SUSSEX won the Standard Bank Trophy in the Under-16 County Festival yesterday while Jersey U17s won the final of the Plate tournament for the first time.
True meaning of figures
From David Rotherham. THIS week has seen widespread outrage over the new Jersey pay statistics, particularly the £620 average weekly wage. This comes of using the wrong type of average for the sake of spin.
Slow down, you’re rocking the great green lane system
ANYONE landing in the Island from Mars in the past fortnight could be forgiven for thinking that they had come to a fearful place indeed.
Haut de la Garenne dig was ‘waste of time’
THE excavation of Haut de la Garenne was a complete waste of public money, time and effort, the senior police officer who led the historical abuse inquiry for the past year has said.
New online system ‘will revolutionise shopping’
A NEW service designed to revolutionise the way in which Islanders shop online will go live on Tuesday.
Living on less than hal
From Michael Lihou. WHERE do the figures that the average worker earns £32,240 a year come from? I couldn’t earn that as a Parish of St Helier worker even if I had overtime every weekend. I think they must have us manual workers mixed up with white collar workers somewhere along the line.
Crane operator lucky to be alive
A CRANE operator was lucky to be alive today after suffering horrific leg injuries in a freak building site accident.
Motorist is caught in ‘sickening’ road prank
THE victim of a ‘sickening’ prank by a party of ‘drunken oafs’ in St Aubin says that she was deeply shocked by the frightening ordeal.
JEP stalwart calls it a day after 60 years
A UNIQUE milestone was celebrated yesterday when Jersey Evening Post stalwart Dave Le Var retired after 60 years of employment with the newspaper.
Move for more time on police cell inspections
A DEBATE on whether to have spot checks and random inspections of police custody cells may be put off for three months.
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