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1 week ago | 
guernseypress.com | Lucy Rouget
Skip to main content Three out of the six candidates from the island’s only political party, Forward Guernsey, have been elected into the States. Deputy Gavin St Pier achieved a top-10 finish, placing seventh with 8,577, down on his poll-topping 13,927 from 2020. New candidates Tom Rylatt and Rhona Humphreys gained 6,689 and 5,630 votes respectfully. ‘I’m absolutely delighted we have three candidates over the line.
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1 week ago | 
guernseypress.com | Lucy Rouget
Skip to main content The figurehead for the Fair Tax campaign placed third overall and said afterwards that he was aiming for the States' top job. Charles Parkinson picked up 9,294 votes and confirmed that he would be standing for president of the Policy & Resources Committee. ‘I think that I can bring vision, determination, energy and hopefully an ability to bring people together,’ he said. ‘I’m just thrilled.
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1 week ago | 
guernseypress.com | Lucy Rouget
Ed Gregson, head of media and film studies at the Sixth Form Centre, listened to all 77 Guernsey Press candidate podcasts and posted his reviews online, which has been said to have helped guide many people in their voting intentions. ‘I took the dog for a walk and thought I’d listen to them. I listened to the first two and wrote a couple of reviews, one was quite critical and the other was quite surprising.
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1 week ago | 
guernseypress.com | Lucy Rouget
Those who wanted to beat the queues in today’s official election took to the polls yesterday and Sunday to get ahead. Les Maingys was one of three super stations which was open for pre-voting. ‘We have volunteers here from 7.30am for an 8am open and we’re open all day until 8pm,’ said polling station officer Chris Oliver. ‘Then we go through the process of sealing up the ballot boxes. They’re collected and signed for and then we’re away by 8.30pm.
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2 weeks ago | 
guernseypress.com | Lucy Rouget
Skip to main content The alleged incompetence of the last States term was not the biggest joke on Wednesday evening when a handful of election candidates had a go at stand-up comedy. From run-ins with the electorate, to personal mockeries and election-themed songs, the audience filling The Vault seemed to enjoy the variety of content, and getting to know their election candidates in an unorthodox way.
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2 weeks ago | 
guernseypress.com | Lucy Rouget
An ‘ambitious’ curriculum at Le Murier curriculum has raised staff expectations and contributed to increased academic success, an Ofsted report has found. The school, which has more than 120 pupils aged 11 to 19 with additional learning needs, was described by pupils and their parents as a welcoming and friendly place, with pupils safe, happy and excited to attend school.
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3 weeks ago | 
guernseypress.com | Lucy Rouget
The health and beauty giant opened its doors in Nelson Place for the first time on Thursday. ‘We decided about four or five years ago that we'd like to open here, shortly after we opened in Jersey, but Covid hit and knocked us back for a couple of years,’ said Superdrug CEO Peter MacNabb. ‘We’ve always looked at Boots like being your mum, and we like to think of Superdrug as more like your sister.
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3 weeks ago | 
guernseypress.com | Lucy Rouget
Guernsey’s Race for Life has reached its £100,000 fundraising milestone. In this year’s events in Guernsey and Sark, more than £28,000 was raised by more than 800 people who took part. All money raised goes to the Guernsey branch of Cancer Research UK. Event founder and main organiser Dani Barnett said that the event was much more than a running race. ‘It’s about our community standing together, raising awareness, and making a real difference.
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3 weeks ago | 
guernseypress.com | Lucy Rouget
Skip to main content The new Policy & Resources Committee is likely to be pushed into revisiting plans to fund house-building on Leale’s Yard. The States backed out of any deal with the developer of the site back in April. But several election candidates have told the Guernsey Press that decision should be reviewed and a bid made to start again on a project which would have secured 90 apartments for less than £35m. and set off the process of building a further 220 homes on the site.
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3 weeks ago | 
guernseypress.com | Lucy Rouget
Peter Roffey, who was away with his family, returned to his home in St Andrew’s to find the tyres on his electric bike and motorbike slashed, as well as the tyres on his grandson’s car. ‘It’s just really annoying,' he said. 'It’s hard to say whether it’s related to the election, as I’m not standing this year, but I can only imagine I’ve upset someone in some way. ‘It could have been a random act of vandalism but it seems weird that it was my house specifically.
