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A DEFIANT mother has vowed to fight to keep her home after her paedophile partner lost a last-ditch appeal against a massive court costs order.

THE States’ decision to scrap school milk was an act of ‘disgraceful meanness’, campaigners said today as they launched a petition to get it reinstated.

UNEMPLOYED Islanders are being given the chance to develop skills in the hospitality and retail industries in a bid to get them back to work.

FIRST they wanted Islanders to draw a line in the sand, now The National Trust for Jersey is calling on you to put one up in your garden.

From Chick Anthony, chairman, Société Jersiaise environment section. MR Riding, of Plémont Estates (JEP, 18 March), thinks that many people will be surprised that the Environment Minister has called for a public inquiry into the latest of a number of planning applications to redevelop the environmentally important area of the derelict holiday camp.

JERSEY’S ancient road system is unsafe – and the Island can no longer afford to mend potholes and make sure signs and junctions safe, says the man in charge of the Transport department.

THE future of Jersey athletics is in jeopardy as a lack of funding could prevent the Island’s talented athletes from competing in the UK.

IT was a mixed picture for the finance industry in the final quarter of last year with a fall in bank deposits and company numbers but strong growth in the funds sector.

A WEEK ago last Saturday the stage of the Gloucester Hall vibrated to the feet of young Jersey dancers showcasing their entries for the Dance World Cup to be held in Disney Paris at the end of June.

AS any casual observer may see, most of Jersey’s roads are in a poor state. Years of neglect have created a sorry-looking network of dug-up, patched-up, bodged and bumpy highways and byways, completely out of keeping with the Island’s reputation as a place of beauty and a high-class international finance centre.