Chief Minister has failed, says Deputy

DEPUTY Trevor Pitman has proposed a censure motion against the Chief Minister over ‘failures in leadership’.


Island Plan rules ‘a barrier to allotments’

PROPOSED allotment rules have left some Islanders seeing red rather than green.


First female chief inspector appointed

THE former head of the historical child abuse investigation has been appointed as the new chief inspector for crime operations.


Grainville prom

GRAINVILLE’S Year 11 students celebrated the end of their compulsory education at their masquerade-themed prom.


Medals flow in – two of them gold

TEAM Jersey more than doubled their medal total on day two of the NatWest Island Games yesterday, but still dropped a place to fifth in the table.


Rhodes footballers banned

The Rhodes football team have been banned from the next two Island Games as a result of their abusive behaviour in a match against Jersey last night.


These funds scavenge from poor countries

From Bernard and Françoise Carré. WE have been very concerned to learn that a US based ‘vulture fund’, F G Hemisphere, was last year awarded a $100,000,000 judgment against the Democratic Republic of Congo.


‘Landmark’ trust law ruling

A LEGAL ruling on trust law handed down by the Privy Council may have far-reaching effects on local law.


Making sense of statistics

WHO would be a forecaster? It is a thankless job, frankly – and we are not talking solely about weather forecasters here, messengers who are metaphorically shot when they wrongly dismiss rumours of a hurricane coming up the Channel and even when their 20 per cent of a shower turns into a day-long downpour. No, [...]


Police crackdown cuts violent crime

A NEW police crackdown targeting binge-drinking has led to a reduction in violence and vandalism on the streets of St Helier.

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