Jersey News from Channel 103

Sunday 14 September marks the end of the RNLI lifeguard peak season, patrols will finish at Plémont and Grève de Lecq.

Jersey Coastguard warns islanders not to go near a navigational buoy that has drifted into the island's waters.

States Members have backed the Housing Minister's reforms, which modernises Jersey's Residential Tenancy Law.

States members have voted through the law that will reinstate senators in time for the next election.

Schools are being invited to compete for the title of Jersey's most active.

The Battle of Flowers Association wants the summer parade to remain free, but to return to Victoria Avenue next year.

This year has been the 'most difficult to organise', but islanders can still expect their Jersey Air Display favourites, and more.

Schoolchildren from Year 4 to 13 are going to be learning about phones, social media and 'surviving the online world' in a talk organised by Jersey's government.

A man who said he swam to Jersey from France, quoted Shakespeare and claimed be a British citizen named David Henry Law, will be deported.

18 staff working at Jersey Airport are understood to have been warned that their jobs will be lost when the downstairs Executive Lounge closes next month.

Deputy Philip Ozouf has been suspended from the States Assembly for 28 days.

Film crews are back in Jersey shooting the second series of Bergerac.

Six children of healthcare workers are fronting a new campaign aimed at stopping abusive behaviour towards Jersey's Health and Care workers.

Jersey Heritage will be installing a second set of Stolpersteine stones, remembering those who died during the Occupation.

Two teens wearing black balaclavas pushed an 11 year old girl off her bike and stole it.

GB Surfing has awarded £10,000 to local surf coaches to support the development of Channel Island talent.

The captain of the Commodore Goodwill at the time the freight ship fatally collided with the L’Ecume II fishing trawler has given evidence in court.

Islanders who had their blood tested by Public Health in 2022 will have access to colesevelam - a cholesterol‑lowering medication proven to reduce PFAS levels in blood.

The island's approach to the 'tired' Les Quennevais retail district has a St Brelade Deputy 'banging' her 'head against the proverbial wall'.

The Privileges and Procedures Committee has dismissed the suggestion of separate election days for senators and deputies, but would back a call for more town deputies.

Five kayakers have been helped to safety after getting into difficulty near Noirmont Point.

Mel Thomson will be walking 100 miles for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. That is one mile for every child diagnosed with neuroblastoma each year in the UK.

Irish solo sailor Pamela Lee is in Jersey this weekend on her Class 40 yacht as she prepares to take part in next year's prestigious Route du Rhum race.

Scrutiny has asked for the agreement signed by the government and DFDS to be made public.

Mums from Guernsey and Jersey joined a victorious all-mum rugby team.

This summer was Jersey's fourth warmest on record.

A charity's initiative has received government backing to provide speech and language intervention in all early-years settings.

L'Ecume II skipper Michael Michieli, described in court by a friend as the "best fisherman", had expressed concerns about large vessels passing too close several times before his death at sea in 2022, a jury has heard.

Le Rocquier School's 50th anniversary begins this September, and a term of events, projects and celebrations are planned.

A warm home-cooked meal per week will be provided to as many school aged islanders as possible, for as low a price as possible, by a sister-run food company.

A ban on mobile phones in Jersey schools has come in to force for the new academic year.

Women in Jersey are being asked to donate their unused beauty products to those who have fled domestic abuse.

The draft law for Jersey's proposed assisted dying service - that could come in by 2027 - will be debated in November.

Jurors have been shown images from the Commodore Goodwill's radar system, illustrating the decisions made in the lead-up to the ship’s fatal collision with the L'Ecume II fishing trawler.

A programme getting the island's youngsters active is more than doubling in size this academic year.

The Royal Court has heard that the Commodore Goodwill's bridge crew should have seen the L'Ecume II fishing trawler on the ship's radar at least 10 minutes before the fatal crash.

Two men go on trial in Jersey today ( 1 Sept) accused of manslaughter following the sinking of a fishing trawler that collided with a freight ship almost three years ago.

Motorists will not be able to use Trinity Road for a further 10 days after holes were found under the road.

Jersey Opera House is getting its own ENCORE!, a special show to mark its reopening this October following a £12m refit.

Jersey is following NHS England and will deliver the chickenpox vaccine to children starting in January 2026.

Jersey Library has had a successful summer of reading when it comes to the young island community, with the holiday reading challenge and Book Buddies encouraging thousands of children to dive into a book.

A solar farm that combines food production could be put on land in St Martin belonging to the King.

Islanders can get free advice from around 20 consumer-focused organisations to celebrate 30 years of the Jersey Consumer Council.

Dazzling giant bubbles have taken over a patch of grass at the Jersey International Finance Centre.

More than 500 people have booked a last-minute holiday to Jersey in a flash sale to boost ailing visitor numbers.

Three Olympians are making their way to the Waterfront this September to race in the Supertri.

States members will be asked if there should be two election days in Jersey next year.

Jersey Post has stopped its parcels service to the US ahead of a new import duty coming into effect.

James Hadley-Piggin has completed seven marathons in seven days, raising money for All Matters Neurodiverse.

A man has been arrested over a serious assault in St Helier that left another man needing hospital treatment.