Tidal ‘will produce less power than they said’

TIDAL power in Guernsey will not produce as much energy as once thought, it was revealed yesterday.


Vale evacuees meet again 70 years on

VALE evacuees met last night to remember the 70th anniversary of their departure from Guernsey.


Cobo businesses brace for E. coli downturn

FEAR of E-coli could affect trade and will put people off coming to Cobo Bay, businesses in the area have said.


Barley Dogs play a blinder

A REGULAR folk night is proving popular on the Bridge.


Police warn against walking alone

RESIDENTS around Candie Road have been left shocked after a 20-year-old local man was mugged over the weekend.


Jungle out there

MY BELOVED Madagascar suffered a crippling blow last year when political unrest led to the country being closed to most tourism.


Paying for blood

NO COLUMNIST likes saying ‘I told you so’, but at the end of last year I predicted that 2010 would be the year of votes of no confidence within the States of Guernsey. Admittedly I suggested that they would largely flow from departments being stuck between a rock (the need to live within budgets) and [...]


It’s a power thing…

ONE of the enduring, if low key, questions that floats around the political ether from time to time is whether it is right for the Bailiff to retain his historic roles as chief justice, ‘speaker’ or presiding officer of the States, and the island’s civic head.


Issue is how to resolve conflict

TOWARDS the end of Friday, the Policy Council released a two-page statement clarifying its Billet d’Etat report on how to progress the findings of the tribunal of inquiry into the airport firefighter dispute.


OGH visit is group’s 60th in 12 months

A STATES sub-group has just completed its 60th visit to local businesses.