Thursday, 18th March 2010

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Forest pupils coin it in for quake survivors

Hamish McMahon, 10, with part of a coin haul collected in water bottles by Forest School pupils to help people in Haiti after the already-desperate country was hit by a massive earthquake.(Picture by Peter Frankland, 0933414)

PUPILS at Forest Primary School have raised £1,544 to help people in earthquake-devastated Haiti.

North Beach plaque to remember deportees

Culture and Leisure minister Mike O’Hara at the spot where a memorial plaque for people interned on the Continent during the Second World War will be unveiled on Friday 23 April, 65 years after the camp at Biberach was liberated. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0933277)

A PLAQUE is to be put up at North Beach to remember people who were deported from the island during the Occupation.

Technology park will draw in the big boys, says first taker

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THE Guernsey Technology Park will attract high-end companies to the island, according to the first company to take space in it.

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Closing runway gets a mixed reaction

PASSENGERS and local businesses find the prospect of airport closures concerning – but believe they are necessary.

Airport may close for eight days

GUERNSEY Airport could close for up to eight days while the runway is upgraded, it has emerged.

Aid volunteers hope to make a difference

A TEAM of volunteers will be heading to Haiti on Friday to help with the relief effort.

Saltpans ‘cyber park’ will help broaden the island’s portfolio

THE island must broaden its portfolio of industries and the planned Guernsey Technology Park will help, says the man responsible for attracting e-commerce companies to the Bailiwick.

Taxpayer pays £200K a year to burn beef

THE States are spending nearly £200,000 a year incinerating cattle that could be eaten locally.

Learning from ‘the enemy’

A COMMUNITY project expert from Northern Ireland is visiting Guernsey to explain how Britain in Bloom can help neighbourhoods and economies.

Blondels get the call to go up against the county elite

COUSINS Jamie and Danny Blondel have been selected for the Channel Islands team who will be looking to preserve their unbeaten record against Hampshire at the end of the month.