THE spirit of an airman killed in a plane crash in the Second World War is being kept alive by Islanders making visits to his grave in Portugal.
1871– a good year for an exhibition
JERSEY’S own ‘great exhibition’ rivalled – at least in the eyes of Islanders at the time – the Great Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 in London.
Anger over use of car park cash
ISLANDERS are facing a big rise in car parking charges despite over £12m sitting in the car park trading account.
A fine time for dining
FIRSTLY because of its status as a holiday resort and later because of the development of a high-rolling finance sector, Jersey has long had a claim to be a centre of culinary excellence.
Obituary: Daryl Rennolds
DRAMA teacher and actress Daryl Rennolds died this week, aged 95.
Ipes enjoys rapid growth
A JERSEY funds business that started with two people two years ago now employs over 20 and is recruiting more.
In-form Bishops have a score to settle tomorrow
BISHOP’S Stortford are the Rugby Club’s opponents tomorrow and they are looking forward to exacting revenge for their 52-10 defeat when Jersey visited their Hertfordshire ground last October.
Why not free up residents’ parking when people are at work?
From D Le Plongeon. DRIVING up Aquila Road on Monday morning to pop into town for an hour or so, I thought there was plenty of space to park, only to get out of the car to find a signpost saying ‘Residents parking only’.
This was a fake created by the pharmaceutical industry
From Hedi Green. IT’S official – swine flu was a fake pandemic created by the pharmaceutical industry to sell its vaccines. This confirms my concerns reported in your letters page on 26 November.
Norovirus closes two Hospital wards
TWO wards at the Hospital have closed following an outbreak of a contagious stomach bug.