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A 28-YEAR-old man was stabbed three times yesterday afternoon in a serious assault near Howard Davis Park.

HAVING never met Alexander Burnett, I have no idea how long the man has lived in Jersey, but it can’t have been long enough for him to learn that the Queen is perhaps held in higher esteem here than possibly has been the case in the other places in which he has lived.

PLANS to create a development company to subsume the Waterfront Enterprise Board have been carefully considered ‘because the Island cannot afford for it to go wrong again’, said Jersey’s Chief Minister.

THERE was talk, a while ago, of the Scrutiny panels resigning. It was all a bit vague, people were a bit hesitant to commit themselves on the record, and some of the people alleged to be involved said that they did not know anything about it – which, if you think about it, is a [...]

OPTIMUS were crowned the inaugural NatWest Channel Islands League champions in the most dramatic of fashions on Saturday afternoon.

From Nathan Jordan. I WRITE with reference to your article (JEP, 7 August) stating that Church leaders have condemned proposed reforms to divorce legislation by the law firm Hanson Renouf and the subsequent response of Advocates Timothy Hanson and Barbara Corbett (JEP, 20 August).

Here is another excerpt from Bicycle Magazine. Though taken from a piece about cycle touring, this week’s subjects are equally valid for commuters who are thinking of abandoning their rucksacks.

JERSEY bands rocked the Howard Davis Park for eight hours yesterday in front of a 4,000-strong crowd.

From Anne Richardson. I WOULD like to make some comments on the Battle of Flowers. We were seated in Stand D and had an excellent view of the parade.

FOUR people miraculously escaped when their plane crashed and burst into flames in Alderney yesterday.