NewsBite 06 11 15 St Helena - South Atlantic Media Services - St Helena's News (06/11/15)

St Helena - South Atlantic Media Services - St Helena's News (06/11/15) This week on Saint Helena Local TV broadcast: Solomon’s celebrate 225 years in business First tourist ship of the season arrives Sports fishing on island steps up a gear We tour the new horizons haunted house And highlights from this week’s football South Atlantic Media Services (SAMS) have started the production of weekly news round-up of events happening on the remote Island of St Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. The Island whose population is around 4000 people has a long and varied history, however life did not stop when Napoleon died. See for yourself. South Atlantic Media Services or SAMS for short is one of the Islands main suppliers of News and already produces two local radio stations and a weekly Newspaper. All available on their website. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us. [email protected] Saint Helena is a tropical island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean, 4000 km east of Rio de Janeiro. It is part of the British Overseas Territory of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, which also includes Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha. Saint Helena measures about 16 by 8 kilometres (10 by 5 mi) and has a population of 4,255 (2008 census). It was named after Saint Helena of Constantinople. The island was uninhabited when discovered by the Portuguese in 1502. One of the most remote islands in the world, it was for centuries an important stopover for ships sailing to Europe from Asia and South Africa. Napoleon was imprisoned there in exile by the British, as were Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (for leading a Zulu army against British rule) and more than 5,000 Boers taken prisoner during the Second Boer War. Between 1791 and 1833, Saint Helena became the site of a series of experiments in conservation, reforestation, and attempts to boost rainfall artificially. This environmental intervention was closely linked to the conceptualization of the processes of environmental change and helped establish the roots of environmentalism. Saint Helena is Britain's second oldest remaining British Overseas Territory, after Bermuda.