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Swimmer Ian Black led a charge to the top end of the table tonight, with two golds and a silver in the pool.

TWO bronze and one silver medal put Jersey in eighth place in the medals table after the first day of the Island Games.

Jersey recorded their first gold medal of the NatWest Island Games this afternoon and, not surprisingly, it came on the shooting range.

IN the matter of political representation, I couldn’t be luckier. While some people have just two representatives to call on – a Constable and a Deputy – I have five.

FIREFIGHTERS feared that a family could have lost their lives in a blaze that engulfed their St Saviour home on Saturday morning.

Jersey had won three medals – a silver and two bronze – at the end of Day 1.

It appears to be high season for charity rides at the moment. I know at work we’ve a wall full of posters either offering the opportunity to take part, or asking for support.

AS a result of the global economic crisis, times are hard in Jersey – but just how hard are they?

From Peter Anthony Troy. LAST, week unnoticed in Jersey, the UK Prime Minister returned from the European Council meeting having, he said, denied the EU the right to determine which financial institutions he, or his successors, would be able to bail out in any future financial crises.

A TENNIS coach who beat cancer twice after doctors gave him a 20 per cent chance of survival is cycling the length of Italy with two friends to raise money for charity.