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A secret service

THE news that Sark Shipping is to start a freight service between the Normandy port of Dielette and Guernsey and Sark came as news to most residents here.

National stories not helpful for tourism

THEY say that all publicity is good publicity, but after reading lengthy articles about Sark in two national newspapers recently – The Times and the Daily Mail – I have to say that I disagree.

An intensive course

SARK’S Fire Service and ambulance personnel are adding another string to the island’s medical emergency services’ bow.

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Sark reform ‘will of the majority’

SARK’S democratic reforms reflect the will of the majority of residents, according to the island’s seneschal, Reg Guille.

Seigneur’s role to be challenged

JACK STRAW faces a legal challenge after the UK’s Privy Council yesterday approved Sark’s move to democracy.

All change

SUNDAY boats from Guernsey have now started, as has the Manches Iles service direct from Jersey. Slowly but surely the visitors are starting to trickle in.

LAST week’s meeting of Chief Pleas was a bad-tempered affair which did little to enhance the image of the island’s legislature in the minds of the many in the public gallery for whom this was their first experience of government.