Spartans riding high

FIVE Jersey athletes - more than ever before - have been named in the top UK rankings.


‘Let us tell you a story about a faraway Island’

TWO army officers from Jersey are teaching children in Bosnia about the Channel Islands.


Donkey takes to the dusty road

DOLLY the donkey could have been heading for Bethlehem when she left her field in St Mary on Christmas Day night. After all, the Bethlehem Methodist Church is only a short way away.


Ordeal at gunpoint

JERSEY explorer Colonel John Blashford-Snell and a Jersey member of his latest expedition have survived a harrowing ordeal at the hands of gunmen in Ethiopia.


Festive fortunes

TINSEL the kitten almost lost all of her lives before they began.


Jersey currency brings in the cash

THE Island earned £2.8m from Jersey currency in circulation last year, as banks continue to be encouraged to use Jersey notes as much as possible.


Er, sorry, Chef de Police … but could you keep the noise down?

THE Constable of St Helier has been left red-faced by his own Chef de Police.


Breast cancer deaths halved by screening

SCREENING of women aged over 50 has reduced breast cancer deaths in the Island by 50 per cent.


Aid work ‘is hampered by corruption’

A JERSEYMAN who survived the tsunami has spoken out about the 'corruption and bureaucracy' hampering the relief effort in Asia.


IFG Group buys Bank of Scotland Trust for £6. m

BANK of Scotland International, part of the HBOS Group, has sold its trust arm to Dublin-headquartered IFG Group plc for £6. million.

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.