A royal welcome 👋
The King has been greeted with sunshine and big crowds in St Peter Port ☀️
His Majesty met islanders after this morning’s special States sitting on the seafront 🇬🇬
A group of women came together this morning in support of a mother who was asked to move while breastfeeding at a local hotel.
They made their way to the Premier Inn at Admiral Park, where the incident was reported to have happened over the weekend.
Premier Inn has apologised.
“You did manage to get here!” 👋
The King and Queen have been at Les Cotils this afternoon, meeting representatives from the rest of the Bailiwick.
Including those who made it across from Alderney…
A royal send-off 👋
The Duchess of Edinburgh has been in the island today as more than 150 young people prepare for the Association of Sail Training Organisations’ Guernsey to Poole Small Ships Race, which gets under way on Tuesday afternoon ⛵️
A healthy 20-year-old man with no pre-existing health conditions was hospitalised with the heart condition myocarditis following his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
Get ready for a royal visit 👑
King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be coming to Guernsey on Tuesday 16 July.
It will be their first official visit to the island in 12 years and their first since King Charles’ accession.
GUERNSEY FINISH TOP OF THE MEDAL TABLE!! 🥇
The home team end the week with 54 GOLDS, just one less than 2003, with 145 medals won in total 👏
They've done the island proud at
@Guernsey_2023
💚
Alliance supermarket worker Kevin Parsons has won the Overcoming Adversity award! Kevin has autism and has worked at Alliance for 35 years, always being pleasant and making people smile – Well done!
#OvercomingAdversity
#PrideOfGuernsey
School nurse Kate Corcoran has won the Angel of the Year award! She was recognised for dedicating her life to nursing and health education, and for working in a nursing home during lockdown. Congratulations!
#AngelOfTheYear
#PrideOfGuernsey
In February 1997, around 4.8m. Lego pieces were lost overboard from the Tokio Express container ship in a storm. Of those millions of pieces, there were only 4,200 octopuses lost at sea, and one local beachcomber has found one!
Congratulations to Simon Johns who has broken the world record for a 24 hour indoor row in the mens 40-49 lightweight category. Here he is on the final stretch with wife Nikki. Thanks to Sammy Meerveld from the Premature Baby Foundation for doing the videoing
Kristy Grant has won the Emergency Hero of the Year award for saving a man’s life when he went into cardiac arrest – well done, Kristy!
#EmergencyHero
#PrideOfGuernsey
Guernsey and Jersey responded to the pandemic in very different ways, but which is the right approach? Journalist Gary Burgess compares the two strategies...
Latest statistics have shown that Jersey’s claim to be the sunniest place in the British Isles is in doubt, with data from 2019 suggesting that the sun shines more on Guernsey
The Alderney Wildlife Trust’s CEO has been crowned Conservation Hero of the Year for founding the trust and sharing his passion for wildlife and doing as much as possible to enhance it! Congratulations!
#ConservationHero
#PrideOfGuernsey
“We’ve just had such a welcome” ⛵️
More than 150 young people have been in the island as they prepare to set sail for Poole today as part of
@UKSailTraining
’s Small Ships Race 2024 💪
And they even got a visit from the charity’s patron, the Duchess of Edinburgh 🙌
Zoe Collins has been named Young Achiever of the Year for her fundraising efforts for Les Bourgs Hospice following the death of one of her close friend’s mum. Well done Zoe!
#YoungAchiever
#PrideOfGuernsey
"Look at the size of this thing!" 😲
Here's the moment Daniel Bourgaize from Inglorious Fishing pulled up his first ever crayfish, off Guernsey's east coast — and it's fair to say he was pretty excited!
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James Ferbrache has won the Diversity & Inclusion award for caring for hundreds of students and ensuring they feel supported and included. Congratulations!
#DiversityAndInclusion
#PrideOfGuernsey
The Grandparents of the Year award goes to Peter and Helena McGovern! They were one family’s “lockdown heroes” for looking after their grandchildren during the pandemic so the parents could continue their work at the NHS
#GrandparentsOfTheYear
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Guernsey has recorded no new cases of Covid-19 in 41 days.
Director of Public Health, Dr Nicola Brink, explains how a community based track and trace system, which was introduced before the first case on the island, has enabled them to move into phase four of the pandemic.
At the centre of the Island Games world! 🌍
Check out this fantastic addition to the
@Guernsey_2023
set-up at Beau Sejour.
It was made by the CLIP team at Guernsey Prison 👏
Several islanders have been recognised on The Queen's New Years Honours List for 2020 and will be toasted to at the Bailiff's reception on New Year's Day
Learning support mentor Savannah King has been named Teacher of the Year! She was praised for her listening ear and going the extra mile for her students – Congratulations!
#TeacherOfTheYear
#PrideOfGuernsey
Staff at the retirement and assisted living facility GreenAcres have been awarded the Carer of the Year award! They were recognised for caring for and entertaining their residents throughout lockdown – well done all
#CarerOfTheYear
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The ‘Sea Donkey’ is off! 🏊♂️
Adrian Sarchet has begun his 24-hour challenge at La Vallette, with 325 islanders set to join him in the Ladies’ Pool along the way.
“I think this is likely to be the best fun I have ever had on any of my swims” 💚
Nikkie Kerr has been named Neighbour of the Year! She lives in an assisted living complex with 70+ residents and visits anyone who falls ill or brings them a present to brighten their day – Congratulations!
#NeighbourOfTheYear
#PrideOfGuernsey
“It’s been absolutely amazing!” 🤯
A local fisherman says he’s been “overwhelmed” after a video of him catching and releasing an egg-laden crayfish was shared thousands of times.
Daniel Bourgaize is now petitioning for a law requiring that breeding shellfish be returned.
The contact tracing team initially worked seven days a week for 60 plus hours to trace those who may have encountered an individual who tested positive for Covid-19
Happy Liberation Day, Guernsey! 🇬🇬
Here’s the
@LiberationGSY
cavalcade passing the Imperial as it set off on its island-wide tour 👋
You can track its progress here:
'Today it is just me,' the Bailiff said as he laid a wreath at the foot of the War Memorial to mark another year that Guernsey stands free from Occupation
A donation of more than £100,000 from Steve and Maggie Lansdown has enabled the Princess Elizabeth Hospital to buy a new x-ray machine. Because it looked like a giraffe, it has been decorated as one and named Lara.
After announcing its services would have to be suspended due to an ageing IT system not allowing staff to work from home, two local organisations have stepped in to save Citizens Advice Guernsey
National Trust of Guernsey’s campaign to buy and conserve green spaces is a wonderful initiative, Guernsey Conservation Volunteers co-ordinator Angela Salmon has said.
A slice of local sporting history is being revived on Saturday 🤽
For the first time in nearly five decades, competitive water polo will be played at La Vallette with Guernsey welcoming teams from Jersey and England.
Cricketer and sports administrator
@DavidPiesing63
has been promoting the cause of sports tourism for years. After the undoubted success of the Island Games, he says now is the time for Guernsey to recognise the opportunity on offer - and go after it.
Opportunities to improve Guernsey’s cycling infrastructure were explored at an online conference yesterday with a Dutch Cycling Embassy marketing and communications manager, explaining the Netherlands’ transport successes
In Lockdown 1 we were passing each other socially distanced with a smile and wave, but that has given way to a more suspicious atmosphere in the follow-up lockdown, argues Nick Mann
– and the self-appointed online ‘social police’ only make things worse...
What a night! 🙌
Congratulations again to our 2021
#PrideofGuernsey
winners 👏
Thanks to our hosts
@carlward
and
@JoPriaulx
, and to all of the sponsors for helping make this inspiring event happen 🇬🇬
After months of uncertainty and work behind the scenes, organisers of the much-loved Guernsey Battle of Britain Air Display have confirmed the event will be taking place as planned on 10 September this year - Red Arrows and all
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is looking for volunteers in Guernsey to establish a new fundraising group and support local people with sight loss.
The Customer Service award goes to performance and vehicle specialists JL Innovation! The company was celebrated for donating more than 100 hours of their time to repairing essential workers’ vehicles while the island battled the Covid lockdown
#CustomerService
#PrideOfGuernsey
Lindsay de Sausmarez is the new Environment & Infrastructure president.
She beat deputies David De Lisle and Andrew Taylor in a two-round ballot, but not all members cast a vote in the last round
In the last round she received 21 votes to De Lisle's 16