Herm’s Mermaid makeover leaves it without a licence

A blunder has forced the Mermaid Tavern to cancel all its Valentine’s bookings.


Attempted wife-killer tried to kill himself in Alderney

A MAN who tried to suffocate his wife had earlier left a devastated business and a trail of debt in Alderney.


Oyster farmers told they have a legal duty to make sure beds are safe

SHELLFISH farmers have a duty to ensure that oyster beds are not in a dangerous condition.


Give that lady a gong

FOOTBALL may be the in-yer-face, day-by-day backbone to our winter sports coverage and it is hard to dispute its self-proclaimed boast that remains the biggest and most populist sport there is.


Watson loses in quarters

THIRD seed Anna Hlavackova ended Heather Watson’s title hopes of the top prize at the $25,000 ITF tour event in Sutton, London yesterday.


No effective scrutiny in the system

ON TUESDAY, we suggested that one of the side effects of the concerns about the Health and Social Services’s approach to taxpayers’ funds and a ‘don’t touch the staff’ approach to cutting costs was highlighting the role of deputies on the political boards of departments.


‘My boy could have died and no one had answers’

THE father of a teenager suffering a brain virus said his son could have died after Health staff failed to spot the problem.


Watson progresses into quarter-finals

HEATHER WATSON made life difficult for herself as she progressed through to the quarter-finals of the $25k AEGON Pro-Series Sutton tournament.


Decline in trades figures masks a buoyant market

THE number of trades carried out at the Channel Islands Stock Exchange fell by more than 100 million last year compared to 2008.


Enthusiasts face battle over plan to retrieve German guns

THERE has been strong resistance to plans to bring back from Jersey two guns used in occupied Guernsey.

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