UPDATE ON ST HELENA WATER LEVELS
11 January 2017RESERVOIR LEVELS DOWN Despite recent rain showers, St Helena’s reservoir levels have further decreased and are now below 11% of total storage capacity. Until the reservoirs reach at least 50%...
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SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN’S BOARD LAUNCH INTERNET AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
10 January 2017The St Helena Safeguarding Children’s Board today launches a four-week campaign to raise awareness among parents and children of the dangers of the internet and how to use the web...
BASIC ISLAND PENSION
10 January 2017The St Helena Government Benefits Office is currently reviewing and updating Claims for Basic Island Pension, in accordance with the Social Security Ordinance 2010. All recipients who were awarded Basic...
ROCKFALL ON SIDE PATH ROAD
10 January 2017Residents of Jamestown reported to Police a rockfall on Side Path Road at around midnight on Saturday, 7 January 2017. Emergency Services and relevant agencies and partners responded, and in...
VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS – ‘THE BUG’ ON ST HELENA
10 January 2017Viral Gastroenteritis, known locally as ‘the bug’, is currently doing the rounds on St Helena. It commonly causes diarrhoea and nausea/vomiting and can cause cramping, stomach pain, fever, and headache....
FURTHER TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT FOR SEA RESCUE TEAM
9 January 2017The St Helena Sea Rescue Service recently welcomed back Graeme Harding from the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), who returns to the Island to work with the Sea Rescue team...
NEW MASTER FOR RMS ST HELENA
9 January 2017St Helena Line (SHL) is pleased to announce that St Helenian Adam Williams (photo attached), currently Chief Officer on the RMS St Helena, will be promoted to Master of the...
UPDATE ON ST HELENA WATER LEVELS
9 January 2017CONSUMPTION RISING, RESERVOIR LEVELS DOWN SLIGHTLY St Helena continues to suffer the effects of a lack of rainfall throughout 2016 and, with only approximately 11% of reservoir capacity filled, the...
THEFT OF HERITAGE FLAGSTONES
9 January 2017POLICE APPEAL Over the recent holiday period, there was a theft of a large number of flagstones from the ‘Sand Store’ at the Wharf (photo attached). These stones, belonging to...
NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING
9 January 2017‘YOU SAID, WE DID’ St Helena Police have been consulting with communities across the Island as part of their new Neighbourhood Policing programme. A series of meetings and surgeries were...
ST HELENA BEAT SURGERIES
5 January 2017JANUARY 2017 The St Helena Police Service formally moved to a Neighbourhood Policing Model on 1 November 2016. As part of this move towards Neighbourhood Policing, Police Officers have been...
CAPTAIN RODNEY YOUNG MBE
4 January 2017SHG notes with sadness the sudden passing of Captain Rodney Young. We wish to extend our condolences and sympathy to his family and friends at this time. Captain Young has...