Jersey in numbers
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Elizabeth Harbour café opens to non-travellers this winter
The Shipyard café at Elizabeth Harbour opens to non-travellers from 8 October, Monday to Friday 8am–1pm, with pastries, drinks and a children’s play area.
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Every Jersey school gets its own named educational psychologist
Jersey has completed recruitment for its educational psychology and wellbeing team, giving every school a named psychologist from September 2026.
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Durrell conservationist honoured for saving world’s smallest pig
Dr Parag Jyoti Deka has received a government award from Assam after nearly 30 years working to save the pygmy hog, with 194 animals released into the wild.
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Farnham puts Voisin in charge of driving Jersey’s economic growth
Jersey has formed a new economic growth group led by Deputy Gerald Voisin, targeting investment, red tape reduction and inflation across all sectors of the econ
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Jersey’s new sport minister on funding gaps and unlocking school grounds
Former England netball captain Serena Kersten on her ambitions for Les Quennevais and FB Fields, the funding constraints she faces, and opening school grounds a
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Water Taxi CI adds bigger boat as founder calls for island-hopping network
Water Taxi CI is expanding its inter-island fleet and its founder says greater government collaboration is needed to build a proper Channel Islands tourism netw
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Jersey told to go electric but has nowhere to put dead batteries
A Jersey vehicle recovery veteran with 40 years of experience warns the Island has no proper infrastructure for disposing of electric vehicle batteries, despite
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Thousands of Jersey couples still to decide on joint tax filing
Jersey has extended two tax deadlines to 31 October. Only 4,000 of 14,000 eligible couples have opted for joint filing, and take-up on frozen 2019 bill repaymen
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Jersey’s long-term care fund to rise 1% by 2030 in phased plan
Jersey’s Social Security Minister defends plans to raise long-term care contributions by 1% by 2030, phased from 2028, generating around £35m in extra annual in
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Pharmacy supply chain app wins Digital Jersey’s AI Hackathon
A pharmacy supply chain platform predicting medicine shortages has won Digital Jersey’s third AI Hackathon, taking the £10,000 prize from 15 competing teams.