Jersey News

Celebrations and commemorations are marking 80 years since Jersey was liberated from five years of Nazi rule during the Second World War.

After almost half a year, St Helier's ringway will be open to traffic.

80 years later, David King and Dave Le Plongeon revisit a photograph of them celebrating their liberation, now immortalised in a mural on Pitt Street.

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A £3 million national advertising campaign is promoting Jersey Royal potatoes.

Audiences will take their seats in Jersey Opera House for the first time in more than five years when it reopens on Liberation Day.

DFDS' apprenticeship programme in the coming academic year hopes to welcome a crew and team from Jersey.

A former Jersey headmaster, who was the only British survivor of a German concentration camp, has been commemorated at St John's School.

Four Jersey schools are getting free tailored football coaching from the Jersey Bulls during PE lessons.

Jersey's politicians could soon have a revised set of rules to stick to ensure they behave well.

People living in flats on West Hill in St Helier were evacuated when a fire broke out in a nearby electrical power station and bin store.

HSBC has made a donation to support the Blue Marine Foundation (BMF) and its work protecting ocean habitats around Guernsey and Jersey.

The Jersey Boat Show returns to St Helier Marina for another year of all things maritime.

The Channel Islands' top politicians have met for the final time ahead of Guernsey's upcoming general election.

A wider area in the west of Jersey is affected by PFAS contamination that had been thought.

Two fields next to St Saviour's Parish Hall could be turned into a new park with facilities for parishioners to enjoy.

Islanders can now walk up and down Rouge Bouillon again without cutting around Palmyra Road and Clarendon Road.

45-year-old Marizel Parlaza Penagos has been sentenced, by Jersey's Royal Court, to 5.5 years for her part in a major drug smuggling operation.

The average price paid for property in Jersey has fallen by 3% in the first quarter of 2025 ,to £569,000.

Jersey's first solar farm - the biggest in the Channel Islands - has been switched on.

Liberation 80 exhibitions look at the history of occupation and liberation through a fresh lens.

A major investigation uncovered 50 children in Jersey were groomed, bribed and threatened into receiving parcels concealing drugs hidden in toys and teddy bears.

Monica Nobrega, Elijah McManus, Joseph James Barratt, Rory Ribeiro and Malibu Brennan have been sentenced to a combined almost 10 years for their involvement in a major UK county lines drugs network.

Damien Molony is returning to Jersey as Bergerac. UKTV teases what the TV detective will do next.

An annual campaign is urging islanders to put their lawnmowers away in May.

Sean Bernard Downey has been given a Treatment Order for the attempted robbery of Queen's Road Morrisons in January 2024 and two other offences.

Plans have been submitted for a new youth and community centre in the north of St Helier, which the government hopes will be fully open by the summer of 2028.

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17-year-old drummer Matt Jackson is the first winner of the title 'Contemporary Musician of the Year'.

Jersey's Children's Commissioner is concerned that proposed budget cuts in 2026 will impact the island's human and children's rights.

RoadPeace wants people in Jersey and Guernsey to be aware of and use its services after visiting the islands last week to speak to police and politicians.

Jersey's gymnasts are participating in their first competition without Arthur Falle since 1981.

Dementia Jersey has been awarded a further three-year contract by Health and Care Jersey to continue to deliver its successful Meeting Place Project.

Jersey football fans will be able to travel to Guernsey with DFDS to watch this year's Muratti final.

In a busy weekend for JFRS, a family of five was rescued from the rising tide near Seymour Tower, and a dog was recovered from the cliff paths above Bouley Bay.

The vibrant colour festival wholly funds a unique post in FNHC that provides holistic respite to children in their care and their siblings.

The 'Jersey Contemporary Musician' competition is a new alternative to the traditional 'Young Musician of the Year' title.

Ten rare Livingstone's fruit bats at Jersey Zoo have died from an infection.

Islanders still have not been told when Rouge Bouillon will reopen, but they have been told it has been delayed.

The Jersey Youth Assembly has been relaunched, hoping to draw more young people into influencing what happens in the island.

The number of Asian hornet queens found in Jersey so far this year is more than ten times the total recorded by this time last spring.

A man has been accused of assaulting a young girl twice on Jersey's high street.

Organ and blood donors will be recognised by a new public memorial in Jersey.

Islanders are being encouraged to dress in orange and gather in Liberation Square to show support for Lily McGarry, a sports-loving Jersey student who recently became a quadruple amputee.

Jersey's Deputy Bailiff Robert MacRae KC will become Bailiff in October.

This year's Channel Islands Pride will take place in Jersey on 21 June.

Flags are flying at half-mast across Jersey following the death of the pontiff, while community leaders have paid their own tributes to Pope Francis.