PDMS helps launch bank’s new website
PDMS, the software application development and IT services company, helped launch new website for Duncan Lawrie Private Bank (www.duncanlawrie.com).Duncan Lawrie is an established private bank offering...
View ArticleInvestigation into claim that strike breakers drove buses for government...
TWO of the drivers who helped the government provide bus services in the strike before Christmas might not have the right driving licences.The Manx Independent today reveals that an investigation has...
View Article‘Smear test’ enhanced with HPV screening
Women who take part in the Cervical Screening Programme – formerly known as a ‘smear test’ – are set to benefit from an enhanced test, with the introduction of screening for the Human Papilloma Virus...
View ArticleIris, 93, has had just 24 birthdays
POPULAR Peel resident Iris King is celebrating her 93rd birthday today (Thursday).With her birthday actually falling on February 29 – which falls only once every four years – she is marking the...
View ArticleLegislative Council nominations announced.
SEVEN people have been nominated to stand for election to the Legislative Council.They include two of the MLCs standing down at the end of their term and one sitting MHK. The nominees are:Linda...
View ArticleTim Craine is looking forward to a rest after years of 5.45am starts
AS a career civil servant Tim Craine has served at the very highest levels of the Isle of Man Government.So when he retires at the end of next month it is likely that it won’t be long before he makes...
View ArticleSupport for victims of domestic abuse
SURVIVORS of domestic abuse have joined together to set up a support group to help others who find themselves in a similar situation.Tamasin Wedgwood, aged 46, of Ramsey, who moved to the island with...
View ArticlePioneering sensory help available thanks to Manx Mencap
CHILDREN and adults in need of help with learning and sensory difficulties have a chance to receive pioneering treatment thanks to Manx Mencap.In August, specialists from The Sound Learning Centre, in...
View ArticleNurses are recognised for work in community
Three of the island’s community nurses have been awarded the title of Queen’s Nurse (QN) by UK community nursing charity The Queen’s Nursing Institute.The latest awards bring the total number of...
View ArticleStudents selected to represent island alongside Queen at Commonwealth Day
TWO young people from the Isle of Man will attend this year’s Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Headquarters Secretariat’s Observance of Commonwealth Day in London on Monday, March 11.Katie Danes,...
View ArticleDisruption for motorists set to start on Peel Road
EIGHTY weeks of disruption for motorists will begin on Monday, March 11, when a £4.3 million scheme to reconstruct Peel Road gets under way.Tynwald last week gave the green light to the scheme when...
View ArticleChildren ‘targets’ of bus strike, says Cregeen
STRIKING bus drivers are deliberately targeting school children taking exams, the Minister in charge of the island’s public transport network claims.Community, Culture and Leisure Minister Graham...
View ArticleJames Toseland and wife Katie Melua in flying visit to Isle of Man
FORMER World Superbike champion James Toseland and his wife, best selling singer-songwriter Katie Melua, flew into the island yesterday (Thursday) to support island charity Manx Cancer Help.As patron...
View ArticleJail’s hooch pooch sniffs out illicit alcohol
A ‘HOOCH pooch’ has sniffed out more than 50 litres of illicit alcohol brewed by inmates at Jurby jail since it was introduced eight months ago.Home Affairs Minister Juan Watterson was quizzed in the...
View ArticleBeach Buddies clean up at Castletown
THE latest Beach Buddies Big Team Beach Clean, at Castletown Bay on Sunday, proved another major success.Volunteers collected 35 bags of rubbish, as well as lots of large plastic canisters and a pile...
View ArticleRodan aims to tackle wind farm concerns
ANY wind farms planned in the Irish Sea should take into full account the economic effects they may have on the Isle of Man.That’s the proposal set to be laid down by Speaker of the House of Keys Steve...
View ArticleFamily need to raise £4,000 to bring Tina’s body home
A MOTHER-of-five who died of stab wounds in North Tyneside had been preparing to move back home to the Isle of Man.Tina Casey’s body was found at her house in Holywell, near Whitley Bay, earlier this...
View ArticleFruity fundraiser by Ashley Hill School
PUPILS at Ashley Hill School started their own business to raise money for the Manx Aviation and Military Museum.The profits – £235.79 – were presented to Ivor Ramsden of the museum, at Ballasalla, on...
View ArticleCowboy builders operating in the island, says OFT
householders are being warned to be wary of using builders who call at their homes without an appointment offering to do work. The Office of Fair Trading knows ‘cowboy builders’ are currently operating...
View ArticleMedicine is stolen from an occupied house
PRESCRIBED medicine was stolen in a burglary of an occupied house.The culprit crept unnoticed into the house on Church Lane, Jurby, sometime between the early evening of Monday last week and the early...
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