Protesters try again over town skateboard park

RESIDENTS of the People's Park area are to ask a parish assembly to overturn a decision to allow a skateboard facility to be built there.


Sark gears up for a battle over Brecqhou

SARK appears to be heading for another battle with its billionaire neighbours


Tsunami survivors seek orphanage sponsorship

A FAMILY injured in the Asian tsunami are asking Islanders to sponsor an orphanage in Sri Lanka.


Hopes for ban on public smoking

JERSEY could follow Guernsey in introducing a public smoking ban by the end of the year.


Medal surprise for Occupation historian

OCCUPATION historian Joe Mière has another medal to add to a family collection going back to the Napoleonic Wars.


Island schoolchildren fare better on nutrition

JERSEY'S packed-lunch policy in primary schools means that children here are eating better than those in the UK, according to Health Promotion.


Drop-in café is told to move on from square

A DROP-in café that acts as a safe haven for young people in St Helier is desperately looking for new premises.


Rural revival gets under way

THE Countryside Renewal Scheme, funded by last year's Budget rise in tobacco duty, is launched today.


Civil servants recalled to Connex bus inquiry

THE two senior Environment and Public Services department executives at the centre of the Connex bus inquiry have been recalled to the witness stand to give further evidence.


Town park plan wins backing from Constable

THE Constable of St Helier has lent cautious support to the town park plans revealed at a public meeting last week.

BIRD WATCH 2012

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The 11th Great Garden Bird Watch took place over the weekend, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February. JEP readers were asked to get on board to help monitor bird life in the Island.