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GUERNSEY’S Todd Priaulx and Ireland’s Ashley Rainey looked set to secure a place in the final of the World Indoor Bowls Council under- 25 mixed pairs championship in Nottingham yesterday.

IT IS important for islanders to buy poppies and support the Royal British Legion, said island branch president Eric Le Quesne at the launch of its poppy appeal yesterday.

HEALTH and Social Services has moved to reassure islanders about infection control at the hospital following concerns surrounding the temporary closure of Victoria Wing.

A CHEF and a waitress from a local Chinese restaurant were given community service yesterday for harbouring an illegal immigrant.

MINISTERS yesterday defended making a U-turn in the States on backing a freedom of information regime – and insisted they were always supportive.

STATES members yesterday voted by just two votes against a screening programme which would have saved island lives by giving an earlier diagnosis of bowel cancer.

WHAT happened in the States yesterday is the clearest proof to date that Freedom of Information is an essential ingredient of an open and transparent democracy and not something this island can any longer afford to be without.

THE market for business jets and super-yachts is recovering, an asset finance seminar audience has heard.

SHOPOWNERS have attacked the States for advising islanders to make their own Halloween costumes and decorations – saying it could help to put them out of business.

ANDY PRIAULX promises to attack as he heads into the penultimate weekend of the World Touring Car Championship in the best possible shape and bidding to overhaul leader Yvan Muller.