Jersey

Pierre has more than 20 years of experience across Europe, Australia and the Pacific region.

He has now relocated to Jersey to join MS Planning and lead the development of landscape architecture on the island.

Pierre, welcome to the Bailiwick podcast and thank you for being here today.

Hi,

to meet you.

Hi, thank you.

So kind of jumping straight in, so why have you chosen Jersey as a place to relocate?

Well, we lived in the South Pacific region for a while island as well and we found on our way back to Europe.

So that is obviously going to be, I think the last time it was talked about, it was in the ballpark for 20 million pounds.

So how is it going to be funded? Will it go direct to France? Will it go via Jersey like our existing one? That's a real question.

thing to watch out for.

And the other thing, as Deputy Gabriel said, he expected the flood defences at the bridge for the whole of Raid of Owl to actually start to be built next year.

Yeah, it's not a proper insurance scheme in any way.

Most of the people who have benefited from it so far have paid in very little, in some cases nothing, into the scheme.

I mean, quite how on earth Guernsey's found itself in a position where beds in residential and nursing homes are funded partly by insurance contributions on earnings rather than through the you know general revenue tax system i don't know probably because it was easier 25 years ago to put up social security contribution rates than it was to put up income tax or you know introduce gst or something like that yeah But it is a bit odd that long-term care is funded in this way, although Jersey has now introduced a scheme not dissimilar and is funding it through social security contributions as well.

I think it's less

I think the most bag I've ever spent money on was a Mulberry bag.

which my sister and my brother was in Jersey and you could pick them up cheaper over there.

And that was years ago.

And then I sort of, because I go off things so quickly.

Since there wasn't really one source that I found that was definitively more by people than the others, I'm just going to mention all the conflicting details.

So the island of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, is located in the English Channel just off the coast of Normandy, France.

Although closely connected to the British Isles, it is not technically part of the United Kingdom and has its own government and legal system.

It's known for its coastal cliffs, beaches, and picturesque countryside, which the Germans occupied in World War II.

And it's it's famous for the Jersey cattle, a small breed of cow known for their rich milk and cream.

In 1957, One source said November, another said early 57.

The quaint, peaceful island was shocked by a violent attack on a 29-year-old nurse who was waiting for a bus in the Montelebi area.

There's a lot of French influence in Jersey, and I am not sure on some of the pronunciations.

So in the end, I turned around and said, well, let us go somewhere where they make their own rules and regulations.

He decided on the small Channel Island of Jersey.

Major Hugh Fraser had agreed to guide Gerry around the island in search of the perfect site for his zoo.

But with a dinner at the Major's own home being the first stop of the tour, Gerry found exactly what he was looking for straight away.

The stately manor house with its pristine gardens, sprawling fields and tangled woodland was perfect.

So the deal was made, and the major's home was transformed.

Not long after, in the spring of 1959, Gerry welcomed visitors through the gates of Jersey Zoological Park, the home of zoo-led conservation.

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Bem-vindos ao boletim de notícias em língua portuguesa da BBC Rádio Jersey, integrado no Voices, o podcast que dá voz às diferentes línguas faladas em Jersey.

Eu sou o Kiko Pires e nesta edição de 14 de outubro trago-vos as principais notícias das últimas duas semanas com particular interesse para as comunidades portuguesa e lusodescendente de Jersey e das Ilhas do Canal.

E começamos em Guernsey, onde os impostos voltaram a dar que falar.

E não é propriamente porque alguém tenha descoberto o prazer de os pagar.

No entanto, esses aumentos futuros não estão garantidos.

O governo considera a reforma necessária para assegurar a sustentabilidade das finanças públicas, enquanto os seus críticos continuam preocupados com as consequências para os preços e o custo de vida.

E se em Guernsey se fazem contas para 2029, em Jersey há uma data muito mais próxima que alguns contribuintes devem assinalar.

Yep.

From the qualifiers to the qualifiers to the qualifiers to the qualifiers league, the challenge league, where you've got teams like Jersey or Papua New Guinea, for example, that could qualify up.

It seems like Jersey probably will qualify and a couple other teams to be determined.

Yeah, you know, I mean, I would love to see Jersey play Italy, you know, in cricket, right? So yeah, so basically like that, that lower bracket still yet to be determined.

There'll be some playoff or playing of some sort, right? And then those four will go up to this qualifier league.

USA needs to be one of the top, I guess, four teams out of this to make it to the ODI World Cup happening next year.

All of these guys, Neto Rolker is going to be on the Silicon Valley Strikers.

That makes sense.