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THE Chief Minister has called an urgent meeting today with senior politicians and finance industry leaders to discuss the fall-out of the deepening global financial crisis.

IT must be something in the autumnal political water. No sooner has the ink dried on the States’ endorsement of free nursery places for three- to four-year-olds than up pops Gordon Brown offering publicly funded nursery care for UK toddlers scarcely able to talk. Is somebody trying to curry voter favour?

A NEW agreement should make it easier to list Jersey companies on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

ST PAUL’S overturned a 2-1 deficit with 15 minutes remaining last night to beat Grouville 6-2 in a Charity Cup semi-final at Les Quennevais.

THE Branchage Film Festival held at the end of last week and at the weekend was billed as exactly what its name suggests – a film festival. In the event, however, it proved to be much, much more than that.

From Dee Dodd. ON 15 October – the same day as the Senatorial elections – the people of Jersey will have the opportunity to vote in Jersey’s first referendum on changing to Central European Time.

JERSEY’S economy grew at a record-equalling seven per cent in real terms last year and was valued at more than £4 billion for the first time.

JERSEY’S cricketers were struggling at 70 for seven today against Fiji in Tanzania in a warm up match before the World Cricket League Division IV tournament starts on Saturday.

From Andy Pickup. THE headline ‘Energy plant will be safe, says MoH’ (JEP, 27 September) was misleading and did not represent the sentiments expressed in the statement given jointly by Drs Geller and Turnbull and Mr Pritchard.

JERSEY muzzle loading hot shots Gareth Callan and Adrian Le Brocq returned from the British short range championships laden with medals – three golds apiece and nine in total.