Bailiwick Podcasts

The Guernsey Employment Trust helps people with disabilities find and maintain employment. Rosa is one of GET's successful clients. She, her support worker Kate, and Niamh who worked with Rosa at Guernsey Post, explained how GET's processes work. And, Nikki - the GET Chief Officer - explained why their work is so important ★ Support this podcast ★

'The World's Toughest Row' takes a crew 3000 miles west from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Nelson's Dockyard in Antigua. It involves constant rowing, waves up to 30 feet high, sleep deprivation, sea-sickness, salt sores and blisters. Kelly Frost spoke to Intrepid232, an incredible crew of four Jersey mums (Julie Brady, Alison Smithurst, Helene Monpetit and Rosemary Satchwell) who are training...

With thousands of athletes in Guernsey for the 2023 Island Games, it’s hoped some spectators will be encouraged to be more active too.  Alun Williams from the Health Improvement Commission thinks that will be the legacy of the Games.  ★ Support this podcast ★

Guernsey will field its largest ever athletics team for the 2023 Island Games, but as manager Tom Druce tells us, everyone is there on merit.  ★ Support this podcast ★

Charmaine Johnson will be representing Alderney in track and field and has been passionate about athletics since she could walk. She spoke to Matthew Leach about her life story and why she’s so excited to represent Alderney this year…  ★ Support this podcast ★

The cry has gone out to "pack the dome!" Guernsey Men's Basketball Team Manager Pete Beausire is expecting an electric atmosphere as Beau Sejour hosts their games. He told Nick Mann what to expect.  ★ Support this podcast ★

Guernsey head into the women’s basketball tournament on form with their sights on the gold medal final. Emma Hicks and Emma Webb joined Express to discuss their chances. Webb opens by reflecting back on the last home Games. ★ Support this podcast ★

During the NatWest International Island Games cycling events, a tantalising mix of speed and tactics will play out on and off the roads. Express learns more about the upcoming events from team members Alex Van Katwyk and Hannah Brehaut. ★ Support this podcast ★

There's a mixture of experienced players and newcomers within Guernsey's women's football squad for this year's Island Games.  Coaches Anna Gauvain and her sister Katie Watson have been working with them to build on lessons learnt at this year's Muratti.  Anna told Laura Clayton what they're hoping to achieve at this year's Games. ★ Support this podcast ★

Guernsey’s men face a tough draw in the football. Manager Tony Vance tells Express how they are preparing for the challenges they will face both on and off the pitch  ★ Support this podcast ★

Guernsey’s relationship with cannabis is complicated. While the CBD and THC industry was heralded to be major economic enabler for the islander, legal redtape has ended up strangling it at birth. Major industry bodies have moved off island, taking their business with them; meanwhile, the island’s budding medicinal cannabis market continues to morph into a multi-million pound enterprise. With conce...

Joyce Farugia from Team Gozo tells Laura Clayton about Gozo, the island's journey to join the Island Games family, her hopes for Gozitain athletes, the island's preparations for Guernsey 2023, and Gozo's plans for future Games.  ★ Support this podcast ★

On the eve of the Island Games, and the back of another Muratti loss, Nick Mann was joined by Guernsey manager Tony Vance, to talk about the future of local football and the need for drastic change to drive up standards. ★ Support this podcast ★

Bailiwick Express meets Enid Quenault, a former Deputy and Constable of St Brelade whose decades of service to the island has been marked with a new health and wellbeing centre in the former Les Quennevais School being named after her. ★ Support this podcast ★

Parks, pavements, benches, squares, statues, sculptures. They’re all spaces that belong firmly in the public realm, spaces that belong to each and every one of us.    But how do we make the most of these places? How do we gauge what the community needs from their shared space and how can we use the public realm to tackle some of societies trickiest problems?    In this episode of Bailiwick Podcast...

This week Express was joined by the CEO of Guernsey Electricity, Alan Bates, to talk about the recently released Electricity Strategy and GEL's role in it. Mr Bates talks about the need for an interconnected, how GEL were involved in developing the strategy and why a renewable future will actually cost less... ★ Support this podcast ★

It’s been a very busy week with a notable team member missing, but the team were still able to work on some of the most pressing stories of the last seven days. This included further work on the electricity strategy and the deteriorating power station, interviews with inspirational young sportspeople and a story about a robot line marker. Join Matthew Leach, Nick Mann and Laura Clayton for this we...

Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez speaks about her committee's recently released Electricity Strategy. In it, the Committee for the Environment and Infrastructure recommended that Guernsey should pursue a new interconnected with France, while developing solar and wind power to meet our increasing needs for electricity. She told Express' News Editor, Matthew Leach, that the response to the strategy has b...

Nick Mann sits down with athlete Alastair Chalmers, to talk about his preparation for this year's Island Games. ★ Support this podcast ★

Join Matthew Leach, Kit Hannah, Nick Mann and Laura Clayton, as the Bailiwick Express team goes 'Behind the Headlines' to talk about the stories they worked on this week. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Jersey Opera House, which first opened its doors in 1900, is one of the island's most iconic buildings and a fundamental part of Jersey's cultural life.     The theatre, which has seen the likes of Lily Langtry and Ian McKellen tread its boards, closed its doors in March 2020 and has been shut ever since with renovation work rumbling on seemingly indefinitely.   However, it looks like there mi...

The States are being faced with an impossible decision, finish the Hospital Modernisation Project or complete the Education Programme. It was never meant to come to this, but tight public finances will force at least one very important capital project to be mothballed, unless a compromise can be reached before July’s capital projects debate. After being invited to the PEH to revisit just how impor...

Rugby and mental health are two things that rarely appear in the same conversation – but one rugby player who recently retired is seeking to change that. Guy Thompson began his professional career with the Jersey Reds and has played with top-level clubs like Wasps, Leicester Tigers, and Ealing Trailfinders. Since 2015, he has been an ambassador for LooseHeadz, an organisation which works to fight...

Join the team at the Bailiwick Express for a look back on this week's biggest stories.  ★ Support this podcast ★