Other post will be sent by boat and the company warned this would delay deliveries by 24 hours.

BBC: Guernsey Post helicopter at Guernsey Airport

Even if one takes at face value his decorated conduct in combat - and, according to the Washington Post, doubts raised lately by a number of fellow Swift Boat veterans about his claimed heroism and the medals he received for it cannot be dismissed - the candidate has assiduously downplayed his post-Vietnam conduct, including two decades in the U.S. Senate.

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This has traditionally been a feeble body of pen-pushers under a mild-mannered secretary-general, usually a senior regional official rewarded with the post as the crowning boondoggle in a career of not rocking the boat.

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During the closure island-wide collections will be brought forward to 13:00 GMT, with the last Envoy House and Smith Street Post Office collections at 15:00 to ensure mail connects with the UK mail boat.

BBC: Guernsey Post helicopter at Guernsey Airport