RETURNING SEASONAL WORKERS TO BE ENTITLED TO FREE HEALTHCARE 

Seasonal agricultural workers may soon access free healthcare on their return to the Island, after Jersey’s Minister for Health and Social Services announced he was bringing forward revised rules following a Scrutiny report into the rural economy.  Currently, seasonal workers who return year on year are not entitled to social security benefits or non-emergency healthcare […]

JERSEY HEDGEHOG SURVEY 2022

By Gill Morgan of the Jersey Hedgehog Preservation Group You may have read of the concerns over the decline of hedgehog numbers in Britain, with numbers allegedly falling by up to 30% in urban areas and 50% in rural areas over the last 20 years.  This has led to one of Britain’s best loved mammals […]