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This week's top stories
Wind and snow drives cars off the road As winter sets in with a vengeance this week in the Falkland Islands, police have urged drivers to take extreme care. Three cars were blown off the Mount Pleasant Road, south of sapper Hill, despite their drivers traveling slowly... Read More >>
Construction team faces a nervous wait The 12-strong construction team at the Falkland Islands Government partners Morrison (Falklands) Ltd today face a nervous wait to find out if they have work for the next two months... Read more >>
Squid sinks a £2.5m hole into Budget forecasts Treasury officials painted a bleak and arguably inevitable picture of tough times ahead at Tuesday's public meeting on the recently announced budget. The drop in revenue from fishing licences alone is expected to be £2.5 million in the next financial year... Read more >>
Timberrrrrrrrrrrrr! Church trees felled The huge trees that have decorated, and in recent years obscured the side of the cathedral in Stanley were chopped down this week... Read more >>
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