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Island choir Musicalé, which performs at a wide variety of venues around the island and, in its 29-year history has supported many island causes, presented a cheque for £500 to Tim Jones of Crossroads...
View ArticleWinter’s a hard time for pets
Winter, more than any other season, brings its own challenges and potential hazards to our pets.Older animals, especially if they are arthritic, really feel the cold and the damp and can be noticeably...
View ArticleLife saving defibrillator installed outside bank
Lloyds Bank has joined forces with the British Heart Foundation to provide an automatic external defibrillator (AED) in Douglas.The unit has been installed at the entrance to the bank branch at Victory...
View ArticleNew Year change for chair-based exercise
The running of a chair-based exercise programme, previously run by the government, has been taken over by JustGoPhysio Limited.Michelle Poyzer of the Department of Health and Social Care’s Public...
View ArticleFine for man who barged into a taxi then abused driver
A drunken man who got into someone else’s taxi, refused to get out, then abused the driver when he agreed to run him home has been hit with a stiff fine.Karl Grayson Morling, of Glen Helen Road in St...
View ArticleStudents design Manx Dyslexia Association’s new website
Manx Dyslexia Association (MDA) has launched its new website - thanks to the help of two college students.The MDA appealed for help to update its website and Dr Ali Robertson of University College IOM...
View ArticlePullyman: Logic to drive a man mad
I remember reading somewhere that the second biggest purchase that the average person or family will make, apart from their house, will be their car. We love our cars and the motor manufacturers know...
View ArticleA wonderful night for Oie’ll Verree
There is probably no better way to finish the Christmas celebrations, than heading along to Kirk Michael to celebrate Oie’ll Verree.Inside the small, packed Ebeneezer Hall, a line up of talented...
View ArticleRyan and Agata complete special Diamond challenge
Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award holders Ryan Craig and Agata Bojanowska responded to the call to take on a personal venture and earn the limited edition Diamond Challenge.The challenge was launched last...
View ArticleOFT staff available to give help in Douglas
The Office of Fair Trading’s consumer advice and debt counselling services are still available in Douglas.Staff at the OFT want people to know they can still access help in the capital, despite the...
View Article‘Share the Space’ road safety campaign launched in Garff
Garff commissioners will launch a new road safety campaign on Thursday, January 19 at Dhoon School.The campaign, called ‘Share the Space’ is urging all road users to look out for each other and share...
View ArticleNew school facility caters for students’ emotional wellbeing
An ‘Emotional First Aid Room’ has opened at a school in the south of the island. The Rotary Club of Rushen & Western Mann has provided funds to Castle Rushen High School to help develop the new...
View ArticlePolice on track for Port Erin presence
There will be a police presence in Port Erin railway station in the near future.A police officer will work in the station in the evenings, subject to operational demands taking him or her out of the...
View ArticleGet entry forms in for the Guild
Entries for the 2017 Manx Music, Speech and Dance Festival will close on Saturday, February 4.The Guild, celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, runs from April 21 to 29 at the Villa Marina in...
View ArticleMicrogaming donates £3,000 to mayor’s appeal
Douglas-based software development company has given £3,000 to the town’s mayoral charity appeal.Staff invited the mayor, Councillor John Skinner and his wife Gill to their Christmas party.The appeal...
View ArticleCronk-y-Voddy ploughing match
The 80th Cronk-y-Voddy ploughing match will take place on Saturday, January 21, at Ballakilmurray in Poortown Road.There will be categories for horse ploughing and the usual other classes as well as...
View ArticleFancy a plot for a stall at Tynwald Day?
Charities and traders who wish to be part of the 2017 Tynwald Day celebrations are being invited to apply for a plot on the Fairfield at St John’s.Application forms for this year’s event are available...
View ArticleFanfare launch for arthritis charity
A charity named Without Wings has been set up in the Isle of Man to help people with autoimmune arthritis.These illnesses include rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, lupus and...
View ArticleMan arrested after fracas in flat
A 20-year-old man from Douglas has been convicted of a charge of provoking behaviour.Caleb John James McBurnie, of Hillside Avenue, pleaded guilty to the charge and will be sentenced on February 23,...
View ArticleEquiom tax briefing seminar to touch on important issues
Equiom Solutions, part of the international Equiom Group, will be hosting its annual seminar to discuss key issues concerning tax and estate planning for Isle of Man residents. The seminar will be held...
View ArticleHow can we make the Manx health service more efficient?
The Manx public are being asked how the health service’s efficiency can be improved.It comes after the health service announced it needed £11m more to balance the books.It was announced today that the...
View ArticleCrash was caused by mother’s illness
A woman from Strang has admitted crashing her car and causing serious bodily harm after being distracted by her mother taking ill.Lynda Christine Regan, of Mount Rule Road, pleaded guilty to a charge...
View ArticleWhen did the lords of Man lose their kingship?
Professor Tim Thornton of the University of Huddersfield will talk about lordship and sovereignty in the Isle of Man between 1300 and 1600 in the next talk in the History and Heritage lecture series at...
View ArticleUnion boss to meet Chief Minister as members decide whether to strike over...
A union official from the UK is to meet the island’s chief minister as public sector workers contemplate whether to take industrial action over proposed pension reforms.The Prospect trade union has...
View ArticleAgreement with BBC ‘in next few months’
Agreement could be reached with the BBC over the next few months for concessionary TV licences for the over 75s.Chief Minister Howard Quayle told Tynwald that since October last year, office-level...
View ArticleGrowing influence of the island’s biomed sector
More than 150 delegates were welcomed to the latest ManxBioMed event, which took place recently at the Manx Museum. Guests included representatives from on and off-Island businesses, both in the biomed...
View ArticlePlastic beg levy mooted
Plans to introduce a levy on plastic bags is being considered by the Manx government.Member for the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture Tim Baker told Tynwald that, following discussion...
View ArticleThief tried on new trainers and left shop
A 31-year-old man from Douglas has admitted stealing a pair of trainers worth £45.Andrew Hall, whose address was given in court as probation accommodation David Gray House in Drury Terrace, pleaded...
View ArticleHorse tram line saved
Tynwald has voted to keep the horse trams running along the whole length of the promenade.Plans for the reconstruction of Douglas Promenades, including a truncated horse tram line between Broadway and...
View Article£50k-a-year tractor solution is ‘best way’ to keep beach clean
At £50,000 a year, people might ridicule it as a waste of money – but using a tractor to move seaweed back into the water is by far the most efficient and cost-effective way of dealing with the large...
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