Support people with mental health issues ‘and save money…’

GIVING more support to people with mental health problems would save the States money, according to charity Guernsey Mind.


We were told there would be no more compulsory purchase

ANTI airport project campaigners are taking a stand against another compulsory purchase order.


The festival may be back, says organiser

THE Guernsey Literary Festival may well be back, says organiser Catriona Stares.


Slaughter at St Peter underlines the new gulf

Jersey 73, Guernsey 5 NOT only did Jersey retain the Siam Cup in front of a crowd of over 3,000 at St Peter on Saturday, they also set a new inter-insular record.


Some big names fall on first day

THERE are usually a couple of surprises on the opening day of the Island Championship and yesterday was no exception.


Five-day post on the cards as Postwatch backs cut

POSTWATCH believes it is unsustainable for Guernsey Post to continue to deliver six days a week, its chairman has said.


SOS – save our shopper say Sandy Hook store customers

USERS of Sandy Hook Shopper said they would be sad to see it go if permission is granted to turn the building into homes.


Swanning around

Our wildlife man has a new office – the rear promenade deck of the small, luxurious cruise liner Minerva. Now lecturing on board the vessel, Tim Earl recounts his latest voyage, around Greece and Turkey, and recalls some of the greatest scrapes from earlier in his career…


Nemesis deliver

Having not seem Nemesis perform for some time, I was not sure what to expect. Were they going to be the band I remembered watching in my youth? Would they still have the drive and power in their performance? From the first 10 seconds of the first song, I knew it was going to be [...]


Bus funding cannot be sustained

IN THIS column yesterday, we questioned what benefit islanders were receiving from the heavy level of subsidy going into the bus service, particularly since there now seems every chance that the taxpayer is to be leant upon again to provide a new fleet of vehicles to replace those currently causing problems. Some readers, however, have [...]