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Jersey has overhauled its almost 30-year-old abortion law to update thresholds, which makes terminations past 22 weeks legal, although it is unlikely that late stage abortions will be carried out here.

Last month was the wettest February in Jersey since records began in 1894.

Men in Jersey continue to earn more than women, particularly those over 40, but the gender pay gap is narrowing.

A raft of law changes have been passed to address how Jersey prosecutes violent and sexual offences including intimate image abuse, the creation of AI deepfakes, stalking and strangulation.

Jersey Heritage is commissioning a new mural, and the search for the artist has begun.

After an unusual rescue mission yesterday, a family of seven guinea pigs are safely in the care of the JSPCA.

The GBTEA says the loss of the hire firm and 25 jobs will test the building industry short term.

Businesses in Jersey producing and selling food will have to meet tighter safety rules designed to protect consumers.

The States “Screens Away, Time to Play” campaign explains the negative impact of excessive screen time on under-4s brain development and suggests alternatives.

Guernsey Post blames increasing costs for the decision to route mail by sea.

The GBTEA says the loss of the hire firm and 25 jobs will test the building industry short term.

Policy and Finance is raising concerns about reliability, disruption and customer communication on the Alderney routes.

The issue of a lack of things to do is seen as being behind what some say is vandalism at Delancey Park.

Alderney Electricity's MD says he is watching the global situation closely as the economic effects of the war begin to be felt.

Construction industry supplier SGB Hire Channel Islands has closed with immediate effect.

Key dates include the opening and closing of the electoral roll, the candidate nomination window and postal voting.

A therapist who claimed that the sexual assaults he inflicted on a patient were part of her treatment has been jailed for 11 years.

The cousin of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot dead by police who mistook him for a terror suspect, has said undercover officers "invaded my privacy" when they spied on her campaign for justice.

The government recently published a National Cancer Plan for England, including a pledge that the NHS will meet its cancer waiting time targets by 2029. The latest figures show a move in the wrong direction.

The proportion of NHS staff who have been attacked at work is at a three-year high, a survey has revealed.

English clubs were riding high in Europe heading into this week's last-16 showdowns, so what has gone wrong after a chastening few days that have seen no team claim a first-leg win?

It is highly unusual to see Bukayo Saka's number come up as early as the 60th minute, especially in a game in which Arsenal need a goal. And yet it came as little surprise against Bayer Leverkusen. Their captain on the night had struggled.

Home By The Lee made it fifth time lucky as Joseph O’Brien’s star finally won the Stayers' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

James Coles fetched the highest ​price in the first round of bidding in the Men's Hundred auction as London Spirit paid £390,000 for the 21-year-old Sussex all-rounder.

Iran's targeting of Middle East energy has driven oil prices back above the $100 a barrel level again, with market experts expressing increased alarm over the prospects for long term damage to the industry.

The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has announced its first annual bonus since 2022 following further progress in its post pandemic turnaround .

A committee of MPs is launching an inquiry into the student loan system and whether it's fair for graduates

The Oscars celebrate the craft and creative excellence behind the best movies of the year – but the red carpet ahead of the ceremony is quite a different matter.

Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh will not face a new terror trial after judges at the High Court rejected a Crown Prosecution Service appeal against the decision to throw out the case.

Theatre is enjoying a renaissance across the UK, welcoming more people to live events than ever before, but over a third of organisations say they still expect to operate at a deficit this year.

A woman has been charged with the attempted murder of Rihanna.

In the end, the first drop of the Mandelson files contained neither a smoking gun nor bombshell revelation.

A committee of MPs is launching an inquiry into the student loan system and whether it's fair for graduates

Majorities of over 100 sound pretty healthy. But those numbers do not tell the whole story.

Labour MP Charlotte Nichols has told the House of Commons that it took 1,088 days after she was raped for her case to reach court.

Evidence is growing that outdated US intelligence was "likely" to blame for the attack on a school in southern Iran which killed more than 170 people, most of them children.

Kim Jong Un has been photographed firing guns with his teenage daughter as part of a drive by the dictator to modernise North Korea's military.

A drone is circling in the skies above Zaki Ramadan when he takes my call. As a humanitarian worker in Sudan's southeastern Blue Nile state, he is helplessly watching aid dwindle and civilians be killed by the meteoric rise in drone strikes.

Vladimir Putin's "hidden hand" is likely helping Iran respond to Donald Trump's war, the UK defence secretary has said, as it emerged that Iranian-linked drones hit a base in Iraq where some British troops are located.

Tech companies have been warned to protect young people online after MPs voted down a blanket social media ban for under-16s.

WhatsApp, the messaging service run by Meta, is going to allow under-13s on its platform, as long as they have parental consent.

Google's AI can identify breast cancer better than a human doctor, and potentially save the stretched NHS a huge amount of time and effort, a new study shows.

PlayStation gamers could be owed £2bn in compensation, according to a lawsuit launched on Tuesday.

A masked fan unplugged a VAR monitor during ‌a German second division football match.

Elon Gust and Dame Judi Drench are among the names that have been submitted to the Met Office for UK storms.

A police sergeant has been sacked for using a picture frame to weigh down her laptop keys and give the false impression she was working from home.

On a day when energy bills are making headlines, we thought we'd share new research on the energy habits that lead to the most household arguments.