A CELEBRATION of Jersey’s identity was held at the Fort Regent Signal Station yesterday.
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Odeon to retain listed status
THE former Odeon Cinema is to retain its listed status because of its historical benefits – but the owners say that it will now remain an ’empty, functionless building’ and that they are scrapping their £40 million plans to regenerate the area.
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Glasshouse owners ‘can do what they want with their land’
THE States have no business telling the owners of old and derelict glasshouses what they should do with their land, says the Environment Minister.
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Tax information deal signed with Argentina
JERSEY has signed a tax information exchange with Argentina, a move which is likely to result in the Island’s name being taken off the schedule of black-listed countries which the Argentine government maintains.
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‘Demolish Odeon or we scrap £40m development’
THE company that owns the Odeon building has threatened to scrap its £40 million development of the Bath Street area if the Planning department refuses to pave the way for them to demolish the old cinema.
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Island Plan debate begins
PROPOSALS to build 4,000 homes, create a coastal national park and apply greater protection to nearly 600 vergées of green land are being debated this week as the Island Plan goes before the States.
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Minister will not seek re-election
ENVIRONMENT Minister Freddie Cohen will not be standing for re-election in October.
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Visions of town and country
THE new Island Plan, finally approved by the States this week after a marathon 40-hour debate, is a massive piece of work which promises much.
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So, exactly who are these dysfunctional politicians?
From Brendan McDonald. Dysfunctional, out of control, unhappy and ineffective was how the ex-Bailiff Sir Philip Bailhache described the present crop of States Members during the election meetings. A sweeping statement if there ever was one indicating all 53 members. I can remember the same ex-Bailiff rebuking many a State’s Member for making sweeping statements […]
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A sign of the difficult times
A TOWN trader who fought a seven-month battle to get a six-foot temporary sign approved says that the planning system is a farce.
