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From Andrew Arthur. THE uproar over the use of Harcourt for the development of the Esplanade Quarter demonstrates a lack of due diligence by the States of Jersey and their advisers but is also a warning about the capability of those responsible for implementing the scheme for the Esplanade Quarter.

A JERSEY men’s bowls team are the latest to triumph in a national competition.  

INDEPENDENCE is well within Jersey’s grasp, a top-level government advisory group chaired by the Bailiff has concluded.

AS stories multiply about the escalating cost of fuel and the impact it is having on countless areas of everyday life, you would be forgiven for thinking that we are strolling towards apocalypse.

From Brendan McDonald. THE Chief Minister, defending himself against his critics, has insisted that he is neither a liar nor a fool. He also could not resist the temptation to accuse his tormentors of electioneering. How childish can you get?

THE average household faces a bill of over £1,000 a year because of GST, according to Deputy Geoff Southern and the Jersey Democratic Alliance.

JERSEY’S GB international hockey star Beckie Herbert says she is ‘absolutely gutted’ not to have been picked for the Olympic team.

TIME was when a visit to your average States sitting could drive the average bystander as close to the point of madness as it is possible to get without resorting to waterboarding.

From Ken Sheehan. THE numerous political débâcles of the past weeks vary in degrees of incompetence. There is no doubt that the situation in Jersey government is now farcical.

MORE than 20 Jersey schoolchildren were stranded in France overnight on Thursday when HD Ferries failed to tell them that their sailing time had changed.