A GOLD medal at the Chelsea Flower Show was the reward for months of hard work by a team from the Eric Young Orchid Foundation.
Jersey Post job cut threats are ‘scaremongering’
JERSEY Post’s announcement of job cuts and reduced deliveries is ‘classic scaremongering’ according to one of its would-be competitors.
Senator has earned my respect
From Simon Wells. WITH reference to former Senator Ted Vibert’s letter (JEP, 21 May). He said he would like Stuart Syvret to explain what he was doing for six months while he was out of the Island.
Multiple crashes follow rain
TWELVE crashes were reported yesterday after the first heavy showers for weeks made Jersey’s roads dangerously slippery.
No jail for victim of chip pan oil attack
A FOREMAN who kicked his lodger in the head in retaliation for having boiling oil poured down his back was spared prison in the Royal Court because he had suffered ‘severe provocation’.
Jersey’s Fantastic North Run
ISLAND marathon regular Andrew Hennessy and local favourite Jo Gorrod came out on top of a hot and challenging Co-operative Total Sport Half Marathon on Sunday.
Five years of promise unfulfilled
THE conclusion that Jersey’s five-year-old system of ministerial government is not working as well as it should will have surprised few, if any, outside the small group of ministers and senior civil servants who control its centralised powers.
Mapping the planet is one thing, netting information from personal sites is another
IN the past, I have willingly run the gauntlet of criticism from the data protection lobby over my robust championing of freedom of information.
Chief Minister admits ‘turmoil’ at Health
MANAGEMENT failures at the Hospital led to the taxpayer picking up a £1 million bill for the three-year suspension of a senior consultant, the Chief Minister has admitted.
Fight to the finish
IT was a super-fast, super-impressive start for Jersey’s Team Fox who lie second overall after the first round of the P1 Powerboat SuperStock 150 hp Championship.