Statement by H M Charles III   “The death of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family. We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother. I know her loss will […]

St Helena: Statement on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II   8 September 2022   Statement on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II   The following statement was issued by Buckingham Palace:   “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon”.   A personal statement by […]

Falkland Islands: Statement on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II   8 September 2022     It is with deep sadness that the Falkland Islands Government has today learned of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.   The Queen dedicated her life to the service of […]

GOVERNOR PHILLIPS WELCOMES BACK THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES TEAM   Governor Phillips was pleased to welcome home the St Helena Commonwealth Games Team at a special reception held at Plantation House on Tuesday, 6 September 2022. Invited guests included the athletes who represented St Helena in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, their families and […]

Bristow Awarded a Multi-Year Equinor Search and Rescue Contract   Bristow Group  Sep 07, 2022, 08:30 ET   Equinor awarded Bristow Norway a search and rescue contract starting September 1, 2023. The initial contract is for four years and includes three one-year options for a potential total of seven years   Bristow will […]

Update on Tussac House – Important milestone achieved   Last week the Tussac House project reached an important milestone in its construction, the west wing, Shearwater is now successfully watertight. In reaching this milestone it greatly reduces weather-related delays to the projects and marks part of the completion of phase […]

FALKLAND ISLANDS GOVERNMENT PRESS STATEMENT   5 September 2022   Former UK Foreign Secretary Elected as New Leader of the Conservative Party and Next Prime Minister   Today, Monday 5 September 2022, it was announced that the Rt Hon Liz Truss MP had been elected the new leader of the […]

COVID-19 STATISTICS FOR ST HELENA   The St Helena Health Services Directorate would like to inform the public that five (5) positive cases of COVID-19 were identified within the community during the period Friday, 26, August to Thursday, 1, September 2022.   A total of sixteen (16) positive cases have […]

Seafloor images explain Thwaites Glacier retreat   5 September, 2022 BAS News stories   New high resolution images of the the seafloor in West Antarctica show past retreat of Thwaites Glacier. They reveal that at times in its past, retreat of the massive Thwaites Glacier was even quicker than it is […]

Albatrosses from space: wildlife detectives need   4 September, 2022 BAS News stories   British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and RSPB are recruiting albatross detectives to help to search for wandering albatrosses in satellite images taken from space. This is to help us learn more about how these sentinels of the sea are being impacted by […]