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WHEN UK Chancellor Alistair Darling announced on 22 April that the top rate of income tax was to rise to 50p in the £, he defended the measure by saying it was only fair that those with the broadest shoulders paid more.

PROPERTY prices have fallen dramatically during the last year.

NIGERIA are a serious doubt for next week’s Pepsi World Cricket League Division Seven.

GUERNSEY will never escape the ‘tax haven’ tag, according to GuernseyFinance chief executive Peter Niven.

ROVERS under-10s reached the final of a big youth festival in Bognor earlier this month.

PRO footballer Lee Bradbury was ‘knocked out’ by the enthusiasm at Rovers when he ran a training session for a variety of coaches and players at Port Soif on Liberation Day.

OFFICIAL figures that show property prices having fallen by 11% could be misleading, according to some estate agents.

RATES will increase by 60% for St Peter Port residents and businesses if tonight’s vote for the new Constables Office is passed, but they will not end up paying more.

A BRITISH Olympic gold medallist will take part in this year’s Jersey Post Sark to Jersey rowing race.

TODAY is Tax Freedom Day in the UK, as well as a reminder that islanders do not have to hand over nearly as much of their money to the government here.