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RECORD numbers of Islanders are turning to the bottle to cope with the stresses and strains of the recession, new figures showing Jersey’s continuing destructive addiction to alcohol reveal today.

I’VE not always seen eye to eye with the Jersey Chamber of Commerce, although my criticisms have usually been targeted at a couple of individuals who express fairly extreme views.

MANY people regard whaling as a barbaric activity that has no place in the modern world. This is hardly surprising, given that the activity involves the slaughter of intelligent mammals by cruel means that include the use of explosive harpoons.

From Edward Trevor. THE Jersey Democratic Alliance has only one Member of the States and its latest petition is just a way of obtaining publicity prior to the elections due later this year.

TREASURY Minister Philip Ozouf says that he has been reassured by the number of people approaching him to offer support over the ‘sack Ozouf’ petition.

A SMALL dog was savaged to death and another injured in front of their owner yesterday morning in an attack by a large mixed-breed dog.

THE 2011 Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon was launched today (THURS) with a 26.2-hour challenge to build a new website.

THE British Ambassador to Bulgaria has been appointed as Jersey and Guernsey’s ‘man in Europe’.

THE freezing weather in December provided an unexpected boost for the JEC, according to a trading statement issued this week.

CONVICTED paedophiles in Jersey should face tougher jail terms because of the lasting damage child abuse does to a ‘close-knit community’, a senior judge has warned.