A Thai-Chinese company has denied allegations its steel rods did not pass safety standard tests after nationwide criticism prompted an investigation into the collapse of a high-rise building under ...

FLAGS across Jersey will be lowered to half-mast as Islanders join millions around the world in mourning the death of Pope Francis. The Bishop of Rome passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88, ...

Irish leaders have paid tribute to Pope Francis as “a remarkable figure” who had a “profound commitment to alleviating suffering”. The President of Ireland said Pope Francis had approached his papacy ...

Pope Francis was “a pope for the poor, the downtrodden and the forgotten”, the Prime Minister has said as politicians paid tribute to the late pontiff. MPs from across the political spectrum praised ...

LIGHTING at the newly refurbished Jersey Opera House is outdated, energy-intensive and considered “unethical” when used in a modern theatre, according to the findings of an audit. The report, which ...

Pope Francis has died, Vatican camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Farrell has announced. The senior official said on Monday: “At 7.35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the ...

THE Jersey Construction Council has responded to the draft findings of a review of the sector by the Island’s competition watchdog, which revealed concerns over service quality and pricing within the ...

JERSEY’S competition watchdog has approved the takeover of two care homes by one of the Island’s biggest care providers – after imposing legally binding conditions to “protect vulnerable residents and ...

Prison officers are calling on the Justice Secretary to allow the use of electric stun guns in the UK’s most dangerous jails. Mark Fairhurst, national chairman of the Prison Officers’ Association (POA ...

The bank holiday weekend will end with cloud and rain for much of the UK, the Met Office has forecast. The weather service said that Monday would be “rather cloudy with rain continuing eastwards, ...

A huge fire has broken out at a flat building in east London, with 100 firefighters tackling the blaze. Footage showed flames engulfing two different flats on Leman Street in Aldgate, with smoke seen ...

The family of an engineer who was killed when a car was “driven into him” in Liverpool have said he had a “wonderfully joyous spirit” as police charged a man with murder. The vehicle was reportedly ...