Poorly considered education decisions could have a disastrous knock-on effect for economy
RE: EDUCATION debate. Think again.
RE: EDUCATION debate. Think again.
Cue the tears – and the flashy footwork.
THERE is no doubt that the current exposure of the Paradise Papers, plus the recent Panama Papers, has refocused the need once and for all to put a stop to the activities of tax havens. Some tax avoidance is perfectly legal yet deemed to be unethical. It is up to governments to close tax loopholes, not just to call them unethical.
OUR Guernsey’s Finest Hour campaign was set up by the newspaper to help the RGLI Charitable Trust's appeal to fund a granite memorial in Masnieres to mark the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry’s part in the Battle of Cambrai. This memorial was sent to the northern French town last month to be installed in time for a dedication on 30 November.
This little guy has a serious lust for life.
ENERGY conservation has led to increased fire hazards. After the fire at Grenfell Tower in London and the subsequent failure of fire spread tests by its (and so far 150 other towers') insulating cladding, some observations applicable to Guernsey may be made. Many buildings in the UK which had been clad with materials that had a zero fire spread rating have now had samples tested by the Building Research Establishment and have failed. It is therefore now clear that either the testing and certification originally given to these buildings was inadequate for such building applications or the testing now being carried out by the BRE is overly stringent.
The Germans blew his legs off in the Battle of Cambrai – and then blew his second set up in the Second World War. Yet Private Frederick James Mahy lived a full and useful life, raising a large family, working on property and in greenhouses andusing ingenious methods of getting around, using his fists 'almost as legs'. As the island commemorates the brave men who fought with the RGLI, Nick Le Messurier talks to Fred's daughter Brenda about her extraordinary father
Robin Millard is one of the many islanders supporting our Guernsey's Finest Hour campaign on behalf of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Charitable Trust's bid to raise £30,000 for lasting memorials to the regiment at home and abroad, in this the centenary year of the notorious Battle of Cambrai conflict. Here he explains the special family story behind his donation
A SERIES of assemblies teaching young people about the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry's role in the Battle of Cambrai, and the dramatic impact it had on the island, have been organised by Education.
THAT the Liberation Day events had a strong Armed Forces theme at their heart is particularly poignant in the light of two key Guernsey military anniversaries this year. Liberation 2017 saw the British Army, Royal Navy and RAF represented on a day the island remembers finally being freed from our five long, dark years of Occupation. Among their itinerary for this important day of remembrance, reflection and celebration – 72 years on from 9 May 1945 – was the Liberation Church Parade. Led by the Band of The Queen's Division, it performed a special anthem in memory of the Battle of Cambrai.
Ron Le Page and daughter Yvonne are two of the many islanders supporting our Guernsey's Finest Hour campaign on behalf of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Charitable Trust's bid to raise £30,000 for lasting memorials to the regiment at home and abroad. In this the centenary year of the notorious Battle of Cambrai, here they explain the poignant family reason behind their donation
RUGBY fans raised funds for the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Charitable Trust at the weekend.
AN INTEREST in military history has resulted in a local firm donating £5,000 to the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Charitable Trust.
'GUERNSEY has every reason to feel the greatest pride in her sons,' said General Sir Henry de Beauvoir De Lisle, shortly after the Great War's Battle of Cambrai, in a letter to the Bailiff.
MR R S MAUGER writes in vituperative terms in 23 March edition of the Guernsey Press Open Lines page about the 'little box' on the hill at the Eturs crossroads – the latest in a series of similar letters concerning the topic of modern buildings that do not follow the Guernsey character. I wonder if Ray Mauger paused for thought about the finer feelings of the Guernsey family who have invested their hard work and hard-earned resources into this new home and are proud to have self-built it over the last 18 months before he burst into print. The house in question is neither complete nor landscaped, but already the self-appointed 'experts' in Guernsey vernacular architectural and taste are circling overhead.