AS ISLANDERS are now aware, how words, particularly ‘special event’, are defined can have a material effect on individuals, having a bit of fun, and even a business making a quid or two.

A U-TURN by the authorities means that the road in front of Cobo Bay Hotel will be closed for a balcony gig this bank holiday Monday after all.

THE owner of Cobo Bay Hotel wants a court to rule on whether a decision not to close the road for this summer’s balcony gigs was made fairly.

IT COULD be too dangerous to hold the Cobo Bay Hotel balcony gigs without closing the road, according to neighbours and punters.

THE atmosphere at Cobo Bay Hotel balcony gigs will be completely ruined if organisers are not allowed to shut the road, according to a member of a band due to play there.

A POPULAR live music event is being threatened by red tape.

TRIBUTES have been paid to hotelier George Riach.

FOOTBALL will undergo its biggest change in its 115-year history as the Guernsey Football Association’s five-year plan was ratified at its annual meeting last night.

LARGE lumps of the Cobo sea wall were tossed by the tide towards the newly refurbished Rockmount on Monday night and again yesterday morning.

The Cobo Bay Hotel has won a national award for the second year in succession.