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JERSEY United Banks pulled off a memorable 27-12 victory over Jersey RFC 2nds, the runaway leaders of the Jersey Rugby Association’s JPromail League, on Sunday afternoon.

AN unofficial ‘shadow cabinet’ of States Members could be set up in response to the failure of the new Council of Ministers to embrace alternative ideas and policies.

From Nick Palmer. OPEN University Professor Adrian Demaid (JEP, 12 December) tells us of the 70s and 80s, when he, and his students of engineering systems, looked at the energy balances of waste disposal systems and came to the conclusion that incineration with power generation ‘beat all other strategies hands down’. He asserts that ‘energy [...]

IT is believed that a syndicate of 20 bank workers has won the top prize in the Channel Islands Christmas lottery.

From G Evans. IT may be that I have misread the article in your paper on Tuesday 11 December about Terry McDonald and his ill-fated rockets but, as I read it, he said that he now had to pay to ship the rockets back to the United Kingdom and then also probably pay additional money [...]

A JERSEY house and museum in Gaspé, Quebec, which will trace the history of the Island’s strong links with that area will be opened next summer.

From Mary Hair. THERE is an appropriately named ‘angel’ of health, Andrew Heaven, whose remit is to make the display of tobacco products unlawful.

TWELVE Island Age-Group records were broken at Les Quennevais on Saturday in a fantastic weekend for Jersey swimming.

AN independent review could be held into the suspended Police Chief’s claims that he is the victim of a ‘blatant abuse of political power’.

IN the current economic climate, using UK architects and landscape designers is killing Jersey’s industry, local architects have warned.