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TRIBUTES have been paid to the ‘irreplaceable’ former lifeboat coxswain and harbour master Captain John Petit, who died on Wednesday.

FUNDING of elderly care has to be reviewed as soon as possible, Treasury and Resources has said.

A HIGH dropout rate for former prisoners attending Drug Concern’s community support scheme after release is a disappointment.

THE 2011 Gilson match played at La Pouquelaye Halls in St Helier stood out on paper as Guernsey’s best chance of an outright win in any of the past six matches that have all gone Jersey’s way apart from a draw in 2007.

THE cup final season continues in full swing tomorrow as St Martin’s and North face off for the Jeremie Cup at the Corbet Field.

SYMPATHY has been expressed to the family of former Guernseybus driver Roy Ozard, who died following a medical condition that caused him to crash his pick-up.

THE Merriens found time in their busy schedule yesterday to cheer on their young Guernsey team-mate Todd Priaulx, who is heading his group in the Junior Bowls World Cup at Warilla in New South Wales.

In the Billet d’Etat today, Health and Social Services sets out its 2020 vision of the health and social services system for the island in a comprehensive and tightly-written document that is almost alarming in the extent and scope of the issues it identifies.

MARYLAND Service Station will not be the last petrol forecourt to close, according to Andrew Sparks, of the Guernsey Motor Trades Association.

VEHICLE testing proved a hot topic at Living Streets’ annual meeting last evening.