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IT’S difficult to know what to make of last week’s election to fill the vacancy caused by Stuart Syvret’s decision to force it by his continued absence from the Island.

ISLANDERS should brace themselves for a tax bombshell after ministers unveiled options for new taxes worth £50 million.

From Mark Renouf. I WAS fascinated to hear Francis Le Gresley, upon winning his Senatorial seat, declaring that his major concern was to investigate the disconnect between the local population and politicians.

ISLANDER David Holmes is busy training to cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats in just nine days.

CHRISTINE GRIMES had victory snatched from her grasp just when it seemed that a place in the final of the British Isles women’s outdoor singles championship was hers for the taking in Worthing yesterday.

I read that nearly 900,000 bikes lie unused in sheds around Scotland according to Cycling Scotland, and I don’t doubt that the same situation exists here in Jersey.

JERSEY won the Best International Finance Centre title at the International Fund and Products Awards 2010 last week.

SENATOR Alan Breckon hit the nail squarely on the head when he said that government’s Comprehensive Spending Review cannot be truly comprehensive if the States are paying almost £500,000 a year in subsidy to Serco, the UK company which runs the Waterfront swimming pool.

A POLICE investigation is under way after a woman was left seriously ill following a fire in her St Helier flat.

From Julia Inns. I HAVE just read the article concerning the axing of the lifeguards at Havre Des Pas, in order to save costs, by Philip Ozouf.