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Passport loophole to be closed

Saturday 08 February 2014

A loophole in Jersey’s legislation means that there is currently no law against forging passports here or using false information to get a UK passport.Although Guernsey has had a law in place since the 1970s, no similar legislation was introduced here...

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Kart plan crashes out at first corner

Friday 07 February 2014

Parish officials have been sent back to the starting grid after plans to lease out a kart track failed to get the green light from residents.St John Constable Phil Rondel will now have to come up with fresh plans after parishioners told him ...

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Thrillseekers “putting themselves in harm’s way”

Friday 07 February 2014

Police have warned Islanders not to take chances with high tides and wild weather with storms likely to continue for the next few days.The Jersey driver pictured here felt the full force of the weather yesterday as waves lashed over hi...

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Writers’ group on the hunt for fresh fiction

Friday 07 February 2014

Islanders are being urged to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and get writing about the Channel Islands for a new book to be published in April.Local writers’ group, Channel Island Fiction, is working on an anthology of stories and poems ...

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New immigration plan: will it work?

Thursday 06 February 2014

Plans to set an immigration limit of 325 newcomers per year are going to be checked by a panel of politicians.A Scrutiny panel has called public hearings on the Council of Ministers’ plans to set an inter...

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We may need the Queen to step in on reform - Gorst

Thursday 06 February 2014

Jersey may still have to ask the Queen to set up a Royal Commission to deal with political reform after the last round of proposals was defeated, according to Chief Minister Ian Gorst.He says that the “final option” of asking the UK to step in to fix the problem remained ...

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