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Barclay brothers criticise 'undemocratic' Sark government

Twins say island's democratic reforms are incomplete and MPs' report fails to understand true cause of Sark's difficultiesThe Barclay brothers, owners of the Telegraph Media Group, have launched a...

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Gress Beach cordoned off after suspected unexploded ordnance found

Rusting explosive device on Isle of Lewis beach discovered day after suspected mortar bomb is disposed of on Norfolk beachA beach has been cordoned off after the discovery of a rusting explosive...

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Neanderthals cleared of driving mammoths over cliff in mass slaughter

New evidence suggests it would have been impossible to stampede mammoths to their deaths at site in JerseyHeaps of mammoth and woolly rhino bones found piled up at the foot of a cliff were thought to...

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Sham directors: the woman running 1,200 companies from a Caribbean rock

In name, Sarah Petre-Mears runs a global empire. In reality it is a sham, an offshore network of porn sites and luxury property vehicles linked by PO boxes and letter dropsAt the age of 38,...

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Offshore secrets: where is Sarah Petre-Mears? - video

James Ball travels to the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis searching for Sarah Petre-Mears, who on paper controls more than 1,200 companies scattered around the Caribbean, the Republic of Ireland, New...

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The 'Sark Lark' Britons scattered around the world

From the Caribbean to Cyprus, former Channel islanders are taking money to disguise the ownership of thousands of companiesMany Britons who make a living from "the signing", as they call it, originate...

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Offshore secrets: information sharing

Jersey's chief minister says Channel Islands and overseas territories discussing agreement modelled on US arrangementsThe UK government is exploring whether it can force the British Virgin Islands and...

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George Osborne's budget support offer turns into right royal dig at Ed Miliband

Chancellor, who read history at Oxford, uses tale of King John and Magna Carta signing to mock Labour leaderNice one, chancellor. In offering budget support for celebrations to mark 800 years since the...

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Top Tory has family link with offshore banker who gave party £800,000

Financial services minister Andrea Leadsom's brother-in-law also gave £1m to other rightwing causesAn offshore financier who is the brother-in-law of financial services minister Andrea Leadsom has...

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Offshore tax dealings: celebrities and sportsmen in leaked Jersey files

Leaked records held with Kleinwort Benson reveal the range of prominent individuals involved in offshoringTop Tory has family link with offshore banker who gave £800kOffshore secrets of the UK's...

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Commonwealth Games feel like a home games for seven home nations

Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey fans cheer on local heroes as Glasgow welcomes seven teams from British IslesPeter Kennaugh won gold for Great Britain at the London Olympics in the cycling team...

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Jersey's compulsory cycle helmet law: based on emotion, not evidence?

The Channel Islands politicians insist compulsory bike helmet use for under 14s will improve public health. But the evidence does not seem to be on their sideFor UK cyclists the issue of compulsory...

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Young girl rescued in Jersey after drifting out to sea on bodyboard

Four-year-old had been playing on the shoreline at Rozel Bay before her mother realised she was a 'speck on the horizon'A four-year-old girl has been rescued after drifting half a mile out to sea on...

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Thai police focus on migrant workers in search for killer of British tourists

Officers release images from CCTV footage in hunt for person who murdered David Miller and Hannah Witheridge on Koh TaoPolice in Thailand say they are focusing on migrant workers in the hunt for the...

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Koh Tao: the chilled-out island in the full-moon party archipelago | Cathy...

The Thai paradise island where two Britons were murdered felt safe and sleepy when I was there a few months agoIt is a part of the world routinely described as paradise. And of the popular Gulf of...

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Channel Islanders committed 'treason' in second world war: from the archive,...

A British intelligence officer turned author says he might take out a prosecution against the islands collectively under an ancient law of harbouring of the Kings enemyA furious row has broken out in...

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Police called in over ‘media harassment’ on Sark

Newspaper edited by man with links to Barclay brothers accused of criminal harassment by more than 50 islandersMore than 50 residents of a tiny island paradise have contacted police claiming they have...

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Families facing eviction from New Era estate outraged at landlord’s mansion

Westbrook partners investor attacked for £4m home as firm plans offshore ownership for flats to avoid corporation taxThe Mayfair investor overseeing plans that could lead to the eviction of dozens of...

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Jersey newspaper adopts metered paywall for its online content

It becomes the third UK regional daily to charge for access to its websiteA third UK regional daily newspaper has adopted a metered paywall. In future, the Jersey Evening Post will allow users to read...

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Labour leader Ed Miliband can be bold on offshore tax havens | Letters

Ed Miliband (‘I will not back down’ – Miliband, 7 February) does not have to be so tentative about tax havens in UK crown dependencies and British overseas territories (BOTs). In BOTs such as Bermuda...

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