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JERSEY'S Jamie MacDonald is on the verge of qualifying for the semi-finals of the World Indoor Bowls Council Singles in Belfast after two victories yesterday took him into second place in his section.

THE Channel Islands Athletic Club's participation in the South League this summer has been put into serious doubt.

CYCLING has been excluded from the 2009 NatWest Games in Aland.

PROBLEMS over redistributing UK National Lottery cash within Jersey are holding up its introduction in the Island.

THE Health Minister's 'implacable opposition' to a new private hospital in St Helier contradicts the Council of Ministers's professed support of competition and choice, according to an Island business leader.

JERSEY Telecom did not have to apply for planning permission to put up mobile phone masts because they were a States body - and Planning do not know where all the masts are.

A MAN asked by the police to leave a Christmas party at his own home and who was later arrested for sleeping in his car has won an appeal - and got his driving licence back.

TWO agencies are warning that they have been contacted by people claiming their drinks have been spiked, leaving them with no memory of the night before's events.

FINAL salary pension schemes will have to go and retirement age will have to be put back as the Island moves towards another pension crisis, according to Senator Ben Shenton.

INQUIRIES to the Jersey Advisory and Conciliation Service (JACS) have soared by 60% in the past year, with a total of 7,510 employers and employees seeking advice.