Jersey threatens to break with UK over tax backlash
Island should be ready to become independent, says senior minister after political attacks on finance industryA barrage of regulatory clampdowns and political attacks on the Channel Islands'...
View ArticleRoots of Channel Islands' uncertain relationship with UK go back to 1066
While Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark have their own elected parliaments, they are not constitutionally independentThe Channel Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark already each have their...
View ArticleShould Jersey be independent from the UK?
While Jersey has its own elected parliament and is responsible for its own finances, it still has a constitutional relationship with the UK. Is it time for that relationship to end?
View ArticleBrecqhou: how windswept eyesore became Barclays' getaway
Visitors are now allowed to visit the private island where the winds and landscape have been tamedIn the Barclay family album there is a snap taken during a holiday on Sark which, according to the...
View ArticleBarclay brothers' full response to Guardian's questions about Sark
The brothers' advocate responds on defeudalisation, the Sark Newsletter and Lord McNallyIn a written response to the Guardian's queries about Sark, Gordon Dawes, the advocate for the Barclay brothers...
View ArticleBarclay brothers accused of trying to silence dissent on Sark
Lawyer denies Telegraph owners are using political, economic or legal power to skew democracy on island, as residents tell Helen Pidd how employee's newsletter has spread fear and divisionThere are two...
View ArticleMinister in row with Barclay brothers over Sark
Poisonous dispute between the tycoon twins and Channel islanders drags in UK governmentThe justice minister, Lord McNally, has said he told the billionaire Barclay brothers that the UK would not let...
View ArticleHerm away from home: the Channel Island charmer
The shabby peace of the smallest publicly accessible Channel Island sees the wealthy and world-weary return over againAs a private-jet pilot, Mark Hubbard could holiday anywhere in the world. "Next...
View ArticleJersey is bluffing: independence would ruin its tax haven status | Nicholas...
Jersey's assistant chief minister has threatened to break with the UK, but the island's clients need the stability of that relationshipIn the wake of the Jimmy Carr tax avoidance scandal, Jersey's...
View ArticleGuernsey health supplement industry facing regulatory crackdown
Island belatedly prepares to adopt Europe-wide standards on what beneficial claims can be made about productsA £100m trade in mail-order vitamins and health supplements that has sprung up in Guernsey...
View ArticleJersey's 'secrecy culture' led to my suspension, says former police chief
Graham Power claims he was punished for daring to investigate allegations against some of the island's power playersBefore moving to Jersey to take charge of the island's police in 2000, Graham Power...
View ArticleCrown dependencies: the Loophole Islands | Editorial
We should tighten up the UK's own regulations – and increase demands for financial transparencyJersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark. These are the most prominent members of what the British call the...
View ArticleLetters: Jersey operates within the law on tax
In headlining your editorial "Crown dependencies: The Loophole Islands" (29 June), you reveal that you have fundamentally failed to understand the true nature of Jersey's finance industry. Such a...
View ArticleFull Tilt poker tycoon arrested by FBI
Ray Bitar faces nine charges including fraud, money laundering and operating a 'Ponzi scheme' from a base in GuernseyThe gambling tycoon who ran the world's second largest online poker site from...
View ArticleAlderney, the unlikely hub for a global, online gambling industry
Gamblers are routed through Alderney from throughout the world – including some where such activity is illegalAlderney is the most northerly and remote of the Channel Islands. To get to the island...
View ArticleOlympic torch route, day 58: people of the sea gear up for another carnival
Despite its reputation as a millionaires' paradise, Guernsey is an island full of ordinary people and a lot of historyThe islanders of Guernsey are known as a people of the sea, so naturally the torch...
View ArticleJersey murder trial begins: Damian Rzeszowski accused of killing six
Rzeszowski stabbed his wife, daughter, son, father-in-law and two others to death because his marriage had failed, court hearsA man killed six people, including his wife and their two young children,...
View ArticleJersey murder trial: Damian Rzeszowski 'heard voices in his head'
Man accused of killing six, including his wife and children, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter through diminished responsibilityA man who killed six people, including his wife and two young children,...
View ArticleJersey court convicts builder of knife massacre
Damian Rzeszowski found guilty of killing six people, including his wife and their two childrenA builder who killed six people, including his wife and their two children, in knife attacks on Jersey was...
View ArticleJohn Kerr obituary
John Kerr, who has died aged 94, was the much-loved equestrian correspondent of the Guardian for 30 years. Having tentatively begun his journalistic career on the local paper in Bideford, Devon, he...
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