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JERSEY’S men’s bar billiards team have equalled their best ever result in their annual match against England.

From Peter Wall. I have stepped down as chairman of the Jersey Landsbanki Action Group and have also stepped down from the committee of the Landsbanki Guernsey Depositors Action Group. There are a number of reasons and these have been published on the website for members to read.

HEALTH chiefs have been forced to admit that negotiations with Westminster to delay the scrapping of the reciprocal health agreement appear to have failed.

From Cameron McPhail. FOR years Jersey has been seeking to diversify its economic base, but with little real success. However, with finance now allegedly a dead man walking and Panorama’s reporters stalking the streets of St Helier, the search is truly on for a major new source of both income and employment.

WORRIED Islanders with relatives and friends who live near Melbourne in Australia have been trying to get news of their loved ones.

From David Eves. HOTEL L’Horizon is now in the St Clement area, the Highlands Hotel is now in St Helier, Gorey hotels, including the Dolphin and Moorings, appear to have made it all the way to the French coastline, the Atlantic Hotel is in St Saviour and most hotels are off the map altogether.

BRITAIN got battered by storms last night but Jersey escaped the worst of the weather.

From Brian Le Fondré. IN response to Terry Thuillier’s letter (JEP, 31 January), I would like comment on some of the points he makes.

TWO building companies that put the safety of their workers and the public at risk while building an extension to the Royal Yacht Hotel were fined a total of £75,000 yesterday.

From Nellie Maçon. THE whole way in which postal voting is carried out needs a review. Most people who wish to use this system are ill or elderly and the fact that they have to first of all apply to the Greffe for a voting form and then fill in and return this second form [...]