St Helena is currently experiencing unsettled sea conditions. This is due to a large south-westerly swell moving up from the lower Atlantic. It is forecast that this swell will continue up until Tuesday, 14 April 2020. Due care and attention should be taken when swimming in Rupert’s and James Bays during this time. To avoid […]

St Helena is still in the Prevent Stage and we continue to take precautionary measures to remain in this stage and further protect the Island. At this time there is no medical evidence to escalate the current preventive measures we have in place on St Helena. The enhanced Social Distancing measures which came into effect […]

St Helena is still in the Prevent Stage and we continue to take precautionary measures to remain in this stage and further protect the Island.  At this time there is no medical evidence to escalate the current preventive measures we have in place on St Helena. The enhanced Social Distancing measures which came into effect […]

St Helena Police will be conducting an Easter Drink Drive Campaign during April. The aim of this Campaign is to raise awareness around the offences of drink driving and the possible consequences as well as educate members of the public about the seriousness of drink-driving and to lower the amount of drink-driving incidents on the […]

Waste Management Services (WMS) will continue their operations over the Easter period: Domestic & Commercial Waste Collection All domestic and commercial waste collection services throughout April will remain unchanged. Customers are asked to ensure their bins are ready for emptying by 6am on their collection day. This includes Good Friday and Easter Monday for those […]

Parents and guardians are advised that the Education Committee has made the decision to extend the current Island Schools’ closure by bringing forward the End of Term holidays. This means that the term holidays for Term 2 will now start on Tuesday, 14 April, rather than Monday, 27 April 2020.  The changes in the term […]

St Helena’s credit rating still at BBB-/A-3 stable Island continues to possess ‘investment grade’ credit rating In December 2019, St Helena achieved a Credit Rating of BBB-/A-3 stable, from global credit-rating agency Standard & Poors (S&P). This credit rating is ‘investment grade’ meaning that St Helena is a low risk place to invest relative to […]

The St Helena Resilience Forum would like to thank the public for their cooperation during the ongoing drought. Water consumption is now consistently below 1000 cubic metres per day which is what we appealed to residents to achieve. This reduced consumption, combined with the weeks of rain, has replenished Levelwood, Hutt’s Gate and Longwood reservoirs, […]

On the evening of Sunday, 5 April 2020, the Saint Helena National Trust’s Marine Team responded to a call regarding a green turtle attempting to nest on Rupert’s Beach. It has been a few years since the last nesting attempt of the green turtle, which happened at Sandy Bay Beach in March 2015. It was […]

Over the weekend one of the picnic tables along the Access (Haul) Road was vandalised and a significant amount of litter was left in this area. Waste Management Services (WMS) have proactively re-built the damaged table using recycled waste from Horse Point Landfill Site (pictured) and litter picked the area, to ensure it can be […]