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A team from support service Help2Quit will be marching through King Street today to promote national No Smoking Day and its pharmacy service which helped support nearly a thousand Islanders as they battled to kick the habit last year.This year’s No Smoking Day campaign theme is “V for Victory” to get people to thin...
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Changes to States workers’ generous pension deals do not go far enough and there is still a question over whether they can be maintained, according to an investment manager who has served both as Health Minister and head of the public spending watchdog.Ben Shenton, the former Senator, says that public sector workers should embrace the new deal propose...
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Plans to give the Chief Minister the power to sack under performing ministers, and make the Council of Ministers toe a party line, are being discussed today.Chief Minister Ian Gorst is taking the proposals to the Council of Ministers ahead of lodging a form...
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A Jersey charity is looking for local teams to battle it out against each other in the Silkworth Challenge - a round-Island endurance event that will help raise funds for Islanders beating addiction.The challenge begins at dawn on Saturday 6 September with a coasteering leg from Grève de Lec...
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The first Chairman of Jersey's Cricket Board died this morning in his hotel room in Malaysia, after complaining of breathing difficulties.Keith Dennis had travelled as a supporter with the team, who had just gained promotion to the next l...
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Expensive final salary pensions for States workers would be scrapped under the biggest reforms of public sector pension schemes ever in Jersey, which have been proposed today.Chief Minister Ian Gorst has announced the plans to end the final salary schemes, and replace them w...
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