JUDGES from the UK paid tribute to the very high standard of entries in The Jersey Cat Club’s Championship Cat Show on Saturday.
Ban compulsory retirement altogether
From David Rotherham. THE announcement (14 April) that the States intend to make most people wait a little longer to become old-age pensioners is a necessary consequence of the way that most people are getting old more slowly in this time of unprecedentedly good public health.
Gorrod shines in London
Jersey’s Jo Gorrod broke her own Channel Islands women’s record for the marathon in London yesterday.
Happier days for tourism
IT is all too easy for Islanders to become complacent about the natural attributes which make Jersey such a special place.
DJ had a million porn images
A PORN-ADDICTED DJ who had over a million X-rated photographs and videos on his computer – including more than 2,000 featuring children – has been jailed.
Retirement plan welcomed
A LOCAL pensions expert has backed proposals by Social Security Minister Ian Gorst to raise the retirement age in Jersey to 67.
I started always wearing a seat belt after reading about the tragic death of a young person
GIVEN the wonders of the internet, where I’m slowly learning that you can key in a couple of words about a problem, press a button and lo and behold, as happened to me the other day, you get a couple of million answers to your problem in, as the machine told me, precisely 0.8 seconds [...]
Jersey links in BBC’s fraud investigation
FORMER Island resident Russell King is the subject of a BBC Panorama programme tonight in which it is alleged he duped banks, governments and football bosses by falsely claiming to have access to trillions of dollars.
Damaged motorboat beached at Gorey
AN Islander was forced to beach his luxury motorboat yesterday after it began sinking following an accident at the Ecréhous reef.
Car scratched after parking space row
A MOTHER whose car was scratched minutes after a row over parking spaces is appealing for witnesses.