A BUOYANT air surrounds the Policy Council at the moment following the visit of Lord Bach – the latest person charged by the UK Government with political responsibility for the Crown Dependencies.
Killer’s internet access ended
MURDERER Craig Rouget’s UK jail cell was raided after the Guernsey Press published a story stating that he had set up a Facebook account.
Incredulity Index takes second hit
ONE of the most significant items in this month’s Billet d’Etat is also, on the face of it, the dullest: legislation awaiting Royal sanction. Yet the underlying issue – the UK Government stepping in to restrain Guernsey’s law-making powers – is of the utmost significance.
GFA board will get there in the end
CRITICISM of football and the GFA board in recent years has sadly become second nature to yours truly.
‘Mooring fee rise could make me quit’
BOAT owners are furious after Public Services dramatically increased mooring charges for this year.
Watson’s deal of all deals bettered
IT WAS already the deal of all deals in local sport, but Heather Watson’s emergence as a top world junior has won her a big raise.
Clark’s commitment to cause impresses the boss
THE lengths a Guernsey hockey player goes to play his sport was featured in The Times yesterday.
Local man to honour daughter in record-breaking footie attempt
A GUERNSEYMAN has pledged to break the Guinness world record for the longest five-a-side football match ever, in honour of his baby daughter.
Fraudster derserves more than 18 months in prison, says former owner of Vazon Bay Hotel
THE MAN who sold the Vazon Bay Hotel to fraudster Alan Jackson feels his sentence was not long enough.
Minimum wage could be in place by September
GUERNSEY is expected to have a minimum wage in place by September.