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JEP READERS have voted emphatically against plans for high-rise developments on the St Helier waterfront in a telephone poll.

THE Scrutiny hearings into the Tourism Department’s move across the Island Site began this morning.

TWO staff are losing their jobs as a result of law firm Carey Olsen’s decision not to do matrimonial work and paying another practice to handle its legal aid divorce cases.

BARGAIN basement’ supermarkets such as Netto and Aldi are being encouraged to open in the Island.

THE proposed Tourism department move is off today’s States agenda because the Economic Development Committee have agreed to a shadow scrutiny panel review.

THE Deputy who persuaded the States to commission a report on the legal costs of the Les Pas case says the States should now order a full assessment of the legal bills and demand money back from law firm Mourant if any overcharging is discovered.

STATES Members are being wound up by ill-informed shoppers’ comments, according to the chief executive of CI Traders.

SENATOR Frank Walker has welcomed invitations for a public meeting on the waterfront, which he says will allow facts to dispel conspiracy theories about shady deals.

NONE of the legal bills – totalling £1.7 million – submitted by law firm Mourant for running the States defence of the Les Pas case was questioned before they were paid.

THE JEP’s Fair Play campaign to get Islanders a better deal at the petrol pumps is paying off – after just four weeks.