Esplanade work stops in row over Harcourt’s bill

PREPARATION work on the £80 million Esplanade quarter traffic scheme has halted because developer Harcourt has not paid a States department’s bills.


Brazil beach team may play in Jersey

BEACH soccer in Jersey could be given a boost this summer with a visit from the current world champions Brazil.


Plémont? The whole site would make an ideal venue for motor sports

From David Price. I AM writing in response to the JEP’s headline on 8 April ‘States urged to buy Plémont’.


Start date set for new Health Minister

THE next Health Minister will be in office by the end of the month.


Plémont: Leave it just as it is

From Maureen Bourniquel. YET again we are on the merry-go-round of proposed development at Plémont.


Jail for two who brought in heroin worth £55,000

TWO men who brought £55,000 worth of heroin into Jersey have been jailed by the Royal Court for five and 4½ years.


The handling of the new incinerator has been a disaster

From Bruce Norrington. PETER Body is an uncritical defender of rampant States spending and the antics of civil servants. Surely, however, he goes too far in seeking to exonerate the Treasury from its disastrous handling of the incinerator contract.


Jersey’s own ice dancer brings over another show

JERSEY’S own celebrity ice dancer is set to skate back into his home Island this year, with a second summer show.


The view from the hill

FORT Regent has sat on the hill above St Helier for more than 200 years.