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FRAUD is always unpleasant, especially when it’s committed by someone you know and trust. Most perpetrators, when found out, face an uncomfortable time with the police and judiciary system.

Barclays Wealth in Jersey has launched a group designed to ensure that issues of special interest to female members of its team are addressed adequately.

TRINITY Shield holders St Brelade and last season’s beaten finalists Grouville were both knocked out of this season’s competition yesterday afternoon, at the first time of asking.

MANY Islanders would happily back the tough stance that our courts adopt when sentencing drug offenders.

The year of 2008 saw  Jersey aid workers caught up in violence which erupted in Kenya; a fire which destroyed Wesley Chapel; and the start of international publicity for Jersey with regard to the Haut de la Garenne inquiry.

From Constable Michael Jackson, Transport and Technical Services Minister.

SENTENCES for criminals who smuggle drugs into Jersey should be reduced, Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand has said.

JERSEYMAN Brett Pitman has defended himself after being at the centre of football controversy yesterday when he won and scored a 95th- minute penalty to earn Bournemouth a 2-1 home League Two win against Torquay United.

A 29-YEAR-OLD man was stabbed in St Helier on Christmas Eve.

A TEAM of four women who have been delayed for almost a month from rowing across the Atlantic have spent Christmas sleeping on their boat in the Canary Islands.