4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (175+ words) Changes made to married women’s pensions two decades ago will remain despite calls to reopen the issue. Until 2003, married women could pay lower social security contributions and later receive a pension based on their husband’s contributions, and Lee Van Katwyk…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (351+ words) A Guernsey-based pilot brought his iconic Second World War aircraft over to the island for last night’s air display. James Brown, owner of a Hawker Hurricane, has been living in Guernsey for the past two years. He said that bringing…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (417+ words) Seventy passengers left stranded at Guernsey Airport last night following flight delays caused by a national breakdown of air traffic control systems had to be accommodated at the Styx Community Centre. They will try to get home today, with alternative…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (319+ words) THE States are in talks with Islands Unlimited about how it might use the remainder of the taxpayer grant funding set aside for the ferry company for this summer season, now that it has stopped operations early. Economic Development pledged…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (817+ words) The States’ two main investment funds have lagged the market by hundreds of millions of pounds over three years, according to a deputy’s estimate, but Policy & Resources has defended the record and ruled out an independent review. Deputy Jennifer Strachan…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (636+ words) UNIONS representing public sector workers have urged the States to get on with the latest round of pay talks. More than 5,000 States employees will see their current pay deals expire at the end of the year. The Policy & Resources Committee…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (447+ words) THE Channel Islands Coop has won its appeal against a ruling that it must pay £3.5m. in compensation to its former chief executive over the way he was forced out of the business. The Jersey Court of Appeal has overturned a…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (285+ words) FOUR French MPs have visited Guernsey for talks aimed at strengthening the island’s relationship with France. The delegation, all members of the French National Assembly’s study group for the Channel Islands, held discussions on Guernsey’s Marine Spatial Plan, energy projects,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (510+ words) AS MANY as 40 amendments are expected when the States resumes its landmark tax and spending debate later this month. More than 20 new amendments are currently being prepared against Policy & Resources’ proposals to add to the 16 which the Assembly ran out…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1103+ words) Former deputy Simon Fairclough has spent the past year fronting the Guernsey Welfare Service. He told Georgie Rowbrey about his experiences, and why he wished he knew what he knows now when he was in the States A YEAR at…...