States approve IT overhaul which will mean loss of 50 jobs

UP TO 50 civil servants jobs will go after the States today approved a major overhaul of its IT and administrative system.


Reliance is not going to end soon

SPEAKING at an event looking at the possible threats to and opportunities for the island’s financial services industry, the Treasury and Resources minister suggested the almost unthinkable: that Guernsey might not have it as the dominant sector in 10 years’ time.


Widow might not see a penny of £9k she is owed

A WIDOW owed more than £9,000 fears she will not see a penny of it, despite the debtor being instructed to pay by the courts.


‘Be innovative – but be vigilant’

HAVING an innovative finance sector means Guernsey must be even more vigilant when it comes to the risks posed by money laundering and terrorist financing, a seminar audience has heard.


Having same coach leaves a loophole

THE Guernsey Football Association chairman has appeared to leave the door open for Guernsey FC’s first-choice players to still play in the Muratti Vase final.


Peace has broken out after education email

THE Education Minister yesterday described as ‘old news’ an email in which she questioned whether she should still have confidence in the chief minister after he announced a review of her department.


Four accused guilty of street attack on man

THREE women and an 18-year-old man were yesterday found guilty of attacking a man in Mill Street as he was walking to his home in Trinity Square.


Wins in the singles

DESPITE fine wins in the singles from Matt Le Ber and Lucy Beere in the Atlantic bowls championships in Cyprus yesterday, Guernsey were in danger of entering the record books for all the wrong reasons.


North edge out their hosts to take over at the summit

Belgrave Wanderers 3, Northerners 4 NORTH took top spot in the Priaulx League last night after a seesaw thriller at the Track.


Advocates at odds with Law Officers over Court of Appeal reform plans

THE Law Officers and advocates are divided over proposals to reform the Court of Appeal.