Manchester: A model for Jersey?

From Barrie Bertram. MANCHESTER is a place that I normally avoid like the plague. However, for reasons partly connected with Jersey, I ventured there last week, and in so doing, realised that Manchester might also present a vision of what Jersey could become with what appears to be a dash for development in the Island.


Hospitality industry gets ready for food safety laws

HOTELIERS and restaurateurs are being urged to prepare their staff for new food safety laws.


Murder case is reopened

DETECTIVES have reopened a 27-year-old murder investigation which involved the strangled body of a baby girl being washed up on an English beach wrapped in a Jersey carrier bag.


Oh, good. Another masterplan

OH joy of joys . . . be still, my beating heart. We have yet another masterplan. .


Saunders supreme

ELEVEN times British champion Steve Saunders won his fourth consecutive Jersey Two-Day Trial title last weekend.


Sad sign of a changing relationship

THERE is something bitterly ironic about the fact that Jersey’s reciprocal health care agreement with the UK is going to end on 1 April. That day is the traditional occasion for jokes both good and bad, but there is nothing remotely funny about the end of a health arrangement which Islanders have taken more or [...]


Roaring start to motocross season

THE E McGarragle Ltd motocross season got off to a spectacular start at Sorel Point, St John, at the weekend.


You get what you pay for

From Trevor Copp. I HAVE followed the debate concerning the comparative costs of dentistry here and in the UK with some interest. Having worked as a dentist full time (providing free dentistry) for what is now Health and Social Services for more than 30 years I feel able to comment.


New Bailiff to take up reins in June

DEPUTY Bailiff Michael Birt will become the Island’s Bailiff in June.


Terry wins team gold

JERSEY Spartan Athletic Club junior Oliver Terry won a gold medal at the inter-counties cross-country and world trials in Nottingham on Saturday.

BIRD WATCH 2012

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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.