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From C Clark. IT is with interest that I read in your 28 July edition the article by Ben Quérée headed ‘Late tax plan to offset zero-ten’.

LIFEGUARDS in St Ouen’s Bay have been far busier this summer than previous years because of inexperienced surfers getting into trouble.

From C Gowlett. NOW that I am home from my short break in Jersey, and having got over the frustration caused by the following incident, could I publicly thank the lady who came to our rescue?

ONE of the Island’s leading carriage drivers, Nicola Blandin, has recently qualified for the 2008 National Carriage Driving Championships at Windsor Great Park after winning the intermediate class at the inaugural Welsh National three-day event at Carmarthen in Wales.

THE new deputy police chief David Warcup has said that the current momentum of the police investigation into historical child abuse will continue under his leadership.

IT would be a real shame if this was the last that Jersey saw of the mobile cocktail bar in town idea.

ISLANDERS are being warned to prepare for major emergencies following the extreme weather conditions, floods and fire disasters that have hit the Island recently.

From A M Bellows. WITH respect to a recent comment by the Attorney General, William Bailhache, that ‘if there is some grave or serious breakdown of civil order, the Crown has power to step in’ and his comment: ‘It’s not happened in 800 years, so why should it happen now?’, that is historically inaccurate.

TWO young women who had their drinks spiked on two separate occasions at the Watersplash have spoken out to warn Islanders to keep an eye on their drinks.

From Robin Pitcher. I WAS disgusted by the repugnant behaviour of Esther Rantzen last week.