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Businesses have been pleading with Government and the Corporation of St George to help St George, saying they felt “abandoned’, but as Fiona McWhirter found out, there is still a sense of optimism in the Olde Towne. A handful of tourists chat in...

A teenager was arrested and drugs seized after police executed two search warrants in the Town of St George following reports of drug dealing. A police spokesman said police carried out searches at a home on Queen Street along with “a location on Kin...

Tourism bosses have admitted that St George needed better transport links to capitalise on the visitor trade. Charles Jeffers II, the chief executive of the BTA, said the organisation recognised the “critical importance” of the Olde Towne to the isla...

A yacht docking area in the East End will be improved if an application for renovation work is backed by planners. A planning application said fencing would be put up on Ordnance Island and Market Wharf in St George to separate the dock from public a...

A restaurateur has introduced day time entertainment over the festive season in a bid to beat curfew restrictions on night-time events. Dennie O’Connor of The White Horse Pub and Restaurant in St George, said: “I am encouraging the public to keep din...

A shortage of firefighters in the East End has sparked fears about potential gaps in ambulance cover for the area. George Dowling III, the Mayor of St George, said that reports about fire station staffing problems — and the potential impact on its am...

More than 180 cruise ship visits are scheduled for next year, the draft schedule has revealed. The draft included just two more cruise ship visits than were expected this year, but the figure was much higher than the 36 visits actually recorded in 20...

A restaurant is to close its doors for the last time on New Year’s Eve as the Little Venice Group prepares to take over the property. The team behind Tempest Bistro in St George, known for its French homestyle food, said it had no immediate plans to...

The health minister set an example to the public today as she queued up to get her flu shot. Kim Wilson said she hoped the public would follow suit to help control the risk of influenza over the winter season. Ms Wilson added: “The flu vaccine is a s...

Dear Sir; It is very encouraging to see that the yacht service business at St George’s will be expanded and, hopefully, bring some added employment and revenue to the Olde Towne. However, this in itself will not be sufficient to revive St George’s fr...

I was overjoyed when the Throne Speech highlighted that a new marina for St George’s will become a reality in 2022. The week before I was on Ordnance Island making a Facebook Live post about the economic benefits to St George’s, with all the yachts s...