21 « April « 2009 « « This Is Jersey

Debate over A* for A-Level

WHEN the Advanced Level curriculum was born, back in the early 50s, three A grades was regarded a rare, and extraordinary, achievement.

Teun is up for 800 km challenge

A 12-YEAR-OLD boy who suffers from cystic fibrosis is cycling 800 km to raise money for charity.

This shows that the Constables really have no place in the States

From Barry Breuilly. WHEN listening to Chris Stone’s phone-in on local radio on 15 April, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

Another missed opportunity to pull in the holidaymakers

WHAT a wonderful idea. The Liberation Jersey International Music Festival has all the ingredients for success.

Marine business park on the way

MARINE traders will be moving to a new site at La Collette in the summer.

Incinerator: Mystery of the lost millions

THE States’ spending watchdog is taking the unprecedented step of calling the Chief Minister to explain his part in the incinerator exchange-rate fiasco.

Cycling legend to race in St Helier

FORMER Tour de France and Tour of Spain rider Malcolm Elliott is race in the Rubis Jersey Town Criterium in St Helier next month.

Meeting targets on jobs

AGAINST the background of the credit crunch and the many economic challenges currently faced by the Island, the recently announced increase in the number of public-sector employees was surprising.

We should find ways to reduce States spending, not to increase it

From Clive Tomes. I SHOULD like to thank Deputy Southern for taking the time to respond to my recent letter (JEP, 3 April) and for correcting my error in using the word ‘all’ before ‘redundancy payments’. I apologise for this error.

New charges delay child abuse trial

FORMER Haut de la Garenne houseparent Gordon Claude Wateridge (78) faces eight new charges of indecently assaulting a girl at that home during the 1970s.