Honours go to Balshaw and Ward

MICHELLE WARD wrapped up her third Island Open Tenpin Bowling Championships in fine style.


Hainsworth’s finest hour

PAUL HAINSWORTH admits he surprised himself with his victory over Alice Loveridge in Monday night’s Jack Carrington Trophy tournament final.


The American dream?

GUERNSEY does not need to fear President Obama’s pledge to crack down on tax haven abuse, according to the island’s Chief Minister Lyndon Trott.


Kayaker Smith relieved that conger got away

ALDERNEY anglers Mark Harding and Dick Smith enjoyed a bumper catch when they fished from their kayaks a few hundred yards off Platte Saline beach.


Reinforcing the culture of silence

A DEPUTY who was encouraged to leave a States department for highlighting what he regarded as serious issues that his board was not adequately tackling has raised valid questions about how the political system deals with dissenting voices.


‘Our family saved for generations – now it’s been lost’

‘THE Landsbanki collapse has cost our grandchildren their inheritance’, said John and Barbara Bougourd.


‘Why are our children in cold huts if there’s so much room?’

A heated exchange took place last night between the Education Department and those opposing its decision to recommend the closure of St Sampson’s Infants.


Planning Applications – 20 January, 2009

Applications to the Environment Department, as published in the Guernsey Press.


Sanctions await companies which fail to validate

ABOUT 1,000 companies are still to register with the new Guernsey Registry ahead of the annual validation deadline of 31 January.


Four minutes from disaster

THREE men were within four minutes of disaster when their failing light aircraft made it to Alderney yesterday.