Dragon boat racing

THE tenth anniversary of the Dragon Boat racing event on Saturday was a fund raising record breaker.


God helped me overcome trauma

From Sally Somerville. MICHAEL de Petrovsky states in his letter (JEP, 13 September): ‘The only place for religion is in the home.’ I would just like to say thank you to the people who don’t keep it in the home.


Brown and Gorrod winners of Gorey 10km

TOM BROWN and Jo Gorrod were the respective men’s and ladies’ race winners in the HSBC Private Bank 10 km road race from Gorey Village yesterday.


Media united

MEMBERS of the Island’s media organisations came together on Friday night in a unique event to help one of the Island’s best-known journalists in his battle to recover from the effects of a stroke


Trinity and Rozel go out to Sarnians

TRINITY and Rozel Rovers were both beaten by Guernsey clubs in the semi-finals of the Channel Islands Champions League on Saturday.


Let’s be thankful for religion’s contribution to stability

From Ray Speck. POOR old Jonah, he not only had a rough time in his own day but now is getting a bad press in the JEP letters column.


Firearms ‘offences’ were nothing more than technical

From Derek Bernard. MAY I draw attention to one particular piece of data disclosed in the JEP article headlined ‘Arms and the Island’ of 11 September?


‘Bergerac’ bites back

JERSEY was known as a something of a hide-out for fraudsters when Bergerac was on the TV in the 1980s chasing mobsters through St Helier.


Call for plan to protect savings

THE bank accounts of Islanders should be given the same protection as those of UK residents, according to a St Helier Deputy.


Free nursery places for all aged three to four

THERE will be free nursery places for all three- and four-year-olds from next September after the States overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the Business Plan on Friday.