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Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88

Farewell to a modern great

Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88 www.bbc.com/news/article...

That was such a good day and such a good week 🥰🌳

Third day in a row climbing this week. Everything aches, but I can't stop 🙃

JRCC Beginner Friendly Club Night last night

1. Topropes Galore!
2. @megdvs.bsky.social on Question of Balance, a fun technical E2 6a
3. Danny leading Heathcliff, HVD
4. Golden Hour

#rockclimbing #sunset #jerseyci

Great day on La Néthe Falaise - one of Jersey's few north facing crags, (intimidating, but shady on hot days)

1-Dom setting off on Three Pints of Lager, VS 4c
2- @megdvs.bsky.social on the 60 metre absiel
3-La Néthe Falaise in all its glory
4-Post-climb thunderstorm read, by @lebiss.bsky.social 🙌

The size of Glastonbury Festival compared to the major Channel Islands

My brilliant colleague Jodie put a lot of work into speaking to teen boys in Jersey about their online lives, and the result is fascinating and insightful. Worth a listen 📻

LISTEN: Customs, crime and cracking history – meet Jersey’s first female Impôts chief From a drugs mule claiming to have been surfing in Rennes to large-scale money-laundering investigations and "emotive"," immigration cases, the first woman to hold the title of Agent of the Impôts's role spoke to Express about the challenges faced daily by the service... The first woman in the role "in living memory", Rhiannon Small said she has been researching the role, using the archive to understand its history.

From a drugs mule claiming to have been surfing in Rennes to large-scale money-laundering investigations and "emotive"," immigration cases, the first woman to hold the title of Agent of the Impôts role spoke to Express about the challenges faced daily by the service...

I can’t WAIT for next year! 💪

“The more chaotic our times, the deeper is our need to slow down and read fiction. In an age of anger and anxiety, clashing certainties, rising jingoism and populism, the division between “us” and “them” also deepens. The novel, however, dismantles dualities”

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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

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FOCUS: “Mistake after mistake after mistake” What happens when someone calls the police with a rape allegation, but they are met with a series of mistakes from the moment officers arrive until the trial? A Guernseywoman went viral on TikTok last year speaking about her experiences. Daisy Chapple's story shows what can go wrong when someone makes a report of rape to the police. "I knew that I would be making a complaint when all of this was done, regardless of the verdict," she said.

A Guernseywoman went viral on TikTok last year speaking about her experiences after reporting a rape to Guernsey Police.

Daisy Chapple hopes her story can help others, and effect change in how such situations are handled - saying she wants her ordeal to "mean something".

I can’t stop laughing at how chilled I look when in reality I thought I was about to fall 😂

Had the most fun on a very sunny Saturday! Loved taking the pics too @belays-and-boulder.bsky.social 🌞

“Landmark” domestic abuse ruling is “key” for public confidence The overturning of a domestic abuse sentencing yesterday has been welcomed as a "landmark" case by campaigners, who said they hoped it would restore confidence in the justice system again. Terence Michael Tremarco (62) had originally been handed 456 hours of community service for nine grave and criminal assaults and one common assault, committed between 1994 and 2000.

The overturning of a domestic abuse sentencing yesterday has been welcomed as a "landmark" case by campaigners, who said they hoped it would restore confidence in the justice system again...

INSIGHT: Months of emails reveal growing tensions between Condor and Morel Communications between the CEO of Condor Ferries and Jersey's Economic Development Minister have revealed months of tensions that built up as the ferry tender process went on – from a plan to rebrand as 'Bailiwick Ferries' and a chase for financial information, to rumours that its ships were being used as film sets instead of serving Jersey and complaints that delays were harming Condor's finances.

Communications between Condor Ferries and Jersey's Economic Development Minister have revealed months of tensions that built up as the ferry tender process went on – from a plan to rebrand as 'Bailiwick Ferries', and rumours that its ships were being used as film sets instead of serving Jersey...

Raising age of criminal responsibility “not a good solution” in some cases, says UK minister Simply raising the age of criminal responsibility is "not a good solution" for complicated and extreme cases involving children, the UK's new Minister with responsibility for the Crown Dependencies has said.  Frederick Ponsonby, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, was in Jersey this week after being appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the UK's Ministry of Justice – a role that includes responsibility for constitutional relationships with the Crown Dependencies. 

Simply raising the age of criminal responsibility is "not a good solution" for complicated and extreme cases involving children, the UK's new Minister with responsibility for the Crown Dependencies has said...

Why should you read “Moby Dick”? - Sascha Morrell YouTube video by TED-Ed

Something to watch today. youtu.be/mmoFxVqZ9z4

Health Minister accused of making islanders “subjects of an experiment” Jersey's Health Minister has been accused of making islanders "the subjects of an experiment for which he has no evidence" as he brings in sweeping changes to the Health Department's structure with no public consultation, cost-benefit analysis, or looking for a comparable model elsewhere. Deputy Tom Binet faced pushback in the States Assembly this week against his reorganisation of the Health Department…

Jersey's Health Minister has been accused of making islanders "the subjects of an experiment for which he has no evidence" as he brings in sweeping changes to the Health Department's structure with no public consultation, cost-benefit analysis, or looking for a comparable model elsewhere...

“Inappropriate prescribing” of antibiotics causing infections in Hospital The Hospital has seen a rise in antibiotic-resistant infections caused by inappropriately-prescribed antibiotics, it has emerged. Speaking at a meeting of the Health Advisory Board yesterday, non-executive director and leading GP Dame Clare Gerada said the Quality, Safety and Improvement Committee was "quite concerned about the rise of C. difficile". C. difficile is an antibiotic-resistant infection with symptoms including diarrhoea.

The Hospital has seen a rise in antibiotic-resistant infections caused by inappropriately-prescribed antibiotics, it has emerged...

Oh my heart 🥹 brilliant pics below and also on jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2025/01...

Wonderful story. Deservedly on the front page.

"Es ging ganz schnell": Auschwitz kann sich wiederholen Was vor 80 Jahren in Auschwitz geschah, kann sich wiederholen.

If any of you read German (and without wanting to offend anyone in Jersey but there may be some), today's t-online Tagesanbruch hits hard.

"Der Abstieg von der Normalität zur Entmenschlichung war steil und kurz. Und aus eigener Kraft ging es nicht mehr zurück."

www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...

FOCUS: The economics of keeping Jersey caffeinated With issues ranging from drought and floods to increasing rent and electricity, Jersey's coffee shops are reckoning with major challenges to their ability to sell reasonably-priced flat whites and

With issues ranging from drought and floods to rising rent and electricity, Jersey's cafés are reckoning with major challenges to their ability to sell reasonably-priced coffee ☕️

One of my favourite stories of 2024!

www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/kee...