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Comprop under pressure to build full-sized cinema

PRESSURE mounted on planners and developers yesterday to ensure that a full-size multiplex cinema is part of plans for Admiral Park.


Chris pops the question on the Havelet sea wall

PRESENTER and journalist Dawn Porter is to marry boyfriend Chris O’Dowd after the comedian and rising Hollywood star popped the question as they holidayed in Guernsey.


Pluto calling

A new band has emerged on the live scene, intent on reintroducing songs that audiences may have forgotten. Hannah Saul talks to Re-Discovering Pluto


Minister admits the arts not properly backed by States

IT WOULD take an ‘art tax’ or a ‘golden pot of money’ from the States to give the arts the funding it needs, the Culture and Leisure minister said at the weekend.


Make Town Carnival last all summer, say some shops

ST PETER PORT should have a summer-long festival, according to some retailers.


This Is Jinsy the series on way

SHOOTING will soon be under way on the first series of Guernsey-inspired comedy This Is Jinsy.


Pupils enact Les Miserables

EVERY year, the Herm school puts out a calendar based on a particular theme to raise money for school funds. This year’s is based on Victorian literature and art.


How Herm almost ‘died’ with laughter

ACTORS from It’s Murder ® returned to Herm for a special end-of-season residents’ night at the White House.


A Halloween treat

PLAYWRIGHT Lee Flewitt’s fright night provided a Halloween treat for theatre fans.Is There Anybody There? – which was first performed 13 years ago – scared the audience out of their skin.


Variety is the spice of Galp

COMEDIAN Jim Tavare got the crowds laughing at the Guernsey Adult Literacy Project variety show – by being Jimi Hendrix with a double bass.

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