* The Alderney Blowers play every year.

Alderney has a full regulatory authority in operation.

While Alderney enjoys full autonomy in law ( except like the other Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, in matters of foreign affairs and defence ), under the provisions of a formal agreement ( known as " the 1948 Agreement ") entered into between the Government of Alderney and the Government of Guernsey, certain matters have been delegated to Guernsey.

Over the years, there has been a steady Anglicisation of the island's nomenclature, and this erosion still occurs to a minor extent, in the replacement of authentic names, with new ones e. g. the northern tip of the island is properly called " La Pointe du gentilhomme " but is often referred to as " Alderney Point ".

Due in part to the tourist industry but mainly to the Ridunians ' traditional taste for the grape and grain ( there is a common expression elsewhere in the Channel Islands that Alderney is composed of ' two thousand alcoholics, clinging to a rock ') there are many restaurants and public houses.

* In the Rockstar Games game Grand Theft Auto IV set in Liberty City ( a fictional rendition of New York City ), there is an island by the name of Alderney which is based on New Jersey, as the two provinces are Channel Islands.

Secondly, there was a problem of connecting the islands to the rest of the ITV Network-the solution was to build a relay station on Alderney, the northern-most island, which would then send the network feed from Westward Television and occasionally Southern Television to Channel Television's studio in Jersey ; this was initially a problem, because the existence of the relay station meant that Alderney itself could not have a broadcast service from the start of broadcasting, and the local authorities refused to lease land to the ITA for the relay station.

On 28 April 1950, BEA launched a summer service from Gatwick to Alderney, the airline's first scheduled route from Gatwick as well as its first scheduled service from there to the Channel Islands.

Games are overseen by Ofcom and, because Two Way's gaming division is based there, the Alderney Gambling Control Commission.

The daughter falls in love with a carpenter from Alderney, but moving to his island, finds life there too busy.

It has long been an article of popular faith that Saint Maclou inhabited the great square rock called Ortac, in the sea between Alderney and the Casquets ; and many old sailors used to declare that they had often seen him there, seated and reading a book.

Wallace, preparing for the evacuation of Alderney, went there to inspect the kittiwake colony.

It faces the Channel Islands and there any many cousins on both sides of the Alderney race.

Some of the few remaining unevacuated Alderney natives ( round about 2 % of the population ) also found themselves in there.

Alderney has been nicknamed " the island of silence ", because little is known about what occurred there during the occupation.

Exhibits there fully reflect the history of the town and include a collection of rare maps, a list of British Regiments stationed in Alderney starting with 1732, old records, the 1940 Census of Alderney, finds of the Elizabethan shipwreck, and many rare artefacts.

Aurigny Air Services, the islands ' other airline, which was founded on Alderney in 1968, also has its registered office there.

The daughter falls in love with a carpenter from Alderney, but moving to his island finds life there too busy.

Even though there are a number of other anchorage locations in the Alderney at Saye Bay, Longis Bay, Telegraph Bay, Hannaine of Fort Clonque, and Burhou – the Lug, SW end of Burhou ( these are not preferred as compared to Braye Barbour ) where conditions are favourable only in calm weather and / or offshore winds conditions.

** Alderney, an annex of the concentration camp Neuengamme, is liberated.

Unlike the largely autonomous islands of Sark and Alderney within the Bailiwick, Herm is administered entirely by the States of Guernsey, and elects members to the States of Deliberation as part of the St. Peter Port South electoral district.

The Wildlife Trusts is an organisation made up of 47 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom plus the Isle of Man and Alderney.

The Channel Islands were heavily fortified, particularly the island of Alderney which is closest to Britain.

Alderney (; ; Auregnais: Aoeur ' gny ) is the most northerly of the Channel Islands.

It is separated from Cap de la Hague by the dangerous Race of Alderney ( Le Raz Blanchard ).

The only parish of Alderney is the parish of St Anne, which covers the whole island.

Riduna may be the original name of Tatihou, while Alderney is conjectured to be identified with Sarnia.

Alderney / Aurigny is variously supposed to be a Germanic or Celtic name.

The States of Alderney is the legislature of the island ; it sends two representatives to the States of Guernsey as well.

The President of the States of Alderney is Stuart Trought.

Alderney is in the background.

Alderney is similar to the other Channel Islands in having sheer cliffs broken by stretches of sandy beach and dunes.

The geology of Alderney is mostly granites from the Precambrian period.

The Alderney Community and Sports Centre is currently planned, with building costing £ 2. 2m and starting in March 2012.

There is a vibrant and lively nightlife which is enjoyed by many especially in the summer, and informal dance music events often take place in abandoned bunkers (' bunker parties ') and more organised events in and around Alderney Week at the Corporation Quarry (' Quarry parties ').

Because it is quiet and secluded, Alderney has attracted some famous residents, including authors T. H. White ( The Once and Future King ) and Elisabeth Beresford ( The Wombles ), cricket commentator John Arlott, cricketer Sir Ian Botham, Beatles producer Sir George Martin, actress Dame Julie Andrews, and Olympic swimmer Duncan Goodhew.

Alderney Week is celebrated from the Saturday before the first Monday of August, when a number of events take place.

In the evening is the Extravaganza-a show of sketches and acts about Alderney, the theme, and inter-island competition.

The under-16 talent show ( Alderney's Got Talent ) is held early on, followed by the Alderney X-Factor at 9 pm.

In mid-1942, both the Krupp and Dortmunder prototypes were shipped to the Channel Islands and installed together off Alderney, where they were used for unloading materials needed to fortify the island.

At 3 pm on March 22, 1740, an English fleet composed of ships Strafford, Norwich, Falmouth and Princess Louisa, the Diamond frigate, the bombards Alderney, Terrible and Cumberland, the fireships Success and Eleanor, and transport Goodly and Pompey, under command of Vernon himself, began to bombard the Spanish fortress.

Lager Sylt, the concentration camp on Alderney was named after the island.

Lager Sylt, the Nazi concentration camp on Alderney was named after the island.

A 12-passenger boat, the Lady Maris II, operates regular services to Alderney.

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Anne's Alderney ( c. 1850 )

* There are also single trusts covering the Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly, and Alderney in the Channel Islands.

Slowly Lake Passaic drained and formed swamps in the township, such as Troy Meadows, and Lee Meadows on the old Alderney Farm tract are perfect examples.

On 27 July 1726, at only four-years-old, he was created Duke of Cumberland, Marquess of Berkhamstead in the County of Hertford, Earl of Kennington in the County of Surrey, Viscount of Trematon in the County of Cornwall, and Baron of the Isle of Alderney.

The German garrison on Alderney did not surrender until 16 May.

His parents were Charles Elton Halliley, a solicitor, and Amy Michelle ( née Le Mesurier ), whose family were from Alderney in the Channel Islands ; both families were affluent with histories of government service, or work in the legal profession.

Alderney shares a history with the other Channel Islands, becoming an island in the Neolithic period as the waters of the Channel rose.

Formerly rich in dolmens, like the other Channel Islands, Alderney with its heritage of megaliths has suffered through the large-scale military constructions of the 19th century and also by the Germans during the World War II occupation, who left the remains at Les Pourciaux unrecognisable as dolmens.