Why don’t they cut public sector pay?

From John Dix HOW stupid do our public servants and States Members think we, the long-suffering taxpayers, are?


Co-op launch first pre-paid currency card

THE first pre-paid payment card to be issued in Jersey will be launched by the Channel Islands Co-operative Society this month.


How many people live here? We need to know the truth

AS comforting as it is to know that our Chief Minister is ‘comfortable’ about the latest population figures, larger question marks have to be raised.


Diabetes levels hit crisis point

THE full impact of Jersey’s obesity epidemic is revealed today as soaring diabetes levels show no sign of slowing.


Altruism is rewarded in Hautlieu School scheme

HAUTLIEU School’s prestigious CH Brown Memorial Trust Award has been awarded this year to 18-year-old Jonathan Videgrain.


Culkin leaves Saints

CHANNEL Islands champions St Paul’s are looking for a new first-team manager as the result of Craig Culkin relinquishing his position.


These claims should be taken with a large pinch of salt

From Simon Wells WITH reference to Michael de Petrovsky’s letter (JEP, 2 June) about Mr Oates’s claim that he went to Heaven in 2002, I myself was quite concerned while reading the Faith section of your paper that particular evening.


Arrests after drugs seized

FOUR people have been arrested following the seizure of drugs worth an estimated £750,000 in dawn raids in St Helier on Thursday.


Jersey calves …but not as we know them

EIGHT black cows in a field in St John show the changing face of Jersey’s agricultural industry.


Squadron gets a new general for its colonel

THE Jersey Field Squadron welcomed a new honorary colonel on Wednesday night – swapping one Lieutenant-Governor for another.

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.