Jersey News from Channel 103

Deputy Philip Ozouf has been sentenced to 120 hours community service and ordered to pay £5,000 for immigration offences.

Co-op Mobile has launched in Guernsey and Jersey.

The Economic Development Minister says DFDS' decision to cancel Saturday sailings to the UK for four weeks is justified.

Jersey Police have issued a description of a man they want to speak to about a boy being approached outside his primary school.

The popular puffins at Plemont have been battered by bad weather this winter, sparking a fundraiser to restore the sculptures.

Islanders will not be able to travel to the UK by ferry on a Saturday for four weeks.

One of Jersey's busiest charity shops says it has to put up its prices to meet rising costs.

There will be a public consultation into the use of fireworks in Jersey.

Jersey's States Assembly has approved new regulations, based on the Grenfell Tower inquiry, to improve fire safety for islanders living in tall blocks of flats.

Jersey's Infrastructure Minister has announced that an international-sized cricket pitch is a priority for his department.

The mother of Libby Squire, a student who was murdered in Hull in 2019, is in Jersey for the launch of a new campaign which urges victims of non-contact sexual offences to come forward.

People on Income Support are being offered cheaper entry to Jersey Zoo.

Parents in Jersey who can't afford upfront nursery fees can now apply for charity support.

Jersey's Infrastructure Minister hopes to sign a lease this week with First Point to operate the bathing pool at Havre Des Pas, after the Love our Lido group withdrew.

More than 30 conservationists, researchers and environment groups will be taking part in the Marine Mission at the Radisson Hotel.

A memorial garden to honour the victims of the Pier Road gas explosion is set to open by the fourth anniversary of the disaster, with work already commencing.

Prices in Jersey rose by 2.8% in the year to December.

Pensioner carers in Jersey will remain unable to claim the the full Home Carers Allowance benefit as well, following a review of the support available.

Jersey's Information Commissioner is warning businesses and organisations that are not taking data protection seriously that the 'time for excuses is long gone'.

Women will be able to have an abortion at later stages of their pregnancy if a new termination law is adopted.

A Jersey politician is calling for the current transgender inclusion guidance in schools to be replaced.

Channel 103 and Standard Bank Offshore's Brighten Up Blue Monday campaign has awarded three Jersey charities £500 each, after a record-breaking number of nominations.

As momentum gathers in the UK and France for a child ban on social media, Jersey's ministers have indicated they support the principle of more restrictions here.

Passengers will follow a temporary route through the departures terminal at Jersey Airport as its redevelopment enters its 'most significant phase'.

Disposable vapes will be outlawed from Saturday 31 January in a bid to stop the harm they cause to people and the environment.

Islanders are being reminded not to go to the hospital if they have symptoms of COVID-19 or the flu.

Jersey will see another dark red line added to the Climate Stripe mural, with 2025 marking the fourth warmest year on record.

Grandparents should be allowed parental leave to make entitlement fairer for single parents in Jersey, a scrutiny review is suggesting.

Disgraced Guernsey politician Jonathan Le Tocq will be imprisoned for 9 years for sexual offences.

The Parish of St Helier has bought the Allix Shipyard Garden at Havre des Pas for £1.

Warning have been issued about impersonation scams circulating in Jersey.

A review into social housing rents has revealed several issues, but no immediate changes will be made.

The Harbour Gallery is opening an exhibition that showcases the work of islanders living with mental illnesses.

A boy on a push scooter was seriously injured in a collision with a car in St Saviour.

Essential services in Jersey, including banks, utilities, GPs and government services, will be legally obliged to report significant cyber security incidents.

Magellan says the project was more challenging than mapping the Titanic because of the depth involved.

Dogs will be allowed to be walked on a lead at Springfield.

The Channel Islands’ air search and rescue service can resume after an aircraft registration issue was resolved.

Jersey's politicians have spent hours debating the future of end-of-life care in Jersey before agreeing to progress with legalising assisted dying.

Jersey's government will have more powers to forces the gas provider to tell it about potential threats to the safety and security of the island's supply.

A driver is in a critical condition in Jersey's General Hospital after his car hit a wall and flipped onto its side in St Ouen.

It's been confirmed that Jersey Employment Trust will get the same amount of funding this year as it did in 2025.

Around 180 incidents have been reported and 1,465 pieces of evidence submitted by islanders using a new app helping police officers with their investigations.

The Channel Islands were treated to a rare incredible show of the Northern Lights on Monday night (19 January).

The Social Security Minister has found some money to provide Jersey Employment Trust with 'stabilisation funding' this year, but hasn't said how much.

PC Rebecca Michieli, the daughter of skipper Michael Michieli, and PC Lewis Wynne, former Jersey Reds Captain, are two of 10 new police recruits, training to serve Jersey's community.

52 roads across St Ouen will see their speed limits reduced, with around 30 new Green Lanes.

Guernsey's airline is putting an ex-Blue Islands aircraft onto its books to deal with the extra demand from the Jersey and Southampton routes.

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