THE Jersey International Air Display’s finances are “heading in the right direction”, according to organisers – who have renewed calls for public support. JIAD head of fundraising John Le Fondré said that it had been a “reasonable year”, but stressed that those behind the event were still pushing for corporate sponsorship and donations. Last year’s […]
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Fresh warning to ‘watch out’ for scam news videos
ISLANDERS are being warned to “watch out” for con artists attempting to imitate trusted local news sources after the Jersey Cyber Security Centre spotted another online scam featuring a fake government announcement. The fake video, which appears to have been created using artificial intelligence, uses altered footage of former Chief Minister John Le Fondré – […]
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Deputy Lyndon Farnham says he wrote his submission to be Chief Minister… after documents list former leader John Le Fondré as author
DEPUTY Lyndon Farnham has stressed that he wrote his formal submission to be Jersey’s political leader – after documents appeared to show it had been authored by former Chief Minister John Le Fondré. Each candidate in the running to replace Deputy Kristina Moore had to register and submit their “vision statement” for the Island by […]
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Former Chief Minister “honoured and delighted to be asked” to stand as Constable
FORMER Chief Minister John Le Fondré has today announced his intention to stand as Connétable of the Parish of St Lawrence. Mr Le Fondré said he was “honoured and delighted” to have been asked to stand by a number of St Lawrence parishioners after Deirdre Mezbourian confirmed that she would be stepping down from the […]
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Jersey ‘much better prepared’ for future pandemic, claims Public Health director
JERSEY stands “much better prepared” should it face another pandemic, according to the Public Health director – reflecting on the Island’s Covid response five years since it went into lockdown. Professor Peter Bradley said the authorities were “much more aware” of what would need to be done if similar circumstances struck. Prof Bradley was reflecting on […]
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‘We’re up against it’
A FEAST of Channel Island table tennis gets underway tonight in Guernsey, as no fewer than 20 Caesarean and Sarnian Island champions square off in a bid to become Channel Island winners of their individual categories. Attention will then turn to the inter-insular on Saturday, as 13 team events will decide the overall winner for […]
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Could review of complaints process finally move out of the long grass?
REFORM of the way complaints about the public sector are handled remains one of the knottier problems in the Council of Ministers’ in-tray… but the matter could move forward within the next month. Dissatisfaction with the current process has returned to the spotlight in the wake of a complaint about the Infrastructure and Environment Department’s […]
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Morshead smashes it
THE crème de la crème of the Channel Islands took to the Guernsey Table Tennis Association over the weekend to compete in both the CI Championships on Friday and the Inter-Insular competition on Saturday. The Friday night saw a total of 20 individual trophies up for grabs between the best of the old rivals’ bat-weaving […]
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Organisers “extremely relieved and very thankful” after thousands turn out for Air Display
WHEN the Red Arrows swept back into Jersey’s skies, the cheers said it all. Absent from last year’s Air Display, the RAF’s world-famous aerobatic team returned in tight formation with red, white and blue smoke trailing behind – and the reaction showed how much they had been missed. But they were only the finale to […]
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Wheeler turns it up to 11
JERSEY’S top six table tennis players to take on their Sarnian counterparts in the Channel Island Top 12 event this weekend have been decided. Jersey’s Senior Top 12 tournament took place at Fort Regent last week, with a series of round-robin matches, where each player takes on the other 11. The top six seeds, following […]
