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A JERSEY online retailer made record-breaking sales of 1,000 orders per minute yesterday as shoppers turned to the internet to buy their Christmas gifts.

THE 28-year-old man arrested following the death of Martyn Yann Roberts at the weekend has been released without charge.

From Brian Beadle. MUCH has been written in these columns about GST and its future. Indeed, during the Deputy elections it was a common subject, with many candidates just following like sheep and producing an ill-thought answer for the sake of winning votes without explaining the ramifications.

THE parent company of Jersey travel business Bellingham Travel has won a national award for its mobile flight-booking service.

JERSEY’S Great Britain and England international hockey star Beckie Herbert has been called up for her first indoor cap.

FERRIES could be delayed in port for checks on passengers in transit, because immigration officers are struggling to cope with their workload.

VICTORIA College won the Jersey Secondary Schools Sports Association’s under-13 cup final on Saturday after a penalty shoot-out win against Haute Vallée.

From Clifford Wilson. I HAVE just belatedly read the article (JEP, 26 November) reporting on the meeting of St Helier parishioners to vote on a proposal to sell parish-owned land in Lemprière Street to Dandara Ltd.

From Terry Underwood. IN the light of the machinations of Deputy Southern, revealed in the recent e-mail exposé of Deputy-elect Maçon and the apparent success of his political party, with the avowed reintroduction of party politics to this small Island, it is perhaps pertinent to remind ourselves of our history as it is many years [...]

A PIANO teacher who carried out sexual offences against children between 1976 and 1995 was jailed for three years by the Royal Court yesterday.