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From Senator Freddie Cohen, former Minister for Planning and Environment. OVER the past weeks and months there have been several articles and letters in your publication commenting on the Portelet redevelopment. I would like to set the record straight. I did not approve the redevelopment of the former holiday camp at Portelet. Planning permission was […]

PEOPLE in Jersey will, in common with millions of others throughout the world, have been shocked and horrified by the twin terror attacks which claimed so many victims in Norway.

THE revised draft Island Plan, now in the public domain, repeatedly emphasises that due regard must be paid to design quality before permission is granted for new developments. The draft plan also emphasises that this means that new buildings must not only be of obvious merit, but must also be appropriate for the site that they are intended to occupy.

ALTHOUGH age brings all sorts of complications – I get a little breathless walking round the lanes, even with a bit of French apple juice in my system, and sometimes I forget a few things She asks me to get from the Co-op – it also gives you certain satisfaction that you’ve seen it all before.

THE life of a comment columnist in Jersey is not as arduous a task as many assume it to be.