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A YOUNG pilot was minutes away from ditching his light aircraft into rough seas yesterday after losing engine power over the Channel.

From Anne Barnes. RE Paula Thelwell’s article ‘Woodman spare that tree’ (JEP, 15 January), in which she quotes William Blake’s summing up of divided opinion on trees: ‘The tree that moves some people to tears of joy is, in the eyes of others, only a green thing that stands in the way’.

From Barrie Bertram. IN recent weeks, your readers have been regaled with a number of articles that can be best summarised as follows:

A ROW has erupted after an apparent offer of arbitration to resolve a pay dispute between manual workers and the States was withdrawn by politicians.

A SHOCKING catalogue of violence against teachers in Jersey’s schools can today be revealed by the JEP.

ONE thing that Jersey has in common with the first African-American President of the United States is the heartfelt link they both share with a city in Kenya.

For such a tiny Island on a global scale, Jersey has plenty of connections with the world super-power of America, which today sees its 44th president sworn in.