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Users of Bordeaux have been warned by Police not to park on the newly-painted safety "pavement" on the sea wall side of Castle Road as they risk committing an offence and being fined.

A field in the north of the parish has been saved from possible development in the future after its owner left it in perpetuity to the National Trust of Guernsey.

Dog owners in the Vale are being reminded that they have until the end of the month to get their dogs licenced – and an awful lot are leaving it late to do so!

Postie Lawson Pipet is one of the best known faces in the Vale. After all, he's been delivering letters and parcels in the parish for nearly 25 years. But there's something not many people know about him – he's got 57 tortoises in his back garden and he even "delivered" some of them himself. And before you say, that's a lot of tortoises, he used to have 81.

Measures now being taken at Bordeaux to make the road safer for pedestrians have been welcomed by the Vale's Senior Constable, Richard Leale.

The best way to facilitate house building in the Bridge and Lowlands areas is by creating flood defences across the mouth of St Sampson's harbour, the Vale's Senior Constable has said.

Periodically cutting back gorse on L'Ancresse Common is an essential part of managing the area and maintaining its biodiversity, the Vale Commons Council (VCC) has said. It issued the update in response to some concerns expressed over the latest trimming, which is visible from Les Clotures Road.

Parishioners have have seen this headline in the Guernsey Press earlier this week following a presentation by the Guernsey Development Agency and wondered whether the Vale Douzaine was aware of the vision being outlined for the Bridge area since the survey informing it is still in progress.

Some Vale history was made this week when Guernsey's Lt-Governor, Lieutenant General Richard Cripwell, invited island douzeniers to a Christmas Reception at Government House. Among those attending was Dean of the Vale Douzaine Rosemary Henry – who took a sword with her at his request for the occasion.

Vale parishioners are being encouraged to complete a survey that will help inform new proposals about how the whole Bridge area could be improved – from road signage to housing development or new marinas.