FOR some inexplicable reason the number of unemployed in the Island seems to be rising in tandem with property prices.
Mind the widening gap between the haves and have-nots
How can they expect us to use paycards?
From Charlie Atkins. I JUST wanted to warn all fellow motorbikers out there about our new parking regime.
Being a fireman is not a job – it is a vocation
From Cindy Beckford. WOULD Dick Shenton justify his comments (JEP, 23 March) with regard to the ‘perks’ and enviable position our frontline firemen are in by comforting the wife, relatives and comrades of a fallen serviceman by saying the aforementioned made their loss all worthwhile?
Groups asked to apply for a £1,000 grant
NEW £1,000 grants are being offered to Island community groups.
Norovirus hits Hospital
A VIRUS outbreak has struck the General Hospital, Overdale and some care home around the Island.
‘Lessons have been learnt’
THE Health Minister yesterday refused to say whether anyone would face disciplinary action over failures to stop a boy suffering abuse and neglect for more than a decade.
Cutbacks would mean job losses, says fire chief
FIREFIGHTERS would have to be made redundant if the Fire and Rescue Service was forced to make cuts as part of a controversial States spending review.
Madeira appeal could top £100,000
THE amount raised by the Jersey Side by Side appeal for Madeira could top the £100,000 mark, organisers have said.
Award for National Trust’s Line in Sand campaigner
JERSEY environmentalist Mike Stentiford has won a prestigious national award for his part in the National Trust’s coastline campaign.
States ‘party politics’ is failing the electorate
From John Dix. MUCH is made of the fact that we do not have party politics in Jersey, with the exception of the noise made by the Jersey Democratic Alliance.
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