Andy Brown

United Kingdom

Reporter at Guernsey Press

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Sixth Form wants public input to enhance student experience

6 days ago | guernseypress.com | Andy Brown

Principal Kieran James said he wanted to hear from local businesses, organisations or individuals who could support the upgrades in creative ways. ‘As we establish Guernsey’s first standalone Sixth Form Centre at Cobo, we have taken the opportunity to create an environment designed to support our young adults as they take the next step in their academic and personal growth,’ he said. ‘The space will reflect how post-16 education is evolving, here in Guernsey and globally.
Charter boats team up to move stranded passengers

1 week ago | guernseypress.com | Andy Brown

The inter-island passenger service was due to launch yesterday, but late on Thursday that was put back a week. In the meantime, local charter firms Water Taxi CI and Bailiwick Boat Charters have stepped into the breach to move some of the disappointed travellers. ‘It’s unfortunate to learn of the delayed start to the Islands Unlimited schedule,’ said Water Taxi CI founder Max Boleat.
Sark Electricity agrees to sell – but not to Chief Pleas

1 week ago | guernseypress.com | Andy Brown

Sark Electricity has said that it has agreed to sell – but to a third party, not Chief Pleas. The boss of the company said he was awaiting confirmation from the island’s government that the deal can go through – though it seems unclear as to whether Chief Pleas would need to get involved or grant any permission if it was not party to the deal. The deal with Island Energy, which is based near Edinburgh, has been outlined by SEL managing director Alan Witney-Price to be in the region of £2.4m.
‘Rich try to ignore that the poor exist’, says report

1 week ago | guernseypress.com | Andy Brown

Skip to main content Guernsey is ‘an island of two worlds’ where the rich try to ignore that the poor exist, according to the authors of a new report into Quality of Life in the island. Guernsey Community Foundation has published its Quality of Life Report 2025 – a year-long research project looking at local life, where it found an island rife with inequality.
Dyslexia Day Centre to close at the end of academic year

2 weeks ago | guernseypress.com | Andy Brown

The centre lost funding from the States in 2023 and has had to survive on donations for the past two years. Teresa O’Hara, the Day Centre manager, pictured, wrote to parents this week with the news which she said she ‘deeply regretted’. ‘Two years ago, Education decided that each school would provide dyslexia teaching by their staff. Therefore, they would no longer need our service,’ she said.
New ferry lifted into local waters after week-long journey

2 weeks ago | guernseypress.com | Andy Brown

The 390-tonne, 316-passenger high-speed catamaran was piggybacked on the much larger transport ship Eemslift Hendrika. The ship docked just before 8am after a week-long voyage from Malta. The San Pawl was then painstakingly winched off the boat, finally touching the waters of its new home an hour and a half later at 9.45am. Hour-long sailings between Guernsey and Jersey are due to start on Friday 30 May.
Coop filling shelves again in recovery from cyber attacks

3 weeks ago | guernseypress.com | Andy Brown

Skip to main content The Channel Islands Coop has said it is now in a recovery phase after recent cyber attacks in the UK, and has started receiving more deliveries to local stores. The UK Coop was targeted by hackers at the end of last month. While customer data in the Channel Islands was never under threat, there have been knock-on effects to deliveries as ordering systems in the UK were compromised.
Three airlines interested in running Alderney-Jersey service

3 weeks ago | guernseypress.com | Andy Brown

Three companies have expressed an interest in running an air service between Alderney and Jersey. Air Alderney, Eclipso Air and Finist’air have all applied for a licence to run a scheduled passenger and cargo service between the two islands. The applications are due to be considered by Alderney’s Policy & Finance Committee at a special meeting to be held in the coming weeks.
Bristol flight turns back due to technical issue

3 weeks ago | guernseypress.com | Andy Brown

The afternoon flight to Bristol had to return to Guernsey after just 20 minutes in the air yesterday due to an unspecified technical issue. The flight, on ATR G-OGFC, took off at 1.40pm as scheduled but turned around after flying around 30km and before it reached 10,000ft. The plane returned to Guernsey where it flew a loop to the south of the island before landing at 2.05pm.
Bus passenger numbers rise to an all-time high

3 weeks ago | guernseypress.com | Andy Brown

The figures, released by Environment & Infrastructure in response to written questions from Deputy John Gollop, showed 382,262 journeys in the three months from January to March. In March alone, the month before Stagecoach took over the franchise from CT Plus, there were over 140,000 journeys, almost 4,000 more than in March 2019. E&I president Lindsay de Sausmarez said that the island had seen a 34% increase in bus passenger numbers over the last 12 years.