A FAMILY escaped with seconds to spare yesterday before their car became a fireball.
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Daily Archives: August 15, 2009
South Show entries up by a quarter
MORE than 1,000 exhibits have been entered in this year’s South Show.
Brilliant Asplund wins British title
JOHANNA ASPLUND was yesterday crowned girls’ British National Optimist champion.
GTA deserves more taxpayer cash, says Institute of Directors
THE GTA University Centre is underfunded and should receive more money from the taxpayer, according to the Institute of Directors.
Le Ber’s comeback beats all others
MATT LE BER staged the comeback of semi-finals weekend with a stunning performance of accurate bowling in the Bell Under-25 Singles against Daniel de la Mare.
Boat owner Alan saves day for Miss Alderney
ALAN WOODNUTT was Miss Alderney’s knight in shining armour when she was in danger of missing the Jersey Battle of
Flowers.
X marks the mortar spot
A GERMAN mortar bunker at Fort Hommet could be restored if planning permission is granted.
Winterton crowned King of the Beach again
SPECTATORS making the most of a bright afternoon on the beach meant the course was set out lower down in the latest sand-racing meet, giving long straights but very tight hairpin-like corners which caught out both bike riders and car drivers.
The nest of intentions
THE young ginger-headed marsh harriers flying around La Claire Mare nature reserve at L’Eree are the first ever hatched in Guernsey. It is a great thrill to see what were once unproductive boggy fields now returned to their former splendour as wild marais.
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