Tuesday, 7th October 2008

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Schooner’s crew feared they would be wrecked

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CREW members on the Swedish vessel Alva feared they were about to run aground on Sunday, until it was towed to safety by the St Peter Port lifeboat.

US development’s crunch time

A WORLD-RENOWNED Guernsey-based development company has denied that problems in Iceland’s banking system could affect its projects.

‘I wasn’t worried because I trusted the crew’

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STUDENTS aboard the Alva were trying to sleep in their bunks when the drama of their rescue by the St Peter Port lifeboat was unfolding.

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‘Measured approach’ to deposit scheme

A PANEL has been set up to examine the details of an industry-funded deposit protection scheme for Guernsey.

Deputy calls for increase in fuel allowance

PRESSURE is being applied for the supplementary fuel allowance to be raised further, in the wake of the coal-price hike.

Landsbanki goes into administration

LANDSBANKI Guernsey went into administration last night.

Forty rescued from tall ship drifting in gales

A SHIP with 40 people on board was dramatically rescued in gale-force winds early yesterday by the St Peter Port lifeboat.

‘The States has shifted to the right’

THE States’ economic thinking has shifted to the right, according to one long-standing deputy.

Building industry poised for the crunch to come

ISLAND builders have expressed concerns that the credit crunch could hit local trade – but most claim to have been unaffected so far.

All must play a part

EVERYONE in the community has a part to play in reducing domestic violence.