14 « March « 2008 « « This Is Guernsey

Title finale set up

DESPITE losing their final match against Pulp Friction 14-8, Butterfield Bank managed to hang onto their lead to win the second half of the Carey Olsen Team League and force a play-off next week with Carey Olsen.

Local evacuee maintains 100% appearance record

ANN DE SAUSMAREZ GRANTHAM swears by the health benefits of swimming and is urging more parents to get their children in the water.

Sarnie barney lost driver job

WHEN Rex Robert’s sandwich van broke down, so did his relationship with his boss – a former colleague – an industrial tribunal heard yesterday.

Scrutiny has carved a niche

IT STARTED with a blank sheet of paper four years ago.

Vote younger, but stand later?

TWO proposals – one to reduce the voting age to 16, the other to increase the age at which a member of the public can stand for office – were hotly debated at this week’s People’s Meeting in Alderney.

VAT issue is lurking

FOR most islanders, Alastair Darling’s first Budget was an unremarkable affair even though it contained some significant backtracking on the tax treatment of ‘non-doms’, the wealthy professionals who make a major contribution to Britain’s commercial life.