Netflix plans $900M facility at former New Jersey Army base
December 21, 2022 GMTNetflix said Wednesday it plans to build a state-of-the-art production facility at a former Army base at the Jersey Shore that will cost more than $900 million, and create thousands of jobs.
The subscription video streaming company will pay $55 million for a 292-acre site on the former Fort Monmouth military base in Eatontown and Oceanport.
Death toll in Jersey apartment fire rises to 7
December 13, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — The death toll in an explosion and fire at an apartment building on the English Channel Island of Jersey has risen from five to seven, police said Tuesday. Two people remained unaccounted for.
Death toll in Jersey fire rises to 5; 4 still missing
December 11, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — The number of people killed in an apartment building explosion and fire on the English Channel Island of Jersey has risen to five, and four others are still unaccounted for, police said Sunday.
3 dead, several missing after explosion, fire on Jersey
December 10, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — An explosion and fire in an apartment building on the Channel Island of Jersey killed at least three people and left several missing, police said Saturday.
Robin Smith, the chief officer of the States of Jersey Police, said during a news conference that “around a dozen” residents were missing following the blast in the town of St Helier.
NovoCure: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
July 28, 2022 GMTST. HELIER, Jersey (AP) _ NovoCure Ltd. (NVCR) on Thursday reported a loss of $24 million in its second quarter.
The St. Helier, Jersey-based company said it had a loss of 23 cents per share.
NovoCure: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
April 28, 2022 GMTST. HELIER, Jersey (AP) _ NovoCure Ltd. (NVCR) on Thursday reported a loss of $4.6 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the St. Helier, Jersey-based company said it had a loss of 4 cents.
‘The Eagle Has Landed’ author Jack Higgins dead at 92
April 10, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — British author Jack Higgins, who wrote “The Eagle Has Landed” and other bestselling thrillers and espionage novels, has died. He was 92.
Publisher HarperCollins said that Higgins died at his home on the English Channel island of Jersey surrounded by his family.
NovoCure: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
February 24, 2022 GMTST. HELIER, Jersey (AP) _ NovoCure Ltd. (NVCR) on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $26.5 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
The St. Helier, Jersey-based company said it had a loss of 25 cents per share.
French trawler owners still in dark over UK-French fishing
November 2, 2021 GMTGRANVILLE, France (AP) — French trawler owners in Normandy have reacted with confusion and consternation after President Emmanuel Macron extended a Tuesday deadline for the British government to license more French fishing vessels, the subject of a post-Brexit spat between the two countries.
France threatens to block British fishing boats from ports
October 27, 2021 GMTPARIS (AP) — France announced Wednesday that it will bar British fishing boats from some French ports starting next week if no deal is reached with the U.K. in a dispute over fishing licenses — and suggested it may restrict energy supplies to the Channel Islands as well.
France to announce sanctions amid fishing dispute with UK
October 20, 2021 GMTPARIS (AP) — France will announce potential sanctions over energy prices and trade “by the end of the week” in its fishing dispute with the United Kingdom, the government spokesman said Wednesday.
France vehemently protested the decision last month by the U.K.
UK, France at loggerheads over post-Brexit fishing rights
September 29, 2021 GMTPARIS (AP) — The United Kingdom and France are at loggerheads again over fishing rights in the English Channel, leading Paris to warn about potential retaliatory measures that could impact energy and trade.
US rider Winder into leader’s jersey at Giro d’Italia Donne
July 2, 2021 GMTCUNEO, Italy (AP) — Ruth Winder slipped into the leader's pink jersey Friday after her Trek-Segafredo team won the opening team trial of the Giro d'Italia Donne, the most important stage race for female cyclists and a key effort ahead of the Olympic road race.
Fishing tensions flare between France, UK over Brexit rules
May 6, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — British Royal Navy vessels and French police boats patrolled Thursday near the English Channel island of Jersey, where French fishermen angry about losing access to its waters gathered for a maritime protest...
UK sending patrol boats to Jersey over post-Brexit dispute
May 5, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — Britain's government said Wednesday it is sending two Navy patrol vessels to monitor the situation on the island of Jersey, amid an escalating dispute with France over fishing rights in the waters there following Britain’s departure from the European Union...
Yawkey Way Could Be John Henry’s Worst Trade
March 13, 2018 GMTThe British will be pleased.
They will be getting one of their "street lords" back when John Henry and the Boston Red Sox change the name of Yawkey Way to Jersey Street, its original name.
Yawkey Way, by Fenway Park, was named after longtime Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey in 1977 following his death a year earlier.