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Have you got your stickers yet? They'll be needed next week when the new 'pay as you throw' system comes into effect and can be purchased from local retailers – either £1.40 for up to 50 litres of 'black bag' waste or £2.50 for up to 90 litres. That's equivalent to a dustbin-sized bag.

Vale parishioners have been invited to comment on a new planning framework that could see the English and Guernsey Arms site redeveloped in a range of different ways, including a multi-storey building.

It's Monday, so your usual 'bin night' reminder is below.

In case you were wondering following the festive holidays, bin night collections return to normal this week, so your usual set out day applies again.

Our reminder here a couple of days ago about dog tax being due prompted some questions from parishioners about why it exists, whether all parishes have it and what happens to the fee.

A quick update for anyone in the Vale who's usual 'bin night' means putting out the recycling/waste tonight - its changed because of New Year.

Details have been published to explain how people with dogs can pay the annual tax on them. The announcement, by all the island's Constables, has appeared in La Gazette Officielle and sets out the rate - £10 per animal - and how to pay.

A quick reminder as we approach Christmas and the New Year that there have been some changes to the usual set-out nights for refuse etc collections and are as follows:

With Christmas and New Year falling on a Tuesday, there have been some changes to the usual arrangements for putting out refuse. These are as follows:

The Vale Parish has been thanked for raising more than £200 towards the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal - believed to be a record for a fixed collecting point.