Matt caps big day in the Theatre of Dreams

JERSEYMAN Matt Banahan’s dream end to the season got even better at the weekend with a superb man-of the-match performance in winning his first England rugby cap in their test victory over Argentina.


Block votes abuse our democracy

From Clifford Wilson FOR how much longer will the undemocratic, what is now tantamount to ‘block voting’ tactics now employed by a very significant proportion of our politicians, be allowed to be put up with by us, the electorate of Jersey?


Jersey steps up war on drugs

JERSEY’S Customs department is targeting foreign countries and the UK in the war against drugs.


A lesson from history

TWO Jersey teenagers were recently given the rare opportunity to visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.


Container ship deal cancelled

FREIGHT company Huelin-Renouf has pulled out of a deal to buy a new 85-metre container ship being built in Germany.


Arthur’s bike blog

For bike shops, this glorious weather is better than any amount of advertising and the weathermen predict that it’s going to run for some weeks yet.


We are not going to fall for this hook, line and sinker

UNTIL I read Peter Double’s excellent summary of what that lot in the Big House are up to in relation to the British Isles’ most popular participant sport – more so than darts, so I’m told – I hadn’t realised that me going home with a large bag full of mackerel or snipe (not to [...]


Catcando stays the distance to lift Vase

A SPARSE crowd of hardy racegoers were rewarded with a dry but windy afternoon’s sport at Les Landes yesterday, with all five races producing tight finishes.


Funds warning by the Advice Bureau

THE Citizens Advice Bureau is facing a possible funding crisis as the recession threatens to reduce its three sources of income.


Regulator issues funds paper

NEW legal requirements for funds prospectuses have been proposed by the regulator. A consultation paper has this week been issued by the Jersey Financial Services Commission outlining a new Order.

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.