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James Webster in the ITV Channel TV studio Credit: ITV News Channel TV
I’ve had a date written in my calendar for the last six months. Whenever I have seen the reminder getting closer I’ve had to stop myself thinking about it too hard. Now I have no choice.
As I write this note it is one minute past midnight on Friday 7 May 2021 and the alert has just flashed up on my phone. The day has one short description, “LAST DAY ON SCREEN.”
Later today I will be presenting my final programme for ITV News here in the Channel Islands. Just typing those words gives me a lump in my throat because quite simply it brings to an end the best two and a half years of my career. I have loved every single bit of it and in so many ways I don’t want it to end.
Feb 8, 2021
THE Opera House will not reopen to the public after the pandemic unless government funds are provided for emergency repairs, its chairman has stated.
The Opera House during happier times in 2017. Picture: ROB CURRIE. (30189700)
Pierre Horsfall said that a report commissioned last year at the request of government chief executive Charlie Parker showed that electrical and mechanical defects, along with leaks to the roof in potentially dangerous areas, meant that the building was not safe for the public.
The Opera House is currently prevented from opening by Covid-19 restrictions but Mr Horsfall said that the implications of the survey meant that it would remain closed until essential safety work had been undertaken. Since the Opera House board has no funding for this, the immediate future of the building is dependent on a fiscal stimulus bid currently under consideration.