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Actions taken to safely manage increase in prisoner population
11 September 2023
Over the last few years the Island’s prisoner population has steadily increased, recently peaking at 25 individuals. This increase has presented HM Prison and Offender Management Service with unique challenges. However, the community should be reassured that the service has been diligently planning for this situation, actively bidding for additional resources and developing comprehensive solutions […]
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R2 Project: Rehabilitation of Field Road Update
8 September 2023
Further to the Press Release issued on 30 August 2023, the Highways Authority has now approved the closure of Field Road from Monday 18 September 2023. This closure is to enable the rehabilitation works to begin. Field Road will be closed to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic, including emergency vehicles, until the works are completed. […]
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Emergency First Aid Training Courses Offered To Public And Businesses
7 September 2023
Between September 2023 and January 2024, the Health & Social Care Portfolio will be offering a range of accredited courses focusing on first aid skills, in partnership with the St Helena Community College. These courses will benefit the community by ensuring first aid can be provided in a timely manner, helping to preserve life during […]
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Senior Clerk from House of Commons visits St Helena and works with Legislative Council
7 September 2023
Senior Clerk from the House of Commons, Chloe Freeman, is currently on-Island and working with the Legislative Council. She has primarily visited to help to ensure that the recently established Select Committees are fully operational. For the seven Elected Members of Legislative Council that are not Ministers, part of their remit is to examine and […]
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Marine Tour Operator Environmental Accreditation Certification Scheme Training
7 September 2023
On 27 June 2023 Executive Council approved the Marine Regulations (Tourism and Interaction with Marine Life), 2023, which will be brought into force on 1 November 2023. These new Regulations govern tourism and the interaction of persons with marine wildlife in the Marine Protected Area (MPA). Primarily, they aim to minimise any impact from such […]
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Persons aged 50+ encouraged to test for Bowel Cancer
6 September 2023
The Health Services Directorate is currently offering free testing for bowel cancer for anyone aged 50+ years during the month of September 2023. Those who wish to take the test can call Grace Richards or Anna Bowers on tel: 25818 who will arrange for a test sample kit to be made available to you. Everyone […]
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Minister Brooks to depart St Helena
1 September 2023
Minister Mark Brooks will depart St Helena on Sunday, 3 September 2023, to attend a three-day programme in Gibraltar and undertake meetings with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London. Gibraltar, like St Helena, is a British Overseas Territory. Minister Brooks will travel to Gibraltar to attend a three-day programme that is centred around Gibraltar’s […]
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St Helena connects to the Subsea Cable
1 September 2023
Now that the Equiano subsea cable is live, there is opportunity for the existing telecoms network to plug into the cable so that the Island community is able to benefit immediately from this investment. Whilst the aspiration to access the cable via a fibre network remains, there will be some considerable time before this network […]
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R2 Project: Rehabilitation of Field Road – Update
31 August 2023
SHG is pleased to announce that the re-measurement contract for the rehabilitation of Field Road has now been signed for the sum of £1,974,938.43. The successful contractor is Isaac’s Contractors Ltd. The approval to close Field Road for the construction works is currently being finalised with the Highways Authority. SHG is anticipating that Field Road will […]
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Health Service Directorate to run Bowel Cancer Screening Campaign during September
30 August 2023
For the month of September only, the Health Services Directorate will be offering free testing for bowel cancer for anyone aged 50+ years. From Friday, 1 September 2023, those who wish to take the test can call Grace Richards or Anna Bowers on tel: 25818 who will arrange for a test kit to be made […]
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