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Airlines have reacted to the news that the island will welcome competition on all air routes except Gatwick and Alderney. Aurigny say they ‘welcome the decision to safeguard our Gatwick and Alderney services as lifeline routes’, which will be done without further intervention or review by the States until at least 2023. With respect to Alderney, there will be a ... Read More

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Aurigny have signed a letter of intent to acquire three ATR 72-600s. The letter of intent is non-binding, but it allows the airline to go to the States with a business case during the autumn of this year. The new aeroplanes will be equipped with innovative fog-beating equipment known as ClearVision. The ClearVision cameras installed in the nose of the ... Read More

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Aurigny have broken their silence on States plans to move to an ‘Open Skies’ scheme for air transport licensing, five weeks after their publication. A statement released yesterday by the airline says they believe the change in policy would be ‘to the detriment of Guernsey’. Mark Darby, Aurigny CEO, says he has penned a letter to the States outlining in ... Read More

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School and colleges in Guernsey and Alderney will be inspected by Ofsted, from September next year. This follows Education Scotland’s withdrawal as the inspectorate of local schools, to focus its resources on Scotland. We’re told the Committee for Education, Sport and Culture has explored various other options, and will work with Ofsted to develop an appropriate inspection framework.

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The Little Ferry Company intends to start services between Guernsey and Alderney at the end of this week. The company’s website had been suffering some technical glitches, but we’re told these have been fixed and the site is now ready for use. Bruno Kay-Mouat, the Managing Director of Alderney Shipping, says its a great opportunity for Guernsey people to get ... Read More

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Guernsey’s top politician has met with UK counterparts to discuss the implications of Brexit and current priorities. Deputy Gavin St Pier attended the All Party Parliamentary Channel Island Group meeting, along with representatives of the States of Alderney and the Government of Jersey. We’re told the group discussed the progress of Brexit as it affects the Channel Islands, among other ... Read More

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Guernsey Post will be celebrating the 70th anniversary of Alderney Week by releasing some new stamps. Illustrator, Andrew Robinson, has tried to capture some highlights of the event – which will kick off on the 4th of August. The stamps will be available to pre-order from the 16th of July on the Guernsey stamps website.

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