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WHEN Lord William Wallace, the Liberal Democrat peer, suggested that the time had come to question the fundamental nature of the relationship between the Crown and the Crown Dependencies, alarm bells rang in this Island.

A VOTE of confidence in Jersey’s teenagers has been delivered by acting police chief David Warcup, who has revealed that a third of all incidents are caused by a handful of troublemakers.

LUCY O’SULLIVAN is swapping one battle for another as she prepares to compete in the Senior World Archery Championships.

From Kevin Keen. ALTHOUGH I do not agree with Peter Body on the subject of public sector spending control he has at least started an important debate about the choice between less government spending or more tax.

IT was one of those nights last week when, having woken in the clammy, airless early hours, I found it hard to re-enter the oblivion of sleep.

ISLANDERS will be able to access high-speed internet services from mid-September and a price war is already under way.

From Michael de Petrovsky. TODAY, I discovered why it is so difficult to find an Observer newspaper, in Jersey, on a Sunday. Your article ‘Are you red-top, broadsheet or in between?’ would seem to imply it is because, politically, most of Jersey is right of centre. I am left wing and so is the Observer.

BUSINESSES are being advised to review their policies in the light of the new Supply of Goods and Services Law, which comes into effect next Tuesday.

LEFT-ARM spinner Ben Stevens was in top form yesterday as Jersey Under-17s defeated Oxfordshire by 43 runs in the Standard Bank U16 County Festival at Les Quennevais.

THE vast majority of public sector staff earn well below the average wage, says the union that represents 1,500 States and parish workers.