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FOR many years a succession of States Members, people with special knowledge of policing, and, indeed, many ordinary Islanders have recognised that Jersey is in need of an independent police authority.

A TEENAGER who started caring for sick ducklings when he was nine years old has gone on to win top prizes at a major poultry show for breeding the best bird.

TWO Jersey companies at the centre of a major financial scandal that has gripped Austria have been cleared of alleged breaches of the Island’s Companies Law.

RECORD numbers of unemployed Islanders face a difficult Christmas as the recession continues to be felt in homes across the Island.

From Pierre Horsfall I WRITE with reference to Sir Philip Bailhache’s letter published on Tuesday 14 December under the headline ‘This resistance to the UK Treasury deserves support’.

A FORMER honorary police officer who groped two women in separate attacks just minutes apart has been jailed for 18 months by the Royal Court.

FIVE teams head into 2011 with dreams of lifting the RFU’s National II South title, with Ealing leading the way, five points ahead of Ben Harvey’s Jersey outfit.

A 77-YEAR-OLD driver had a lucky escape in St John yesterday when he walked away without serious injury after his car flipped onto its roof.

OVERSIGHT of the police could switch to a new independent authority under proposals by Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand.

ISLANDERS are being invited to follow in the footsteps of the militia forces who marched to St Helier to fight in the Battle of Jersey to mark its 230th anniversary next month.