June « 2007 « « This Is Guernsey

Minister let us down

THE marine trade's spokesman has accused the minister for Commerce and Employment of skirting the issue over fuel duty.

Obesity comes into the open

DEBATE on tackling obesity has begun and already there are concerns about how the strategy will be funded.

£10K damage as takeout chilli bursts into flames

A CHINESE takeaway owner was left counting the cost yesterday after fire ripped through his Town premises.

Missing: one third of our politicians

MORE than a third of members were missing yesterday when the States decided to retain Wednesday for the next general election, on 23 April 2008.

‘Create schools access over the other side’

ACCESS to the new schools at Les Nicolles should be possible across adjoining land, argue pedestrian safety campaigners and environmentalists.

Garland won’t risk it over the hurdles

DALE GARLAND will not risk hurdling in Rhodes.

Testing unlikely in Rhodes

GUERNSEY'S Island Games competitors are unlikely to be drugs-tested in Rhodes - but they are at future Island Games.

Bermuda seeks the best of two worlds

'NATIONAL pride will be at stake for a team of Bermudian athletes preparing to compete against some of the world's elite performers at the Island Games in New York.'

Watts takes to running like a swimmer to water

HELEN WATTS by her own admission is very competitive.

England’s teen star outshines Le Ber

MATT LE BER had an unprintable initial response to his 21-9 defeat at the hands of England's 16-year-old sensation Matt Coppen in the final of the British Isles under-25 singles championship at Sighthill in Edinburgh yesterday.