04 « January « 2006 « « This Is Jersey

Two dozen Spartans set for Hants’ cross-country challenge

JERSEY SPARTAN AC send a team of 24 runners - 16 juniors and eight seniors - to compete in the annual Hampshire Cross-Country championships this weekend.

Banks’ ladies ready to scrum down

TAKING a lead from football and cricket, Jersey will soon have a ladies' rugby team.

Marathon challenge is up and running

MORE than 65 people have already responded to yesterday's JEP article offering the chance to run the London Marathon in 2008.

Hospital security given a check-up

A REVIEW of security at the General Hospital has been launched following the raid there before Christmas when dangerous drugs were snatched.

Rates: Constable reassures small businesses over increases

THE chairman of the Committee of Constables does not want small businesses to be hit too hard by a pending increase in rates.

Doctors fight on ward at Hospital

TWO junior doctors had to be pulled apart by nurses on a ward for the acutely ill after a row over working hours escalated into a fight.

Feathers fly in the Royal Square

FIFTY people took part in a spontaneous pillow fight in the Royal Square on Monday evening.

New sign of the times wanted for Beaumont

THE Gordon's Gin sign, a landmark at Beaumont for longer than the filter-in-turn, could soon be consigned to the annals of Island history.

Haul of heroin is worth £2m

MORE than £2m worth of heroin was produced as evidence in the Royal Court yesterday in the case of Stuart Silvester, who denies committing Jersey's biggest ever importation of a class A drug.

Flights disrupted

AIR passengers suffered disruption as a result of thick fog last night.