Haut de la Garenne: Couple in court

A MARRIED couple from Scotland have appeared in the Magistrate’s Court charged with assaulting children at Haut de la Garenne.


The strike threat in classrooms

WHEN it was announced that there would be a pay freeze for all States employees, it was widely forecast that 2010 would see a winter of discontent – quite probably followed by a spring, summer and autumn of a similar character.


In the driving seat

John Barrowman, actor, singer and broadcaster, is best known as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and Torchwood. He performed at a sell-out concert at Fort Regent last year and his new album is released on Monday


Island fails to stave off relegation

JERSEY suffered consecutive relegations in the World Cricket League today following a seven-wicket defeat by Singapore at the Army Ground at Bhaktapur in Nepal.


How can States cut costs when they don’t know what they are?

From John Dix FOLLOWING an earlier letter in which I suggested that our elected representatives and their Chief Officers do not actually know what services their staff deliver, I have read the draft Strategic Business Plan from end to end and am none the wiser.


Unemployment at 30-year high

UNEMPLOYMENT figures in Jersey have soared to their highest level for 30 years.


If there’s one area where the islands can co-operate, it’s against architectural eyesores

THERE must be many Guernseymen and women who would like nothing better than to dump their waste on Jersey – if only to get us back for all the humiliating defeats suffered in numerous Muratti finals.


Methodist hierarchy’s Easter visit

THE president and vice-president of the Methodist Conference will be in Jersey over the Easter weekend to build connections with Island churches.


Fall in deposits and funds last year

JERSEY bank deposits were down by 20 per cent while the value of funds under administration fell by 30 per cent in 2009.


In search of the work of artist Adolphe Vallette

Fine art dealer John Falle is seeking information about an artist whose work was featured in an exhibition in Jersey nearly 40 years ago and which is now to be displayed in a major exhibition in Lyon.

BIRD WATCH 2012

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The 11th Great Garden Bird Watch took place over the weekend, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February. JEP readers were asked to get on board to help monitor bird life in the Island.