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THE chief executive of the British Bankers Association will be among the speakers at a prestigious one-day finance summit to be held in the Island in September.

ACCORDING to the calendar pinned up on the door of The Shed, Thursday of next week is Maundy Thursday – the day when the Queen gives as many elderly men and women as her age (83) specially minted Maundy coins.

IF the present firefighters’ industrial dispute, which is likely to lead to what amounts to a work to rule on Wednesday, were solely about pay, it would attract very little public sympathy.

A PROGRAMME telling the story of Channel Television reporter Adam Fowler’s preparation for a white-collar boxing contest won an ITV news award last week.

From Fiona Vacher, executive director. IN September 2009, a landmark States decision came into being. Every child, in the year before they start formal schooling, is able to attend a nursery setting for at least 20 hours per week, term time, funded by the States. Prior to this, only half of the 1,000 children who [...]

JERSEY RFC are feeling champion following their 16-14 win over Hertford on Saturday.

Hey! Two comments on the blog last week – so someone must read it.

A SENIOR UK superintendent walked out of the States police less than a week into the job after realising he had entered ‘the eye of a storm’, the Home Affairs Minister has claimed.

From Marti Rault. WELL, it’s been four years since I’ve visited my parents in Jersey from Sydney, Australia, and I want to cry with frustration each time I come back.

JERSEY overcame a spirited Alderney performance on Saturday to qualify for the Kleinwort Benson Muratti Vase final against Guernsey at Springfield on Saturday 8 May.