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JERSEY’S Elizabeth Cann, pictured, clinched a comfortable victory for England in their European Badminton Team Championships opener in Liverpool last night.

AN Islander whose house overlooks Goose Green says yesterday’s flooding was the worst he had ever seen.

STATES employees should not be worried about ‘overnight job cuts’, the Chief Minister said today following the warning that redundancies might be needed across the public sector.

From Barrie Bertram. I WAS interested to see Diane Simon’s article ‘Assets in the attic’ (JEP, 5 February) which was part of the feature ‘More for your money’. Noting the alliterative titles, I would like to offer another: ‘Heritage in hiding’.

MENTAL health patients could be at risk because nurses are not trained properly, a retired States psychiatrist has warned.

From D Judge. I WOULD like to confirm the complete truth and facts contained in L Vautier’s letter (JEP, 2 February). I was 16 the day before the first Germans landed at the Airport on 1 July 1940, and the whole five years that followed are vivid in my memory.

From Sean Crick. AS a cab driver, I talk to a lot of visitors, and, after the initial surprise at how quiet Sundays are in the Island, in general they love it. They bemoan the fact that every day is the same now in their towns.

THE Home Affairs Minister is to appear in court to answer questions about why young offenders are locked up alongside adults at La Moye.

From Cameron McPhail. JEP readers will have noted that two of Barack Obama’s cabinet nominees have been forced to withdraw as they had been evading, er . . . tax.

As in all small communities with limited resources in terms of space and infrastructure, Jersey must walk a tightrope on the population issue.