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BUSINESSES can cut costs by taking their environmental responsibilities seriously – and Jersey could become a global example of best practice.

JERSEY Telecom profits fell by nearly nine per cent last year to £11 million while costs rose by nine per cent as the effects of increased competition and the economic downturn affected the business.

COCAINE imported into the Island is being mixed with a potent veterinary drug used to knock out horses, Customs have warned following record seizures of the Class A substance.

THE parents of a 28-year-old Royal Marine who died in service last year paid a visit to his former school last week.

THANKS to a series of revelations published in the Daily Telegraph, the political establishment in the UK has been rocked by a catalogue of scandals involving MPs’ expenses.

CHAMPIONS Beeches moved two points clear at the top of Division I in the NatWest Evening League last night following an 88-run victory against Hautlians at FB1.

DO you ever sit listening to a speech and find yourself wanting to interrupt and shout that the speaker has got it all wrong? Yes, so do I.

From Mary Hair. CONGRATULATIONS to the JEP for publishing the expenses of the civil service – £2.8 million?

From Ryan McMullen. REGARDING your article detailing the creation of a national park (JEP, 18 June), a series of doubts entered my mind as to what protection the land would be afforded as a result of this.

From William Rennox. I KNOW I am not the only one who feels aggrieved at the extortionate rents charged to tenants of all types on this lovely Island.