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New island weekly is launched

A new free newspaper has been launched in Jersey, giving the island its only weekly title. The Jersey Metro is being published by the Guiton Group, which also publishes the Jersey Evening Post, and is in direct response to the

Phone firm made 2,000 per cent error in newspaper poll

A phone company error in a newspaper phone poll indicated almost one in four of the population may have called to register their view. Jersey Telecom counted the number of seconds of call time rather than the number of calls

Death of a 'great character'

A veteran journalist who was a household TV name before turning his skills to newspapers has died, aged 69. Jersey Evening Post columnist Gordon Young retired as a feature writer at the newspaper in 1997 but continued to write a

Evening paper's Qatar battle over

An Arab leader has dropped his appeal against the lifting of reporting restrictions on a case concerning arms cash deposits by the Middle Eastern state of Qatar. In December the Jersey Evening Post won a battle to persuade the Royal

Press freedom case success for Post

An evening newspaper has persuaded a court to lift reporting restrictions on a case concerning arms cash deposits by the Middle Eastern state of Qatar. Jersey’s Royal Court has agreed to lift its ban on reporting a case in which

Publication of name 'did not invade privacy'

Coverage of a rector who resigned his post over his relationship with the church secretary did not break rules on privacy, the Press Complaints Commission has ruled. In August the Jersey Evening Post revealed that Rev Francis Mason was resigning