21 « November « 2008 « « This Is Guernsey

THE Guernsey trampolining squad are off to the Home Nations tournament for the first time at the weekend.

Bank protection scheme is up for debate next week

A FAST-TRACKED scheme to compensate savers if a bank collapses is ready for approval next week.

Industry could use chunk of Bouet estate

PART of the Grand Bouet estate could become a strategic industrial reserve if new sites can be found for social housing.

‘I can’t work inside this secret system’

DEPUTY Mike Hadley says that an inability to work within the system forced him to quit Health and Social Services, the only board on which he had a seat.

Acts of charity light up community

THE Sark Sheep Race meeting and other fund-raising events have boosted the Professor Saint Medical Fund by more than £20,000.

In memory of Midge

EMOTIONAL tributes were paid to Alderney legend Midget Dupont at the weekend. Midge, as he was known to his family and friends, died 13 months ago and the island’s boxing club has been searching ever since for a way to honour his memory.