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Minister for Children and Education responds to Acting Children’s Commissioner

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Here, Minister for Children and Education, Deputy Inna Gardiner, responds to a letter from the Acting Children’s Commissioner, following publication of reports earlier this week by the the Jersey Care Commission. The reports related to children being placed in emergency, temporary accommodation that was not registered with the Jersey Care Commission. The full text of … Read more Minister for Children and Education responds to Acting Children’s Commissioner

Un An Pus Tard – The Jèrriais Language Strategy 2022-25 – One Year On

The Jèrriais Language Strategy 2022-25 was launched a year ago and in this article Ben Spink, Head of the Jèrriais Teaching Service, looks back at some of the highlights in a year where the number of Jèrriais learners grew to over 1000, compared to just over 150 in the academic year 2020-2021.

Inflation – has it peaked?

A healthy bowel is a happy bowel

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You may have seen in the last couple of weeks our ‘Healthy Bowel, Happy Bowel’ campaign. That’s because April is recognised as Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. The aim of the campaign is to make Islanders aware of the small and healthy changes they can make to their diet to prevent bowel cancer and other diseases. … Read more A healthy bowel is a happy bowel

Opportunity through Connectivity

Last Saturday, for the first time since Brexit, a Condor ferry and a Manche-Iles Express ferry arrived from Granville carrying passengers who didn’t all have French passports. This didn’t stop them enjoying the day in Jersey, however, as those French citizens travelling only with their national ID cards were able to take advantage of a … Read more Opportunity through Connectivity

Eid Mubarak

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I have been blessed to observe Ramadan for many years of my life. Staying up with family through the night, spending the hours before sunrise eating and laughing in a delirious state of sleep deprivation, trying to pray in prostration with a full stomach, fasting through the workday and eagerly awaiting sunset for a glass … Read more Eid Mubarak

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Prison Governor reflections two years in

All about Preventative Screening Programmes