Tournoi sailors up to the task

CREW members from Aztec and the Prince’s Trust have been crowned winners of this year’s Le Tournoi Sailing Challenge after a mammoth two-day, two-night sprint through the Channel.


Pegasus back on track

FOUR sides share top spot in Barclays Wealth Jersey Table Tennis Association Division I after the third round of matches.


Stop sneering – Senator Walker’s done a good job

From Jeff Le Caudey. DAVID Eves (JEP, 30 October) and many others seem to think that it is quite acceptable to write unnecessarily unpleasant letters about our government in general and Senator Frank Walker in particular.


Oil price fall gives hope to ferry firm

HD Ferries has hinted that it may return in the spring following the dramatic drop in oil prices.


If they’re that confident, they won’t need my vote

From Ann House. I AM furious at the absence of sitting Deputies Guy de Faye and Jackie Huet from the St Helier nomination meeting, and I question whether their nominations should have been accepted.


Law change could land knife carriers in prison

ANYONE caught carrying a knife in public faces a jail term of up to four years if proposed changes to the firearms laws are approved by the States.


Constable warns Health Minister over La Collette

THE Constable of St Helier has made an official complaint to the Health Minister about a pungent smell which has been coming from the compost site at La Collette.


Jersey Half Marathon caught up in credit crunch

CREDIT crunch woes and recession fears could have deterred hundreds of runners from entering the annual Jersey Spartan Modern Hotels Half-Marathon.


Why do Jersey building firms not take on local teenage apprentices?

From Marion Kerr. I CANNOT understand the building companies in Jersey which do not take on apprentices.


Unfair on a single mother

From Teresa Hughes. IS it appropriate to impose a probation order on a single mother (JEP, 3 November) who is clearly having immense difficulties rearing three children?

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.