No major upsets as top seeds reach finals

DEFENDING champion and top seed Garry Dodd will play second seed Olly Langlois in a repeat of last year’s men’s singles final in the island table tennis championships.


Watson bows out

HEATHER WATSON fell at the final hurdle in her attempt to reach the main draw of the WTA Estoril Open yesterday.


Hire firm sacked me because of my age, 65-year-old claims

A FORMER employee of a plant hire company claimed he was pushed out of his job because he turned 65.


Planners back Ritz homes but neighbours want their Tavern back

MOST people living near St Saviour’s Tavern would welcome the return of a pub.


Southampton rejection behind Alderney pull-out

BLUE ISLANDS chairman Derek Coates yesterday clarified the reasons behind its Alderney pull-out.


Irish cavalry arrives to help out farrier

EQUINE care in Guernsey is to be given a boost by the arrival of another farrier.


Our Super Saints

ST MARTIN’S are the kings of Channel Island football once again after winning the Upton Park Trophy on Saturday.


We will fill Blue Islands void, says Aurigny

AURIGNY has promised to step into the breach left in Alderney by Blue Islands’ shock announcement that it will halt services to the island in May.


Hopes for realism in Town rents

It was difficult at first glance to decide which was the more surprising – that St Peter Port has 41 vacant shops or the belief by the Town Centre Partnership that they would all be back in use within six months.


Super April sees hotel bookings race ahead

GUERNSEY hotel bookings are up and the Herm campsite is opening weeks earlier than usual thanks partly to the unseasonably warm weather.