28 « August « 2008 « « This Is Guernsey

Angling prize fund of up to £10,000

AN UNPRECEDENTED prize fund is up for grabs in this year’s Guernsey Open Bass Festival.

Triathletes from UK and France descend on island

GUERNSEY’S first Granite Man is coming at the weekend.

Mother of bike-crash victim in charity plea

A GRIEVING mother is asking islanders to get behind a new charity that will help young men in difficulty.

It’s about more than the beer

ISLANDERS who don’t ‘do’ beer could be forgiven for wondering what all the excitement was about the opening last night of La Piette, Guernsey’s newest brewery.

Notre Dame in ‘historic’ offer to Town Church

THE Town Church could close temporarily next year.

Living Streets looks for school-path funds

FUNDS are needed to secure a safe path through a vinery site that backs onto St Sampson’s High School and Le Murier school.

Show some common sense, grower tells Environment

A VINERY owner who is finding it nearly impossible to exit his property in Duveaux Road has called on the Environment Department to show more common sense and install warning signs.

Best supporting role

DIANA ROWLAND was a quiet and shy Welsh girl from Penarth. But, after falling in love with a Guernseyman, she would go on to become one of the most public faces in an island she had barely even heard of.

From north to south

MOST family trees continue to branch for centuries. But this particular Caryl limb dies out with Diana and her older sister, Susan.

Rihoy’s late show gives Bels victory

BELS made it one apiece for this season’s silverware after a late turnaround to win the Rawlinson Cup at the Track last night.