New chairman for Jersey Finance

JERSEY Finance Ltd, the organisation which promotes the Island’s financial services industry at home and abroad, has a new board chairman.



Hotel heroes

HEROIC hotel staff saved a drowning holidaymaker with the kiss of life after they rescued him from the bottom of a swimming pool.


O’Neill in form for Aland

GAVIN O’NEILL continued his preparations for next week’s NatWest Island Games with the best gross score in the Les Mielles Ford Open golf tournament.


Can anyone allay my fears?

From William Rennox. I KNOW from scanning the internet that I am not the only one sceptical about the advice coming from the States and UK Government regarding the efficacy of the proposed flu vaccines to combat the Swine Flu epidemic.


Jobs and the aid package

THE announcement yesterday that the Lloyds banking group, which currently employs 600 people in the Island, is to shed 180 jobs was, to say the least, dramatic and disturbing.


Blast file exposed blackmail threat

POLICE feared that an unnamed States Member was open to blackmail after Operation Blast inquiries revealed sensitive information from their past.


Goalden Globe for Andrews

ONE of Jersey’s best known netball coaches has been named Grassroots Coach of the Year at this year’s regional Goalden Globes Awards.


Historical abuse claims: ‘Some unsuitable for court’

A SIGNIFICANT number of complaints in the historical child abuse inquiry were unsuitable for the criminal courts, the Attorney General has said.


Hepatitis C warning for cocaine snorters

SOME cocaine users in Jersey have contracted Hepatitis C from sharing bank notes and straws to snort the class A drug.

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.