I’d prefer a school in Manchester

From Rosie Baker. I SETTLED in Manchester seven years ago and am still often met with cynical prejudices and people who wonder why on earth I’d moved to such a ‘dangerous’ northern place.


Pension pot blow to Jersey clergymen

YOUNG Jersey vicars are facing smaller pensions and longer careers after the Church of England gambled their pension pot in shares that plummeted in value.


Tax Joke Network communiqué

From Brendan McDonald. HERE we go again with another communiqué (JEP, 10 November) from the Tax Joke Network from the safety of their bunker somewhere in Norfolk.


Wounded Havant Jersey’s next big hurdle

HAVANT RFC, for so many years the top side in Hampshire, could be forgiven for not relishing the visit of high-flying Jersey tomorrow.


Half Jersey could have flu jab by Christmas

ABOUT half the Island population could be immunised against swine flu by Christmas, Jersey’s Medical Officer of Health has said.


‘Profit before people’

TREASURY Minister Philip Ozouf has been accused of ‘putting profit before people’ by allowing States-owned utilities to make staff redundant.


350 to tackle half marathon

HARROW athlete Peter Norris will have his sights set on a hat-trick of wins when he joins over 350 other runners in this Sunday’s Victor Hugo/Modern Hotels Jersey Half Marathon.


Taylor family bring home five squash titles

IT was a good weekend for the Taylor family as they returned to Jersey with five titles from the Channel Islands Squash and Racketball Championships in Guernsey.