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A PLAY commissioned for the 60th anniversary of the Liberation, which pulls no punches in telling the story of the Occupation, is to be performed in Germany.

THE Island’s Bailiff spoke of ‘a joy that could almost be touched’ yesterday as 3,200 people gathered in Liberation Square to mark 60 years of freedom.

THE man who has led the British Red Cross’s response to the Asian tsunami disaster is coming to Jersey on Sunday to say thank you to the Island.

SPONTANEOUS rounds of applause and cheers rang out as the veterans marched with pride along King Street on Sunday afternoon to start the Island’s celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Liberation.

A 23-YEAR-OLD man started an eight-year jail term today for raping a 42-year-old woman at knifepoint in May.

PORTUGAL Day is being marked in the Island today by the thousands of Portuguese residents who will be remembering their homeland.

THE new shipping line operating from Normandy, Manche Iles Express, celebrated the start of its first season yesterday morning with a visit by the president of the Conseil Général de la Manche, Jean-Fran?ois Le Grand, and a delegation from Normandy on board the vessel Victor Hugo.

JERSEY triathletes began the Island’s participation in the Queen’s baton relay this morning as part of the build-up to next year’s Commonwealth Games.

THE chief executive of the British Red Cross has praised Jersey’s ‘extraordinary’ generosity in raising more than £2 million for the Asia Relief Appeal.

A TRIBUTE was paid to the late John Rothwell in the States this morning by the Bailiff, Sir Philip Bailhache.