GST: It could be close

STATES Members spent a full day debating GST exemptions yesterday — and the result of the debate may be much closer than expected.


New boutique hotel

A PRIVATE house in St Aubin will open as a hotel this month after a multi-million pound refurbishment.


Raising the age limit for alcohol

IT has often been pointed out that alcohol must be classified among the dangerous drugs that, if misused, threaten community safety and stability.


A mania for mollycoddling

IT was not just any old innovation in urban dining – it was Marks & Spencer al-fresco dining, elevated majestically above the traffic hub at Red Houses.


Laurens in pole position

PARALYMPIC dressage rider Simon Laurens could be on course for another gold medal after a fantastic performance in this morning’s individual freestyle to music test.


A short-lived left-leaning leader

GIVEN the content of the Jersey Leader newspaper it really should not come as a surprise that the two men responsible for its production were overtly political figures.


Cut winter expenses

From Paul Blampied. WITH the pull out of the ferry company HD for the second winter in a row, isn’t it time that Economic Development looked into ways of encouraging the ferry companies to operate?


Irving’s CI honour

JERSEY athletics captain and hurdler Peter Irving is the Sportingbet Channel Islands Athlete of the Year.


Your election prospects with us are zero

From Philippa Gollop (née Venticinque). I REFER to your article on Thursday 4 September covering the speech made by Deputy Guy de Faye at the Chamber of Commerce meeting, at which yet again another blunder was made by a States Member who appears to be both insensitive to those around him and seemingly oblivious to [...]


Cutting edge

A COLLEAGUE brought in an invoice and told us that the ‘Mr A Shales’, the customer shown on the document dated 1 December 1937, was his wife’s grandfather.

BIRD WATCH 2012

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The 11th Great Garden Bird Watch took place over the weekend, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February. JEP readers were asked to get on board to help monitor bird life in the Island.