A DOZEN local organisations shared a total of £30,000 at the inaugural Barclays Wealth Champion Charities 2011.
100km to the dozen
A DOZEN Guernsey rowers will attempt to row 100km each for charity next month – similar in distance as rowing to Weymouth.
Guernsey’s biggest test
GUERNSEY face their biggest challenge of the season tomorrow as the league leaders visit Footes Lane.
Sporting boost for pensioners’ visit
SHOCK at a mean theft and a desire to help armed forces charities inspired the Guernsey Sporting Club to donate £500 to the Chelsea Pensioners’ Holiday Fund.
Garden centre digs in for Les Bourgs plants
THE garden at the new Les Bourgs Hospice will soon be filled with £12,000-worth of plants.
Tax baton passes to the new States
THE responsibility for replacing zero-10 will be handed to the next Assembly.
Pupils near schools lose their bus ride to end overcrowding
PUPILS who live within a mile of their school will no longer be guaranteed a seat on their school bus.
Island’s calendar a page-turner
THIS year’s Herm school calendar has several themes – and as always they are delivered with energy, enthusiasm and more than a little drama.
Sons of Sark commemorated
IN TWO equally-moving events last week, Sark remembered those who gave their lives in armed conflict during two world wars.
Nail those seasonal trends
All hail the Year Of The Nail. Talon preening products are outselling lipsticks for the first time, according to recent figures from Superdrug.