Tag Archives: Tristan da Cunha

Island’s eco warriors need a new chief. Salary: £43k

Posted on 18 June, 2013 by

A new person is being sought to lead the team protecting St Helena’s environment. The post is being advertised with a £43,000 salary, plus allowances – but the job description makes it clear the role will be demanding. It says: … Continue reading →

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25 days after setting out, Tristan passengers still couldn’t land

Posted on 18 June, 2013 by

Three and a half weeks after first sailing from Cape Town, passengers on the beleaguered MV Edinburgh finally reached Tristan da Cunha on Monday 17 June 2013 – only to find they could not go ashore. Sea conditions were too … Continue reading →

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Tristan midwife is awarded British Empire Medal

Posted on 15 June, 2013 by

A retired midwife on Tristan da Cunha has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. The citation reads: Mrs Marilyn (Gladys) Anna LAVARELLO, Midwife, Camogli Hospital, Tristan da Cunha. For services to the community in … Continue reading →

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Tea and fruit run out as Tristan supply ship turns back

Posted on 5 June, 2013 by

Rationing has been introduced at the store on Tristan da Cunha after the supply ship MV Edinburgh was forced to turn back while en route to the island. The ship was 500 miles from Tristan on 30 May 2013 when Captain Clarence … Continue reading →

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St Helena gets top rating for environmental protection

Posted on 30 April, 2013 by

An investigation has highlighted “legal neglect” of biodiversity in the UK’s overseas territories – but not on St Helena. The territory, which formally includes Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, is one of only three to have been singled out … Continue reading →

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Better luck this time for ship that was stranded in ice

Posted on 19 April, 2013 by

Cruise passengers headed for St Helena on the MV Plancius have fared better than those who set off on the same voyage in 2012. They were stranded for several days in the icy waters of South Georgia, before being rescued … Continue reading →

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MP ‘shocked’ by tales of environmental failings

Posted on 17 April, 2013 by

A Member of Parliament has reacted with dismay to allegations about the British government’s performance on protecting the environment of UK overseas territories. Caroline Lucas, the country’s only Green Party MP, said the government’s systems were “constitutionally not working.” She … Continue reading →

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Tristan housing: never let flax get in the way of a story

Posted on 10 April, 2013 by

Life on Tristan must be even more cosy than it previously appeared to the outside world, if Business Today magazine is to be believed. “The community is no more than 11 flax-thatched cottages,” it says. With 262 residents, that works … Continue reading →

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Island vicar wanted: may suit hard-of-hearing

Posted on 10 April, 2013 by

Clergy who want to hear God’s voice more clearly should consider moving to Tristan da Cunha, according to islander Lorna Lavarello-Smith. Lorna is leading the search for a new vicar for the world’s most remote inhabited island, which has been without … Continue reading →

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Isle of Man work placement for remote island residents

Posted on 22 February, 2013 by

Two residents from one of the most remote group of islands in the world have begun a four-month work placement in the Isle of Man. Martin and Iris Green have travelled from the volcanic island of Tristan Da Cunha in … Continue reading →

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