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THE island’s most senior civil servant is freezing his pay for a year as an example to his fellow public employees.

FOR islanders, two words would have leapt off the page in the letter send by the States of Guernsey’s chief executive to all employee representatives urging them to exercise pay restraint in their claims for next year.

HEATHER WATSON might have time to squeeze in a trip home this weekend after her involvement in Barnstaple came to an end yesterday.

GUERNSEY triumphed at the inaugural Channel Islands Chef of the Year competition yesterday.

GUERNSEY’S Swimarathon got off to a flying start yesterday with more than £2,000 raised before the Lt-Governor even sounded the starting horn at Beau Sejour.

PLANNED strikes by Royal Mail workers could have a massive impact on local retailers in the build-up to Christmas, industry officials said yesterday.

GOVERNMENT officials are talking to ‘key players’ in Europe in a bid to secure the future of Guernsey’s fund industry, the chief minister has said.

THE oldest surviving Battle of Britain pilot has celebrated his 100th birthday in Guernsey.

FIFTY years ago next year an American by the name of Mark McCormack signed up Arnold Palmer as his first client.

GUERNSEY’S ICC World Cricket League hero Jeremy Frith has been named the Guernsey Cricket Association’s Player of the Year.