Volunteers set to work in Kenya

A GROUP of ten Overseas Aid volunteers from Jersey are currently in the village of Pala, in Kenya, where they are helping to renovate the school.


A Week in Politics

I’M sorry, we don’t do God’ was the famous Alistair Campbell remark, cutting off a question to then-Prime Minister Tony Blair.


Syvret claims asylum in UK

SENATOR Stuart Syvret is claiming ‘legal asylum’ at the House of Commons, saying that he has no chance of a fair trial in the Island.


Learning to be less wasteful

IT is now accepted by most people that recycling waste materials and appliances should be a routine part of Island life.


Two fifth places for Jersey rowers

Jersey rowers produced two fifth place finishes in the World Coastal Rowing Championships in Plymouth over the weekend.


Just who is objecting?

From Robert Kisch. THE JEP of 20 October includes two opposing views on zero-ten. Peter Body (page 21) suggests a joint Jersey-Guernsey approach for strength. EU members regard the Channel Islands as one bloc, if they recognise it at all, since the UK handles our external affairs.


Pensioner hurt as car plunges down rocks

A WOMAN watched in horror as her husband lost control of his car and plunged 20 feet down rocks at Corbière yesterday.


Former England boss showers praise on Banahan

THE man who took England to within a whisker of World Cup victory in 2007 has been heaping praise on Jerseyman Matt Banahan ahead of this week’s selection for the autumn internationals.


Longueville tragedy: Man named

THE 32-year-old motorcyclist who died in hospital on Friday after being involved in a collision with a car at Longueville has been named as Iain Burrell.


Poppy Appeal launched

THE Royal British Legion in Jersey is hoping to double the amount of money it raised last year during the Poppy Appeal in support of soldiers injured in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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