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JERSEY’S troubled retail trade has received a welcome boost after figures showed an increase in Christmas shoppers compared to last year.

CHIEF Minister Ian Gorst could face a battle to get poll-topping Senator Sir  Philip Bailhache appointed as head of the planned electoral commission into States reform.

A 20-year-old and two 16-year-olds arrested on suspicion of the murder of a teenager on the UK's busiest shopping street have been bailed, police said.

Friends and family of a young soldier killed on Christmas Day on a road where the streetlights are turned off overnight are to mark the New Year with a candle-lit vigil at the scene.

Blackburn ruined Sir Alex Ferguson's 70th birthday celebrations as they claimed a shock 3-2 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found dead in a house, police said.

A father-of-three was reduced to rummaging around in a filthy skip on Christmas Eve after throwing out the family's presents by mistake.

All women with faulty breast implants should have them removed given the "uncertainty and lack of knowledge" about the extent of the problems, a leading surgeon has warned.

Sir Alex Ferguson has said he intends to remain as Manchester United manager for another three years if his health remains good.

Williams Formula One co-founder and director of engineering Patrick Head has stepped down from the company's board of directors with immediate effect, it has been announced.