Jersey News from Channel 103

Work continues to clean up the damage caused by Storm Austen.

Winds reached Gale F8 to Severe Gale F9 overnight, with highs of 82 mph, and reached Storm F10 this morning, with gusts of 70 to 85mph.

A jury has failed to reach a verdict on a third gas worker accused of unlawfully killing ten people following the explosion at Haut du Mont nearly four years ago.

All Government of Jersey schools will close on Friday (23 October) because of Storm Austen.

Two gas workers have been found guilty of unlawfully killing ten people following a fatal explosion in St Helier in December 2022.

An international campaign is coming to Jersey aimed at preventing child sexual abuse online by targeting offenders and potential offenders.

Applications for a government grant towards the cost of installing an Electric Vehicle charging point will close in December.

Islanders and community groups are invited to have their say on potential hate crime legislation in Jersey.

The redevelopment of Fort Regent is at least eight months behind schedule, just over a year on since it closed its doors.

A Jersey photographer is looking for people to reflect the island's diverse and multicultural community.

DFDS is planning to put on more sailings, with forecast bad weather set to cause disruption over the October half-term holidays.

Applications are now open for Jersey's Sport's 2027 Performance Sport Programme.

Alcoholics Anonymous in Jersey is marking its 75th anniversary by opening its doors to the island.

A man who tried to supply £60,000 worth of cocaine in Jersey has been jailed for more than 11 years.

Frank Bruno has visited Victoria College to talk to sixth-form students about mental health.

A new programme has been launched to help up to 500 islanders reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes over the next two years.

A dog needed surgery after being hit by a motorbike near Portelet.

Demonstrations of how to give lifesaving CPR are happening in St Helier and St Brelade today (16 October).

An islander with experience of end-of-life care is needed to join a committee overseeing the introduction of Jersey's Assisted Dying Service.

The jury in the Haut du Mont trial has retired to consider its verdicts.

Jersey College for Girls has won the Independent Schools of the Year award for Diversity, Equality, Inclusion, and Justice.

Parents who suffer the heartbreaking loss of their baby at birth will soon have the option to take them outside the hospital in a special privacy pram.

A 16 year old boy has allegedly been assaulted by two males he didn't know in St Helier.

La Pouquelaye in St Helier is closed for emergency leak repairs.

A Busy Bees nursery is to close later this month.

The fatal explosion at Haut du Mont happened because people who knew exactly what they were required to do chose not to do it, a court has heard.

More than 30 Jersey police officers have been carrying out early-morning raids, targeting those involved in serious crime include drugs and domestic abuse.

Island Energy had a 'toxic culture' in the lead up to the fatal Haut du Mont explosion, a court has heard as defence lawyers for three former employees asked the jury to find their clients not guilty of causing the deaths of ten people.

A new survey has revealed islanders' attitudes to body image, masculinity and misogyny.

Jersey Police are looking for three people after an altercation allegedly led to a man being punched several times in the face.

The 'risk' taken by three former gas workers to not do a pressure test before reintroducing gas to the network around Haut du Mont, in the hours before the fatal explosion, has been called 'utterly reprehensible'.

You can Make Your Mark at Capital House this week.

Leo Olsson, a filmmaker and adventurer from Jersey, has become the 45th Blue Peter presenter.

More than a dozen drivers were caught speeding during road checks in Jersey on Saturday.

Jersey College for Girls has partnered with The Alice Ruggles Trust to educate students about stalking, and to empower them to recognise, and act on, the warning signs.

More than 20,000 books are on sale in Trinity this weekend for Jersey's Biggest Book Sale.

There's now more time for eligible islanders to repay frozen 2019 tax bills, and to opt in to carry on filing joint tax returns.

Remember when a giant floating Earth came to Queen's Valley Reservoir? Well, next month Jersey is getting the Moon.

A thirteen year old boy has been arrested following a break in at a Jersey burger restaurant.

A Jersey teenager has completed an incredible 464-mile cycle challenge to raise money for charity.

It's time to take a tin along to the Tinathon.

Cars will be racing around Jersey over the next couple of days as the Jersey Rally returns.

A new fund has been launched to support projects aimed at improving health and wellbeing across Jersey.

A new nursing and complex needs home for Les Amis has opened in Trinity.

Peelers at the ready... volunteers are needed to prepare the fruit for this year's batch of Black Butter.

UK gas engineering expert Chris Clarke, called as a witness for Island Energy, has told the Royal Court the work of the three gas workers on trial over the 2022 blast was ‘clearly’ not to company protocols.

Jersey had more rain today (7 October) than the whole of September.

Jersey's government is giving an extra £150,000 to the Island Games team.

The Mansell Collection is reducing its operations in Jersey after a sharp fall in motorcycle sales and customer spending.

Jersey's Zoo's Aldabra giant tortoise Biggy has died.

Jersey Rugby Club has been nominated for a mental health award.

Every year, readers of Condé Nast Traveller vote on destinations to be crowned "the best in the world."

Police are trying to trace the driver of a car that hit a cyclist in St Peter's Valley.

Victoria College will double the number of available bursary places to mark its 175th anniversary.

The 2027 DFDS schedules have been confirmed.

It cost Jersey's government more than £26,500 to fix the unstable wall that caused traffic chaos for weeks on Rouge Bouillon this summer.

The CEO of HSBC Channel Islands is running the New York Marathon in aid of Jersey Childcare Trust.

The family of Hannah Benfield have thanked people for their messages and flowers, as they request any further tributes be in support of Alderney charities.

Naming and shaming and seizing people's cars are options being considered to deter drink-driving in Jersey.

A man from Newcastle has completed his epic A-Z of marathons here in Jersey!

Jersey's Police Chief says there should be a degree of shame attached to drink-driving, after eight people appeared before court last week charged with drink-driving offences.

Another appeal has been made for witnesses or to a serious crash on Route du Fort last month.

A new course record has been set at the Jersey Marathon!

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