Luxury underground pavilion planned for protected Vale Mill site

• Application to build a 202-square-metre partly underground pavilion set into a quarry face at the Vale Mill site The scheme includes a master bedroom suite, kitchen and living areas connected to the windmill by tunnel, plus floating sauna and summerhouse pods at water level The application replaces a previously approved scheme, omitting a two-storey glazed extension to the protected mill in favour of an internal spir

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The Quarry - Independent news from Guernsey · Local news · yesterday AI transforms Guernsey's creative industries but human expertise remains irreplaceable, panel finds • AI is delivering dramatic time savings across Guernsey's creative industries Panel concludes human creativity, storytelling and expertise will become more valuable as AI-generated content floods the market with mediocre work Creatives urged to think about keeping control of what they enjoy and not outsourcing those to AI Questions about intellectual property as platforms require designers to surrender design rights

Island FM Guernsey News · Local news · yesterday Guernsey's Animal Shelter nurses oiled seabird • The GSPCA says the guillemot may be the first casualty of old oil being dredged up by stormy seas.

BBC News - Guernsey · Local news · yesterday Man dies after getting into difficulty in sea • Emergency services converged on Havelet Bay after a man in the water shouted for help, police say.

BBC News - Guernsey · Local news · today Social tenants frustrated by delays for repairs • The Committee for Housing is asking for an extra £795,000 to improve the situation for tenants.

Channel Eye - Channel Islands business news · Local news · yesterday Guernsey’s insurance industry gives a glimpse into its future • Guernsey Students became insurance managers for the day, competing against each other to convince a global shipping company to set up their self-insurance company in Guernsey at GIIA’s Fourth 'Insuring the Future'.

Bailiwick Express - Guernsey News · Local news · yesterday Home Affairs: Give us £4m more or public safety could be at risk • Home Affairs is demanding up to £4m extra for police officers, firefighters, prison staff and other services, warning that public safety could be "at risk" if it doesn't get the money. • The committee's President, Deputy Marc Leadbeater, has lodged three amendments to the proposed 2027 Budget, asking for between £2.28m and £3.94m more.

Bailiwick Express - Guernsey News · Local news · yesterday Domino's Pizza confirms imminent delivery • With growing anticipation from hungry customers, Domino's Pizza has confirmed it is 'dotting the i's and crossing the t's' before it can open its doors in Guernsey. • Local planning rules have delayed the opening, with an application currently pending to allow signs to be put up outside its premises at the Longstore.

Island FM Guernsey News · Local news · yesterday Pioneering Guernsey couple scoop retail award • Doug and Dame Mary Perkins, who co-founded Specsavers in Guernsey over 40 years ago, are recognised for their contribution to British retail.

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Did you know? · Guernsey

Victor Hugo arrived in Guernsey on 31 October 1855, beginning a 15-year exile during which he wrote much of Les Misérables at Hauteville House in St Peter Port.

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