Guernsey Press

Our main goals are to support the Bailiwick and its residents, serve as the community's voice, deliver all the important local news and sports promptly and effectively, engage and entertain our audience, and be a reliable and respected platform for both our readers and advertisers. The Guernsey Press is a daily newspaper published six days a week and requires a subscription. We are the most widely read newspaper in the region, surpassing even national publications, and have a dedicated readership. In 2009, we were nominated for the daily newspaper of the year (for publications with fewer than 40,000 copies) at the UK Regional Press Awards. In 2013, we proudly celebrated our 200th anniversary, marking two centuries of successful publication.

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Meakin and Leaman step down at St Martin’s

4 days ago | guernseypress.com | Olivia Thompson

Skip to main content Two-time Upton Park Trophy-winner Leon Meakin has stepped down as St Martin’s first-team head coach. The club announced Meakin’s departure yesterday morning with a statement on its social media channels thanking him for his dedication and achievements with the Channel Island champions. Meakin revealed that it was not a decision he had taken lightly. ‘It has been a really difficult decision to make,’ he said.
Teacher-turned-deputy had already cleared his desk

1 week ago | guernseypress.com | Tom Porter

Paul Montague, who has spent his entire stint in local education at the site presently housing Les Varendes High School and the Sixth Form Centre, earned 8,884 votes to place fifth in the polls. He was the top newcomer, and for the first 12 hours led the Guernsey Press exit poll. Mr Montague accepted the support he had garnered would bring with it a lot of responsibility. But he said the prospect of becoming a deputy was ‘quite exciting’.
Deputies’ election pledges place GST-plus under threat

1 week ago | guernseypress.com | Matt Fallaize

The current States agreed the tax package last November and directed that it should be introduced in 2027 to raise more than £50m. a year to help fill a black hole in public finances. But a clear majority of the 38 successful election candidates said during their campaigns that they were either firmly opposed to GST-plus or wanted other options looked at again before any moves were made to introduce a tax on all goods and services.
Three from six Forward Guernsey candidates elected

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.
Parkinson confirms he is now up for leading P&R

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.
Helyar and Le Tocq in the mix to lead new P&R

1 week ago | guernseypress.com | Tom Porter

Skip to main content Mark Helyar has re-iterated his intention to run for the leadership of the Policy & Resources Committee after securing his seat in the new Assembly. The former P&R treasury lead received just under 7,000 votes to place 20th overall. Reflecting on his campaign, which included a manifesto pledge to stand for the presidency of P&R should he be re-elected, a ‘relieved’ Deputy Helyar said he intended to honour that commitment. ‘But it’s down to what people want to achieve this term.
Artificial intelligence helps voter to select candidates

1 week ago | guernseypress.com | Andy Brown

Pierre Lenfestey was voting at the Styx Centre at St Peter’s, and said he had used AI to help him come up with preferred candidates. ‘There are just too many candidates to choose from and too much information, so I used AI to whittle it down,’ he said. Mr Lenfestey uploaded the PDF of the manifesto from the election website and then used a piece of software called Google notebook LM. This took the document and turned it into a conversation between two people he could then listen to.
Sark ready to force purchase of electric company

1 week ago | guernseypress.com | Andy Brown

Sark’s government is moving ahead with plans to force a compulsory purchase of the island’s sole power provider. Chief Pleas has been in a long-running dispute with Sark Electricity Ltd and passed laws to enable a compulsory purchase back in 2021. A potential sale to a third party appeared to collapse earlier this week.
Teacher’s online musings on candidates prove popular

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.
Final advance polling day busy at Les Maingys

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.