AT some time in the dim and distant past I commented – to no avail, which is just about par for the course, I’m afraid – about the extraordinary length of time it took to investigate and ultimately deal with disciplinary matters in relation to members of the States police who, in the interim, were [...]
Business as usual, say Anglo Irish
ANGLO Irish Bank in Jersey says it is ‘business as usual’ for its corporate clients.
What do you want to achieve, precisely?
From Hans Baerlocher, chief executive, UBS. WHEN I was asked to comment on Kevin Keen’s proposal for a Bank of Jersey I kept my comment very short and to the point because I considered this one of the more peculiar notions that so frequently blow through the Island.
Accused doctor ‘did not want to operate’
THE doctor charged in the Hospital manslaughter trial told her superior that she did not want to be left alone to perform operations.
Not the time to push up house prices
ANYONE who imagined that Housing Minister Terry Le Main’s proposal to reduce the qualifying period for home ownership to ten years from the present 12 was going to be uncontroversial was, quite clearly, wrong.
A Week in Politics
HERE’S the thing about us: we want to buy a Ford but drive a Rolls-Royce. It’s not our fault; it’s just how we’re wired.
Thin red line holds
TWO sparkling tries, eight points from the boot of Michael Le Bourgeois and a whole lot of blood and sweat put Jersey U19s into the last 32 of the National Colts Plat at Sidcup yesterday.
Banks put out of Plate by Farnborough RFC
JERSEY United Banks RFC went out of the Hampshire Plate at the quarter final stage yesterday.
Footballer dies after collapsing on pitch
SERVING police officer Jayson Lee (38) collapsed while playing football at the FB Fields on Saturday afternoon and died later in hospital.
Worshippers should pay to restore Town Church
From John Heys. I SEE that the Town Church needs a fortune spending on its inside, after a £900,000 splunge on the outside, and the priest thinks that the people should pay.
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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.