Simpson fails in bid to make main draw

SOUTH AFRICAN Stephen Coppinger recovered from losing the opening game to knock Chris Simpson out of the $145,000 Men’s Cathay Pacific Gale Well Hong Kong Open yesterday.


Not all countries have our baby boomer social security problem

NOT all countries face the same challenges as Guernsey in


Incinerator ‘best for the island’

THE new director of environmental health and pollution regulation believes a waste incinerator is the best option for the island.


We can’t stop garden nuisance, say police

POLICE say they are powerless to prevent young people making a nuisance of themselves in the sunken gardens in Town.


Priaulx’s positives

ANDY PRIAULX put in a fine performance in Australia’s biggest motor race, the Bathurst 1000.


Alderney sets out its new stall at major gaming event

THE Alderney Gambling Control Commission debuted its new exhibitions stand at the recent European Interactive Gaming Congress and Expo.


Issue is how to follow policy vision

ONE of the consequences of the Wales Audit Office report into Guernsey’s governance has been to raise again the spectre of executive government. Firstly, because a number of deputies said that suggesting there were weaknesses in the system could undermine the 2004 States resolution not to go down that road.


The Link completes the special needs chain

WITH less than three weeks to go before it opens, work on The Link Centre is speeding up.


‘Finance directors accepted our offer more than once’

HEALTH’S high-handed approach forced the WPA to go public with its concerns about pricing, says one of the insurer’s directors.


Tax hike on new cars ‘would simply be a revenue-raiser’

A TAX on new vehicles aimed at cutting carbon emissions would just be a revenue-raising exercise, according to a garage boss.