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STATES spending for 2005 increased at a rate below inflation, Chief Minister Frank Walker revealed to an audience of business leaders yesterday.

PARISHIONERS in St John are less likely to see a development of homes for the over-55s going up in fields on Route du Nord, following a parish meeting yesterday.

CHIEF Minister Frank Walker wants the Island to sell off its States-owned utility companies to raise millions for the Treasury coffers.

THE BBC is to release the first series of Bergerac on DVD.

THE first batch of tickets for this year's Jersey Live festival, sponsored by Jersey Telecom, go on sale on Monday.

A DOCTOR gave birth in the back of an ambulance outside her front door early yesterday morning, and her husband - a trainee paramedic - gave a hand.

THE £8m pound superyacht that is docked in the Island has caught the eye of Economic Development Minister Philip Ozouf.

THE CI Traders group is expected to sell off or develop more of its assets this year in order to further reduce outstanding debt.

A NEW company has been formed to help prospective house buyers in the Island - but Edge Properties insist they are not an estate agent.

FIRMS are being given one last chance by the Island's competition regulator to comply with the full requirements of the Competition Law.