FOR islanders who want to have confidence in the process of government, last week’s revelations that an estimated £500,000 has been wasted on paying a health professional not to work for two years while getting in someone else to cover for them at two or three times the cost, will be approaching the last straw.
Jersey to debate sex legislation
GUERNSEY is lagging behind Jersey in establishing a sex offenders’ law and introducing a paedophile register.
Road widening plan ‘threatens our homes’
RESIDENTS of L’Hyvreuse believe their homes could be at risk of subsidence if plans to widen the road go ahead.
Vermeulen flies the Batboat home
JACQUES VERMEULEN’S Batboat 23 scored a fine double in the waters of the Little Russel and around Herm.
Kirk cuts down first CI champions with super 142
TOM KIRK produced a brilliant all-round performance to sink Optimus at the FB Fields on Saturday.
Sorry about that, darling
LUCY BEERE spoiled boyfriend Matt Le Ber’s perfect weekend at the Corbet Field, winning their Press Open Singles final to deny Le Ber a clean sweep of island titles.
‘UFO was no Chinese lantern’
A COUPLE claim to have spotted UFOs over Guernsey.
Diver with bends is in PE Hospital
A DIVER who suffered the bends is in hospital today after spending five hours last night in the hyperbaric chamber at Ambulance and Rescue headquarters.
Four escape as private plane crashes and burns
FOUR people escaped – three with minor injuries – after their light aircraft crashed in Alderney and burst into flames.
The Brussels puzzler
WHAT price Guernsey’s international reputation? And how are we best going to ensure it remains intact?