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On Falklands roads to 2013

Friday, 24 August 2012

GRADING teams have roared into action during the recent spell of dry weather on the MPA and Port Louis stretches on East Falkland.

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Open mic hits right note with Falklands musicians

Monday, 13 August 2012

By Sharon Jaffray The long winter evenings have evidently been put to good use with musicians of all ages and genres getting together at the Trough on Friday August 17 for an evening of pleasant surp...

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Infant Junior School scores higher than English average

Thursday, 02 August 2012

THE percentage of Infant and Junior School Year 6 students who achieved level four in their Key Stage 2 SATS was higher than the England national average, reported IJS and CE Head teacher Tom Hill. L...

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Olympic torch arrives in Falklands

Monday, 23 July 2012

COMMONWEALTH Games gold medallist badminton player Rebecca Pantaney arrived in the Falkland Islands on Thursday July 19, complete with an Olympic torch. Left: Rebecca in the UK carrying the torch ...

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New Stanley housing project begins

Monday, 23 July 2012

MORRISON (Falklands) Ltd has started works on the Sapper Hill housing development on the south west edge of Stanley.

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Black-browed albatross no longer endangered

Monday, 23 July 2012

THE conservation status of the Black-browed albatross could be downlisted from endangered based on ground and aerial surveys carried out in 2010, ACAP* Coordinator Anton Wolfaardt reported to the Env...

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Fixed penalty system for Falklands' motorists

Wednesday, 04 July 2012

A PAPER that outlines the mechanics to implement a fixed penalty system for motorists in the Islands was presented at Executive Council this week and approved, "to the next stage of its evolution...

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Falklands suffers nursing staff shortage

Tuesday, 03 July 2012

THE King Edward Memorial Hospital in Stanley (left) is struggling to recruit nurses and as a result will be expanding advertising for nurses to countries other than the UK. According to a report by t...

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More £s for Falklands' police?

Thursday, 21 June 2012

WORK is ongoing within the Human Resources department to improve salaries for police officers in the hope it will improve recruitment locally.

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Liberation Day remembered in snowy Falklands

Thursday, 14 June 2012

DESPITE shockingly wet and snowy weather a large crowd of Falklands' residents attended a remembrance service for those who lost their lives in the war of 1982. The service was held at the Libera...

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