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SENATOR Stuart Syvret revealed today that he has formally notified Jack Straw – the UK Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor – that he intends to take him to court.

THE Channel Islands County men’s tennis team has been promoted for the first time.

TWO weeks today, for the 106th year, the Island will be gripped by Battle fever.

From Deputy Roy Le Hérissier. A FEW thoughts before the report on the dismissal of Simon Bellwood sinks without trace.

From Connie Gardner. I ATTENDED a public meeting of the Care Leavers Association and was reduced to tears at the hurt and shame I heard in the voices of those who were extremely brave to stand up and briefly tell their horrific accounts.

THE number of child abuse and neglect cases being referred to the States police has more than doubled over the past year.

DEMENTIA sufferers are not getting adequate care and support in the Island, according to Jersey Alzheimer’s Society chairman Mike Tomkinson.

A LARGE patch of woodland in St Helier was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon.

From Alan Bangs. I WAS bemused by the furore over the refusal of entry of a number of people into the Havana Club because they were considered to be overweight.

From William Le Bas (aged nine). I AM writing because I am absolutely outraged by the state of St Brelade’s Bay.