Senator Sarah Ferguson has condemned the building project for a large, modern home across the former Zanzibar restaurant site and a next door plot where Longbeach House currently sits.
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Scrutiny panel to look at interim immigration proposal
The Corporate Services Scrutiny panel are due to question the politician responsible for population, Assistant Chief Minister Paul Routier, about the proposals for the new interim population policy.
Islanders’ thanks as new UK cancer unit opens
A NEW Teenage Cancer Trust unit which was officially opened in Southampton yesterday would not have been possible without the generosity of people in Jersey, the chief executive of the national charity says.
‘Keep tobacco and drink duty for health’
DUTIES charged on alcohol and tobacco for ‘health reasons’ should be paid into a ring-fenced pot and used to pay for health services, according to the chairman of a Scrutiny panel.
Senator: Make more use of private sector
THE continued growth of Jersey’s public sector payroll despite the tough economic climate shows that the States are doing too much and risks turning into a ‘nanny state’, according to one States Member.
New loan scheme faces criticism from Scrutiny
A LOAN scheme designed to help first-time homeowners has been launched.
Housing problems and pitfalls
A GREAT many first-time buyers in Jersey need all the help that they can get to enable them to put a foot on the housing ladder. Property prices in the Island are, as everyone knows, prohibitively high.
Celebrating a world of books
During the day, school pupils marked the literary celebration in all manner of ways, from going to school dressed as their favourite book characters to welcoming special visitors to read them a book.
Wind farms remain an option
WIND farms could form part of Jersey’s future after plans to ban them from the Island and its territorial waters were overwhelmingly rejected by the States yesterday.
Sharing the burden of costs
IMPORTANT questions will be asked tomorrow by the Corporate Services Scrutiny panel, chaired by Senator Sarah Ferguson.

