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  • St Helena Emergency Services Rolls Out ‘what3words’ Location Technology 

    13 March 2025

    St Helena Emergency Services has announced the rollout of innovative location technology, what3words. Adding what3words to its toolkit will help pinpoint 999 callers’ exact locations, and ensure resources can be dispatched directly to the scene.   When calling the emergency number (999), one of the first questions you’ll be asked is ‘What is the address of […]

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  • Statistical Update: Arrivals and Departures

    13 March 2025

    The latest provisional estimates have been released for the numbers of passenger arrivals and departures to and from St Helena, up to the end of January 2025. Note: this release was updated on April 15 2025; estimates of the arrivals of St Helenians and those arriving for leisure are not yet available for November 2024 […]

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  • Primary School Reorganisation Information and Support Day

    12 March 2025

    It has become necessary to make a further change to the published term times for the current academic year (2024-25) for primary schools only. This change is to facilitate our primary schools to prepare for the forthcoming on-island training from Hampshire Local Authority and to be informed of the decision taken by the Portfolio Advisory […]

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  • Road Closure – Napoleon Street, 18 And 19 March 2025

    12 March 2025

    The Highways Authority has granted approval for the closure of Napoleon Street on Tuesday, 18 March, and Wednesday, 19 March 2025, from 09:00 to 15:30. This closure is essential to facilitate slurry works, which will improve the surface quality of the road. Pedestrian access will be maintained throughout the duration of the closure. Roadside pavements […]

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  • ENRP Veterinary Clinic Closure

    12 March 2025

    The public are advised that the ENRP Veterinary Clinic which are held at Scotland between 8:30 to 10:00 will be closed on Tuesday, 18 March and Wednesday, 19 March 2025. Animal owners are advised that in the event of an emergency, please call 24724. ENRP apologises for any inconvenience that this may cause. The public […]

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  • Commonwealth Day 2025 Celebrated on St Helena

    11 March 2025

    St Helena celebrated Commonwealth Day 2025 yesterday with assemblies at Prince Andrew School (PAS) and the three island primary schools, as well as a flag raising ceremony held at Plantation House. This year’s theme, ‘Together We Thrive’, highlights the shared values of Commonwealth nations, as articulated in the Commonwealth Charter. Observed annually on the second […]

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  • Economic Development Investment Programme

    11 March 2025

    MIDDLE LANDING STEPS The Programme Management Office would like to advise the public that the Middle Landing Steps will be closed to the public for a period of 6 weeks, commencing Wednesday, 12 March 2025.    The lower step require further works to be carried out under the defects period of the original contract.    […]

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  • Important Road Works at Nosegay Lane and Napoleon Street – Wednesday, 12 March

    10 March 2025

    Please be advised of upcoming road closures and works scheduled for Wednesday, 12 March 2025. Nose Gay Lane Closure Nose Gay Lane will be closed to all vehicular traffic from 09:00 to 15:00 on Wednesday, 12 March. This closure is required for the Road Section to carry out necessary slurry works, which will improve the […]

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  • Increased Demand for Emergency Dental Services

    7 March 2025

    The Health and Social Care Portfolio would like to advise the public that they are currently experiencing a significant increase of demand on dental services, particularly during the emergency dental slots each morning. Due to the high demand for emergency dental services we can only see a limited amount of patients during the 1 ½ […]

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  • Local Agencies Enhance Major Incident Response Capabilities Through IPAS-Funded MAGIC Training.

    7 March 2025

    Representatives from key agencies including Fire and Rescue Service, Emergency Planning, Immigration, Communications Hub, Royal St Helena Police, St Helena Airport, Governor’s Office, Health and Social Care, Port Control, Environment, Natural Resources and Planning, Education, and Solomon and Company have recently completed a comprehensive Multi-Agency Gold Incident Command (MAGIC) training programme, designed to enhance their […]

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