WITH the credit crunch and strengthening euro, record numbers are set to holiday at home this summer.

FAMOUS for cows, cream and Bergerac, Jersey is fast becoming a trendy new hotspot in its own right.

JERSEY'S sumptuous fare makes our travel astrologer Russell Grant go all starry-eyed over the Channel Island’s tasty food.

SAND yachting, kite surfing, wake boarding, flying a kite or riding a horse, running, sand castling, rock pooling, or just plain surfing or swimming (but watch the flags – there can be rip tides), the five-mile sands of St Ouen’s Bay, on the west coast of Jersey, are the absolute numero uno of sporting beaches in the Channel Islands.

THE largest Channel Island is famous for tax exiles and Norman connections but, as Rebecca Ford finds out, it is transforming itself into a sleek and very modern hot spot

RICHARD MADELEY heads to the channel islands with wife Judy Finnegan in the wake of a UFO sighting to make first contact with a very special destination

ON GUERNSEY, Norman Miller ruminates on the Channel Island’s natural larder.