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Boy story

Oscar Kevin Nicholls was born to parents Mat and Katell on Saturday 9 January, weighing in at 8lb 12oz.                                   (0911175)

HERM’S recent baby boom seems to have come to an end with the January birth of Oscar Nicholls.

Money can grow on trees

Sark’s medical officer Dr Peter Counsell with – from left – Carnival Committee members Christine Audrain, Sarah Cottle and Puffin Taylour drawing the winning numbers for the Win a Million Pennies draw.  	  (Picture by Bob Parsons, 0912265)

THE £10,000 winning ticket for Sark’s Win a Million Pennies charity draw was won by – strange as it may seem – a Christmas tree and the winnings went straight to the Professor Saint Medical Fund.

Silver surfer gets through IT

Audrey Atterbury

THERE are signs that the island’s tourism industry is beginning to flourish.

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‘If people do not give, hospice could be lost’

HEARTFELT tributes were paid to Les Bourgs last night at the hospice redevelopment fund-raising launch.

Why ‘people’s hospice’ needs your help

LES BOURGS is today launching a major funding appeal to raise more than £3m.

University places are ‘safe’

EDUCATION has reassured local students that they will not be affected by UK cuts in higher education funding.

Time running short for Island Heroes

ISLANDERS have until Friday to put forward this year’s Flybe Island Heroes.

Tractor reduction not in island’s best interest

THE number of tractors in Sark has risen to 89, despite Chief Pleas resolving some time ago to cap the figure at 77 with a view to reducing the total.

Tribal Group to inspect school

A TEAM of evaluators will spend three days assessing St Anne’s School in March. Representatives from Tribal Group – an independent body of educational consultants – will visit the school to inspect several areas, including management, teaching, learning and curriculum provision.

Wassailing

GATHERED around a single, candle-lit tree, in a gently sloping field in St Andrew’s, stood a group of islanders armed with pots and pans.