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THE Portuguese Club of Jersey retained their five-point lead at the top of Division II after they and second-placed Jersey Wanderers both won on Saturday, writes Andy Bradshaw.

SWIMMING - Tigers set qualifying times: In the Channel Islands Championships Tigers' Sam Fernandes took victory over JJ Gallichan in the 1500m freestyle in what was the highlight of the afternoon. Fernandes swam in a time of 16.11.00 and Gallichan 16.11.28 which for both is an Island Games qualifying time. Emma Glendening picked up her second Island Games qualifying time, this time in the 800m freestyle. Finishing in 9.21.50 this qualifies Emma automatically for the South East Regionals. Including Emma there were 13 South East regional automatic qualifying times.

JERSEY United netballers remain the only team to have won all their matches in the South West Regional League following their 42-37 victory over Exeter University.

JERSEY'S bid to reach the knockout stages of the touch World Cup ended on Saturday, when they went down to hosts South Africa.

TWO Jersey football clubs are to forge a link with Leed's United Youth Academy.

JERSEY SPARTAN AC thrower Jamie Stevenson (17) claimed the silver medal in the South of England indoor championships at Enfield over the weekend.

A THREE-day strike planned for next week by British Airways cabin crew could ground the airline's flights from Jersey to Gatwick.

A NEW minimum wage of £5.40 an hour has been approved by the Social Security Minister.

TWO men died in a car crash in Grouville this morning.

A YEAR-long series of events is being planned to celebrate one of Jersey's most important archaeological finds which was unearthed 50 years ago today.