Jersey News from Channel 103

The charity will receive a base budget of £2.5 million for 2027.

Chief Minister, Deputy Lyndon Farnham, says that the Government is taking active steps to manage any potential impacts on the island arising from the conflict.

25 permits will be issued for 2026, and will cost £500 each.

Survivors of the German Occupation of Jersey have grouped together to write a collection of stories about the '1,733 Days Until Liberation'.

Jersey's Annual Report and Accounts have been published, with figures showing the government spent more than £1.18 billion.

The animal welfare charity is shutting down its shop in Sion due to financial pressures.

Islanders will have the chance to catch the premiere of a Jèrriais feature-length film at the 13th Parish Film Festival.

Tickets are now available for both this year's men's and women's Muratti.

'Considerable progress' has been made to implement the 77 recommendations that the Taskforce to address violence against women and girls in Jersey, made in 2023.

Jersey Crickets men's squad are playing at the prestigious Lord's Cricket Ground.

A Puffin protection fence will go up, despite an appeal against the original decision.

DFDS will not be running a weekend service between Jersey and Guernsey following a decision by the Economic Development Committee.

Social media account, 'Jersey Then and Now' uses digital tools to colourise and enhance photos from Jersey's past, run by a man who fell in love with the island.

Parents and carers could see up to £150 of help for each child's school essentials.

A Jersey company that distributes the national newspapers to Guernsey will not receive further funding to do so.

Reforms in Jersey housing come into effect today (15 April).

The government and Jersey Development Company have revealed updated designs for Fort Regent.

In October to December 2025, a total of 267 islanders were homeless - a decline from previous quarters in the same year.

Jersey's Home Affairs Minister has written to the UK Home Office, sharing her concerns about islanders being denied boarding on flights back to the island.

£44.8 million in public money has been saved through cuts in the employment of external consultants, agency staff and temporary workers in the island.

Plans have been lodged to modernise and expand a long standing, 100-year-old Jersey dairy farm.

Jersey is stars alongside Damien Molony this week once again, as the detective drama returns to screens.

The Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority will monitor and enforce the island’s new telecoms security framework.

1,100 Channel Islanders took part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2026.

Deputy Moz Scott has resigned from the Council of Ministers, saying its decisions have had 'adverse consequences' on some sectors.

Passengers will be able to fly to 'The Sleeping Beauty' of France this summer with new direct flights.

Planning approval has been granted for improvements to Coronation Park Playing Fields, which will be completed ready for summer.

Results follow a government consultation which found strong support for giving Jersey people the right to request posts that breach a platform's rules be removed.

La Moye Prison is housing more people year on year. 

Islanders can catch the Battle of Flowers for free again this summer, as it returns to Victoria Avenue.

An extended programme of direct flights abroad is on offer this winter.

Tributes are being paid to Sir David Kirch ahead of his funeral today.

The Jersey Reclaim Fund has donated another £1.5 million recovered from bank accounts where contact with owners has been lost for more than 15 years.

Ports of Jersey says the 'positive' start to 2026 is continuing, as it looks ahead to summer.

Islanders will see an extra day of motoring madness this year as the Jersey International Motoring Festival adds an additional day to the calendar.

The women are on a promotion charge finishing their first season playing in the UK leagues.

A mixologist from the Blind Pig has won first place the national finals of the Graham’s Blend Series Cocktail Competition.

ATF says its supply costs have increased, and so has moved to a lower cost supply chain.

Updated plans for Fort Regent are being shared with islanders.

Liberation Day will be slightly different this year as the States Assembly gears up for the 2026 General Election.

Family Nursing and Home Care has officially launched a remote monitoring technology platform,' Luscii’.

Temperatures in Jersey will hit the mid 20s but a couple of degrees less in Guernsey.

The States of Jersey Prison Service has launched an eight-week programme in partnership with Jersey Bulls Coach Paul McKay.

The results of a public consultation on the 2030 Petrol and Diesel Vehicle Phase-Out plans found 'strong opposition' amongst islanders and organisations.

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Jersey Lifeboat Association was called just before 8 pm last night (1 April) to help a small motor boat with engine failure.

A 14 year old girl has been flown to Southampton Hospital with serious head injuries following a collision in St Brelade.

A review is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment recommendations of some patients who had bone densitometry scans at the hospital between January 2017 and January 2022.

A monitoring review has found that 'initial progress' has been made in response to weaknesses in SEND provision in Jersey.

DFDS has brought in a replacement boat - the Côte d’Albâtre - to operate the Jersey to Portsmouth route for the weekend, following damage to the Tarifa Jet.

Some visitors to the Channel Islands will need an Electronic Travel Authorisation from later this month.

Politicians have said the current work permit system exploits the 'already vulnerable status' of seasonal migrant workers.

Jersey's parliament has sat together for the last time in its current form.

Visitors to Jersey will no longer receive free emergency hospital care if they are from somewhere that wouldn't treat a Jersey resident without charge.

The RNLI in Jersey is celebrating 15 years of making the island’s beaches safer.

The sale of the old Social Security building for housing will go head, despite a St Helier's deputy's attempt to postponed it.

DFDS has cancelled sailings to Portsmouth and revised its timetable for the coming days following an incident involving Tarifa Jet on Sunday evening.

Jersey's Health Minister has brought in a 'bed blocking' charge for hospital patients.

Apple has confirmed it’s aware of an issue preventing iPhone users in the Channel Islands from verifying their age.

This year's Jersey Swimarathon has raised £72,527.77 so far, with money still coming in.

Damage to the DFDS fast ferry Tarifa Jet is being examined after it hit the berth on arrival at St Helier harbour.

All three emergency services were called to the old Water's Edge Hotel at Bouley Bay early Saturday, 28 March.

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