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THERE was a time when air travel was a romantic adventure. Or at least that’s how the early days of the Hollywood film industry portrayed it.

WHEN, 50 years ago, Francis Huchet was hanged in Newgate Street Prison for the murder of John Perrée, most Islanders will have been satisfied that the interests of justice had been served.

AN estimated 80 jobs are to go at Jersey Telecom over the next five months as the business tries to slash millions of pounds off its annual running costs.

VOLUNTARY work undertaken by Jersey Finance Ltd practitioner working groups has been calculated to be worth £2.5 million to the Island.

From Basil Lelliott. I SEE the dispute over who should, and who shouldn’t, be entitled to sit on the benches of the States Chamber has reared its head again, a problem that seems unsolvable. Senators out? Constables out?

JERSEY’s Matt Banahan has kept his place in the England rugby union team to play Argentina at Twickenham on Saturday.

ISLAND businesses and, indeed, Islanders in general are looking forward to the day when it can be said that the recession is over and the economy starts to bounce back from the present downturn.

TOO much and unfair competition is to blame for Jersey Telecom laying off a fifth of its workforce, union leaders said this morning.

From Barrie Bertram. AND I thought that I was opinionated? Clearly I have met my match in Messrs Baudains and Runacres, who cannot pass a soapbox without scrambling aboard (JEP, 10 November).

FINLAND’S Jarkko Nieminen showed spectators at Les Ormes’ Caversham International tennis tournament last night exactly why he features regularly among the top players in the world.