However, if St Helena does not become accessible by air then our community will certainly dwindle to nothing.

BBC: Life on one of the world's most remote islands

All we need is a small airstrip that will enable flights to move between St Helena and Ascension Island.

BBC: Life on one of the world's most remote islands

The proposed airport on St Helena may tighten things further, providing attractive jobs back home for St Helenans on Ascension.

ECONOMIST: Day five: The many greenings of Ascension

Mr Crandall may be heading off to his version of St Helena, but the industry will bear his stamp for some time yet.

ECONOMIST: American Airlines loses its pilot

Police were called to shop worker Miss Foreman's home in St Helena Way on 12 March, after she was found dead by her partner.

BBC: Joanne Foreman family wins right to new inquest bid

Residents on the remote South Atlantic territory of St Helena have renewed their plea for the UK to back plans to bring broadband to the island.

BBC: Technology

Failure to make it in Moscow and being offshored on St Helena are not to be found on the CVs of potential business leaders of today.

ECONOMIST: The genuine article

April has a number of relatives living in the UK in Swindon, Reading and Oxford, who also made the move over from St Helena in search of education and employment.

BBC: England's St Helena exiles welcome island airport project

It meant a clause requiring states to aid in connecting remote communities will not now be enforced, removing any obligation or commitment for the government to work with communities such as St Helena.

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