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A LONG-standing scaffolding business has moved to scotch unfounded rumours that it is to be sold amid fears that it was in danger of losing future contracts.

JERSEY have two high-profile professional sportsmen in the running for the 2009 Sportingbet Sports Personality of the Year Award.

From Chris Fairbairn. CHRISTMAS spent with my cousins up at Grosnez is a joy.

BEING a journalist is sometimes very difficult. The idea of sitting down and reading all 500+ pages of the proposed Island Plan didn’t exactly fill me with joy. But that’s what I did so that at least when I comment on it, no-one can accuse me of not having read it.

WHILE there are persuasive arguments in support of and against Deputy Andrew Green’s proposal for compulsory cycle helmets, one thing is certain: nobody in their right mind would consider the increasing number of people who wear helmets while riding their bicycles a bad thing.

HEAVY snow and freezing temperatures are expected to bring chaos to Jersey’s roads and could stop thousands of children returning to school over the next few days.

JERSEY’S Waterbabes have finally started their Atlantic rowing race after being delayed for a month.

From Clive Pearce. REGARDING Andrew Green suggesting that the bottom of Tower Road is a dangerous place, I would suggest that the junction of Bellozanne and Tower roads was a greater priority.

JERSEY’S lawn bowls men’s team for the Commonwealth Games in India in October has been put forward for selection by Bowls Jersey.

PLANNERS must drop heritage restrictions and requirements for developers to include ‘discount’ homes in new projects if plans to redevelop St Helier are to succeed, according to a senior architect.