29 « July « 2006 « « This Is Jersey

Off Minor to retain Derby crown at Les Landes?

THE Coors Jersey Derby at Les Landes tomorrow is the second leg of the Channel Islands Triple Crown, with the race favourite, Off Minor already having won the first leg, the CI Champion Hurdle, a fortnight ago.

Jersey prepared for historic task

THE Jersey Cricket Board take a step into the unknown on Thursdayday when they make their competitive international début against Israel in the European Cricket Council Division II Championship in Glasgow, Scotland.

Taxi shelter plan for the Airport

A TAXI shelter could be put up at the Airport to stop people having to wait in the rain.

Hit by lightning

A JERSEY couple had to flee their French home in the middle of the night after a lightning strike started a fire that destroyed almost all of the first floor.

States to offer tenants their homes at cut price

STATES tenants across the Island are to be given the opportunity to buy their homes for a cut-down price.

£1.5m fraud case husband faces October sentencing

THE husband of a woman serving a 14-year jail term for conning an elderly couple out of £1.5 million will be sentenced in October for the part he played assisting the fraud.

Warning from parents on university fees

PARENTS could be forced to stop their children going to university if they have to make a higher contribution to fees, according to a group of concerned parents.