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AN EU ban on catching undulate rays is costing Guernsey trawlers around £1,000 every time they go to sea.

A CLASSIC hotel by the sea, waves crashing on the rocks.

NEARLY 300 people packed into St Peter’s Anglican Church earlier this week for the funeral of Dave Brehaut. Such was the turnout that many of the congregation, which included a large number of family and friends who had travelled from Guernsey, stood for the entire service.

THE phrase ‘last- minute intervention’ and waste are now synonymous. Cast your minds back to 2004 and it was Deputy Scott Ogier’s last-minute requete that stalled and eventually did away with the Lurgi incinerator.

SEVERAL islanders enjoyed their 15 minutes of fame this week. Sue Roff and Mick Barnes, as well as numerous other locals, were featured on BBC2’s Priceless Antiques Roadshow, which aired on Wednesday evening.

Environment has refused to discuss why its political board members approved controversial developments that have been branded ‘eyesore architecture’ by campaigners.

CHRIS SHEPLEY, the former chief planning inspector of the UK’s Planning Inspectorate, is a highly respected figure with a lifetime’s experience of his specialist area. It is one of the reasons that the Policy Council asked him to carry out a review of Guernsey’s planning service, the operation of which was causing significant concern.

THERE is nothing like a hard-hitting, gawp-inducing statistic to turn around an argument you might be losing.

GUERNSEY football is at the forefront of plans to introduce a new small nations tournament.

THE public is being misled over the planned waste plant, the minister in charge has said.