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SINCE childhood, it’s always seemed that the things you desired most were always those put out of reach or hidden away – the sweet jar on the top shelf, magazines went that way too! I suppose it engendered restraint and assisted with postural stretching.

JERSEY caretaker football manager Craig Culkin says he’s going to the Island Games in Aland this summer to win the gold.

JERSEY insurance brokers are urging businesses and individuals to review the small print in their travel insurance policies, in view of recent changes.

THE States resembled a school playground yesterday as foul language and personal insults flew across the Chamber.

From Jane Gilley. TODAY, it’s a beautiful day. The sun is shining. But, the state of Jersey’s economy, along with many other countries, is steadily getting worse. Doom and gloom fill the media and some people are panicking. Yet it is in our own hands to alleviate this situation.

DURING the debate on the new incinerator the Deputy Bailiff, Michael Birt, was obliged to tell Deputy Daniel Wimberley that the States Assembly was not a school debating society. Yesterday he had to remind other Members that it was not a school playground.

THERE were victories for Warriors and Dragons in last week’s Cronus & Microgen Basketball League fixtures at Langford.

THE identities of non-States Members named during States debates will be removed from the official transcript in future.

From Chris Whitworth. CONTINUING your focus on the incinerator, I find it both disturbing and highly questionable why our ministers agreed to a contract with a hefty £50 million penalty charge should we pull out. Even though pulling out would probably still have been the cheapest option in the long run, it surely meant that [...]

HARBOURS say that the £125,000 skatepark on the New North Quay is causing problems and is in the wrong place – less than three months after it opened.