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HAVE you ever wondered ab-out the purpose of CCTV cameras? The BBC espion-age drama ‘Spooks’ would have us believe that such devices are here, there and everywhere not to help reduce crime and make the streets safe. Rather, they record our every move to aid MI5 agents, the CIA and the Man from Uncle in [...]

JERSEY’S cricket clubs have given a full-blown Channel Islands League the go-ahead to start next season.

AFTER being hit by months of bad news about soaring fuel and energy prices, Islanders have finally been given something to celebrate.

From Roger Perrot. I FULLY agree with Peter Body (JEP, 14 October) in his view that the Channel Islands ought to co-operate much more closely which each other – perhaps even developing a federation of some sort. I have been banging on about this for years.

WITH so much being said about the global credit crisis, volatile stock markets, the threat of recession and rising commodity prices, it is a considerable relief when some good news emerges on the economic front. As far as Jersey is concerned, more favourable news comes in the shape of some fuel prices, which have dropped [...]

DURRELL Wildlife Trust faces ‘a tough year’ because the current global economic turmoil will drain the Trust’s sources of funding, according to its chief executive, Paul Masterton.

TABLE tennis league players have been rattled by a talented five-year-old who has won two out of his three first league games.

From Deputy Roy Le Hérissier. I DEPLORE bullying from whatever source it comes be it the internet or the approach of some members of the executive.

ISLANDERS could soon know how much it will cost to buy back the Plémont Holiday Village and return it to nature.

A STATES-wide communication crash took down e-mails and phone lines and forced hospital staff to communicate through walkie-talkies for six hours this morning.