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A COMPLETE ban on smoking in all enclosed workplaces in the Island, including pubs, clubs and restaurants, is likely to be fast-tracked to be in place by the end of this year.

ANTI-nuclear protesters staged a massive international demonstration in Cherbourg at the weekend against government proposals to build the first of a new generation of European Pressurised Reactors at Flamanville on the Normandy coast, opposite Sark.

PLANS to levy sales tax on GP visits and prescriptions with Health Insurance Fund money may be illegal, according to Senator Stuart Syvret.

MOVING cancer patients who go to Southampton for treatment from The Manor House to a city centre hotel will save £60,000 a year, the Health Minister revealed yesterday.

APATHY, arrogant ministers and spin will lead to the demise of democracy in Jersey, according to St Helier Deputy Shona Pitman.

CONSTABLES are quite often referred to as the fathers of their parish – but according to one minister St Helier may have a godfather instead.

THE Island’s biggest union and Health Minister Stuart Syvret are on a collision course over plans to press ahead with the closure of two elderly care wards before a scrutiny panel has reviewed the move.

A COMPLETE ban on selling fur coats and importing fur into Jersey could be introduced if the States agree with a proposal lodged yesterday by Senator Stuart Syvret.

HEALTH Minister Stuart Syvret has been criticised by both Chief Minister Frank Walker and the politician in charge of parliamentary standards for his closing speech in last week’s GST exemptions debate.

HEALTH organisations will tell a scrutiny panel tomorrow that a sales tax on healthcare amounts to taxing people for being ill.