ONLY Grouville stand in St Brelade’s way of registering a 16th outright win in the Trinity Shield final tonight at Springfield. But the easterners will also be keen to record only their fifth outright success – their last was way back in 1929 – after reaching the final for the second time in consecutive years. […]
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The family that Jack built
IT was in April 2007 that a picture was published in Jersey Connections showing the head and shoulders of a young man dressed in a soldier’s uniform.
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Christmas Charity Auction lots
Star lot Bids all day from 10 – 4 pm A luxury holiday in India. Includes flights with Kingfisher Airlines, where you are made to feel like honoured guests and not just passengers. VIP welcome arranged by the UK India Business Council. You will be staying in two of the very best luxury hotels in […]
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Firefighters hit the heights with a UK mountain treble
A TEAM of Jersey firefighters faced blisters, aches and pains when they scaled the three highest mountains in the UK to raise money for charity. The seven-strong group joined firefighters from across Britain in the ascent of Scotland’s Ben Nevis, Snowden in Wales and Scafell Pike in the Lake District – all within 24 hours. […]
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What will my children do for careers in Mr Christensen’s brave new world?
From Colin Le Maistre. AS one of the 12,000 ‘parasites’ who are working in the finance industry (not to mention our families and all the other businesses supported by finance firms — airlines, restaurants, car dealers, employment agencies, stationers, IT suppliers etc — I read with interest the doom-laden predictions of John Christensen (Jersey Evening […]
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Freed English prisoner jailed for Jersey crimes
A MAN freed from an English prison was sentenced to two years at La Moye yesterday after committing five offences in Jersey while still on licence.
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What will my children do for careers in Mr Christensen’s brave new world?
From Colin Le Maistre. AS one of the 12,000 ‘parasites’ who are working in the finance industry (not to mention our families and all the other businesses supported by finance firms — airlines, restaurants, car dealers, employment agencies, stationers, IT suppliers etc — I read with interest the doom-laden predictions of John Christensen (Jersey Evening […]
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Freed English prisoner jailed for Jersey crimes
A MAN freed from an English prison was sentenced to two years at La Moye yesterday after committing five offences in Jersey while still on licence.
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Farewell to the fireflies
From Anne Barnes. THE photograph (right) of John Le Maistre cutting the hedges by hand (JEP, 16 July) was a delight to see. I know it is not practical to do this nowadays, but is it really necessary to shave the banks quite so close to the roots? I have to drive through the country […]
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Farmers get early subsidy
HALF a million pounds in farm subsidies is being handed out early to help growers and producers cope with rising costs. Farmers will receive just over £1m in subsidies in 2008 under the ‘Single Area Payment Scheme’, and Assistant Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean says that the early payment will help farmers struggling with inflation. […]
