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JERSEY Dairy is launching a new farmhouse cheddar cheese with a traditional twist. It will be called Lé Fronmage.

THE effect of Jersey bull semen on dairy production in the central African country of Rwanda was described by Dr Theodoris Rutagwanda, the head of the Rwandan Animal Resources Development Agency, during the second day of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau International Conference.

MOVING from badminton to the boxing ring is not a well-worn path, but Leonis middleweight Tommy Noel must be well pleased with his decision to put down racquet and don gloves.

BENTLEY’S Restaurant are due to open their new downstairs Piranha Bar in the coming weeks.

A PAINTING smaller than a piece of A4 paper by one of Jersey’s most famous artists is expected to fetch £500,000 next month.

From Robert Kisch. THE JEP’s letters to the editor and BBC Radio Jersey phone-in are both safety valves allowing those with strong feelings to let off steam. This includes constructive suggestions as well as ill-thought-out outbursts.

THE Jersey cow is a sustainable cow for the future, with better health, fertility and longevity than the Holstein breed, according to Dr Patricia Aikman of the University of Reading.

THREE Jersey sailors make the trip to the Jeux des Iles in Guadaloupe next week and will be based in Le Gosier, the main tourist town on Grande-Terre, with George Moisan and Elizabeth Ellison competing in their first games and Laurence Carter making his second appearance having placed 24th in Corsica.

FORMER Greenfields manager Joe Kennedy is back at work today having been suspended for two months.

THE use of cow slurry in anaerobic digesters could produce and convert methane to provide cheap heat and energy for farms and for local communities.