States can deliver on £70m. efficiency programme

TREASURY Minister Charles Parkinson is confident the States can deliver on the £70m. of savings outlined in the Fundamental Spending Review.


Jones pays tribute to Sarnian coaches after his try-scoring debut

YOUNG Guernsey rugby star Luke Jones scored the first try on his debut for Hampshire A under-16’s in their victory over Sussex on Sunday.


Norwich air route is back for next summer

FLYBE will reintroduce its Guernsey to Norwich service next summer, it has confirmed.


Support for Post has gone global

WORLDWIDE support has gathered for a campaign to save Guernsey Post.


Bottoms up as Rangers KO last of the big three

St Martin’s 2, Rangers 4 DOES anybody know what the odds were for Division One’s bottom four teams to be in the semi-finals of the Stranger Cup?


Ogier into the top 20

GUERNSEY speed windsurfer Martyn Ogier has broken into the world’s top 20 after a brilliant showing during the Weymouth International Speed Week.


Fund of absolute return fund a global first for Guernsey

THE first fund of absolute return fund to be launched anywhere in the world is to be managed from Guernsey.


Squaring the circle of autonomy

AMONG the items in the chief minister’s rapidly swelling in-tray is a letter from Advocate Roger Perrot urging the Policy Council to hold a States debate on whether the island should attempt to negotiate with the UK Government to achieve autonomy in international affairs and legislative process.


Inca Trail challenge will benefit Georgina

FIVE walkers set off on the journey of a lifetime yesterday to trek the Inca Trail.


The globe Trotting is necessary

IT WAS quite a mouthful, but the 130 or so words that the chief minister used in the States yesterday indicated just how much is at stake over the renegotiation of the offshore islands’ zero-10 tax regimes.