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DOES hand-wringing have a sound which accompanies it?

From Tim Ransom. I SUPPOSE I should not be surprised by the recent States decision not to separate the Planning and Environmental ministerial responsibilities (JEP, 10 September), as nothing the States do surprises me any more.

CALLS by the Economic Development Minister for new regulations to outlaw 100% and 110% mortgages were ignorant and ill-considered, according the man behind the Mortgage Shop.

GST food exemptions could be debated all over again in the States next year after this week’s three-day mammoth debate ended in stalemate.

OF all the tightropes in the States departments, one of the hardest has to be that walked by the Environment Ministry.

From Katrina Hayward. I HAVE just spent another enjoyable week in Jersey, despite the weather, and hope to return to the Island next year. I am over 45 and read with interest the tourism article on 2 September by Carly Lockhart.

MEMBERS of the Jersey Care Leavers Association fear victims of abuse are too afraid to come forward because ‘everybody knows each other’ in the Island.

THE final Jersey Motor Cycle & Light Car Club sprint of the year was an explosive affair with five records falling over the quarter-mile course on the Five Mile Road.

JERSEY swimmers Ian Black and Simon Le Couilliard are competing in Australian national short-course swimming championships in Melbourne next week.

A POLICE investigation into Customs officers has severely damaged relations, according to the director of law enforcements at Customs and Immigration.