Dragon Boat racing was as popular as ever last weekend, with thousands of pounds rasised for Jersey Hospice Care and Paddlers United emerging the overall winners.
A French soldier’s tour of duty
WHEN Bob Boudin was a small boy there were framed certificates on the wall of his grandmother’s home that led him to believe – not without reason – that his grandfather had been something of a hero.
Where are we supposed to sit?
From Valerie Harding. THE motto for the revamped departure hall at Jersey Airport should be ‘Shop ‘til you drop’ as there are very few seats for passengers and one cannot sit in the enlarged café area for ever and a day waiting for flight departures.
A welcome vote of confidence
WHEN Hugh de la Haye stumbled across the remarkable Jersey Royal potato in the late 19th century agriculture was all about the sweat of men’s brows and technology meant little more than horse-drawn machinery supplemented by the occasional steam engine.
Today, celebrating legitimate heroism seems a bridge too far
WHAT makes a hero in the era of the shallow Big Brother culture?
New £14m packing complex
A POTATO company firmly established its roots in Jersey yesterday with the launch of its new £14 million packing shed.
Liberation Group toasts increase in beer sales
THIRSTY Islanders supped one million pints of Jersey-brewed beer last year, bucking a decline in the UK beer market.
Island lawyers ‘costliest in world’
HOURLY rates charged by Jersey lawyers are ‘the most expensive on the planet’, according to a survey published this week.
First women’s cricket inter-insular
THE first-ever women’s inter-insular cricket match resulted in a win for Guernsey last weekend.
Motorcross Festival at Sorel
FORMER world champion Mickaël Pichon made the Ronez International Motocross Festival one to remember at the weekend.
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