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UKOTA Mental Health Webinar 23 June 2021 – Webinar Recording

We hope you enjoyed the UKOTA Mental Health Webinar on 23 June 2021, which focussed on Children and Young Person’s Mental Health, and found it informative.  We are pleased to report that a total of 107 individuals logged into the webinar. If you missed the webinar or wish to view it again, you can do […] Read more...

World Environment Day 2021

REIMAGINE. REINSTATE. RESTORE. Follow the link  for details on how St Helena recognised World Environment Day 2021 Green for Green – World Environment day For details of St Helena’s 2020 Biodiversity awareness which focused on the Peaks National Park: StH World Environment Day 2020 Read more...

The UK Overseas Territories Pay Tribute to HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: His Royal Highness Prince Philip visited the BVI in 1966, 1977 and 1993. During his first visit His Royal Highness Prince Philip who accompanied his wife, HRH Queen Elizabeth II opened the Sir Francis Drake Highway and the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge. The Royals later toured Peebles Hospital, Government House, the Territory’s secondary school, […] Read more...

His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

The United Kingdom’s Overseas Territories are united in tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, who has died at the age of 99. His Royal Highness is warmly remembered for his many visits to our worldwide family of loyal British subjects. We send our deepest condolences to Her Majesty. God save the Queen. Read more...

Speaker raises first flag to the British Overseas Territories

The British Overseas Territory of Monserrat is being celebrated by the Speaker of the House of Commons with the raising of the country’s flag in New Palace Yard. The tiny island, which sits just south of Antigua, celebrates St Patrick’s Day on 17 March – the same day it commemorates the nine West African slaves […] Read more...

St Helena Net Zero Carbon Emissions Scoping Study

St Helena Government (SHG) is exploring how the Island could transition to net zero carbon emissions, in line with an objective of St Helena’s Climate Change Policy ‘Identify and prioritize measures to reduce and minimize greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions’. As such a Scoping Study has been funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) […] Read more...