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AS a unit of social as well as ecclesiastical organisation, the parish is far more important in Jersey than is generally the case in the United Kingdom. Here, each parish rector works alongside the Constable and honorary officers towards the general welfare of parishioners.

From Deputy Roy Le Hérissier. WHILE I am very concerned about health tourism, given the pressure the health budget is under, I am also aware that there are people living in Jersey who have contributed all their lives to a system such as that in the UK but, bar pensions, do not receive any benefits.

From Tom Verdon. PHIL Austin may well be giving himself a big pat on the back for a job not yet well done. He and his colleagues, on the Island Games Bid Team, may well feel that in their selection of sports to put forward for 2015 they have done Jersey proud.

ST PATRICK’S Church will reopen next week after the completion of a stunning £150,000 renovation project.

A YOUNG man lost the sight in one eye after being repeatedly struck by two 16-year-old girls with stiletto heels, the Royal Court heard yesterday.

BUSINESSES will need to invest more money in training their staff if Jersey is to generate business opportunities from overseas markets, according to the Chief Minister.

JERSEY’S Football Combination team need to halt a side who put nine goals past their first round opponents if they are to make it into the quarter-finals of the FA National System Cup tomorrow.

ISLANDERS are invited to take part in a worldwide vigil tomorrow to mark the midpoint of the Copenhagen summit on climate change.

MORE than 300 local businesses hoping to benefit from up to £100 million worth of States stimulus projects found out how they could bid for the contracts last week.

From Bill Matthews. OUR globe is warming, but are our hearts and minds? Alarm bells are ringing ever more insistently, but we are taking a long time to wake up to the dangers which are present and menacing.