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1 week ago | 
guernseypress.com | Mark Ogier
Skip to main content Fixing audio and video announcements of upcoming bus stops on board buses is a priority, the managing director of Stagecoach South-West assured members of the Bus Users Group at its annual general meeting. Peter Knight and Simon Ford, the company’s head of commercial, faced 45 minutes of questions from members about the first eight weeks of the company’s operation in the island at the meeting.
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1 week ago | 
guernseypress.com | Mark Ogier
Skip to main content A contractor has been appointed to carry out a survey on fields at Route Isabelle where it is suspected that there might be unexploded bombs from the Second World War buried in the soil. The move by Home Affairs follows concerns expressed by local bomb disposal expert Ben Remfrey that a 2019 survey of the area did not probe deep enough.
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3 weeks ago | 
guernseypress.com | Mark Ogier
Skip to main content Famous ships, local locations and 1940s characters were brought to life by nearly 30 floats created for this year’s 80th Liberation Day cavalcade. Real nurses, staff from the PEH Critical Care Unit, dressed in the uniforms of their 1940s counterparts as they readied themselves to set off in a mock-up of the Guernsey emergency hospital from the Occupation era. As well as nurses, the 18 people on the float included ‘patients’ ranging in age from 10 months to 82 years old.
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4 weeks ago | 
guernseypress.com | Mark Ogier
And there were thousands out of Town too, since all along the east coast the pavements and grass verges were lined with cars and onlookers waiting to watch the hundreds of vehicles and floats in the cavalcade, while in Town itself the piers were buzzing with children’s activities and adults enjoying food and drink in the sun. The event was the culmination of the efforts of Education, Sport & Culture member Deputy Sue Aldwell and her team.
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1 month ago | 
guernseypress.com | Mark Ogier
La Vieille Plage at Sandy Hook has been built by the Guernsey Housing Association working with Health & Social Care and the flats have been designed to accommodate residents with varying degrees of physical and learning disabilities. Each of the one-bedroom flats has its own kitchen and bathroom facilities but there is also a communal kitchen and lounge area for those who want to socialise.
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1 month ago | 
guernseypress.com | Mark Ogier
UK company FlightShows has been planning the display for about a year, said director George Chatburn, and a lot of thought has gone into its content. There was also discussion about where the drones would operate from, and after liaising with the Guernsey authorities it was decided to use the east arm of St Peter Port Harbour, which will be a restricted zone on the day. FlightShows has worked closely with States marketing manager Jo Ferguson on the content of the display.
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1 month ago | 
guernseypress.com | Mark Ogier
Skip to main content An election candidate who wants to be the next Policy & Resources president had to revise his plans after realising that the role was voted for by States members rather than the public. But should he be elected in June, Luke Graham said he might still stand for the top job, even if it would be harder to win the support of other deputies who did not know him.
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1 month ago | 
guernseypress.com | Mark Ogier
Skip to main content Paramedics on pushangs will be out and about in St Peter Port this Liberation Day as part of the ambulance service’s cover for the celebrations. Two Ambulance and Rescue paramedics on bicycles will be ready to respond to medical emergencies around the Quay and the piers, where large crowds are expected on 9 May. Being on bikes will give them the ability to get through the crowds and reach areas which might not be immediately accessible to four-wheeled ambulance vehicles.
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1 month ago | 
guernseypress.com | Mark Ogier
The incident happened on the same day that Richard Clarke was jailed by the Royal Court for two unrelated garage shop burglaries last year. Motor Works manager Robert Roussel discovered the latest theft when he arrived for work. ‘The outside door was damaged – it’s a uPVC door and that had split and the office door on the second floor was kicked in,’ he said. ‘It was a shock. You don’t expect it at all. It was the damage, really.
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1 month ago | 
guernseypress.com | Mark Ogier
Skip to main content St Peter Port Harbour yesterday played host to the first cruise ship to berth there this year, with 11 more due to come into the harbour over the summer, some of them more than once. Le Bellot arrived from St Malo at about 7am and it was not long before many of its 264 passengers had disembarked to go on tours or just walk around Town. Some held back and took a more leisurely approach, leaving the ship at about 10am, including Gerard and Mireille Thirion.
