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THE Salvation Army’s figurehead is to visit the island next month. General Shaw Clifton will spend a weekend in the Channel Islands as part of the Liberation Day celebrations and has asked that a visit to Alderney is included in his itinerary.

SARK’S fledgling democracy took a small step towards more open government earlier this week with an informal ‘meet the conseillers’ session ahead of Wednesday’s Chief Pleas sitting.

The Sunday papers are full of the news of a huge surge in support for the Liberal Democrats.

One of the things I’ve been paying even more attention to than normal over the last few weeks has been the weather.

WERE further proof required of the absolute priority that must be given to work on the airport pavements it came this week in the surprising form of giant clouds of volcanic ash.

AIRPORT staff will work late this weekend if that can help hundreds of passengers stranded by flight cancellations due to volcanic ash.

AN OPEN-AIR boxing show will take place at the Track this summer.

TOP two seeds Martin Sarre and Phil Hunkin will face each other in the final of the annual island championships veterans singles after they both successfully navigated their way through the draw.

TWO local people have lost a total of £300,000 in share-selling scams this year.

GUERNSEY as a community must decide what its priorities are and that will inform the decision on how much retail space is appropriate at Leale’s Yard, a retail expert said yesterday.