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24/01/2025

A wine enthusiast is asking for planning permission to start a vineyard in Torteval. 🍇🍷

White, red and sparkling wine could be produced in Guernsey if a sommelier gets planning permission for a vineyard in Torteval.

24/01/2025

What should the kiosk be used for? 🤔💭

The States Property Unit is looking for a tenant for the empty kiosk at the main bus terminus in St Peter Port.

24/01/2025

'Every bird counts' as the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch returns this weekend (24-26 January) with people in the Channel Islands asked to do an hour of bird-spotting.

Islanders are being asked to join the hundreds of thousands of people who will be watching and counting garden birds this weekend.

24/01/2025

New committee will form in July, at the beginning of the new political term.

Deputies support plans for a single committee to accelerate the rate of home building, identified as the key States' objective of this political term.

24/01/2025

A CI survey has revealed attitudes to drinking, suggesting around a third believe getting drunk is socially acceptable behaviour, while half think more should be done to address the harms caused by alcohol.

A survey of attitudes towards alcohol suggests around a third of people in the Channel Islands think getting drunk is socially acceptable, yet around the same number report being negatively affected by someone else's alcohol use.

23/01/2025

DFDS has released its ferry sailings from Jersey to France.

DFDS releases its ferry services between Jersey and St. Malo.

23/01/2025

The UK is bracing for Storm Eowyn, but forecasters here say the Channel Islands will escape the worst of the bad weather.

As the UK braces itself for Storm Eowyn, forecasters here say the Channel Islands will escape the worst of the bad weather.

23/01/2025

The new outlet will has ambitions to expand rapidly across both Guernsey and Jersey.

Iceland Foods is collaborating with Alliance to launch the first Channel Island Food Warehouse, with five outlets promised in both Guernsey and Jersey this year.

22/01/2025

Latest survey on health and lifestyle show nearly a quarter are drinking at risky levels.

The latest Wellbeing Survey shows that, while the smoking rate in Guernsey is at an all time low, va**ng rates have doubled.

22/01/2025

Humpback whale sighted for the first time in two years off Les Casquets.

Large pods of bottlenose dolphins, shoals of bluefin tuna and even a humpback whale have been spotted around Alderney this winter.

21/01/2025

Emergency services were called to an area south of Chateau Des Tielles Nursing Home this morning.

One person has been rescued from Guernsey's highest cliffs at Les Tielles.

21/01/2025

Disease prevention is the only affordable way to keep Guernsey's health services from being overwhelmed, a new report warns.

The director of public health says the focus needs to shift to prevention, or the system will become 'overwhelmed' within years.

21/01/2025

Inflation in Guernsey remains relatively high compared to the UK and Jersey.

Inflation in Guernsey has dipped to below 5% for the first time in nearly three years.

21/01/2025

Subsidy to address the financial pressures facing Guernsey farmers.

Government support to Guernsey's dairy farmers could more than double, under a proposal from Environment and Infrastructure.

21/01/2025

Guernsey's health committee estimates it can deliver 80% of the PEH modernisation by 2029 but it would have to leave some upgrades until the money was available.

Health says it can deliver the majority Phase 2 overhaul of the PEH close to budget, but the full modernisation of areas like A&E and orthopaedics would have to wait.

20/01/2025

A fine handed to the Medical Specialist Group over a long-running employment contract dispute has been reduced significantly.

20/01/2025

Those benefitting from this year's 39-mile round island walk include the GSPCA, Les Bourgs Hospice and the Cheshire Home. 🚶‍➡️

The Saffery Walk is sponsoring 25 island charities including the GSPCA, Les Bourgs Hospice and the Guernsey Cheshire Home.

20/01/2025

Temporary spaces may become permanent if they are sufficiently well used.

Islanders with Blue Badges can use more temporary parking spaces around Guernsey's coast, the majority of which are close to facilities.