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HEALTH Minister Stuart Syvret has received the unanimous backing of the Council of Ministers in the row over changed working practices for nurses.

SENATOR Stuart Syvret of the Town Park Support Group has come out against the new proposals submitted by Andrew Le Quesne for the Millennium Town Park.

THE law relating to abortion is to be amended, to extend the time that an abortion can be allowed in Jersey from 12 to 24 weeks – in instances when the foetus ‘is likely to have an exceedingly poor quality of life’.

FINANCE president Senator Terry Le Sueur has scotched rumours that he might be a surprise candidate in the election for Jersey’s first Chief Minister.

THE work of the Waterfront Enterprise Board has been strongly defended as a call is made for it to be disbanded and for the States to take control.

THE days of smoky bars and nightclubs are likely to be over if the States approve in principle the next phase of the Tobacco Strategy.

THE Policy and Resources president’s offer to talk to the Island has been condemned as an election gimmick and an abuse of public money by Senator Stuart Syvret.

ABOUT 700 trade unionists yesterday heard an eminent lawyer say that Jersey’s proposed new employment relations laws offer less protection to workers than pre-apartheid South Africa or the old Soviet state.

PREPARATIONS are advancing to ensure that if the Island is hit by pandemic flu, it will be fully prepared to deal with the emergency.

POLITICIANS will have to declare all their direct property interests in future, after overwhelmingly supporting a proposal yesterday from Senator Stuart Syvret.