Tag: Jersey
Jersey becomes ‘ark’ for endangered lizards rescued from oil spill
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Endangered reptiles rescued from Mauritian islands that were contaminated by a devastating oil spill have bred successfully in captivity for the first time, raising hopes that populations can be restored to the wild. ...
Police identify Salman Rushdie attack suspect as 24-year-old from New Jersey
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The man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie on a stage in western New York on Friday is a 24-year-old man from Fairview, New Jersey, according to authorities. Police identified the suspect as Hadi Matar, 24, in ...
Biden to visit New York and New Jersey reeling from deadly storms
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Joe Biden will visit New York and New Jersey on Tuesday as the states reel from last week’s deadly storms and lawmakers urged for fresh spending on stronger infrastructure to combat the climate crisis. Shaken by haunt...
Jersey fears French fishers blockade amid fresh UK-France row
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Jersey’s government has warned of a fresh danger of angry fishers blockading its main port after the British crown dependency rejected a third of French boats seeking to fish in its waters, further inflaming tensions ...
France threatens to cut UK and Jersey energy supply in fishing row
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The EU could hit Britain and Jersey’s energy supply over the UK’s failure to provide sufficient fishing licences to French fishers, France’s EU affairs minister has said. Clément Beaune, who is a close ally of the Fre...
Body blow for Biden as voters in Virginia and New Jersey desert Democrats
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Less than a year after taking control of the White House and Congress, Democrats were reeling on Wednesday from a shocking defeat in Virginia and a too-close-to-call governor’s race in New Jersey as Joe Biden’s popula...
Man accused of New Jersey killing says he is responsible for 16 deaths
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A man accused of killing a New Jersey man he says sexually abused him in childhood, and who is a person of interest in the deaths of his ex-wife and three other people in New Mexico, claims to be responsible for 16 de...
Why telling a cop you have Covid in New Jersey could get you 10 years in prison
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Deja Lewis was walking down a sidewalk in Salem, New Jersey, in the early, frightening days of the Covid-19 pandemic in April 2020, when she was stopped by police. Lewis, 28, was arrested on warrants related to failur...
Thomasina Miers’ recipe for salt-crusted jersey royals with spiced tomato sauce and watercress aïoli
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I have not always loved potatoes. Mash, pale and soft on the plate, was my nemesis when growing up, but as my tastebuds developed, so did my appreciation. I am now sunk by the fluffy interior of a blistered jacket spu...
UK and Jersey issue more licences to French fishing boats in post-Brexit row
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The UK and Jersey governments have issued further licences to French fishing boats to trawl British waters in an apparent attempt to ease cross-Channel tensions. The Brussels-imposed deadline of midnight on Friday for...
Jersey fishing row: French threats ‘pretty close to act of war’
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France’s reaction to post-Brexit fishing restrictions around the island of Jersey has been branded “pretty close to an act of war” by fishing community leaders in St Helier. They say they have been told 100 boats are ...
Jersey freezes £5.4bn of assets linked to Roman Abramovich
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Jersey has frozen more than $7bn (£5.4bn) of assets linked to the sanctioned Russian oligarch and Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich. The Royal Court of Jersey announced on Wednesday that it had imposed “a formal freez...
What is behind the dispute over fishing rights around Jersey?
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The immediate threat to which the prime minister was apparently responding when he dispatched the patrol vessels on Wednesday evening was a mooted blockade by French fishing boats of the port of St Helier, Jersey’s ma...
New Jersey diocese agrees to pay $87.5m settlement to 300 alleged abuse victims
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A New Jersey Catholic diocese has agreed to pay $87.5m to settle claims involving clergy sexual abuse with some 300 alleged victims, marking one of the largest cash settlements involving the Catholic church in the Uni...
Rukmini Iyer’s recipe for baked ricotta with thyme, roast jersey royals, new-season asparagus and lemon
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A one-dish wonder full of the joys of spring, The Roasting Tin author’s vibrant, verdant traybake is ready to shop on Ocado.comby Rukmini Iyer Fri 7 May 2021 07.11 EDT ...
‘Today is absolutely historic’: legal marijuana sales roll out in New Jersey
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For customers at the Apothecarium dispensary, one of 13 medicinal marijuana stores in New Jersey, 4/20, the unofficial celebration of all things marijuana, came a day late. On Thursday, 21 April, recreational use of c...