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Waste bins that were available at the Vale Parochial Cemetery have been removed for a trial period because of the rising cost of keeping them there, it has been announced by the independent committee responsible for running the area.

An attempt by the Vale Douzaine to have a zebra crossing installed by the new housing development at Tertre Lane has not been accepted by States Traffic following extensive correspondence on this safety issue.

As you prepare this week's recycling, Guernsey Waste has issued some guidelines to ensure Vale householders don't have their blue bags left behind for including the wrong sort of materials for collection.

Planners have approved an application that will allow emergency sleeping pods to be installed at the Vale Douzaine to help the island's homeless this winter.

Vale householders are being asked to ensure they put out the right materials in their recycling bags because refuse contractors have been instructed not to collect any that contain non-compliant items.

Vale property owners are reminded that hedges and streams have to be cut and cleaned in the last 15 days of September so the deadline for that starts on Monday.

The Vale Douzaine has taken the unusual step in planning matters of issuing a strongly-worded statement condemning the proposed eight-storey block of flats that has been proposed for the Bridge area by Island Land Ltd. It says One Bridge Avenue looks like an April Fool's joke and does not provide accommodation people want to live in. The statement released by senior constable Richard Leale is as follows:

Proposals for an eight-storey block of flats immediately behind the shops on the Bridge have alarmed and surprised many in the parish and the Senior Constable has said the douzaine is looking immediately into what is planned for the area and the reasons behind the application.

An £11m project to help secure water supplies to the north of the island has been completed on time and on budget by Guernsey Water, the utility has announced.

Up to 10 roadside post boxes could disappear from the Vale under plans announced by Guernsey Post to rationalise its operations in response to rapidly declining letter volumes, it was reported today.