Desire to build on greenfield sites becoming an obsession
HERE we go again...
HERE we go again...
TWO former health ministers have raised concerns that plans to create dozens of units of staff on the hospital site was a sign that that Health & Social Care is planning to rely on short-term agency staff.
A COMPETITOR in this year’s Mountain Bike Tour of Guernsey was taken to hospital yesterday after crashing during a stage of the event in Torteval.
The Japan international forward made just five starts in 30 Premier League appearances for the Anfield club.
THERE WILL always be environmental philistines and the States of Guernsey certainly has its fair share, as can be seen by their proposal to build on yet another untouched green field.
HERE we go again, no sooner as the ink has dried in a letter to the Guernsey Press about building in a green field next to the PEH for key workers, we now see at the opposite end in the Oberlands another green field site up for a build of nine dwellings. Please, please the planning department do not allow this to happen.
MONKEYPOX has become a notifiable disease in the Bailiwick, with a warning that it is likely that cases will be seen locally in the foreseeable future.
ONE recipient hopes her accolade will raise awareness of the support the Royal British Legion Guernsey welfare team can give to ex-servicemen and women in the island.
Following last week’s States meeting, Richard Graham detects the first signs of a new political grouping – and it looks like bad news for our remaining green fields.
MORE than 2,000 islanders are awaiting operations at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital, it has been revealed.
I WRITE in support of Deputy Steve Falla’s requete for the States to look at housing sites for key staff accommodation, and, as Geoff Dorey has urged, to look more widely at possible sites. This is especially urgent at a time when international food supplies are becoming a matter of concern.
The cavalier attitude shown by some States members towards building on agricultural fields has got Deputy Peter Roffey concerned
THE Duchess of Kent House is not a suitable alternative to an adjacent green field as a place to build new key worker accommodation, Dave Mahoney has said.
THE States must have a say on whether a green field alongside Princess Elizabeth Hospital is developed, a group of deputies have said in a requete.
EVEN a weekly property page grapples to keep pace with the issues of the day, dominated recently by the lack of accommodation for non-local key workers in the public sector. Staff shortages are impacting on the operational levels of our public services and living conditions are paramount in recruiting and retaining skilled personnel from outside the island.