AS someone who years ago used to go with my mates on a day trip to the Muratti when it was being held in the colonies – decked out, as we were, with wooden rattles that made a huge racket and red and white rosettes as big as saucepan lids – I suppose that qualifies […]
Daily Archives: July 7, 2008
Alex soars like eagle
ROYAL Jersey Golf Club’s Alex Guelpa is the new Rosscot Jersey Amateur Strokeplay champion.
Prices up 7% since start of GST
JERSEY’s consumer watch-dog has found that prices have risen by seven per cent since the introduction of GST in May.
OVs edge out Romerils
FAIRBAIRN SCF and Rathbones OVs kept alive their Premier Division title hopes on Saturday with victories, SCF comfortably against Caesareans while OVs defeated leaders Romerils by just four runs.
Shadow Chancellor’s Jersey speech ‘broke rules’
SHADOW UK Chancellor George Osborne has been accused of breaking Conservative party rules after reportedly earning £10,000 from making a speech in Jersey.
Please leave only a small footprint
From David Grimshaw.
YOUR sports columnist Chris Lake informed JEP readers on 17 June that hotelier David Seymour had produced revolutionary plans of remarkable vision to create in St Ouen’s Bay (as his legacy to the Island) a state-of-the-art surfing paradise.
Flying Brands shuts its cards division
JERSEY home shopping firm Flying Brands is shutting down its greetings cards division, Greetings Direct.














While governments fiddle, the world is set to burn
From Christopher Davey.
JOHN Boothman’s essay (JEP, 27 June) on Jersey’s expanding population opens a welcome debate.