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From Beverley Pasqua. I VISITED Tenerife recently and stayed in an excellent hotel. The food was delicious, the staff were friendly and helpful and the weather was sunny and seldom below 24ºC.

WHEN it came to composing this week’s column I found myself spoilt for choice from the rich pickings that filled the pages of this esteemed newspaper over the previous week.

PLANS to cut States spending by £50 million a year from 2012 have been branded a ‘disgrace’ by union representatives.

TWO leading Jersey and Guernsey law firms are to merge to create the Channel Islands’ largest practice.

AN internationally acclaimed chill-out diva has joined Jersey’s Nerina Pallot on the bill of a special fundraising concert for victims of the Haiti earthquake.

THE response from the Island’s major union to plans to cut £50 million a year from States spending has been nothing if not entirely predictable.

THE streets of the Town centre will be closed on Sunday 30 May for the staging of the second Rubis Jersey Town Criterium cycling race.

From Jason d’Abbot-Doyle. I AM absolutely appalled at the increase in charges for parking. Let me tell you a little story that I have a feeling many Islanders will understand.

TWO weeks after being given the right to buy any property they want, essential immigrants have lost it again.

JERSEY’S Elizabeth Cann goes into this week’s English National Badminton Championships as the favourite to win the women’s title.