Badminton squad play the generation game for Aland

JERSEY will take one of its youngest ever badminton teams to the Island Games in Aland at the end of the month.


Investors took their chances

From S Shepherd. I HAVE recently read in this paper that some investors who lost their shirts in a game of chance are to be compensated.


Twenty pubs in annual awards final

TWENTY pubs have made it into the final of Jersey’s annual British Institute of Innkeeping awards.


Such a fuss about a few motorcycles

From D Le Plongeon. READING Ruth Pilkington’s letter (JEP, 26 May) regarding the Harley-Davidson bikes, I cannot believe anybody could make such a fuss about a few bikes that did not let her get in the filter-in-turn at Bel Royal.


Court threat over third house refusal

ONE of Jersey’s most prominent farmers has threatened to take the Planning Department to court unless he is given permission to build a third house in the countryside.


60 turn out against development plan

MORE than 60 La Pouquelaye residents attended a meeting last night to show that they are against building in a field near the Channel Television site.


Reinstate him immediately

From Audrey Laurens-Chalmers. I CAN surely not be alone in condemning the suspension of the best gynaecological surgeon that Jersey has ever had.


National trip for Acclaim

JERSEY carriage driver Nicola Blandin has qualified for the National Carriage Driving Championships to be held at Windsor in September.


Hospital wards off flowers

THE owner of the florist’s shop at the General Hospital says that she has no option but to close – because staff are discouraging family and friends from taking flowers onto wards.


Nippy show from Charlie’s angels

CHARLIE Smith’s ladies’ four crew took advantage of their early start to win the Jersey Rowing Club’s Nippy handicap race on Sunday in a time of 1.09.39.