Over the weekend St Helena’s Airport safely processed its 50,000th passenger since opening in 2017 (and remember airport was closed to passengers for a considerable time during the pandemic). 50,000 passengers is the equivalent to roughly 250 voyages of the full RMS St Helena.

Embraer and Airlink have inked a spare parts inventory support agreement covering the carrier’s all-Embraer fleet of 68 aircraft. Airlink has been an Embraer aircraft operator since 2001 operating flights in and to Southern and East Africa, Madagascar and St Helena and Ascension

History books may show that it was Saturday, 10 February 2018 that RMS St Helena sailed from St Helena for the final time. But she had to return quietly on the morning of 12 Feb to drop off an emergency medical case before setting sail again for Cape Town. Gone but not forgotten

@Dave58657341 Main links are to South Africa and onward flights from there. Used by a lot of private aircraft crossing the South Atlantic.

Six years ago, 30 January 2019, Extreme E Racing’s then new flagship, St Helena (formally the RMS), was at rest and peace in London’s winter sun with new adventures beckoning.

Nine years ago, on 22 January 2016, Fred Olsen Cruises' MV Boudicca visited Jamestown. The ship, built in 1973 for Royal Viking, was sold by Fred Olson in 2020, and sadly scrapped by its new owners in 2021. She had been a regular visitor to St Helena.

A year ago, 23 Jan 2024, The Duke of Edinburgh got to meet St Helena's oldest resident, Jonathan, at Plantation House. Jonathan could have met 8 British monarchs during his lifetime. So far he has met three: Edward VIII, George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.

The late Duke of Edinburgh dropped in on St Helena on 22 January 1957 for a quick visit to the island and to open a new playground and recreational area in Jamestown. He was, of course, followed by the current Duke of Edinburgh who visited the island in January 2024.

Jamestown, St Helena, was a pointless answer on the BBC’s Celebrity Pointless at the weekend. As was Stanley on the Falklands.

Artwork for the new Falklands' banknotes, the first new design since 1980s and first to include a portrait of King Charles III. New notes will enter circulation on Falklands Day, 14 August. Same design will be used for new £10 and £20 notes, while £50 note stays the same.

Atalanta is the first yacht to cross the finish line in James Bay for the annual Cape Town to St Helena yacht race. Other will be finishing in the coming hours and days.

On the 1st January 1856 St Helena issued its first Postage Stamp, a 6d blue.

Countries & territories where the British representative is female. Currently, as 2024 comes to a close, 80 ambassadors, high commissioners, governors & permanent representatives are women. From 2016 to 2019 they would have to have included a green dot for St Helena!

Wishing, along with Jonathan, a very Happy Christmas and 2025 to everyone on St Helena and to Saints everywhere.

British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, the last team out of the hat for draw of European qualifying groups for FIFA World Cup in 2026, is in group L with Czech Republic, Montenegro, and the Faroe Islands, along with loser of the France/Croatia Nations League quarter-final

On 10 December 1815 Napoleon would move to live at Longwood House on St Helena, where he would reside until his death in 1821. In 2015, on the 200th anniversary, St Helena Tourism restaged Napoleon's arrival at the house.

1 December 2016 RMS St Helena sailed from Cape Town on Voyage 250 to St Helena. The ship already in the Christmas spirit.

Having been launched by Prince Andrew on 31 October 1989, and construction and fitting out completed a year later, RMS St Helena finally arrived off Jamestown on her maiden voyage on 30 November 1990. Her final departure from St Helena was nearly 30-years later in February 2018.

Congratulations to St Helena Cricket that has won the final match of its ICC World Cup qualifiers in Nigeria, beating the Ivory Coast by 10 wickets.