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NOTORIOUS gangster Curtis Warren was jailed for 13 years yesterday for his failed attempt to execute Jersey’s biggest ever drugs importation.

JERSEY needs to get out and market its finance industry on the world stage to make the most of recently published glowing reports, say two visiting experts.

OH WELL, that’s another autumn gone and never mind what Keats said about the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness because, despite my best efforts, Dinan ‘yoof’ still couldn’t care less. Well, not about conkers, anyway, which I’ve been trying to teach my pupils for a quarter of a century now.

ONE of the symbols of the Island’s identity and high level of independence is its currency. The Jersey pound is, of course, identical in monetary terms to sterling, but our banknotes and coins are distinctively different.

From Brian Villette. I’M sure Peter Tabb (JEP, 24 November) would welcome the introduction of an annual test for tens of thousands of cars as this would put hundreds of thousands of pounds in his association members’ pockets.

THE last time that table-toppers Jersey RFC played Tring, they lost to them.

PROPOSALS to give courts new powers to name and shame young criminals have been rejected by the States.

From Jill Shenton. A MOTHER’S letter (JEP, 28 November) criticised my son, Senator Ben Shenton, for speaking the truth.

GUERNSEY are looking towards France in the hope of boosting their football games programme for their senior Island team.

THE Women’s Institute might traditionally be known as an organisation that attracts older women, but not any more.