and Friday 18th October 2024.

Three Jersey firefighters are finalists for a national Pride of Britain award.

The emergency services and other responders took part in a live major incident exercise to test procedures at the harbour.

Government of Jersey Emergency Planning will hold a live major incident exercise, based at Elizabeth Terminal, on Tuesday 8th October.

The Minister for Justice and Home Affairs, Deputy Mary Le Hegarat, has agreed that the French ID card scheme will now continue until September 2025.

The States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service is working in collaboration with several managing agents to introduce new safety measures for tall and complex buildings.

Jersey Fire and Rescue Service has launched a new home safety check tool, which will enable people to carry out their own home fire risk assessment for free

Two men who conspired to commit fraud amounting to £3.3million have been sent to prison by the Royal Court of Jersey.

A 23-year-old man from Scarborough has been sentenced to 3 years and 6 months imprisonment for the importation of cocaine and ketamine, with a combined street value of £11,300.

The Tactical Co-ordination Group (TCG) convened this afternoon to discuss the impending weather conditions forecasted by Jersey Met.

The Jersey Met Office has issued orange warnings for ice and snow across Jersey and the other Channel Islands.

Jersey Met has issued a yellow alert for snow and a yellow ice warning.

A 55-year-old man from London has been sentenced to six years and four months imprisonment for the importation of 57.36 grams of cocaine.