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Nov 9, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Julie McCaffreyEmma Flanagan
An environmental campaigner has called for no more 3G pitches to be installed in Jersey. Nigel Jones said there was growing evidence the rubber crumb used as a top layer on the pitches, which mimics the traction from natural grass, could cause health problems and pollute rivers and waterways.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Julie McCaffreyEmma Flanagan |George Thorpe
A man has accepted he killed a father and son on a Jersey road - but not that he was driving dangerously, a court has heard. Dylan Pounds' defence advocate Ian Jones told the Royal Court while the facts of the case involving the deaths of Dean and Charlie Lowe on 5 August 2023 were tragic, the 29-year-old did not have to prove anything.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Julie McCaffreyEmma Flanagan |George Thorpe
Man accused of crash deaths was told not to driveDean and Charlie Lowe died after being hit by a vehicle on La Rue de Fauvic in Grouville on 5 August 2023 [Family handout]A woman warned a man accused of killing a father and son in a car crash not to drive, a court has heard. Dean Lowe, 48, and his son Charlie, 11, died after being hit by a vehicle on La Rue de Fauvic in Grouville on 5 August last year.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Julie McCaffreyEmma Flanagan
Neva Richardson, here with her son Malin, has warned that "somebody could die" if allergies are not taken more seriously [BBC]Jersey's government is under pressure to protect people with allergies after plans for a food labelling law were delayed. Neva Richardson, whose two-year-old son Malin has a dairy allergy, said legislation was essential to protect people.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
msn.com | Julie McCaffreyEmma Flanagan
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Julie McCaffreyEmma Flanagan
Julie Flanagan - BBC News, JerseySeptember 6, 2024 at 12:30 AM·2 min readSome Jersey veterans whose homes were damaged by a tornado during Storm Ciarán last year are still living in temporary accommodation. Six homes in Princess Elizabeth Court were assessed as being so badly damaged they were uninhabitable but repairs are yet to be completed 10 months after the November 2023 storm.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
aol.com | Julie McCaffreyEmma Flanagan
August 28, 2024 at 7:46 AMWorkers in Jersey are not guaranteed a workplace pension [PA Media]Jersey’s government has been criticised for shelving plans for statutory workplace pensions. Under the leadership of Deputy Kristina Moore, the previous Council of Ministers had been developing policies to force businesses to offer their staff a pension scheme. But the BBC has learned that the current government has put those plans "on hold with no legislation planned for this ministerial term".
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
msn.com | Julie McCaffreyEmma Flanagan
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Julie McCaffreyEmma Flanagan
Julie Flanagan - Senior Journalist/ReporterAugust 28, 2024 at 2:15 AM·1 min readJersey’s government has been criticised for shelving plans for statutory workplace pensions. The Social Security Minister, Deputy Lyndsay Feltham said she "would be looking at how government can encourage people to save and make financial plans for their retirement" but her priority was to "support employers and workers in the transition to a living wage".
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Julie McCaffreyEmma Flanagan
Diabetes charity pays government for urgent testingBy Julie Flanagan, BBC News, JerseyBBCA diabetes awareness charity in Jersey is paying the island's government to provide urgent testing for a rare form of the disease, it says. The symptoms were typical of type 1 and type 2 diabetes: thirst, weight loss and fatigue; but Mody could only be confirmed through testing, charity managers said. Undiagnosed, sufferers could go blind or have to have limbs amputated, they added.
