Message from the St Helena Police Service During the second week of our ‘Booze It, You Lose It’ drink-drive awareness campaign, St Helena Police have been active in many areas on-Island including Sandy Bay, Half Tree Hollow, Longwood, Ladder Hill,  Jamestown and on the Haul Road. Despite there being two reported road traffic collisions, these […]

St Helena Police are concerned about a number of recent underage drinking cases and where on some occasions children have had to be hospitalised as a result. The Police are therefore proactively engaging with young people on the Island when they are out and about, especially during the hours of darkness in the Jamestown area, […]

Gareth Drabble awarded FCO Chevening Scholarship Gareth will undertake a Master’s Degree in Digital Technologies, Communication and Education at the University of Manchester Applications for the next round of Chevening Scholarship Awards will open on 3 September 2020 Gareth Drabble of Levelwood has been awarded a Foreign & Commonwealth Office Chevening Scholarship. Gareth will undertake […]

The following is a public announcement from the St Helena Public Accounts Committee: A formal session of the St Helena Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will take place at 9am in the Council Chamber on Monday, 3 August 2020. The programme of business includes: St Helena Government 2018/19 Financial Statements and Audit Management Letter St Helena […]

The public is advised that Elected Members will be holding a round of constituency meetings during August. These meetings are an opportunity for you to meet with your Councillors and raise any issues you might have. You are encouraged to attend the meeting in your district. Constituency meetings will take place at 7pm on the […]

The Highways Authority has given approval to pilot a new box junction on the road adjacent to the entrance of Ladder Hill Fort. A box junction is a yellow box filled with criss-crossed yellow lines painted on the road and is a traffic control measure designed to prevent congestion at junctions. Roads Manager, Deon Robbertse, […]

St Helena Government (SHG) has been notified by Titan Airways that the Boeing 757-200 aircraft to be used for the repatriation charter flight to St Helena is cleared for operations having experienced some minor technical issues following a bird strike. The flight will depart the UK on Wednesday, 29 July 2020, (48 hours later than […]

The repatriation charter flight from the UK, operated by Titan Airways utilising their Boeing 757-200 aircraft, will arrive at St Helena Airport on Tuesday, 28 July 2020, following an overnight stop at Ascension Island.  Weather permitting, the estimated time of arrival at St Helena is 1pm local time. While passenger numbers are subject to change […]

The Highways Authority has given approval for a section of Shy Road, Jamestown – near Fowlers Town House to the Pipe Store building – to be closed from Monday, 27 July, to Wednesday, 29 July 2020. This closure is to allow the Roads Section to carry out maintenance on the retaining wall in this area. […]