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From Dick Shenton. A WEEK ago I read a long letter written by Craig Channing from Fire Service Headquarters that made me wonder if we had a new chief officer.

POLITICIANS, volunteers and victims gathered recently for a special reception to mark the 21st anniversary of a charity which helps people to cope with crime.

THE 2007 mixed doubles Wimbledon champion Jamie Murray begins his assault on the Jersey International tennis tournament today.

HUMANITY learned many lessons from the 1970s, mostly about haircuts and trousers, but also one genuinely fundamental truth about politics that spans decades, ideology and oceans – that whoever you are, wherever you are, and whatever your intentions, politicians and secret recordings just do not work well together.

A DRUNKEN father who had to be propped up by his nine-year-old son as they walked home has become the second person within a week to be sentenced for child neglect.

FOR a good many Islanders, rowing across St Helier Harbour would be something of an endurance test.

A COUNTRY guesthouse owner is celebrating after being upgraded from a three-star to a four-star.

THE top honours were divided at this year’s Investec hockey inter-insulars on Saturday at Les Quennevais.

POLICE in America are still searching for new leads in the hunt for Guernsey student Jonny Dorey, who went missing three weeks ago today.

From Pierre Théron. HAVING only just survived the adult helmet vote, cyclists now face calls from Deputy Phil Rondel for compulsory bike registration.