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GUERNSEY’S sand ace has helped Great Britain claim bronze in an international grass track competition in the Netherlands.

EMPLOYEES would also pay a higher rate of social security under an amendment proposed by Mary Lowe.

FLYBE was incredulous at the decision by States members to reject an open skies policy.

A NURSE who tried to help con a bank out of $45m. was unfairly sacked by Health and Social Services, an employment tribunal has decided.

THE last States meeting before the summer break will be a testing one, with several very big issues to resolve, from rubbish disposal to bridging the ‘pensions gap’. Whether the States will come to any firm decisions is questionable. Their record on taking difficult ones isn’t good and it’s clear there are big splits on [...]

IT WAS just impossible not to. While watching the judicial arm of the House of Lords hear Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay’s case against the Privy Council’s decision to approve the Sark Reform Law, thoughts of the independence argument surfaced.

HEATHER WATSON has claimed her first senior title.

A DRIVEWAY business has taken on two new staff to keep up with demand for its decorative designs.

PUBLIC sector payroll costs rose by more than 7% last year despite attempts by the States to keep increases at or below the rise in the island’s cost of living.

AT THE end of last year, islanders believed two things: that in signing up for the zero-10 tax changes the States was committed to spending less taxpayers’ money; and that government was employing a total of 4,540 public sector workers.