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Jersey County, Channel Islands

Jersey County, Channel Islands News Archives

Jersey County, Channel Islands News Archives for October 2009

Oct 31, 2009 | Surreycomet.co.uk

Golfers donate 1,000 to Operation Butterfly

A group of kind-hearted golfers has scored an eagle with our Operation Butterfly, set up to help build a cancer centre in the borough.

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Related Topix: Greater London County, England, Surrey County, England, United Kingdom,

Fri Oct 30, 2009

BBC

New poppies for island's children

Poppy badges which have been designed for children are being old in Jersey this year.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom

Wed Oct 28, 2009

BBC

Teenage woman sexually assaulted

An 18-year-old woman has been sexually assaulted in Jersey. The attack happened on Monday, in the early afternoon, in the island parish of St Clement.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom

Mon Oct 26, 2009

BBC

Endangered birds found on beach

A species of geese that is listed as endangered has been found in Jersey. Numbers of Red-breasted Geese have halved in the past ten years with 37,000 remaining, the International Union for Conservation of Nature said.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom,

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Mirror

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, Travel

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Country Life Online

Buying country houses in tax havens Guernsey and Jersey

Labour's plan to introduce a 50% rate of Income Tax for high earners with effect from April 2010 has sparked a surge of activity in the property market in Guernsey, where recent high-profile incomers include private-equity supremo Guy Hands, one of Britain's richest businessmen, who moved to the island in May.

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Related Topix: Guernsey County, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, Europe, World News, Home, Home Listing, Victoria, TX

Thu Oct 22, 2009

BBC

Award for a coastline development

A development project on the south coast of Jersey has been nominated for an international property award.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Virgin Islands Daily News

Judge: Target practice only disturbs the peace

A V.I. Superior Court magistrate judge dismissed all but one of three charges against three St.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom,

BBC

Parish may twin with Breton port

The parish of St Clement could be twinned with a town in northern France, if residents agree.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom

Tue Oct 20, 2009

WSTA

Teachers on a Mini-Quest

Attention St. Croix schools are closed on Friday for American Federation of Teachers Mini Quest .

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Related Topix: St. Croix, Virgin Islands, Agriculture, Science, United Kingdom, World News, Central America, Virgin Islands

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Virgin Islands Daily News

Coastweeks counting on strong turnout for cleanups

Daily News Photo by CRISTIAN SIMESCU Good Hope School students Macdonald Taylor, 17, left, and Eric Guzman, 17, carry pieces of a discarded refrigerator during a Coastweeks cleanup at Salt River on St.

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Related Topix: World News, Virgin Islands, Central America, United Kingdom,

Fri Oct 16, 2009

WSTA

Who is the Teacher of the Year.

Park is threatened a ' by global warming. A new report is out from the Natural resource Defense Council called National Parks in Pearl: The Threat of Climate Disruption.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, United Kingdom, World News, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, ADHD, Health, Medicine

Thu Oct 15, 2009

BBC

Body in sea is missing fisherman

A body that was found in the sea off the north coast of Jersey has been officially identified as missing fisherman Edward Charles Blanchet.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom,

BBC

Boy, 15, in court on rape charge

A 15-year-old boy who is charged with rape and robbery has appeared at Jersey's Youth Court.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Virgin Islands Daily News

Inspection, mechanical trouble curtail Charlotte Amalie to Cruz Bay ferries

With two ferryboats out of commission, ferry operators have canceled the downtown Charlotte Amalie to Cruz Bay run until further notice.

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Related Topix: World News, Virgin Islands, United Kingdom, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, US News, US Coast Guard, US Military

BBC

Suspension affects town policing

The cost of the suspension of Jersey's chief officer of police has had a negative effect on policing in St Helier, the parish constable has said.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom

Surreycomet.co.uk

Chances of IVF conception reduced by delays

Womena s chances of conceiving through in vitro fertilisation in the borough are being reduced because of a delay in receiving treatment, new figures show.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom

Tue Oct 13, 2009

WFMU's Beware of the Blog

Old Jersey vs. New Jersey, Part 2

This time I am including an sample of what the folks I stopped on the streets of St.

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Related Topix: Europe, Jersey, World News, United Kingdom

BBC

Girl sexually assaulted in field

Police have launched an investigation after a teenage girl was sexually assaulted in a field in St Helier.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom

Mon Oct 12, 2009

From Our Own Correspondent

Echoes of Jersey's Occupation

A recent film festival on Jersey used locations that reflected the island's history, including the years it spent under German occupation during World War II.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom

Sat Oct 10, 2009

BBC

Roads shut for island car rally

Roads in 10 parishes in the island will be closed for periods of time this week for the Jersey Car Rally.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Stuff

Drug baron convicted over $2m plot

DRUG BARON: Curtis Warren has been found guilty of trying to smuggle $2m worth of drugs into the island of Jersey.

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Related Topix: Prison, United Kingdom

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Daily Mail

Downfall of man they called Cocky: Europe's most wanted criminal had...

One of Britain's most notorious gangsters was facing a lengthy jail sentence yesterday after being convicted of trying to smuggle 1million worth of cannabis into Jersey.

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Related Topix: Prison, Drugs, United Kingdom

Wimbledon Guardian

Epsom and St Helier health trust prepares swine flu second wave

A health trust has appointed two directors to prepare for a possible winter outbreak of swine flu.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom

Wed Oct 07, 2009

This Is Lancashire

Drugs baron guilty of cannabis plot

Drugs baron Curtis Warren has been convicted of trying to smuggle 1 million worth of cannabis into Jersey.

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Wimbledon Guardian

New beds can carry super-sized patients

Epsom and St Helier hospitals will install 100 new beds to carry patients weighing up to 50 stone.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom

Mon Oct 05, 2009

BBC

'Coast protest cannot be ignored'

Politicians in Jersey cannot ignore the strength of feeling over inappropriate development on the island's coastline, the planning minister has said.

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Lytham Today

1m drugs plot trial jury out A jury has begun its deliberations in...

A jury has begun its deliberations in the trial of an "influential" Liverpool drug trafficker accused of leading a plot to flood the island of Jersey with A 1 million of cannabis.

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Related Topix: Drugs, United Kingdom

BBC

Camping visitors 'triple in 2009'

A Jersey campsite has said it has seen its business triple in 2009. BleuSoleil Camping, in St Ouen, said more than 30,000 people had stayed at the site so far this year, compared with about 10,000 in 2008.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom,

Sat Oct 03, 2009

BBC News

Village evacuated in Jersey fire

Jersey's fire service are tackling a furze fire in St Ouen just south of Val de la Mar reservoir.

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Related Topix: Fire, United Kingdom,

BBC

Driver sought in cliff car probe

Police investigating the discovery of a car at the bottom of cliffs in Jersey want to speak to a driver believed to have given a teenager a lift.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom

Fri Oct 02, 2009

WSTA

WAPA Bills will increase

Public Services Commission met yesterday and issued a decision to allow WAPA to increase the Levelized Energy Adjustment Clause.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Alternative Energy, Washington, DC, United Kingdom, US News, ATF

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Virgin Islands Daily News

Electric, water bills headed higher

The territory's consumers will see higher electric and water bills in October following a V.I. Public Services Commission decision Tuesday to increase the Levelized Energy Adjustment Clause on V.I. Water and Power Authority bills.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, World News, Virgin Islands, Central America

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