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A LARGE furze fire threatened homes near Val de la Mare, in St Peter, on Saturday afternoon.

IT seems like only yesterday that the Planning department were issuing the last Island Plan. But last week they chose to present us with a new one.

THE heads of the UK and French competition authorities will be in Jersey next week to mark the fourth year of the Island’s Competition Law.

A FINAL rallying call has been issued for every Jersey resident to join together in St Ouen’s Bay tomorrow for an unprecedented  coastline demonstration.

From John Refault, the Constable of St Peter. I CAN understand the frustration of your correspondent Doug Smith (JEP 30 September), who wrote regarding the States Members who abstained from voting on Members’ sandwiches.

ONE OF the Jersey Evening Post’s longest-serving employees and most colourful characters bid the company farewell last week when he retired after 49 years of service.

ONE of the favourites to take the Eurosurf Open title was knocked out of the competition yesterday.

CHANNEL TV has been fined £80,000 for failing to prevent thousands of viewers being duped during the British Comedy Awards.

From John Fox. ONCE again I find myself writing to you on the subject of leaving our cars at home (JEP, 30 September). It would seem that my previous letter fell on deaf ears in the States (as usual, I suppose).

FORMER Australian world team member Darren Stower, this year crewed by Matt Atkinson, retained the Hobie 18 Tiger class and Open honours in the Brewin Dolphin Channel Islands Championships last weekend.