In the balance again

THE resurrection of the Jersey International Football Tournament in August remains in the balance.


States urged to block JEC price rise

THE States are being urged by a former politician to act now to stop electricity prices going up by 25 per cent later this week.


This shop is the last thing Jersey needs

From R McCredie, THE speed at which negotiations took place into installing New Look in the soon-to-be-vacated premises occupied by Woolworths is breathtaking.


Help for small firms

HELP for businesses in financial difficulty will be a priority in the New Year, according to a new small business group.


Brighter times ahead for tourism

THESE are tense times for the Jersey tourism industry, but there are still strong grounds for anticipating a brighter future.


Oyster firm makes a plea for survival

THE owners of the Jersey Oyster Company have warned that they could go out of business if they do not get the go-ahead for new premises in the next few months.


Everything must go, they said – and it did!

JERSEY’s Woolworths store closes today – and Islanders have taken the ‘everything must go sale’ literally and cleared the shop of anything that was not nailed down.


Hampshire trials go well for Jersey contingent

IT was a successful weekend for Jersey players at the Hampshire county rugby trials at Winchester, with a 100 per cent pass rate on to the next stage.


Jersey Spartan AC: Boxing Day race and hill climb

JERSEY Spartan Athletic Club members have been busy with a couple of runs over the Christmas period, a 10km on Boxing Day and the annual Bouley Bay hill climb the following day.


This noise was far from appealing

From Michael de Petrovsky. IT was particularly gratifying to learn the good folk of St Ouen enjoyed a quiet and peaceful Christmas. How pleasant it must have been to suddenly become aware that the monotonous, intrusive boing of a tuneless funereal bell had ceased.

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.