In today’s Guernsey Press we run a heartfelt letter from a Sark resident that will strike a chord with everyone who knew the tiny Channel Island as it was.

SELLING Sark’s feudal lease would need the Queen’s express consent, according to advice given by the Law Officers.

CHIEF PLEAS went on the offensive yesterday as conseillers voiced their thoughts following the publication of correspondence between Sir David Barclay and the Seigneur, Michael Beaumont.

Publication yesterday of private correspondence between Sir David Barclay and the Seigneur of Sark has shed a rather different light on the relationship issues between the island and Brecqhou.

THE courts and legal aid system are being put under increasing pressure by the rising number of cases, the Bailiff has warned.

WHAT on earth is going on in Sark – and what part do the Guernsey authorities have in it?

SARK has taken the first step towards splitting the dual role of the island’s Seneschal.

A PROPOSITION to go before Sark’s Chief Pleas aimed at ending the dual role of the Seneschal as island judge with some additional court-related administrative functions and as ‘speaker’ of the parliament is an interesting illustration of the unhappy nature of society over there.

SARK’S fledgling democracy took a small step towards more open government earlier this week with an informal ‘meet the conseillers’ session ahead of Wednesday’s Chief Pleas sitting.