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THERE is nothing like cooking a lovely meal for friends – until you find out they awarded the food three out of ten, questioned your hosting skills and complained that their wine glass was dirty.

BUDDING photographer Jack Maton has won the JEP photographic competition, Springtime in Jersey.

COMMERCIAL competition is in many cases good for the economy and of benefit to the general public because it encourages business efficiency and tends to drive down prices.

THOSE who think the Channel Islands are nothing more than a quaint and anachronistic part of the mainland will naturally look to the UK for business, leadership, guidance and help. After all, we import most of our experts, top civil servants and even wealthy landowners from our neighbour to the north. So it’s hardly surprising [...]

From Mike Stentiford. I SUPPOSE, generally speaking, we’ve all had a reminder these past few weeks of just how glorious the early season weather can be when it sorts out its high pressures from its low cumulus and tight isobars.

STATES workers were warned today to brace themselves for the possibility of compulsory redundancies as part of the biggest public sector cutbacks for generations.

JERSEY needs to be part of a Europe-wide system that makes it easier to make and receive payments by euro if it is not going to be placed at a competitive disadvantage.

THE Jersey team opened their Jeux des Iles account in the Azores yesterday as three sports got under way.

From Harry Read. THERE have been two decisions taken recently by the planning applications panel that lead me to question whether there is such a thing as a level playing field in Jersey.

The Jersey ladies strokeplay champion Olivia Jordan-Higgins smashed the women’s course record at Bramsham Golf Club yesterday while playing in the qualifying round of the Hampshire Ladies’ County Championship.