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Jersey so close to first Queen’s Prize winner

JERSEY had two marksmen go agonisingly close to victory in the historic Queen’s Prize competition at Bisley on Saturday, both captain Bruce Horwood and Andrew Le Cheminant matching the winner’s score.

Guernsey horse holds on to win Jersey Derby

THE premier event on the local racing calendar, The Style Group Jersey Derby, was won at Les Landes yesterday by Guernsey’s Trevor and Pat Gallienne’s The West Awake, forming the middle leg of a treble for trainer Alyson Malzard and jockey Adam Jones.

Lucky ticket holders keep it in the family

A FAMILY have been celebrating this weekend after winning the second prize in the Jersey Hospice Million Pound Lottery.

National Trust say no to Watersplash plans

PLANS for a new Waterplash go against current planning guidelines and should not be supported, say the National Trust for Jersey.

Late tax plan to offset ‘zero-ten’

FOREIGN non-finance firms – who will not pay tax from January – could have to pay a charge based on property rents under late proposals by the Treasury Minister.

All in a row

A FLEET of 52 boats from the Channel Islands and various French rowing clubs took part in the 25th Gorey-to-Carteret rowing race on Saturday.

Fatal blaze award for firefighter

A FIREFIGHTER has received an award for helping to save the life of a woman who was pulled unconscious from a house fire.