EIGHT Guernsey personalities were captured by pirates yesterday and were not released until they had raised £1,000 each.

AFTER being told he might never run again following a serious motorbike accident when he was younger, Pete Le Feuvre completed a 38-mile run in aid of locally-founded charity Mombasa House of Hope yesterday.

FISH and chip lovers came out in force at Beeton’s last night, for the shop’s charity opening for Les Bourgs Hospice.

HELP FOR HEROES is performing miracles for people, one current serviceman said at the annual Yuletide Yomp yesterday.

TWELVE members of the Guernsey Rowing Club have come to the end of their training for the indoor 100km Centurion Charity Row – the extreme rowing event on Sunday at Beau Sejour, starting at 9am.

THOUSANDS of islanders turned out for this year’s annual Guernsey Round Table Christmas fayre yesterday.

A gallery of pictures from the first Community Awards.

RED, yellow, pink and blue were among the bright hues on display yesterday at a Loud Tights Lunch fund-raiser for Guernsey Cancer Support.

CHANGES to the Skipton Swimarathon have been a success, according to the organisers.

GUERNSEY’S Olympic hopeful Ian Powell kicked off the Swimarathon yesterday evening and, according to organisers, it was the best turnout they have seen so far.