Guernsey News from Island FM

The Chamber of Commerce will advise Guernsey businesses how to go about importing a range of French goods.

Aurigny will concentrate on its new lifeline routes, existing UK destinations and an extra Paris flight.

Disposable vapes will be outlawed from Saturday 31 January in a bid to stop the harm they cause to people and the environment.

Organisers say last year's trial was a success and as a result the 2026 air display will begin at 6.30pm on 9 September.

Disgraced Guernsey politician Jonathan Le Tocq will be imprisoned for 9 years for sexual offences.

The Priaulx Premature Baby Foundation wants to honour the late Matthew Girard with a life-sized LEGO bench at his former primary school.

Tributes are being paid to John Randall, an early Island FM presenter who has died aged 68 after a short illness.

Heavy rain and strong winds from Storm Ingrid have forced the organisers of a sponsored sleep out to postpone.

The changes are designed to simplify the timetable, target buses where there's demand and drop or re route less busy services.

Magellan says the project was more challenging than mapping the Titanic because of the depth involved.

Chief Pleas was unable to consider the £1.5M from the States of Guernsey at its meeting last night (21 January), but a timeline for the purchase was laid out.

The Channel Islands’ air search and rescue service can resume after an aircraft registration issue was resolved.

A new group will meet monthly to support Guernsey mums returning to work.

Angela Goddard's commitment to growing women’s and girls’ sport has been recognised on the national stage.

Guernsey's Home Affairs president says Deputy Rob Curgenven broke the terms he had agreed to, which left him no choice but to expel him.

A cross committee group of deputies would engage with the cannabis industry, the law and health to assess the impact of decriminalisation of the Class B drug.

The Channel Islands were treated to a rare incredible show of the Northern Lights on Monday night (19 January).

Aurigny's CEO is pragmatic about the competition from BA, but says it will have a measurable impact on passenger numbers.

Funding will go towards supporting musicians from Jersey and Guernsey to tour the Channel Islands, Normandy and Brittany.

More than 150 islanders, aged 8 to 80, spent the summer of 2025 sketching local architecture.

Doug Perkins has been presented with his Commander of the British Empire title by the Princess Royal.

Guernsey's airline is putting an ex-Blue Islands aircraft onto its books to deal with the extra demand from the Jersey and Southampton routes.

The School of Popular Music will set up a new venue at Expo City Dubai by April.

Guernsey’s first electric buses will hit the roads shortly, following driver training and route testing.

A week on from Storm Goretti, the Channel Islands are getting more bad weather with rain likely to be the issue this time.

A global aircraft registration problem has temporarily grounded the Channel Islands Air Search plane.

The States say private wood collectors have been ignoring the barriers and cutting logs from felled trees.

Breakfast clubs in Guernsey primary schools, preschools, and nurseries will receive free milk.

A Guernsey deputy says he's determined to find out if the replacement of the Castle Emplacement bridge represents value for money.

Deputies will be asked to vote in a raft of safeguards if they approve a Goods and Services Tax, which could be set at 5% on everything, or 6% if food is exempt.

Islanders are being asked to have their say on a proposed rise in Guernsey bus fares.

Aurigny has announced is summer flight schedule between Jersey and Guernsey after being confirmed as the sole operator on the inter-islands route.

Guernsey politicians are set to debate a £24M to upgrade to Alderney’s airport runway, which could require a lengthy closure next year.

JPRestaurants, which runs Banjo, Oyster Box and Crab Shack, is changing hands.

Guernsey Trees For Life plan to begin a public fund to help buy and plant replacement native trees.

Guernsey's States say access to the Castel school and Les Beaucamps is affected by road closures caused by fallen trees.

The major incident saw multi-agency responses to nearly 150 emergency calls.

Loganair's licence applications to operate flights from Guernsey to Jersey and Guernsey to Southampton have been denied by the island's Transport Licensing Authority.

An elderly couple had the gable end of their home ripped apart by Storm Goretti but were thankfully uninjured.

The Bailiwick has been battered by Storm Goretti, with trees brought down, property damaged and 50 people evacuated from flats in St Peter Port.

Island FM is delighted to announce the appointment of Tom Fotheringham as Chairman of its Board of Directors.

The latest radio listening figures show Guernsey’s Island FM has it biggest audience in five years.