Guernsey Press

12/06/2026

Guernsey racing driver Seb Priaulx is back for his second outing in ‘one of the biggest races on the planet’ this weekend 🙌

Seb Priaulx is back at Le Mans after a four-year absence.

12/06/2026

That stretched Dire Straits reference is doubly relevant, writes Richard Digard, as the latest accounts show how out of control government costs are, why the States really wants GST and because Scrutiny is being asked to look at a claim that officials said Leale’s Yard land was worth zero.

That stretched Dire Straits reference is doubly relevant as the latest accounts show how out of control government costs are, why the States really wants GST and because Scrutiny is being asked to look at a claim that officials said Leale’s Yard land was worth zero.

12/06/2026

A carer who stole bank details from people under her care and spent their money has avoided time in prison.

12/06/2026

Wind farm operators are queuing up to lease areas of Guernsey’s sea bed, according to a deputy who sits on the States’ Offshore Wind Delivery Board.

12/06/2026

Friday’s Press 🗞️

11/06/2026

Being a member of the emergency services is a pretty amazing role in life no matter where you live.

But imagine being a ‘first responder’ in a community of just a few hundred souls, no motor vehicles other than tractors, and no sealed roads.

Almost impossible? As Peter Roffey found out on a recent trip to Sark, far from it.

Read more: https://guernseypress.com/island-life/2026/06/08/everyone-turns-up-and-were-just-helping-that-person-in-those-minutes-of-need

11/06/2026

The Environment & Infrastructure Committee is assuring islanders that even if the proposal to reintroduce an annual motor tax is approved by the States next month, there will be no return to motorists having to queue up to buy tax discs.

11/06/2026

A former world cycling champion and local States worker has said that he has been ‘living in agony’ with the shoulder problems which forced his retirement from competitive cycling.

Chris ‘Hoppo’ Hopkinson, a multiple World Ultra Cycling Association champion, hung up his lycra and helmet last year, after racing through shoulder problems that he was told required urgent surgery. But nearly 20 months later, that surgery is still not booked.

Mr Hopkinson said he has faced misdiagnosis, misinformation, poor management and lack of accountability from both the Medical Specialist Group and Health & Social Care.

‘I just want to not be in pain,’ he said.

Read more: https://guernseypress.com/news/2026/06/11/i-just-want-to-not-be-in-pain-pleads-ex-cycling-champion

11/06/2026

Thursday’s Press 🗞️

10/06/2026

Smartphones in Guernsey schools – are we in danger of missing the simplest, cheapest and most effective solution?

Smartphone Free Childhood Guernsey, which represents more than 600 island parents and carers, fears we might be.

Read more: https://guernseypress.com/opinion/2026/06/09/raising-a-smartphone-free-generation