Monday, 1st December 2008

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Ladies get on their bikes to raise cash for hospices

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AN Islander who lost her husband to cancer has managed to raise over £2,000 for two cancer charities by completing a 326 km cycle ride.

Taking to the pool in memory of Holly

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SWIMMERS have raised money in memory of local girl Holly Deegan, who died of one of the rarest heart conditions in the world earlier this year.

Pink plungers raise £25,000

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THE Cancer Research UK charity is more than £25,000 better off after over 180 Islanders, young and old, abseiled the 120-ft exterior of Liberation House on the Esplanade.

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Job skills show impressive rise

THE potential for people with disabilities to find work and make progress into more fulfilling roles continues to improve, a recent training award event showed.

Thomas has designs on good values

A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy has won a competition to design a new badge for St John’s School.

Clearing the way ahead

AN Island artist is travelling to Rwanda to document the work carried out by volunteers working to clear minefields.

The sky’s the limit

A STUDENT medic has just spent six weeks at the Nasa space camp in America as part of her studies.

Going the distance

STAFF at the Health and Social Services Department with a total of 340 years of service between them have received long-service awards at a ceremony at the Grand Hotel.

Nadia’s looking for cold comfort

WHILE many of her friends will be sunning themselves in Magaluf this summer, Nadia Couvert is heading to the Arctic.

Obituary: Ralph Vibert, OBE

FORMER Senator Ralph Vibert, OBE, who has died aged 97, will be remembered as the chief architect of Jersey’s unique relationship with the European Union and a States Member of extraordinary stature who did much to shape
the Island’s fortunes through the 1960s, 70s and 80s.