Bailiwick Podcasts

Hello sports fans! In this episode, Elliot Corbel sits down with new Bulls manager Elliot Powell and midfielder Luke Watson to discuss their upcoming season. We hope you enjoy!

In this episode of the Interview, Nick Mann speaks to John Fitzgerald about Channel Island Air Search.

The charity is this year’s beneficiary of the Harbour Carnival, being organised by the Guernsey Round Table. 

This week Nick Mann sat down with the Guernsey Basketball Association’s Secretary Matt Smart and Treasurer James Tracey to talk about a new drive for sponsorship to help grow the game. They have exciting plans in place, so why not get involved? The conversation begins with Matt explaining more about how the Island Games helped drive interest in the sport. Follow them on Facebook for more information or email [email protected].

As Jersey looks forward to the Royal visit, historian Ian Ronayne explores the longstanding and mutually advantageous relationship between islanders and their monarch in the latest episode of Temps Passé.

In this episode of Bailiwick Podcasts, Express sat down with Aziz Ibrahim to talk about his upcoming gig in Jersey, his rich musical journey, and the evolving music scene in Manchester and beyond.

Here, Mr Ibrahim reminisces about his memories of partying in Jersey and his diverse musical background, from reggae to soul to his experiences from playing with iconic bands like The Stone Roses.

He also spoke about Manchester's music scene across the years, the impact of digital transformation on the music industry, and his community work with hospice patients, prisoners and homeless people.

Guernsey football will be transformed by a new dedicated home ground. Called Victoria Park, it will offer top class facilities for players and fans. In this episode, Nick Mann visited the site to see the progress and talk to Guernsey Football Association CEO Gary Roberts and GFC manager Tony Vance about what is on offer and what it means for the game.

In this episode, sports reporter Elliot Corbel sits down with three members of the Jersey Badmintion Association as they celebrate their 100 year anniversary.

He is joined by current president Steve Le Roy, Junior Academy Coach and Island Games team manager Rob Armstrong and one of the all-time greats of the sport, Ian Coombs-Goodfellow. Join them as they celebrate a great achievement for a local club, reaching their centenary year.

This year marks the centenary of an organisation that has been quietly but importantly supporting local charitable causes since 1924. Historian Ian Ronayne looks back at the story of the Sir James Knott Trust and the man responsible for its founding in Jersey...

ALIAS project lead Anthony Lawrenson talks about the cutting edge drone trials taking place in Jersey that could soon turn ideas of science fiction into reality...

Those who take on the most difficult jobs often face the most scrutiny, usually because those jobs are for the public service. Teachers, nurses, police officers. If the community pays your wages, you can expect to get grief, and with the advent of social media, it has only become easier to criticise. 

It has also become easier to identify, and scrutinise, those instances where power has been used inappropriately.

In this climate, it has become harder and harder to pick out the actual problems. Post anything about the police online in recent weeks and the comment section becomes awash with vitriol directed at law enforcement. Is this tidal wave of criticism reflective of a service crippled with corruption or is it the amplification of a handful of issues that are in fact being dealt with? Is it somewhere in the middle?

That’s the problem. If you take social media at face value, it’s hard to know. Upholding the law is essential to a community, and when that trust is eroded, everything looks suspicious. 

Police officers are granted powers the general public don’t have. The power to arrest, the power to remove liberty. It's only right that the magnifying glass is held closer over them, but by who? And to what extent?  

Express spoke to Guernsey's Head of Law Enforcment, Ruari Hardy, to better understand the criticism the force is currently facing, whether it’s warranted, and what is being done to build public support in one of our most important institutions.