Jersey News

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.

A jury has heard claims the gas work undertaken in the area around Haut Du Mont on the day before a fatal explosion four years ago was rushed, based on 'guesswork', and 'sloppy'.

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

A court has heard the Haut du Mont explosion nearly four years ago, which killed ten people, 'was an incident waiting to happen.'

Some flights between Jersey and the UK today (8 September) have been cancelled or delayed because of an issue with UK air traffic control.

Guernsey Airport operations were disrupted for an hour when a Jersey-bound jet made an emergency landing.

The lack of an inter-islands ferry is making it difficult for islanders in Jersey to get to Pride 2026 in Guernsey.

The heroics of the RNLI's St Helier lifeboat crew will feature in the BBC's Savings Lives at Sea programme for the first time tonight.

The part-time pedestrian crossing near Victoria College Preparatory School is now permanent, but only during school term time.

As well as revamped wicker puffins, the Plémont headland is getting a pond.

A proposal to temporarily cut fuel duty in Jersey has been withdrawn.

Three former gas workers and the island's gas company are going on trial over the deaths of 10 people in an explosion at Haut du Mont in December 2022.

Two new Supertri champions have been crowned in Jersey!

Jersey RFC's head coach says there's lots of positives to take, despite opening the new league season with defeat.

World-class triathletes are returning to Jersey for the Supertri Pro Series Final but without Jonny Brownlee who's announced his retirement.

A woman has been sentenced in the Royal Court today for trying to import 9.6 kilograms of synthetic cannabis in a spare car tyre.

The Grief Disco wants to create a 'cathartic', compassionate space for people to process grief through dance music, movement, and connection.

Two new courtrooms have been created in an empty government building on the Esplanade in St Helier to help the Royal Court cope with the number of cases.

A man has been rescued in a dramatic three hour long recovery operation after falling down a cliff while climbing near Grosnez Castle.

The ball court at Millennium Park is being transformed into a new community basketball space in memory of player and coach Guillaume Hoareau.

A youngster is being praised for swimming to shore to alert lifeguards that their family needed saving.

With a week to go until the Jersey International Air Display, islanders are being asked to support the event however they can.

Meteorologists have confirmed that this summer in Jersey was the warmest on record.

Organisers of this weekend's festival 'Up-there' have cancelled the event.

Islanders will be asked to donate money to the people of Nepal through a Bailiff's Appeal.

Children are being asked to submit designs for a refurbishment of St Andrew's Park.

Watch the moment Crush the turtle - found washed up on a Jersey beach during Storm Goretti - is released back to the wild.

Building is getting underway of 139 new homes at South Hill in St Helier.

43-year old Paul Duffy has been sentenced to 6 years and 8 months' imprisonment for importing £45,000 of Class A Drugs through the post in coffee sachets.

Islanders preparing to head to University this month are being urged not to miss out on getting a meningitis B vaccine.

Families in Jersey will now have more funded childcare options.

A pedestrian is in hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a car in Grands Vaux.

Islands Unlimited has now cancelled all inter-islands sailings until 10 September because of a mechanical problem.

Jersey is sending £200,000 to Nepal, to help in the aid effort following last week's devastating floods.

Islanders are being invited to Jersey's first 'Volunteering in Sport Fair.'

With strong winds forecast this weekend, Jersey's fire service is urging islanders not to light any bonfires.

Today (28 August), Jersey's Royal Court found 31-year-old Ian Michael Agostini guilty of four offences against a woman he met on a dating app, on their first meeting, including two counts of rape.

Jersey's Chief Minister says his government stands in solidarity with the people in Nepal, following the devastating flash floods there.

The amount of Jersey's territorial waters protected from dredging and trawling will more than triple from next week (Tuesday 1 September).

The officer in charge of Jersey's Marine Resources admits the fishing profession is a 'difficult one' to be in right now.

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