March « 2004 « « This Is Jersey

Cocaine smuggler jailed for six and a half years

A JERSEY resident who imported cocaine into Guernsey was jailed for six and a half years by Guernsey's Royal Court yesterday.

Rates fine for town Deputy

A STATES Member was fined £100 by the Magistrate's Court today for failing to fill out his St Helier rates return form.

States approve incorporation of postal service

THE postal service has been incorporated and other postal firms will now be able to operate in the Island, potentially breaking the monopoly enjoyed by Jersey Post.

New low-cost airline makes inaugural flight

A NEW air link between the Island and Coventry took off today.

Heroin: Three in court

TWO men and a woman were due to appear in court today after £3,000 worth of heroin was seized in a drug squad operation on Monday.

Football:High five for the primary hot-shots

THE Island's primary school football XI beat their Guernsey counterparts 5-0 in a competitive and entertaining game at Grainville yesterday.

Inter-insular: Hockey sides in seventh heaven

JERSEY didn't lose a single game of hockey in the annual inter-insular encounter with Guernsey on Saturday - until the final match of the day, when the ten-man 1st XI were beaten by a single goal and the Sarnians retained the title they had won last year.

Table tennis: Ellis a four-hit wonder

SENIOR Island table tennis player Eugene Ellis won four championship titles at the Geoff Reed centre last night.

International football: U18s draw in Jersey’s first international

JERSEY'S under-18s drew 1-1 with Northern Ireland Under-16s in a physical but well contested first ever international football match played in the Island yesterday.

Football:Rozel can’t afford any more setbacks

ONE defeat in any of their final three matches and Rozel Rovers will be relegated back to Division II after just one season in the top flight.