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BBC News
17-04-2025
- BBC News
Airport and ferry passengers in Jersey warned of busy weekend
Passengers flying in and out of Jersey over the Easter weekend have been warned to allow extra time for their journeys. From Friday to Monday, more than 18,000 passengers are expected to travel in and out of Jersey Airport, and nearly 6,000 ferry passengers will be travelling between Jersey, France and the UK.A Ports of Jersey spokesperson said: "We recommend arriving two hours before departure time for most flights and 90 minutes for Blue Islands. "There may be queues at busy times but Ports of Jersey teams will ensure that everyone gets to their flights as quickly as possible." Passengers are also advised to leave plenty of time to check in their hold luggage and clear security at the airport.
BBC News
05-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Jersey residents 'still waiting' for action on PFAS
Islanders affected by the discovery of "forever chemicals" near Jersey's airport have criticised the length of time it has taken to investigate the third draft report into polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and actions to help people exposed to them was published on a public meeting at St Brelade Parish Hall earlier this week, people told government officials they felt nothing had happened since the PFAS Scientific Advisory Panel was formed in Peter Bradley, Jersey's director of Public Health, said the report would be finalised in early June and there "shouldn't be too much time delay" before recommendations were acted on. The government said firefighter foam used during the early 1990s contained PFAS, known as "forever chemicals" due to the length of time it takes for them to break may have been exposed to the chemicals after it leaked into the neighbouring areas and private borehole water supplies while it was used at Jersey Airport's fire training has suggested PFAS exposure could cause serious health conditions such as cancer and fertility issues. 'Nothing has happened' The latest draft report set out 13 recommendations which included bloodletting, blood testing and offering a cholesterol-lowering medication called Colesevelam to people who met "certain criteria".Joan Renouf, who attended the meeting in St Brelade, said there was frustration over delays in acting on the recommendations. "We've had report one, we've had report two, we've had report three and still we're waiting on things happening," she said."We're exactly at the same position as we were two years ago but nothing has happened - we're talking about it but it still hasn't happened." Claire Simon, another resident at the meeting, criticised the government's handling of the said: "It took them two years to get something in place. How long's it going to take them to get something going forward?"I believe that the government will choose the cheapest option, which doesn't benefit the residents, or anybody else on this island to be fair." Prof Bradley said the process was moving forward and the most advised treatment option was the cholesterol-lowering said the drug seemed to to work very well, but there "would be exceptions"."The report will be finalised in early June, we anticipate," he said."There shouldn't be too much time delay before we are able to offer a treatment such as the cholesterol-lowering drugs, which are freely available at the moment, so hopefully there wouldn't be much delay following June."The government said people could comment on the third draft report by emailing the PFAS panel before 24 April.
BBC News
21-03-2025
- BBC News
Flights between Jersey and Heathrow cancelled
All flights between Jersey and Heathrow Airport on Friday have been Airport was closed early on Friday morning after a fire at a nearby electrical substation that supplies it with a consequence the 07:00, 10:40 and 16:55 GMT British Airways flights from Jersey to Heathrow were cancelled along with the 09:50, 16:05 and 20:10 flights to the island from the London airport.A spokesperson for Jersey Airport advised passengers who had been booked on the flights to check with the airline for further information. 'Significant disruption' A spokesperson from British Airways advised customers due to travel from Heathrow not to travel to the airport until further notice. They said: "Due to a power outage in the London Heathrow area, London Heathrow Airport is currently closed."This will clearly have a significant impact on our operation and our customers and we're working as quickly as possible to update them on their travel options for the next 24 hours and beyond".A spokesperson for Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, warned of "significant disruption" over the coming days and told passengers not to travel there "under any circumstances" until it reopened.
