Condor services between Jersey and St Malo have been cancelled on Saturday because of industrial action by French dock workers. Jersey to Poole services have also been cancelled due to weather.
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He added the company would be working to reach everyone booked on trips to offer "alternative arrangements". Meanwhile, the company said the services between the Channel Islands and Poole had been cancelled on Saturday "due to significant rough seas and very windy conditions".
A lawyer representing people abused in Jersey's care system says a ban could have "changed attitudes". BBC Jersey political reporter. Motorists will soon have to wear seat belts in medium-sized and large goods vehicles in Jersey, under law changes agreed in preparation for Brexit. A loophole in the island's existing law means seat belts only had to be worn in small passenger vehicles, small goods vehicles and minibuses.
Under the current law those in larger commercial vehicles cannot be prosecuted for travelling without a seat belt. This will change from the beginning of February, as a result of the States signing up to the Vienna Convention on road traffic. Half of the front line social workers in Jersey are temporary or agency workers, a report has found. Politicians said a charity initially raised the issue of the number of non-permanent social workers, and members expressed concerns over how temporary appointments affected training. Deputy Rob Ward, who chairs the panel, said some of the restrictions on bringing in social workers from overseas, such as licences and housing status, may need to change to address the problem.
Under the current law, parents or carers with "parental responsibility" can hit a child - as long as its reasonable and doesn't involve anything other than their hand. But Deputy Mary Le Hegarat said ending corporal punishment was the "key" to stop violence against children, which is particularly important as the island has prioritised the care of children following the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry report.
More than half of people who park their cars in Jersey are paying for it by an app introduced a year ago. PayByPhone was rolled out between September and November. Every weekday it is used about 3, times.
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Paul Gibaut, parking control manager, says fewer people are using the pay cards and called the app an "environmentally friendly alternative". Mr Kemp died two weeks ago at the age of He was with the British Expeditionary Force when France was invaded and helped to load casualties on to ships at the Dunkirk evacuation.
The plans included larger pavements and landscaping for the area - but parking was considered too important. Officers believe a white man, aged between 30 and 40, shouted at a boy and a girl as they walked to school on Tuesday. Police say the man had dreadlocks and was wearing a high vis-vest. He was standing with two other men and a dog at the time. Kieran Lester scored four times as St Paul's hammered Rozel Rovers to return to the top of the island's Premiership.
Fraser Barlow, Jack Boyle, Darren O'Connell and Mikey Weir were also on target for the island champions as they registered their eighth win from eight games.
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St Paul's take on third-placed St Peter, who have won all seven of their league games, in the big match this Saturday. The rules for buskers in the Channel Island say any money earned in December must be given to charity. Jersey teaching unions have called on Senator Tracey Vallois to help them get a better pay settlement after she stepped down from two senior government positions. The board is currently embroiled in pay negotiations with public sector workers, hundreds of whom marched on Liberation Square last week in protest.
The senator, who remains in her post as Education minister, resigned from the board saying she felt conflicted in her role , as she wanted to support putting more money into public sector pay. Marina Mauger, from the teaching union NASUWT, says unless there is some improvement on the pay deal, there could be more industrial action from teachers and head teachers in the new year.
He will succeed Sir William Bailhache in October The office of Bailiff has many facets, including guardian of our constitution and the rule of law and, as civic head, representing all of the people of Jersey both on occasion internationally, and within the Island, as a mirror to ourselves. Staying windy with a fresh to strong south-easterly breeze. A chillier night than last night. Thursday will be a cold and blustery day, but staying largely dry. The morning will be mostly cloudy, but brighter skies should develop through the afternoon. Senator Tracey Vallois says the next head of the board which sets pay policy for Jersey's government workers should not be a Health or Education minister.
She has resigned from the States Employment Board and stepped down as deputy chief minister but will remain as Education minister. The announcement comes less than a week after hundreds of civil servants marched on Liberation Square, in protest at their latest pay offer. Senator Vallois also abstained from a vote in the States last week over plans to free up more money for public sector workers. She told BBC Jersey that if she had voted in that debate, she would have backed the plans to free up money.
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The number of nests found in Guernsey increased from two in to eight in The "onerous demands" of three senior government roles has prompted Jersey's Education minister to step down from two of her posts, according to the island's chief minister. The board, which manages public sector workers, is currently embroiled in chaotic pay negotiations.
Chief Minister Senator John Le Fondre, said Ms Vallois had "made him aware" of the demands of her roles "during a significant period of change for the public sector". Ms Vallois said the first six months of the new government had been "challenging", and now priorities for the States had been set out in the " Common Strategic Policy " she wanted to devote her efforts to Education only. Throughout my time in politics I have provided consistent and appropriate challenge, in order to ensure rigour and quality assurance of the government and its policies, and this will continue.
I will also continue to support the chief minister, and work alongside all ministers across areas of governance and reform, to ensure that we govern in the interests of all islanders. One of Jersey's largest pub companies has said a blanket ban on smoking in al fresco areas would infringe on drinker's human rights. At the St Helier Roads Committee the motion to adopt the ban was rejected. Members expressed concerns over how it would be policed, and how it would affect the town's image. Christine Oxford, from the Liberation Group, said smoking "was not illegal" and businesses with al fresco licenses should not be forced to impose a total ban.
The committee said it wanted to gather more research on other options, including partial bans and exceptions for businesses who did not offer food. A similar ban was proposed and rejected in the UK in Others suggested further research was needed and plans could be put forward in the future to allow businesses to participate in an optional smoking ban for the areas.
A Jersey scrutiny leader has urged the States to get on with building a new hospital before it's too late. Speaking six months after the new Council of Ministers was formed, health scrutiny chair, Deputy Mary Le Hegarat, said there should be no more delays. She said she'd seen no evidence to support it going on to a different site and there was a risk the existing facility wouldn't be fit for purpose for much longer.
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She also dismissed concerns about the noise and disruption that would be caused by rebuilding on the current site. The plant , which turns the sea into fresh water, was turned on last month, the first time in seven years following a dry autumn. Helier Smith, from Jersey Water, added staff were expecting the next three months to be drier than usual. Patchy light rain will tend to die out on Wednesday morning, leaving it largely dry through the rest of the day with the chance of a few brighter spells later.
South-easterly winds will strengthen. A Jersey States officer who made the wrong decision about health workers pay rises has already left the job, the chief minister says. Incorrect pay upgrades were given to health staff who will now have salaries cut after an independent report found the decision, made last year, was flawed. John Le Fondre said he understood that the situation had "caused ructions across elements of the workforce", but added that the officer responsible was "no longer with us".
A dry evening on Tuesday with a few clear spells. However, cloud will increase with outbreaks of rain moving in from the west during the early hours. It will be breezy. Wednesday looks set to be mostly cloudy with the chance of a little rain or drizzle from time to time.
South-easterly winds strengthening again later. A man was punched in a Jersey pub after asking a year-old to leave three women alone, police say. The younger man was holding a glass in his hand when he hit the year-old in the face at the Office pub in Hope Street, at about The year-old was arrested on suspicion of grave and criminal assault and has since been released on police bail. A Syrian asylum seeker — who fears his life is at risk from Islamic State if he is forced to leave the island — has been granted the right to appeal against his deportation.
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Special privileges granted to Jersey's top civil servant will only be kept if he achieves "a certain standard" according to the island's chief minister. The States of Jersey's chief executive, Charlie Parker, was given entitled status "in the interest of the community" with his job, causing outcry from some politicians. Normally only high-value residents in Jersey are given the status without having to live and work in the island for 10 years. This was the start of Jersey's agricultural prosperity in the 19th century.
From the s, peace with France and better communications by steamships and railways to coastal ports encouraged an influx of English-speaking residents. Speculative development covered the marshy basin north of the central coastal strip as far as the hills within a period of about 40 years, providing the town with terraces of elegant town houses.
In the second half of the 19th century, hundreds of trucks laden with potatoes and other export produce needed access to the harbour. This prompted a programme of road-widening which swept away many of the ancient buildings of the town centre. Pressure for redevelopment has meant that very few buildings remain in urban St Helier which date to before the 19th century, giving the town primarily a Regency or Victorian character.
Pierre Le Sueur, reforming Constable of St Helier, was responsible for installing sewerage and provision of clean water in St Helier following outbreaks of cholera in the s. An obelisk with fountain in the town centre was raised to his memory following his premature death in office from overwork. In the s, income from the Jersey States Lottery was used to excavate a two-lane road tunnel under Fort Regent, enabling traffic from the harbour to the east coast towns to avoid a torturous route around the fort.
About the same time, the Fort was converted into a major leisure facility and was linked to the town centre by a gondola cableway - closed and demolished in the s. In , to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jersey's liberation from Nazi occupation , and thus 50 years of peace, a sculpture was erected in what is now called "Liberation Square", in front of the Pomme d'Or Hotel, the focal point for the celebrations when the island was liberated.
The sculpture was originally to depict islanders releasing doves of peace, but this came under fierce criticism, with some islanders remarking that had any doves been on the island during the occupation, they would have been eaten by starving German soldiers. Therefore, the sculpture was revised to show islanders raising the British flag, as they had done on the day of liberation 50 years previous. Liberation Square is now a focal point in the town - the former terminus of the Jersey Railway housed the Jersey Tourism office until St Helier has cool, wet winters and mild summers with moderate rainfall.
Summers on the island tend to be sunnier, but generally cooler than Southern England.
January is the coldest month with an average high of 9. August is the warmest month, with an average high of 21 C Average Sunshine hours are around annually. Saint Helier is the most populated of Jersey's parishes, with 33, residents according to the census. The parish is divided into vingtaines for administrative purposes:.
With the Constable, the parish therefore has 11 representatives in the States of Jersey out of 53 elected members. The Parish also has its own responsibilities and elections to the Municipality of St Helier take place to elect honorary officials who fulfill a variety of roles for Parishioners under the overall control of the Constable, two Procureurs du Bien Public and the Parish Assembly.
Five members of the Roads Committee and ten Roads Inspectors are also elected by parishioners and ensure that the roads of the parish are kept in good repair. The members of the Assessment Committee are elected to agree the rate chargeable to each property in the Parish. The Accounts Committee are elected to ensure that the accounts of the Parish represent a 'true and fair view' of the state of the Parish finances in order that the Parish Assembly may rely upon the information to set the Parish Rate. Saint Helier is named for Helier or Helerius , a 6th-century ascetic hermit.
The traditional date of his martyrdom is AD His feast day, marked by an annual municipal and ecumenical pilgrimage to the Hermitage, is on 16 July.
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It features Victorian architecture including cast iron structures, and an ornamental fountain in the centre. Beresford Market is a separate building next to the Central Market and specialises in fishmongery. This is an 18th-century Georgian townhouse , with some 19th century additions, which has been renovated by the National Trust for Jersey , and is now operated as a museum. Saint Helier is twinned with:. Motor sports events take place on roads in the Parish as well as an annual Town Criterium , and the start and finish of the Jersey Marathon.