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A NEW 300-boat marina is to be built in Alderney.

STATES departments are facing tough new recruitment controls as part of a major programme to shrink the public sector workforce.

A NEW super-strength legal high which has already left one teenager needing hospital treatment is due to be outlawed in Jersey.

THOUSANDS enjoyed a spectacular evening of entertainment at this year’s Channel 103 Big Gig in the Park.

IN theory, Jersey should be a paradise for cyclists. In practice, however, there are a number of strong disincentives for Islanders to heed the latest call by the Medical Officer of Health, Rosemary Geller, to get fitter by getting out of our cars and onto our bikes.

AIB Tigers Swimming Club are providing all nine of Jersey’s competitors in the age group Nationals in Sheffield this week.

BUSINESSES are being urged to take on scores of local university students seeking work this summer.

VULNERABLE children will be put at risk if proposed cuts to Children’s Services go ahead, a member of Jersey’s Child Protection Committee has warned.

SO that’s sorted then. In case anyone was in any doubt, it’s essentially fine for a minister to pester the Law Officers to drop a prosecution against someone who has donated to his campaign costs for decades, and then to plead with the Royal Court to go easy when it comes to sentencing.

From Clifford Baudains. ONE has to wonder how much the current consultation regarding tax increases is about plugging the black hole and how much is bout finding new income to perpetuate the irresponsible spending our current assortment of unstatesmanlike States Members are so fond of.