Guernsey Housing Association lays its foundations with a strong team

• Pictured: GHA senior leader ship team, Victoria Sloan, Vic Slade and Lisa de Kooker Guernsey Housing Association (GHA) has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer, completing its senior leadership team as it works to deliver more affordable homes in Guernsey.

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Bailiwick Express - Guernsey News · Local news · yesterday Home Affairs President denies knowing about arrest… despite sharing email questioning if it happened on Facebook • The politician who heads the committee responsible for overseeing the Police has denied knowing anything about a fellow deputy's arrest. despite posting a screenshot of an email on Facebook which raised questions about whether the arrest had taken place.

The Quarry - Independent news from Guernsey · Local news · yesterday Growing Gang initiative expands with pollinator partnership and handcrafted planters • Growing Gang initiative provides early years settings with resources to teach children about food growing through hands-on vegetable cultivation Programme expanded this year through partnership with Pollinator Project, introducing pollinator-friendly seeds and educational resources about insects Guernsey Men's Shed volunteers constructed four wooden planting troughs using timber donated by Norman Piette Le Friquet Ga

The Quarry - Independent news from Guernsey · Local news · yesterday Students compete to win over global shipping company in Guernsey insurance challenge • Sixty students from five Guernsey schools competed as insurance managers, pitching captive insurance proposals to a fictional global shipping company Teams Green Wave and Oasis reached the final round, separated by just one point in the competition The event featured industry speakers including Deputy Mark Helyar and Guernsey Finance chair Paul Sykes Guernsey is home to captives of 40 per cent of the FTSE 100 and is

Bailiwick Express - Guernsey News · Local news · yesterday Data protection registration fees to rise • Data protection registration fees for businesses will go up by more than 4% next year, matching inflation. • From 1 January, the Office of the Data Protection Authority's (ODPA) annual registration fees will be: All organisations that handle people's personal data must register with the ODPA each year by law.

Bailiwick Express Guernsey · Local news · yesterday READER LETTER: When scrutiny becomes personal, everyone loses • What began as an exchange between States Members about scrutiny and artificial intelligence has escalated into published correspondence, the disclosure of sensitive personal information and another very public political dispute.

BBC News - Guernsey · Local news · yesterday Can Royal Assent mean Guernsey revisits assisted dying laws? • Advocates think Jersey and the Isle of Man's laws getting Royal Assent is paving the way for Guernsey.

BBC News - Guernsey · Local news · yesterday Guernsey FC Women suffer AFC Varsity defeat • Guernsey FC Women suffer a fifth loss in seven games as they go down 1-0 at AFC Varsity.

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27 Oct at 19:15A Friends of Priaulx Library Talk: Policing in Guernsey during WW2

27 Oct · The Bathing Pools Café, GuernseyThink & Drink October Edition

27 Oct(ONLINE) Women on the Move with Ann Patchett

28 OctMENTORSHOP: Using Claude AI to Build a SaaS Site in about a Week

28 OctTurn Your Ideas Into Income

28 Oct–1 Nov; 29 Oct–31 Oct · St James Concert and Assembly Hall, GuernseyThe Ultimate Global Collection Festival VIP Experience

30 Oct · La Chambre de la Douzaine, GuernseySamhain Special: Ancient Sound Healing

30 Oct · Albert Pier, GuernseyHalloween - The Ghost Train

28 Oct'Get Shucked' - a Balthazar Seafood Experience with Guernsey & Herm Oysters

31 Oct · Albert Pier, GuernseyTrick or Treat Train

28 Oct at 18:00Japanese Calligraphy Evening Workshop | October

31 Oct · Vale Church Hall, GuernseyHome-Start Halloween Party

31 Oct · St John Church Hall, St Peter PortVirtual Reality Halloween Haunted House

29 Oct at 18:00Dinner with Live Jazz: Glenn Holmes

2 Nov · Kings Premier Health Club, GuernseyBoard effectiveness in the age of AI

29 OctA Taste of Spain - Tinto & La Reunion

3 Nov · Conservatory Restaurant, GuernseyGILA Quiz Night - 2026

29 OctSpooky Quiz Night

4 Nov · The Duke Hotel, GuernseyAI in people management: risks, responsibilities and opportunities

29 Oct at 18:00Curry Night at The Deerhound

4 Nov · The Old Government House Hotel & Spa, St Peter PortLL03: Unlocking Value: A Trustee’s Guide to Commercial Property

30 Oct at 18:00Dinner with Live Jazz: The Likely Lads featuring Eloise Fabbri

4 Nov at 18:00 · Bathing Pools, GuernseyLittle Ginger presents an evening with Safia Minney MBE

31 OctMovie Days & Nights at Fermain Valley

5 Nov · Nutmeg, GuernseyIoD Develop: Leadership and Strategy in the Third Sector

31 OctHalloween Party at Balthazar

5 NovNo Title, No Permission, No Problem: Harnessing the Power of Influence

31 OctHalloween Party at The Ship and Crown

6 Nov · BDO offices, Plaza House, GuernseyGIIA FutureGen / Insurance Development Forum

31 Oct at 10:00Tunnel of Terror - Family Halloween Event

31 Oct at 12:00Halloween Family Fun Day

31 Oct at 19:00Tunnel of Terror - Escape the Zombies

2 NovLiberation Festival of Laughs

3 Nov at 17:30Exile: The Evacuation of Elizabeth College

5 Nov at 10:00Wear a guernsey Day

5 Nov at 17:00Bonfire Night Party

7 Nov at 10:00Bowel Cancer Guernsey Healthy Lifestyle Show

7 NovSt Saviour's Church Concert Series 2026

7 NovMurder Mystery Evening

7 Nov at 15:00Day Disco featuring East 17

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Did you know? · Guernsey

On 30 December 1672 lightning struck the gunpowder magazine in Castle Cornet's keep, an explosion that killed seven people including the Governor's wife and mother.

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