10% on a loaf of bread

ISLANDERS will have to pay ten per cent more for a loaf of bread from next week.


Glimpses of the Island’s Roman past

ONE of the most significant of British anniversaries this year has gone largely unrecognised and unreported: Britain’s own ‘Liberation Day’. It happened 1,600 years ago, some time in AD 410.


O’Sullivan off to join Jersey team

ARCHER Lucy O’Sullivan will travel to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi today to join the Jersey team.


3% GST rate freeze proposal defeated

PROPOSALS to freeze GST at 3% until 2013 have been defeated in the States less than a month before tax rises are proposed in the Budget.


Hospital death: GMC begins doctor’s misconduct hearing

THE doctor who carried out a botched operation which led to the death of a staff nurse at the Hospital allegedly refused help from another experienced surgeon, a General Medical Council hearing was told this week.


Syvret faces civil actions over blogs

SENIOR civil servants are launching civil actions against former Senator Stuart Syvret for comments he made on his internet blog, it was revealed in court yesterday.


Finance expertise may play role in the developing world

JERSEY can play a significant role in helping developing countries, according to Jersey Overseas Aid chairman Deputy Ian Gorst.


Surge in demand for States homes

JERSEY’s poorest are desperately short of housing with the waiting list for subsidised homes ‘growing dramatically’, the Housing Minister has warned.


Are the States asleep at the wheel?

From Karl Renouf. SO the states want to make cuts and help fill the £50m deficit.


Members who ducked debating their own pay are practising a strange form of accountability

THERE’S a horrible, awful truth that you’re not meant to write about, allude to or mention in any way when you write about local politics.

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