August « 2011 « « This Is Guernsey

ROGER ALLSOPP has become the oldest person to swim across the English Channel.

Planning applications – 30 August, 2011

Applications to the Environment Department, as published in the Guernsey Press.

Allen lights the touch paper with goal No. 10

WHEN the final Combined Counties League tables are calculated come April time, this could well have been Guernsey FC’s defining weekend.

GCSEs: Why won’t they let island see the full picture?

EDUCATIONAL standards in Guernsey have long been respected.

Education keeps key GCSE exam results secret

EDUCATION has refused to release GCSE data that would show whether local schools really do outperform their English counterparts.

Watson scares the ace grunter

IT WAS the day the arch grunter from Russia was very nearly silenced by the quiet girl from Guernsey.

Department lets its own staff down

OVER the last few days, Opinion has been looking at matters of government openness and transparency and, despite what the Policy Council says is its commitment to that principle, the lack of tangible progress in this direction.

Gila’s new committee is out to follow Cherie’s hard act

THE new committee of the Guernsey International Legal Association has been formed and is already close to securing a high-profile speaker to come to the island early next year.

Event organisers could be left to pay acts’ income tax

TREASURY has moved to clarify the tax law on non-resident entertainers performing in Guernsey.

Advocate is first islander to swim around Guernsey

HISTORY was made yesterday as Adrian Sarchet became what is thought to be the first Guernseyman to swim non-stop around the island.