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From the left, Tina Collenette and daughter Hannah with Kealeigh Bullock and Melissa Hockey as they took a look around new school St Sampson’s High yesterday. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 0630958) ALL secondary-level students must enjoy the same high-level facilities that can be found at the new St Sampson’s High School, according to deputy Education [...]

HUNDREDS of chickens are attacking graves at Vale Cemetery. Sexton Peter Hamon, left, with Deputy Matt Fallaize in the Vale Cemetery where poultry problems have gone unresolved for years. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 0630771)

Santa Skaba at the Co-op in St Martin’s. The store chain has seen hundreds of baskets go missing since the start of charging for plastic bags. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 0630997) TAKING a shopping basket home instead of paying for a plastic carrier bag is proving too popular for some shoppers.

ISLAND resident Sir Derrick Bailey – the man who set up Aurigny in 1968 – has celebrated his 90th birthday. Sir Derrick, who has lived in Alderney since 1973, hosted a party for family and friends at his home in Bluestone Hill to mark the occasion.

SARK’S traditional sea service was held on Sunday morning and – I think for the first time, although someone will no doubt correct me if I’m wrong – there was the welcome sight of both the St Peter Port lifeboat and the marine ambulance, Flying Christine, moored alongside each other in Creux Harbour.