Jersey Airport closed as ash cloud moves south

Jersey Airport was closed at 1 pm today and will remain shut until at least 8 pm as volcanic ash from Iceland moved south.


New Island marathon record

JERSEY runner Jo Gorrod’s Commonwealth Games dream is over.


Endless tide of reports

From Alan Holmes. AS a Jersey resident may I express the utter disgust I feel at the incredible amount (read waste) of monies spent on endless inquiries, reports, then more further reports on inquiries etc, etc. It goes on and on and achieves absolutely nothing in the end (ie, no responsibility and no accountability).


Airline services under scrutiny

THE future of Bmibaby services to the Island is likely to come under scrutiny as a result of a major restructuring of the group that owns the airline.


Housing’s Gordian knot

OVER the course of the past 30 years, the Jersey property market has developed in ways that were never planned, with dire consequences for far too many Islanders. If the market in the 1980s was a problem child, it is now a fully fledged delinquent running out of control.


Simple questions tend to produce simplistic answers

OH! If only the world was as simple as some of our leading business figures seem to think it is.


The Probation Service is a department of the Royal Court, Mr Henwood, not of the States

From Brian Heath, Chief Probation Officer IT IS clear that Mr Henwood is not a betting man or at least not a successful one, as he would have lost his shirt on his wager about the Jersey Probation and After Care Service (JPACS): JEP Comment Monday 12 April 2010.


Confident start for Cann

JERSEY badminton star Elizabeth Cann got her Yonex European Championship off to a fine start in Manchester yesterday with two wins in the women’s singles.


Incinerator health fears

A CONSTABLE has raised fresh fears that emissions from the new incinerator could have long-term physical and psychological effects on people.


Golden girl Carol (71) has no plans to throw in the towel

MULTI-talented athlete Carole Derrien has returned from the World Masters Indoor Championships in Canada with three medals.

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.