Fight is on for UK health deal

HEALTH Minister Anne Pryke has pledged to fight for the return of the UK reciprocal health agreement next year.


Airport staff run up a rescue bid for children

A TEAM of Airport engineers and firemen took part in the Jersey Marathon relay race and raised almost £3,000 for the Special Care Baby Unit.


Sentences that fit the crime

AS the States police point out, extreme violence is mercifully rare in Jersey.


The unmarked grave of a Jersey crewman

ALTHOUGH this year has seen the death of the last ‘Tommy’ – the last British soldier to have seen service in the First World War – even now new names are being uncovered and recorded of those who lost their lives as a result of the hostilities.


Supertax ‘could attract bankers’

A SUPERTAX on UK bankers’ bonuses could bring high-performing City workers to the Island, according to local tax experts.


Homely reminder of how we are stranded from our past

DURING an enjoyable holiday in southern Ireland, She Who Must Be Obeyed and I stayed for the night in a bed-and-breakfast in a little place in County Kerry.


Beware drivers using mobile phones

How often do you see people using their mobile phones whilst driving?  Even if you disregard the high per capita number of vehicles in the Island, it’s unquestionably far too often.


Black in Games groove

JERSEY swimmers were in record breaking form over the weekend with Ian Black leading the way in Australia in securing a Commonwealth Games qualification time.


Think twice, recruit locals

From J Carney, principal, J S Carney & Co Ltd. WE couldn’t help but be seriously disappointed on reading your report on Graham Millar’s (MTS Russia, based in Moscow) appointment as chief executive of Jersey Telecom.


Bomb hoax forces St Aubin closure

POLICE are scouring CCTV cameras in a bid to find the person who left an ‘elaborate’ hoax bomb outside the police station in St Aubin yesterday morning.

BIRD WATCH 2012

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The 11th Great Garden Bird Watch took place over the weekend, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February. JEP readers were asked to get on board to help monitor bird life in the Island.