Badminton:Cann seeks repeat of 2005

ELIZABETH Cann will once again be flying the flag for Jersey at the English National Badminton Championships next weekend - if not officially then certainly in spirit.


Inter-insular duty in Guernsey

JERSEY'S junior clubs' inter-insular side face a tough task against Guernsey tomorrow after a poor turnout in the trials last weekend, when they lost heavily to a Jersey RFC Development side.


Public to have veto on reform

THE public will be able to veto the States' decision on reforming the House in a referendum this year.


Tantivy shed jobs after losing school bus contract

THIRTEEN full-time workers and many more part-time staff were made redundant at Tantivy Blue Coach because of the decision to award the school bus contract to Connex, it has been revealed.


£117,000 paid to child porn man

THE paedophile convicted this week of child porn offences was paid more than £117,000 while suspended from his £26,000-a-year States job on full pay.


Heathrow link ‘real boost to finance’

THE securing of a route to Heathrow puts Jersey 'light years' ahead of Guernsey and the Isle of Man in terms of its profile as an offshore finance centre, Chief Minister Frank Walker said yesterday.


Court makes an example of man with stun gun and pistol

A GARDENER who brought a 9 mm blank firing pistol and a stun gun to Jersey to 'defend himself' was jailed for nine months by the Royal Court yesterday.


Those udder carrots just didn’t work…

A FARMER whose Jersey cows began producing pink milk because they would eat nothing but crunchy orange carrots has solved the problem - by growing white ones.


UK prison crisis ‘no bar to transfer of Jersey inmates’

PRISON overcrowding in the UK should not stop UK prisoners at La Moye being sent home, according to governor Steve Guy-Gibbens.


Markets to be targeted in Asia and Europe

MARKET access will be at the top of the agenda this year for the new chief executive of Jersey Finance.

BIRD WATCH 2012

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The 11th Great Garden Bird Watch took place over the weekend, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February. JEP readers were asked to get on board to help monitor bird life in the Island.