A NUMBER of changes are planned for the structure of the Island’s Catholic Church this year.
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Daily Archives: July 4, 2008
Island Plan is scrapped
THE Island is under so much pressure to cope with an ageing society that the 2002 Island Plan has been scrapped and is in the process of being rewritten, four years earlier than planned.
All Saints day!
HOLDERS St Helier Rugby Football Club will defend the JEP ‘Brighter’ Cricket KO Cup against St Ouen in the final at Grainville on Tuesday evening.
UK inquiry: ‘Nothing to fear’
JERSEY should have ‘nothing to fear’ from the forthcoming UK Treasury Committee inquiry, believes the former Lord Mayor of the City of London.
Young farmers pull together
SPENDING a Saturday pulling a tractor around Jersey would not be every young person’s idea of fun, but for the Jersey Young Farmers Club it has become an essential part of their Battle of Flowers float fund-raising each year.
Can OVs put dent in Romerils title bid?
TWO big games tomorrow, the most important being Romerils against Rathbones OVs, a game that if Romerils win would mean their title defence is almost complete.
Beware: The young ones will wait for no man…
Earlier this week I received a really up-beat e-mail from Ian Morgan of the Caesarean Tennis Club in which he told me that the Island is creating open senior tournaments for all levels of players this summer to help towards selection for the Island Games in 2009.
Stopping Jersey from being spoiled by development is an absolute nightmare
From Freda Ruderham.
THE plans put forward to develop the Watersplash, with lodges for paying guests, makes fighting to keep Jersey as unspoiled as possible a nightmare.
British breakaway? Think of our sporting stars
IN his e-mail to me, Ian Morgan also pointed out how frustrated he is that the Island has such fantastic tennis facilities, which the LTA appreciates, and that collectively the Island’s tennis authorities and the LTA are working hand in hand to bring great players and tremendous competitions to the Island.
Practical help for our hedges
AMONG the glories of the Jersey countryside are its hedgerows and its roadside walls – particularly those in the west of the Island, where the granite is encrusted with vivid yellow and green lichens.