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Noise Annoys
2007-07-31 02:59:00 I live on the edge of St.Helier, the opposite end of town to the seafront. Early on Saturday evening a heavy bass-beat starting resounding through my wall. I stuck my head out of the window to try and figure out which inconsiderate neighbour was playing their CD's at full volume. The music was even louder in the street....but I just couldn't pinpoint it's location. It seemed to be More About: Noise , Anno
More Street Violence
2007-07-29 18:21:00 In St. Helier street violence seems to be increasing in ferocity. I feel like an old man when I recall how it was 10 years ago, when drunken violence tended to go no further than a couple of guys slugging it out in an empty street at 1am....that seems an almost quaint and innocent scenario conpared to much of what we've witnessed so far this year. This week's nasty drunken incidents included More About: Street , Violence , Viol
Wanted!
2007-07-29 18:14:00 Someone sent me this, with the suggestion that I ask readers to print numerous copies off and stick them up in prominent places around the island - something which I could not condone or agree to do because it probably breaks some flyposting law.... More About: Wanted
Walker's Banana (Slight Return)
2007-07-28 12:36:00 In the wake of the furore over the the island's new logo, a number of local companies this week held an exhibition to showcase alternative designs. None of these designs will be used as Chief Minister Frank Walker has already signed the cheque for his preferred "masterpiece", but they do prove a damn good point. One of the main bones of contention regarding Walker's logo was his staunch More About: Banana , Return , Turn , Nana
Community Disservice
2007-07-21 19:14:00 A group of youths launch an unprovoked assault on two other youths, so vicious in it's ferocity that doorman at a nearby nightclub who witness the incident are convinced that somebody will end up dead, likening it to "a pack of wolves" attacking. A teenager imports £1,400 worth of cannabis by mail. A man breaches the peace, assaults a Police Officer and resists arrest. He is later More About: Community , Diss , Unit
ATM
2007-07-19 00:12:00 "How much longer do we have to put up with a Council of Ministers who are more concerned with protecting their own position than with looking after the needs of the public? We have seen our Chief Minister tolerating deficiences in ministerial departments because to embark upon a cabinet reshuffle would make his position vulnerable. For far too long we have danced to the tune of
Professional Incompetence?
2007-07-16 14:58:00 At the end of last week it was announced that the new £30 million extension to the Royal Yacht Hotel has been built a metre and a half higher than their planning application permitted. There is a vague possibilty that Planning Minister Freddie Cohen could order the owners to tear down the roof of the building....but let's be honest, that's a highly unlikely scenario. No doubt More About: Incompetence , Professional , Fess
Terry Hits Reverse
2007-07-10 20:22:00 Despite his rather smugly arrogant assertion last week that a low valuation of the JCG building gave him full justification to go ahead with his planned sale of the property to the lowest bidder, Finance Minister Terry Le Sueur has now hit reverse gear. Because "The rumblings" surrounding his decision "had not gone away", he decided today that the property will be put out to More About: Hits
Weekend Street Violence
2007-07-10 00:08:00 Amongst other sundry assaults this weekend, two violent attacks took place near the town centre at Snow Hill. The first attack happened in broad daylight on Friday afternoon. A 32 year old man was assaulted in the street and robbed of £100 - an occurrence very unusual for Jersey...not the assault, the robbery. The second attack took place later the same evening. A man driving past Snow Hill More About: Street , Weekend , Violence , Viol
Drunk Mob Taint Charity Event
2007-07-10 00:07:00 It was an interesting weekend down at FB Fields recreation ground, another part of St. Helier with a reputation for troublesome anti-social behaviour from local youths...who this time sank to an all-time low. A 24 hour charity relay was taking place on the sports field in aid of Cancer Research. On the Saturday evening of the event Police were called to deal with a gang of up to 40 drunken More About: Event , Charity , Drunk , Vent , Taint
Another St Ouen Pub Closes
2007-07-06 19:54:00 Last month it was announced that the Relais De Mielles pub in St Ouens had been sold to developers. That spurred me to write a post about the many now gone watering holes and nightclubs of St Ouen. Today it was announced that La Forge pub in St Ouen is also to be closed, sold to developers who want the site for housing. Locals have stated that this type of redevelopment within
Voting Aged Lowered To 16
2007-07-06 15:37:00 As from next year the age of eligibilty to vote in elections will drop from 18 to 16. With this bringing a possible few thousand new votes into play, the prospect seems to be frightening some States members into believing that "children" would vote for "the wrong things". Other Ministers are of the opinion that the lowering of the voting age was not required as there's no More About: Voting , Lowe
Govt. Ignores Local Job Losses
2007-07-06 14:59:00 JWL, a local building firm, is having to lay-off a number of workers because major contracts are being issued to foreign firms with no consideration being given to local businesses. The Managing Director of the company, Heath Kearns, has contacted a number of senior politicians to voice his concern regarding this issue - however, this is not the first time a local employer has been forced More About: Local , Losses , Govt , Loca
Ignoring Local Job Losses
2007-07-06 10:50:00 JWL, a local building firm, is having to lay-off a number of workers because major contracts are being issued to foreign firms with no consideration being given to local businesses. The Managing Director of the company, Heath Kearns, has contacted a number of senior politicians to voice his concern regarding this issue. However, this is not the first time a local employer has been forced into More About: Local , Losses , Loca
What's Terry's Game?
2007-07-06 03:05:00 And so the strange saga of the JCG sell-off continues. For those of you unaware of the situation, you can find the previous instalments here and here. In brief, Treasury Minister Terry Le Sueur planned to sell the old JCG building in St.Helier for just over £1.8 million to Grange Developments, despite also having an offer from an unnamed buyer of just over £3 million. At the time More About: Game
Figure this one out...
2007-07-06 02:28:00 ....because I certainly can't! From Jersey Tourism: Visitor Beds 1987 - 24,166 Visitor Beds 2006 - 13,100 French Day Trippers 1987 - 125,000 French Day Trippers 2006 - 63,700 Arrivals 1987 - 1,294,00 Arrivals 2006 - 1,11,5000 Better leave the case to Sgt. Jim...... More About: Figure
Stone Crazy
2007-06-30 16:06:00 I'm led to believe that Guy De Faye is the only Jersey politician with a conviction for possession of illegal narcotics. However, when it comes to the abuse of legal substances, De Faye seems to be distinctly lacking in experience. In light of a recent study by the Safer Saint Helier Strategy Group, De Faye has backed calls for nightclub licensing hours to be extended. He More About: Crazy , Stone , Tone
Is The Law An Ass?
2007-06-27 17:08:00 An individual named Jermaine Bailey found himself in the Royal Court the other day, for stealing a mobile phone. When Police searched his home they found more stolen items, including another two mobile phones, a camcorder, a digital camera, a voicetracer, an MP3 player, and a pair of sunglasses. Bailey has 15 previous convictions, including a number for dishonesty. Bailey is not More About: The Law
Heavy Liquid
2007-06-26 16:30:00 Well it's been all over the national news for the past few days, so I may aswell say a little about this rather unseasonal weather. According to the UK media, yesterday was the wettest the country has experienced for 50 years. Flooding has been so bad that Helicopters have been used in Sheffield to airlift people to safety, and three towns have been evacuated in Yorkshire as a dam More About: Liquid , Heavy
Child Rape
2007-06-26 16:16:00 A man is due to appear in the Magistrates Court today for raping a five year old girl and seven year old girl. This news warranted two sentences tucked away in the Jersey Evening Post's "News In Brief" column, on page 4 of yesterday's paper. The front page of that same edition was dedicated to news about tourism, the Gorey reggatta and the new Employment law breaching workers rights. I would More About: Child , Rape
Bad Tourism Spin
2007-06-26 15:43:00 So, last night's JEP proclaimed on the front page that tourism for this year is looking good, because arrivals are up. And how exactly are these "tourist" arrivals calculated? The powers that be simply count everyone arriving at the Harbour or Airport, indiscriminately. So the figure they issue for total arrivals includes locals arriving back from holidays and business trips, new More About: Tourism , Spin
The Wicker Man
2007-06-23 01:15:00 To celebrate the Summer solstice a 20 foot high Wicker Man was last night burnt on Greve De Lecq beach. Even though the burning of such an effigy is usually associated with Pagan worship, the organiser Richard Henwood said the idea came from the 1973 film of the same name. The Jersey wicker man wasn't quite as impressive as the one featured in the movie, but the burning made for an
A Forgotten Danger?
2007-06-22 16:02:00 In 1988 the UK's Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food warned the public "not to handle, slaughter or eat pigeons caught within 10 miles of the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria". This was following the discovery that Pigeons kept at a house 2 miles away from the plant were found to be heavily contaminated by radiation. Aside from the pigeons themselves being internally More About: Danger , Gott , Forgotten
Beatles, Stones & Faces
2007-06-22 14:30:00 Yesterday a set of Beat les autographs signed by the band following a show at Springfield Ballroom in St. Helier, sold at Bonhams auction house in London for £1,100. That's just £100 more than the band were paid for playing four nights at the venue. The concerts took place over a week in August of 1963, at the time the band were number one in the charts with their first single, ' More About: Faces , Tones , Tone
Bend Over The Barrel
2007-06-21 14:34:00 Stock up on vaseline today, because you're going get severely shafted very soon....unless you take a stand. People often see the words "Taxation" and "Finance" in an article and immediately turn the page. It's a booooooooooooooooooooooring subject....unless YOU are about to be directly hit in the pocket by what is a very questionable form of new taxation, General Sales Tax. More About: Bend , Barr , Barrel
Questionable Ethics?
2007-06-18 13:11:00 Last week I was discussing the island's mobile phone mast situation with a friend. I've mentioned it here a number of times previously, but across Jersey's 45 square mile area there are over 125 masts, that's 6 times the density of the entire mast 'population' of the United Kingdom. And our Government are actively encouraging the erection of more masts. It seems to me that there More About: Ethics
Walker Ignores Public Again
2007-06-16 16:07:00 When the public were given a sneak peek at at the possible design for Jersey's new logo last year, their reaction was overwhelmingly negative. When the public were shown the completed project this year, their reaction was overwhelmingly negative. The uproar was so great that last week Chief Minister Frank Walk er chaired a public discussion with the intention of justifying the project, More About: Public , Walker
Nightclubbed To Death
2007-06-16 12:20:00 Located at the Nothern tip of St Ouens Bay, the Relais des Mielles pub was recently sold to developers, no doubt to be turned into "quality housing". It was announced yesterday that the fittings, fixtures, and everything else within the building are to be being auctioned off by previous owners, Randalls Brewery. I only ever visited the Relais once, and my impression was that it More About: Death
Mount Bingham Sell Off?
2007-06-16 03:38:00 Yet another example of Jersey's unique heritage could be for the chop in the continuing quest for life enriching £££££££, as the States consider selling off Mount Bing ham for the purpose of.... you guessed it..."high quality housing". This idea apparently dribbled from the mind of Treasury Minister Terry Le Seur, a man of rather advanced years who now seems to be on a seek and More About: Sell
Nightclubbed To Death
More articles from this author:2007-06-16 03:00:00 Located at the Nothern tip of St Ouens Bay, the Relais des Mielles pub was recently sold to developers, no doubt to be turned into "quality housing". It was announced yesterday that the fittings, fixtures, and everything else within the building are to be being auctioned off by previous owners, Randalls Brewery. I only ever visited the Relais once, and my impression was that it More About: Death , Nightclub 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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