Jersey has zero interest in sharing cost of our tankers

JERSEY will not pay toward the costs of Guernsey buying two tankers to keep the northern isle supplied with fuel.


First riders chew over the old times

A MOTOCROSS bike and riders’ kit from the early 1980s was on show as the island’s scramblers celebrated the club’s first 25 years.


Latter follows his cricketing heart

MARK LATTER has turned his back on the world of finance to become the Guernsey Cricket Board’s first chief executive officer.


The ghost of alternative

EARLIER this week this newspaper posed the question, in the light of the States’ Guernsey Tomorrow strategic initiative, what sort of island people wanted to hand on to their children and grandchildren.


Le Tissier’s worry

MARK LE TISSIER has admitted to fears that no one may turn up to the Easter Tournament.


VAT-free exports restraint steps ‘were not misleading’

COMMERCE AND EMPLOYMENT has denied misleading HM Treasury about steps to restrain growth in export sales that take advantage of Low Value Consignment Relief and avoid VAT.


Threatened schools saved

BOTH St Sampson’s Infants School and St Andrew’s Primary will remain open, the States decided this morning.


Not our problem, UK Treasury tells Landsbanki group

REPRESENTATIVES of Landsbanki Guernsey depositors who met key HM Treasury officials yesterday were told that responsibility for their plight lay with Guernsey’s States.


Relief as future of Island Hall secured

A ruling by the Court of the Seneschal of Sark has safeguarded the future of the Island Hall, according to its trustees.


Merrien bowled over by topping personality poll

ALISON MERRIEN reluctantly claimed the limelight last night as she was voted the 2008 Channel Islands Sports Personality of the Year.

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