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A LACK of bowlers has led to Guernsey withdrawing from the women's Le Quesne Trophy bowls inter-insular which was due to have been played in Jersey this weekend.

MORE than 160 entries have already been received for the 20th Jersey Hash Half-Marathon next month, with organisers expecting to attract around 400 entries come race day while ferverantly hoping for a record-breaking 500-plus.

THE boot was on the other foot yesterday for Jersey in the 34th Primary Schools Football Festival as they scored a last-minute goal to draw 1-1 with Plymouth.

JERSEY'S last test before the Cimandis Muratti next month will be against an under-19 squad from Scottish League Division II club Alloa Athletic.

ALTHOUGH the Island's netball team have secured their place in the South West Premier League, concerns over finance and a required re-structure means it is too early to say if they will feature next season.

JERSEY'S political system is 'inherently incapable' of ensuring proper financial discipline, the States Treasurer told a scrutiny panel yesterday.

A VIOLENT drug abuser who squirted corrosive chemicals into another man's face, leaving him partially sighted, disfigured and with bad facial scarring, has been jailed for 6ฝ years.

A WAR of words has broken out over the pension rights of manual workers employed by the parish of St Helier.

DEVELOPERS could soon have the right to dig up Islanders' gardens and driveways to lay drains without their consent.

GUERNSEY Live organisers are trying to find a new headline act after the jailing of singer Pete Doherty.