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ST OUEN put the disappointment of three back-to-back odd-goal defeats behind them to reach the Le Riche Cup final last night.

UNEMPLOYMENT in Jersey hit a record high last month as the number of people out of work soared by 15 per cent.

THERE are reasons for believing that the Education department and a succession of senior politicians have, for a considerable time, effectively been pulling the wool over Islanders’ eyes whenever school examination results have been under discussion.

From Roy Travert. I AM sure that I am not alone when saying that the recent appointment of the Hospital’s new managing director, Andrew McLaughlin, is not only a disgraceful misappropriation of taxpayers money but an insult to the hard working people of Jersey. I fundamentally disagree with this outrageous appointment.

IT is comforting to learn from the director of Jersey Finance that the Island is well placed to benefit from a global return to economic growth in 2011.

CHILDREN in Jersey’s secondary schools are being ‘short-changed’ by an education which has placed their GCSE results among the worst in Britain.

EDUCATION Minister James Reed says that Jersey has a good school system and has criticised the JEP’s decision to publish information about school results.

TWO top civil servants in the Planning and Environment department are stepping down.

STORM damage to the sea wall at St Ouen’s Bay will take up to a month to repair, according to the Transport and Technical Services department.

THOUSANDS of people packed churches across Madeira on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the devastating floods which killed 42 and left more than 600 homeless.