A JERSEY pensioner may be forced to sell her house after being swindled out of thousands of pounds by a former Island doctor, a hearing has been told.
Benefit fraud tip-offs flood in
A HOTLINE and website set up to catch benefit swindlers have been flooded by Islanders seeking to shop fraudsters.
Sheikh up at the Battle?
ONE float in this year’s Battle of Flowers parade might be more gold leaf than paper flowers as a rich Arab country wants to take part.
The ghost-free shopping centre
A PSYCHIC called in to cleanse former abattoir Liberty Wharf of the souls of dead animals says that the shopping centre is ghost-free.
Jobless ‘not helped by benefits’
HIGH levels of youth unemployment are being made worse by the benefits system, says the Economic Development Minister.
Information battle is almost won
AS the old saying goes, knowledge is power. That, in essence, is why those who hold high political office have often tried instinctively to control the flow of information, the better to hold on to their positions and influence events.
Strange insecurity of the Island’s teachers
From John Dix. WHY are our teachers so insecure? Anybody who dares to question the quality of their output, that is, the abilities of their students, is instantly labelled as being ignorant or ill informed.
UK Chancellor to target fulfilment?
THE Island’s internet mail order industry will be keeping a close eye on tomorrow’s UK budget.
Guernsey revival ‘good for Jersey’
GUERNSEY’S top netballers may have narrowed the gap in the the senior inter-insular, but it was still overwhelmingly Jersey’s weekend as they won six of the eight netball clashes at Beau Sejour.
Dead man in Harbour was French visitor
A MAN found dead in the Harbour yesterday may have fallen in to the water after a night out with friends police said this morning.