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THIS Island is fortunate that in that it is the home of organisations that are able to attract speakers of all sorts who offer presentations of the highest quality. Only occasionally, however, is there outstanding strength in depth at a single event.

From Monica Conlan. IN response to the letter and article entitled ‘People parking in the Parent and child places’ I quite agree that parents need extra wide spaces to open their car doors to enable them to deal with a child seat etc.

MOWING the lawn last Saturday for the second time in ten days, I did my best to steer the cumbersome old machine around a patch of flowering violets.

UNEMPLOYED Islanders on benefits could be made to carry out community work under radical plans to be considered by ministers.

A PLEA for the Island’s business community to take a more radical approach toward the appointment of board members was made this week by risk management specialist Stephen Platt.

JERSEY Telecom has been told to freeze its land-line prices while an investigation into its pricing structure is undertaken.

AN indoor cycling centre and a bmx track could be built in the Island if Jersey Cycling can attract financial support for the facilities.

FOR residents of Grève de Lecq it was a morning that saw a Hollywood-style explosion engulf parts of the bay.

LESS rain has fallen in 2010 than any year in the past seven decades, making this year the second driest year since weather records began 200 years ago, according to the Met Office.

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