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Guernsey strikes deal to allow French visitors on ID cards

Monday 24 April 2023

French day-trippers arrived in Jersey last weekend without the need for passports as part of a new travel trial – and now Guernsey has confirmed it will launch a similar scheme within days.Responding to questions for Express, The Committee for Home Affairs said the breakthrough arrangemen...

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Some teachers claim to be living in poverty

Monday 24 April 2023

Guernsey stands accused of allowing "committed and caring professionals" to be forced into relative poverty by its inability to settle a long running pay dispute between teachers and the States.At a Tribunal today - the first time a pay dispute has reached this stage in Guernsey in a decade or...

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LISTEN: Lack of GST decision “means we’re not going to have the money”

Monday 24 April 2023

The proposition to delay the second half of the Hospital Modernisation Project is significantly linked to the States failure to make a decision about raising tax, according to the President of P&R.Deputy Peter Ferbrache bemoaned the stalemate GST debate during a discussion with Express about the ...

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Could Guernsey and Jersey split the health burden?

Monday 24 April 2023

The Channel Islands are facing increasing health costs, ageing populations and staffing issues, coupled with a stalling hospital rebuild in Jersey and a potentially delayed expansion in Guernsey... Express asked the man responsible for proposing a delay on the modernisation project whether he sees collaboration as a potential fix."The kind of thing that you've alluded to, to me, makes great sense,” said the President ...

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TODAY: Teachers v The States

Monday 24 April 2023

The ongoing pay dispute between the States of Guernsey and Guernsey and Alderney's teachers will hopefully be settled today with a Tribunal getting underway at the Peninsula Hotel.Ahead of the hearing, current and former teachers along with were seen arriving while the Tribunal P...

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Local coal suppliers have “sufficient stock” before UK ban

Sunday 23 April 2023

Local supplier of coal have sought to reassure customers that they have sufficient stocks of coal as the UK sets to ban the sale of traditional coal from 1 May.House coal and wet wood sales have been outlawed through the Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Stand...

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