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DIVERSIFICATION of the Guernsey economy will be achieved only with coordinated help from the States, the director of the Confederation of Guernsey Industry has warned.

ONE of the benefits of third-party scrutiny of government activity is that it can provide a different perspective on familiar issues – which is the value of Professor Geoffrey Wood’s independent fiscal review of Guernsey’s financial strategy.

ALTHOUGH conditions seemed perfect for Sunday’s Jersey Spartan Half Marathon, both men’s winner Steve Dawes and women’s champion Jo Gorrod admitted to finding the going tough.

VITAL repair work was finished on a wooden fishing boat yesterday after it sank in St Sampson’s Marina on Monday.

JERSEY’S politicians will have the final say over whether Guernsey can ship its non-recyclable waste to its incinerator, its Transport and Technical Services minister has said.

THE added incentive of a potential match with the world number three will ensure jetlag is the last thing on Chris Simpson’s mind as he starts his Kuwait PSA Cup campaign today.

BEING a deputy in 21st century Guernsey has become a job in its own right, Chief Minister Lyndon Trott told a seminar yesterday evening.

GUERNSEY’S top pool players enjoyed a successful time at the Channel Island Championships in Jersey, with two of the trophies on offer coming back across the water.

PAY rises for States staff could total nearly £10m. over the next two years, latest figures have revealed.

CATS risk suffering a slow and painful death if islanders set ‘barbaric’ and illegal rabbit snares, GSPCA welfare and education officer Emma Trousdale said after a St Andrew’s cat had a narrow escape.