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Death of a Durrell legend

Saturday 16 August 2014

Durrell have announced the sad news that one of their best loved animals – Gina the Orangutan – has died at the age of 51.Gina died peacefully late on Thursday night....

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I saw no abuse at Haut de la Garenne, says 1960s witness

Saturday 16 August 2014

The “familiar territory” of Haut de la Garenne children’s home provided a welcome respite for one boy to the ordeal of foster care, the Independent Jersey Care Enquiry heard yesterday.Michael Laing, the first witness to give evidence of conditions in the home during the 1960s, told t...

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One person a day injured on Jersey roads last year

Friday 15 August 2014

On average one person a day was injured in a road traffic accident in Jersey last year, with one person a week being seriously injured.Figures just released by the States of Jersey Police reveal 385 people were injured in road traffic ...

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Charity screening of Dead Poets Society tonight

Friday 15 August 2014

Islanders are invited to commemorate the life of Robin Williams with a charity screening of Dead Poets Society in support of a Jersey mental health charity.The American actor, who died on Monday at the age of 63, played English teacher John Keating in the ...

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Employment scheme gets 45 youngsters back to work

Friday 15 August 2014

A programme which encourages business to hire young people who are out of work has had its first successes.The Youth Incentive offers businesses £6,500 for giving a permanent position to 16-24 year-old...

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Karl Marx's favourite Jersey pub on Branchage programme

Friday 15 August 2014

Jersey’s International film festival will be looking back at the time Karl Marx spent in one of the Island’s oldest pubs.Branchage is boasting a full programme of literature, poetry and the spoken word as well as all the ...

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