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ABBEY National moved clear at the top of Division I in the NatWest Indoor 6-a-side League last night after defeating title rivals Old Victorians.

THE all-conquering Jersey badminton team continued their amazing winning run on Saturday with their 13th consecutive victory in the National Inter-County championships.

YOUNG disabled tennis player Melissa Alves has a big disadvantage on court . . . her wheelchair is too big for her.

TWO repeat drink-driving offenders were banned from holding licences for three years - the minimum for a second offence within ten years - and ordered to do 90 hours' community service by the Magistrate's Court yesterday.

A LEADING figure in the Christian charity Tearfund has hit back at claims that money raised for the tsunami relief effort is being wasted.

DEPUTY Collin Egré has been accused of exerting political pressure to help his son's lover in her fight against alleged unfair dismissal from a nursing charity.

APPLICATIONS to join the Jersey team to compete in the 2008 London Marathon are now closed following an 'amazing' response from the Island public.

THE shopkeeper who was slashed across the face during an armed robbery on Sunday has described the terrifying moment a knife-wielding youth demanded money from his till.

ISLANDERS can watch the obesity battle being fought a little closer to home tonight as a world record-holding Guernsey family star in their own television documentary about stomach stapling.

THE sole survivor from the French fishing vessel that sank off Alderney has described seeing a 'huge mountain' looming above him before being struck.