31 « March « 2009 « « This Is Jersey

AN ISLANDER has raised £3,000 by undertaking the ‘life-changing’ experience of cycling across Cuba.

TWO Jersey athletes won gold medals running for England in the Schools’ International Cross-Country Championships at the weekend.

Naughty politicians told off

STATES Members got a stern lesson in manners on Tuesday - from a group of six-year-olds.

Rise in domestic violence

MORE than 900 cases of domestic violence were reported to the police last year.

Islands ‘need to work together’

A SENIOR politician has renewed calls for the Channel Islands to work together to create a common market.

It’s all down to a question of spending for a rainy day

IF the Minster for Treasury and Resources thought outside experts would give him all the answers to the Island’s economic problems, he was greatly mistaken.

A loud ‘no’ to Deputy Labey

From Bob Gaiger. MY hope is that the States will not only vote down Deputy Carolyn Labey’s proposals for GST exemptions but that Members will be robust in their rejection.

A new name is called for

THE name Haut de la Garenne has, alas, been irretrievably tainted by the child abuse inquiry in which it has played such a prominent part.

Convent crowned champions

CONVENT A are the unbeaten champions of the Deutsche Bank Winter Netball League.

Marilyn Monroe exhibition opening night

THE glitz and glamour of ‘old Hollywood’ came to the Island at the weekend.