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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Commonwealth Games baton reaches St Helena
By St Helena Government writer The Queen’s Baton has arrived at St Helena island, the 40th stop in its relay around the 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth. The baton stops at the island for two days en-route from … Continue reading
Cruise writer finds a film set waiting to be discovered
Sandy Bay’s arid landscape could be the setting for a science-fiction fantasy and Diana’s Peak would need no make-up for a role in a remake of Jurassic Park, according to writer Captain Greybeard on the Cruise International website. He highlights … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Media, Photography, RMS St Helena, Tourism, Travel
Tagged Captain Greybeard, Cruise International, diana's peak, Jurassic Park, RMS St Helena, Saint Helena, Sandy Bay, St Helena, tourism, travel
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Games baton’s route to St Helena: Lesotho
Click the pic to chart the progress of the Commonwealth Games baton on its route to Glasgow – via Jamestown.
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Swimming with whale sharks – an island tradition
Swimming with whale sharks is nothing new on St Helena. Fishermen used to have to fend them off, to avoid taking an unplanned dip alongside them, according to video-maker Julian Beard. He used a high-tech Go Pro camera to record … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Pictures, Tourism
Tagged Julian Beard, Saint Helena, St Helena, swimming, whale sharks, youtube
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A thousand stories… thank you for reading
It would have been nice for the 1,000th story on this website to be about something fun, but sometimes, life just isn’t. The number of stories being published on St Helena Online has slowed down greatly since I started a … Continue reading
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Housing failures to be put to accounts body
A highly critical report on St Helena’s government housing service is to be reviewed by the island’s Public Accounts Committee on Monday 10 February, more than four months after it was quietly published. The service was declared “inadequate”. Years of … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged Andy Crowe, government landlord housing, housing, Saint Helena, St Helena
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Games baton approaches: no need to get sniffy, Jonathan
It’s too bad that Jonathan the tortoise no longer has much of a sense of smell. The Commonwealth Games baton is to arrive on St Helena on 19 February 2014, and it might well carry, to the well-tuned nose, the … Continue reading
Posted in RMS St Helena, Sport
Tagged baton, Commonwealth Games, Jonathan the tortoise, Saint Helena, Seychelles giant tortoises, St Helena
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