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GSPCA issues warning after driver runs over ducklings (15)
Listened to this story on the radio,and let's face it the car driver may be oblivious to what happened.Got home at lunchtime saw the BBC headlines con...
I agree St M but add the extreme sensitivity of some sections of the community towards anything animal related to the common tendency to jump to concl...
...St Marcouf...wrong as he was, I think it rude to call Richard Heaume a cat...he is more canine, than feline.
If I accidentally half squashed to death a rabbit or duckling, I would be of the view that it would be cruel to add to its pain and distress by bundli...
More likely B.Ozard
Meeting finds majority are in favour of a Channel Islands’ confederation government (6)
Why would we want to join up with Jersey seeing as how they have such high unemployment and GST too?
Blitz-surviving tortoise, 130, dies after rat bite (6)
Animal historical stories? Good. Animal sentimental slop, Rubbish. For crying out loud get a life all of you.
Co-op Society has £17m. with downgraded bank (4)
That`s the smile that`s trying to say "Trust me, It`s not as bad as it looks". It doesn't make me feel happier.
There goes our "divvy", you can bet that'll go down if they lose the £17,000,000.
New bus timetable hits pupils (28)
Oh, the poor little darlings, having to wait for a bus to go home and sometimes even in the rain!!!. I have two suggestions, (1) Get them a decent b...
Haven't really paid much attention to the bus timetable before...until today that is. We're lucky enough now in Les Tracheries to have 3 buses an hour...
Joe - as a bus user I'd just like to say how much I respect your skill. The buses for this island are far too big and it constantly amazes me how you...
Ladies College students (yrs 7&8) finish school at 3.30, there used to be a 4pm bus from top of Grange to little Chapel now its been rescheduled t...
Islander - just pointing out that the lack of strict enforcement of the uniform code is not a new development. Although I take your point about the...
Change of owner fees could hit second-hand car dealers (6)
Will taxes reduce as Guernsey people are already paying for the department and these charges should be deducted from their budget?
This will result in ppl not completing trf of ownership and generate more work for vrld and police, costing more money. Any deputy with a shred of int...
For the ordinary none finance worker, shortly there will be no point working as the wages will not cover the cost of everyday things including food, ...
If The Environment charge £25 to register a change of ownership per vehicle you can bet your life that the dealers will put £50 on top of the sale i...
Tax on fuel how much more of my money do the states want to pay for there mess ups.
Former traffic warden tore up own parking ticket (14)
Perks of the job my a**e, If it isn't written in your contract then it`s stealing as with the fuel drain offs and the people who do it deserve what th...
....."a advocate's" Super English RIP the old standard of education!
I still use the ola am/pm clock now, prefer them. You were diddly done, they're perfectly legal, as is writing the time you parked on a piece of pape...
Perks of the job(sworths)now bought into the open 'transparency'field? Seems familiar to the issue with re fuel drain offs - is everybody 'at it'?
At least they have brought this out in the public domain and didnot deal with it behind closed doors, internally, but what about the others that the p...
Open market to stay, but under new rules (78)
Indeed, the best way used to be a) sell your large open market property, b) buy the cheapest open market property available and de-register it, then c...
A.J. I think there is some obscure rule to do with the owners age and the fact that he has 20 years continuous residence that he can de-register hi...
AJ Are you quite sure? It used to be possible to sell an open market property on the local market by de-registering it and then to buy a local mar...
dear friends i just think one thing about open market , if locals would do the job we didn't have that issue but they refuse work in some kind of job...
It is a fact, that some years ago, someone I know was granted permission to sell their 'open market' house and then allowed to purchase and live in a ...
Indian restaurant is keen to show it’s cleaned up its act (14)
It affected their livelihoods, Boo Hoo, Sob, sob. Four years ago we went out for a meal for a friend’s birthday, though not in Guernsey I might add....
Why was this not picked up before , these dodgy take aways should be checked more often, i blame the inspectors as much as the owners,
Sorry Mr`s Ali and Miah but here`s one customer that will never return to your establishments again. You allowed these filthy practices to happen and...
Personally, I won't entrust my health to this man's standards again. We have seen his kitchens as they really were, this PR offensive cuts no ice wit...
After the Horse has bolted ..Opps! sorry thats another story!!
Guernsey keep the Muratti Vase (2)
Beanjar Couldn't agree more but I wouldn't"t hold your breath!
So we've won the Muratti Vase every year since GFC was founded then? Not a coincidence in my opinion. Perhaps its time for the whingers to give it a...
Bus driver claims hours worked are dangerous (3)
"Being forced to work 18-hour shifts". Rubbish. You have a choice. You can say no. In any case, you probably spend 16 of those hours lost somewh...
Aren't there laws placed on driver`s time at the wheel? Lorry drivers, in Britain and the EU, are strictly regulated as to the time they can spend ...
What kind of a socially aware organisation acts like this. Along with speed limiters being changed so the buses can go faster! The is not the behavier...
Smokers to be targeted in anti-littering operations (57)
Try Bakers Bazaar ;-)
Where can you get a car for a couple of quid? My son would like to get one before they introduce the £25 change of ownership fee
I am delighted they are doing this and giving out fines for the littering problem.about time people respected the island they live in,if they want to ...
Why don't smokers buy a mobile ashtray - you can get them for a couple of quid. No need to find a fixed ashtray and cheaper than a £70 fine. Prob...
Can they also please target the drunken vomiters. I would far rather see a fag end on the ground than the ubiquitous piles of vomit that appear all o...
Chief Pleas agrees to Sark civil servant role (2)
Well that`s the first £35,000 salary you'll have to find but The new civil servant will probably need a secretary and I won`t mind betting that withi...
Big spenders failing to meet FTP targets (9)
Yes i do take your point and actually had a similar situation as you. They sent me a letter stating i would receive a cheque in the next four weeks. ...
OK bcb you might not, we DO however. You take my point about the tax though surely?
‘Unfit to operate’ Indian restaurants fined £22k (96)
Norman Piette
St Marcouf The traditional identity of Guernsey can still be retained by keeping Norman names. Anyway, as I have said, the identity of a place isn...
I wouldn't say there was little Norman culture in the island - Norman laws, Norman customs, Norman language, Norman names, part of the Duchy of Norman...
I wasn't aware that enjoying Indian food was an indicator of education and enlightenment. Certainly the general populace of somewhere like Birmingham...
The exclamation of racism is bandied about all too often by people who have a fundamental misunderstanding of what the term really means. Perhaps yo...
£6,500 a day cost of the bus chaos (2)
It seems that finally someone at the press has been reading my posts ;-). I wish someone would let Roger Docile know its time to step down, but appar...
Things working to plan don't make headlines and there's often a tendency to focus on the negatives. For the record I've used two totally separate rou...
A ‘population time-bomb’ on the way (45)
As a slight aside, but perhaps still relevant to the forthcoming disaster, I refer, as always, to the oracle ThisIsJersey, and ponder on our futu....o...
All the consultation papers I read was about a 4 year and 7 year license and that there would be far less 7 year ones and more fall into the 4 year br...
The 'some' would be covered by the State pension, the 'many' can save and put down that 3D telly.
Fears about Gatwick flight fees played down (3)
Remember who owns Aurigny. We do.
Policy Committee chairman rejects Alderney States members’ ‘shabby’ resignation offer (28)
Taff, You are absolutely right. Whatever the reason and whether I know the reason or not is irrelevant. Fact is that his committee has no confidence i...
Excuse me if I say that you are missing the point. The important issue is that Mr Arditti is a poor Chairman, as he demonstrates every time he chai...
Yes the other States members probably have looked at them and thats why they want them "nodded through". Yes, I look forward to hearing about all...
Sark firm threatens to dismiss 100 staff (23)
I really get fed up of people comparing the Channel Islands to despotic and repressive regimes like the Nazis or the Taliban. It shows a total ignora...
Mr. Delaney you have been cooking your own goose for the past 8 years at least. Take a good long look at yourself Mr. Delaney. A Customs Post! Total r...
Rainbow pre-school breathes ‘new life’ into playgroup with project (1)
Thank you for printing this story - it reminded me of my primary school days when we watched chicken eggs hatching from an incubator in the classroom....
Senior fraud officer warns employers to be vigilant and less trusting with staff (5)
It's a shame that Customs don't practice what they preach i.e. money going missing, drugs going missing, confiscated assets going missing, and confisc...
Good idea start with the police and customs, have they found the money and drugs that went missing yet?
Indeed - forget the 99.99% honest, hardworking employees, let's use the criminal acts of two individuals as a new yardstick for employer/employee rela...
The head of the home department should look closely at Mr Hale and his comments. Implying that the local workforce cannot be trusted 100percent is no...