17 « February « 2010 « « This Is Jersey

Don’t forget the delights to be found in Bouley Bay!

From Mary Tunney. FURTHER to my letter (JEP, 15 January), I am elated to note that the Island Explorer yellow route will be coming to Bouley Bay from April until October.

Jobs threat ‘stalling pay talks’

THE threat of public sector redundancies as the States try to save £50m a year is stalling pay talks, unions have warned.

A housing plan that would meet everyone’s needs

From Bill Hall. I KNOW a young couple, with housing qualifications, who at present live in a Jersey flat where the annual rent is £10,200.

We need new buildings we can be proud of, not ashamed

From Maureen Râtel. WHERE are we going? After seeing the nine-storey building (the height of which I thought was voted against by the public a while ago), now we have the Zephyrus flats.

Kitchen fire damages St Saviour home

A FIRE ripped through a kitchen at a house in a St Saviour estate yesterday after a child accidentally switched on a hob and set fire to a laundry basket.

Cook earns Spanish cap

JERSEY-BORN Matthew Cook earned his first international rugby cap for Spain on Saturday.

States spending ‘a cause for concern’

SERIOUS concerns have been raised about the States’ ability to control spending.

Door staff receive plenty of abuse when they deserve praise

From A Illingworth. IN my 34 years in the security industry (and still active), I have never felt the need to wear a stab vest.

Wartime explosive taken from beach

AN unexploded German shell from the Second World War has had to be removed from a beach and made safe.