thisisjersey.com

IT was inevitable that swine flu, the strain of the common illness that has now been declared a pandemic, would eventually reach Jersey.

SOMEONE once calculated – I have a feeling it was a fellow columnist but one of many years ago – that placing a youngster on the end of the Albert Pier and telling him to throw 50p pieces into the water one at a time as fast as he could would not cost taxpayers as [...]

MORE Islanders will fall ill with swine flu this summer and a third of the population could be infected by the autumn, Jersey’s Medical Officer of Health said today.

JERSEY Tourism is so concerned about the lack of holidaymakers to the Island in August that they are pumping an extra £25,000 into advertising.

From Maurice Le Cocq THE Constable of St Helier, Simon Crowcroft, has gone on record as saying that he would like to increase the rates for St Helier ratepayers to pay for more street cleaning.

JERSEY’S Matt Banahan believes he is ready for anything Test rugby can throw at him after emerging from England’s 24-22 defeat by Argentina with his reputation further enhanced – one of only a few to do so.

Having just written the news section (I always do that as a bit of mental limbering up) I very rarely have anything in mind before I start, which you may have noticed!

DELROY CAMBRIDGE of Jamaica captured his fifth European Senior Tour title after a three hole play-off in the Jersey Seniors Classic at La Moye.

From Brian Hotton. WE are informed (JEP 2 June) that no detailed records of top civil servants’ meetings were taken. Deputy Le Claire finds this ‘barely believable’. I don’t.

A TRIAL which is part of the historical child abuse inquiry started in the Royal Court today.