thisisjersey.com

THEY say that education is what you’ve got left once you’ve forgotten everything you learned at school, but the Year Niner sitting and sweating before the academic Appeals Commission last week clearly wanted to streamline the process by learning as little as possible in the first place.

From Brenda Laurence. IN 2001, you published my letter about the lack of toilet facilities at the Waterfront. Nothing has changed.

HAMPSHIRE 400m hurdles champion Peter Irving is geared up for the race of his life as he vies for selection into the senior UK Olympic squad.

A CAMPAIGN against a move to Central European Time will be launched in September.

A WEEK ago I spoke about how I could applaud Andy Murray’s quarter-final appearance at Wimbledon before he was comprehensively beaten by Spain’s Rafael Nadal in the semi-final, but that I saw him as a member of the ‘auld enemy’ because, of course, he is Scottish, not English. Echoes of William Wallace linger . . [...]

AN experienced lawyer based in the Island has won the 2008 Jersey and Guernsey Law Review essay competition.

JERSEY Finance has welcomed the positive findings of the Survey of Financial Institutions 2007 released last week.

IT could be the longest degree course in history.

JERSEY Classic and Modern Trials Club rider Graham du Feu won the third round of the British Bike Pre 65 Trials Championship in Gloucestershire last weekend.

From Christopher Fairbairn. PLACE your bets!