RENTERS could get the right to challenge “unlawful” rent increases, under proposed changes lodged today which have been labelled the “biggest overhaul” of residential tenancy legislation in over a ...

THE Island experienced a slightly drier February compared with the recent average, newly-released data has shown. Figures from Jersey Met showed a total of 60.4 millimetres of rain were recorded ...

AS the 80th anniversary of Liberation draws closer, a new two-part docuseries exploring the Occupation of the Channel Islands has been announced on Channel 4. Produced by Minnow Films, Britain Under ...

South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, the top United Nations official in the world’s youngest nation warned on Monday. Calling the situation unfolding in the country “dire,” ...

Planning for peacekeeping operations in Ukraine is set to continue, despite few signs of progress towards a ceasefire agreement. Military chiefs from the “coalition of the willing” are expected to ...

The Government’s flagship planning reforms have cleared their first Commons test, amid warnings the changes risk undermining efforts to accelerate the delivery of new homes. MPs voted 330 to 74, ...

A ban on Roman Catholics representing the King at the Church of Scotland’s general assembly – branded “a relic of a past age” – is on the verge of being abolished. The historic move at Westminster ...

Efforts to reverse the suspension of local elections in England have been defeated in the House of Lords. Nine councils have had their elections delayed by one year while the Government reorganises ...

Shipping emissions are to be cut by 30% by 2030, the Government has pledged as part of a new maritime net zero strategy. Larger vessels such as tankers and cruises, which cause the most pollution, ...

US President Donald Trump is demanding that his portrait in the Colorado state capitol be taken down, saying he has received complaints about the image and claiming it was “purposefully distorted” to ...

The family of a father-of-two who was struck and killed by a police car responding to a 999 call have paid tribute to him as a “beloved partner, dad, brother and son”. Roger Bagnall, 40, was crossing ...

THE government has no idea how many care home beds are available or occupied in the Island, the JEP has learned. A series of requests under the Freedom of Information Act has revealed that neither ...