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COMMONWEALTH and Island Games rider Chris Spence might be walking his fiancée slowly down the aisle next weekend, but on Sunday he proved that one set of feet can be just as quick as two when he won the Round Island Two Up Time Trial in 1.08.54.

AFTER her first badminton tournament of the season Mariana Agathangelou came away from York at the weekend with two gold medals, in the women's and mixed doubles.

JERSEY'S junior golfers beat their Guernsey counterparts on the L'Ancresse course at the weekend, with an overall score of 10-7

ENVIRONMENT Minister Freddie Cohen has backed a proposal to swap land at Plémont with developers and safeguard the area for future generations.

A NEW immunisation programme is expected to protect children and reduce dramatically the number of elderly people admitted to hospital when the winter flu bug hits.

Dannii Minogue will headline a concert in the Island next month to launch the new Cable & Wireless Sure mobile phone service.

A PENSIONER had his home daubed in red paint and pelted with eggs at the weekend.

AVERAGE earnings rose by 3.3% in the 12 months to the end of June, reaching £28,080. Last year they had been £27,000.

A FLIGHT around the Island in a US-designed 1950s fighter plane will be the centrepiece of the Royal Air Forces Association's fund-raising drive during Battle of Britain Week.

THE Jersey Employers' Network on Disability (JEND) is inviting all Island employers to benefit from the expertise and help they can offer.