TWO lucky 13-year-olds had the chance to be firefighters for an hour this week.
Inexperience of recruits ‘was a threat to airport licence’
GUERNSEY’S airport risked losing its licence due to a lack of experience among firefighters, the tribunal of inquiry heard yesterday.
Le Sauvage joins the club with first century break
THE year could not have started in much better fashion for Paul Le Sauvage.
No appetite for change
IN THIS column yesterday we set out a bleak picture of how the airport firefighters’ dispute was allowed to happen: it was always someone else’s problem and the States body charged with negotiating pay and conditions really didn’t give a damn if the airport closed.
Wait for skate park is over
CHRISTMAS has come early for Guernsey’s skateboarders and BMX riders.
Rider badly hurt in rush-hour collision
A 21-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist suffered severe leg and foot injuries in an accident in Longue Rue yesterday evening.
Chasing the wrong sort of blame
THREE men who should have been instrumental in keeping Guernsey’s airport dispute-free and open for business over the May bank holiday period appeared before the tribunal of inquiry into the firefighters affair.
Airport negotiations ‘were usurped’ over dispute
CONTROVERSIAL emergency powers were the focus of the second day of the airport firefighters tribunal of inquiry yesterday.
Mick’s pick me up
Northerners 9, Centrals 1 MICK LE PREVOST can breathe a sigh of relief.
UK tax changes could be better than island hoped
THE new UK tax regime could be better for the island than initially thought, according to one local banker.