
ISLANDERS are spending £21m. a year maintaining the States employees’ pension scheme and a senior minister has called for it to be closed.
GUERNSEY law firms and lawyers have earned high praise in the 2010 edition of the Chambers UK directory.
THE new planning law will encourage more UK architects to Guernsey, according to Southampton firm Charles Planning Associates.
MORE than 300 bargain hunters queued up for the second charity Handbags and Heels sale yesterday.
THE thousands of pounds spent on the new Sark harbour crane could have been better used to improve island life, according to the latest edition of The Sark Newsletter.
THE final races of the FIA World Touring Car Championship round the streets of Macau were disappointing for Andy Priaulx after retirement in race one and 13th from a back of the grid start in race two.
TOM HOLLINGSWORTH is something of a reluctant star.
IN THE OSA Mixed League, Provident Juniors 1 came up against Doyle Motors Bruisers who are arguably the favourites for their division as this season they have added Island Ladies player Sam Le Marquand to their squad.
Facing up to the real black hole
EVERY penny – and then some – that is to be taken from islanders in the 2010 Budget is to be handed directly back to civil servants so they can have a retirement that is more financially secure than the people who paid them.