CULTURE and Leisure has refused to promote Beau Sejour’s creche, stating that publicising the facility could cause problems if it closed.

BEAU SEJOUR creche users have questioned the openness and transparency of the Culture and Leisure Department after it refused to allow the Guernsey Press to attend a consultation meeting.

PARENTS were outraged yesterday after the Culture and Leisure Department removed a petition to save Beau Sejour’s creche and told them to set up a Facebook page instead.

AN INVESTIGATION is being carried out by the Health and Safety Executive after an engineer was struck on the head by a falling metal bar.

PROPOSALS which could see the running of Beau Sejour and Footes Lane outsourced to the private sector will go the States in July.

THEATRE is the cultural heartbeat of the island and is just as important as the hospital or airport, Gadoc chairman Dennis Burns said as he warned that outsourcing Beau Sejour would be a disaster for the arts.

BEAU SEJOUR is not a purpose-built concert hall and demand for its use is extremely high, Culture and Leisure has said in response to criticism levelled at the centre.

THINGS To Do Guernsey has cancelled all events for the rest of the year because of poor ticket sales.

WHEN the Culture and Leisure minister  dismissed the value of exploring whether a third party could run Beau Sejour and other leisure facilities more efficiently than the States he may have been off piste when it came to the commitment to the island’s financial transformation programme – but he was speaking from the heart.

CULTURE and Leisure minister Mike O’Hara has assured his Policy Council colleagues that he is fully committed to the Financial Transformation Programme.