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IT WAS very much a family affair at Gorey Common recently when 110 members of the Labey family gathered for the first family picnic for 35 years.

A SUSPECTED thief was in hospital today with both arms and legs broken after he was chased by bank security staff and fell through a fourth-floor window.

It’s that time again, and for the next three weeks we shall be treated to an ever changing story that’s called the Tour de France.

IN the UK, members of the general public are being asked to nominate laws which they believe should be repealed. By coincidence – or perhaps as the result of a game of follow-my-leader – Islanders are being asked much the same question.

HIGHER taxes for top earners could lead to more job losses and threaten economic recovery, according to the body that represents the construction industry.

AS The Reader may have realised after all these years, there are times when I get so thoroughly exasperated with that lot in the Big House that I wish we had a railway so that I could stand under a bridge and scream to my heart’s content whenever a train went over it.

From Daniel Hawkshaw. THE article about the pool costs (JEP, 22 Jun), with regards to Fort Regent and the waterfront, made me realise how the lack of planning and financial approach has led to such a waste of time and money, and reducing the investment in talent around Jersey swimming.

ATHLETE Ross Jeffs smashed the Island triple-jump record in a UK league competition on Saturday, but his jump of 14.7m still only gave him fourth place.

JEUX des Iles golden girl Emily Bashforth rewrote the record books at the weekend by taking seven Island records at the Cardiff International Swimming Open.

STATES Members’ pay could go up by two per cent.