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AN OLD country pub is being brought up to date with a £250,000 makeover.

INFLATION-BUSTING duty increases and a freeze on tax allowances are proposed in next year’s Budget.

From Joe Mayes (17). IT was with much nodding of the head that I read Jodie McEwan’s article Empty Promises (JEP, 23 October).

ISLANDERS have been warned that they face a bleak ‘winter of discontent’. The warning was issued by the chairman of the group that represents public sector workers.

JERSEY’S England and Great Britain hockey star Beckie Herbert is in red-hot scoring form in the England Hockey League’s Premier Division.

From Adam Knowlson. TONIGHT’S JEP (Fri, 24 Oct) reported that Clear Mobitel is ‘close to’ being allowed to make Jersey the first place in Europe – lucky us – to have a radio-based broadband network and that the Company was ‘well on the way’ to being granted a licence next month by the Jersey Competition [...]

FARMERS/Caesarean Juniors maintained their 100 per cent record at the top of Division III of the NatWest Indoor Cricket League at Fort Regent last night.

PLANS to partly demolish a 200-year-old listed building have been approved by Environment Minister Freddie Cohen.

From Bridget Murphy. WHATEVER next, I thought, as I read the headline ‘Animal’ teens back in court (JEP, 19 October). I had visions of a gang of teenage goats, pigs and sheep, etc, brutally attacking and kicking people, stealing cars and crashing them.

ON-the-spot fines and a penalty points system for motoring offences could be introduced following a major review of Jersey’s speed limits.