Jersey gymnasts shine in strong competition

JERSEY Special Gymnastics Club members won a host of medals after a day and half of action at Fort Regent last weekend.


Rallying call from Harvey

PROMOTED last Saturday, 23 wins in a row with only five matches remaining – and still Jersey RFC head coach Ben Harvey isn’t satisfied as his 1st XV go head to head with Tring at St Peter tomorrow.


‘We’re not to blame for crisis,’ say the teachers

TEACHERS have warned that they will not pay for a recession caused by a greedy finance industry as they prepared for last-ditch talks to avoid widespread industrial action.


‘Semi-rural’ supermarket plan taken out of report

SECTIONS of a leaked report saying that a new supermarket should be built on a ‘semi-rural’ site have been wiped out of the final version by Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean.


Call for new speed limit of 20 mph

DRIVERS could soon find themselves having to slow down from driving at 30 mph to 20 mph, if a politician has his way.


UK Budget: Few surprises

MEASURES detailed in yesterday’s UK Budget will have only limited effects in the Channel Islands.


Economic Development’s new policy and the price of carrots

FIRST I have a confession to make. I’m a hypocrite. Not a particularly nasty one, I hope, but a hypocrite nonetheless.


The human cost of recession

AS Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf has said, Jersey is in a better position than many communities to cope with the effects of the recession. This is because although budgetary deficits loom, we have no significant public debt and cash in hand.


Muddied but unbowed

TWO Jersey athletes claimed top 20 places in the English National Schools’ Cross Country Championships in Manchester on Saturday.


How can you justify this extra expense?

From John Shield. WOULD one of our elected members, or one of their civil service masters, care to answer the following?

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