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BATTLE week has come and gone and by the time this is published the floats that people have spent so many man hours designing and decorating will be starting to take root in various parish fields and looking slightly the worse for wear.

From Philip Gower. I WOULD like to back Deputy Phil Rondel and his sensible proposal for a rethink of the Esplanade Square project.

A MAN was in hospital today with serious head injuries after becoming the 84th victim of a serious night-time attack in St Helier this year.

AN Islander is urging all businesses to buy a defibrillator machine after he was saved by staff at a Jersey gym when he collapsed with a massive heart attack.

NEWS that women’s boxing will be allowed in the 2012 Olympic Games, in London, and that Rugby Sevens and golf will almost certainly be included in the 2016 Games has been welcomed by Islanders involved in those sports.

From Basil Lelliott. SO the British Government has finally come into the open.

JERSEY tennis players Scott Clayton and James Connelly won the doubles event at a senior tournament held in Dinard this week after a second set championship tie-break in the final.

A WITNESS told an Assize jury yesterday that the former house parent of Haut de la Garenne accused of indecently assaulting her had ruined her childhood.

JERSEY Muzzle Loader’s rising star Mike Alexandre has just returned from Bisley with a new personal best at 1,000 yards in the British Long Range Championship, writes Chris Lake.

AN investigation into the death of a nurse following a botched operation has been suspended after the surgeon involved in the case claimed that it was unfair.