AN estimated 7,000 Islanders stood shoulder to shoulder along St Ouen’s Bay on Sunday for one of the most spectacular demonstrations ever seen in Jersey.
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Death house ‘has to go’
A BUILDING where a pilot was killed in 1980 must be demolished urgently to improve safety at the Airport. Airport officials have said that Sous L’Eglise, Rue du Rectorat, creates an unacceptable risk to aviation safety and if it is not knocked down then Jersey’s Aerodrome Licence could be revoked. In a letter dated 17 […]
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An hour to help the Earth
WHEN it comes to protecting the environment and preserving scarce resources many Islanders’ thoughts will immediately turn to various forms of recycling.
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Town plan ‘would increase traffic delays’
DRAMATIC proposals to pedestrianise much of town have been opposed by Transport Minister Mike Jackson. He says that closing off town centre roads would increase morning rush hour traffic delays by 40% and evening congestion by 28%. But Environment Minister Freddie Cohen, who is behind the £250,000 EDAW Town Masterplan that aims to push cars […]
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A week in Politics
STATES budgets lurching into the red, a Millennium Town Park we can’t have by 2012 after all, our economy in the hands of people who don’t seem to like us all of a sudden – the news hasn’t been great recently, has it?
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Restrictions placed on Rozel flats design
PLANS to demolish a hotel in Rozel to build flats have been approved but the owners have been told that the design needs more work. Yesterday the owners of Beau Couperon, Mont de Rozel, St Martin, received permission to knock down the hotel and restaurant and retain the registered walls to build ten flats. But […]
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Neighbour wins review of huge quarry development
A ST Helier resident has won a David and Goliath court battle to force the Environment Minister to review controversial plans for a huge town development.
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Hopes for a healthy future
HEALTH and Social Services has been described as the latest poisoned chalice among States departments, but that did not prevent five candidates offering themselves as its ministerial head during the election held yesterday in the States.
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Chamber claims unfair treatment
A BUSINESS lobby group say they have been unfairly sidelined in a public consultation. Jersey Chamber of Commerce members are asking Planning Minister Freddie Cohen to add their submission on the Island Plan to the feedback document on the States’ website. They say that whereas other responses – including that of a major UK retailer […]
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Dandara scale down the plan for Westmount flats
DEVELOPERS Dandara have reduced the number of flats planned for Westmount Quarry. At a ministerial planning meeting last month, plans for the former parish depot and disused quarry at Westmount Road were criticised by senior planner John Nicholson. He said that the plans were cramped, overdeveloped and excessive in height. The plans, by renowned architect […]
