13 « February « 2010 « « This Is Jersey

Cricket squad leaves for India

JERSEY’S bid for promotion to Division IV of the World Cricket League started today as the squad began their trip to India and Nepal.

The pound in your pocket is worth … nothing like that

THE wisdom (or lack of it) of introducing a VAT system in this Island is only now becoming all too apparent.

Have-a-go hero left disabled

A MAN left severely disabled after he tried to stop a pub fight has told his story for the first time.

Liberation ‘scare tactics’

BUSINESSES are using ‘scare tactics’ to fight plans for a replacement holiday for Liberation Day, according to Deputy Montfort Tadier.

Have we no true political statesmen?

From Gerard Baudains WHILE I wholeheartedly endorse Senator Shenton’s views (JEP, 10 February) on Jersey’s unsustainable public spending programme, I fear he and our Treasury Minister will have a superhuman struggle to achieve anything.

Home Affairs pull out of move for a knife crime law

KNIFE crime proposals have been cut from Home Affairs’ plans for this year.

There is no effective, co-ordinated effort to make sure that the streets of St Helier are safe

From David Le Couilliard. WITH regard to the recent coverage on the escalating violence on the streets of St Helier, I believe there is no effective co-ordinated effort to resolve this.

Girl finds ‘new species of shell’

WHEN Eleanor Chambers went to the beach with her father, all she wanted was to find some shells for her collection.

Heroin in Christmas card man is jailed

A MAN who imported heroin with a street value of £1,900 in a Christmas card has been jailed for three years.