Postal deliveries and opening times over Easter
THE Post Office has advised of changes to operation and opening times over the Easter period.Tomorrow (Good Friday, March 29) mail will be received from the UK early morning as normal with mail...
View ArticleHow good is your GP’s service?
HEALTH bosses are this week issuing ‘GP access surveys’ to a selection of 7,800 patients across all GP practices in the island.In 2012 ‘primary care’ – which includes services such as ambulance...
View ArticleRevamp plans for Port Erin Railway Station on show
PLANS to improve Port Erin Railway Station are on display at the station until (and including) Monday, April 1.The scheme was borne out of discussions about the regeneration of the village by the South...
View ArticleDrug Advice Service & Helpline (DASH): pledge on last ditch talks
CHIEF Minister Allan Bell has pledged to talk with Treasury about vital funding to keep the DASH helpline running - insisting he wants a ‘fair and honourable’ solution.He gave the commitment after...
View ArticleFirm finds a solution to farmers’ fertiliser issue
Manx farmers are being given financial assistance to buy essential fertiliser products.Conister Bank has stepped in to provide a solution following the shock announcement by ING late last year that it...
View ArticleFarmers overwhelmed by offers of help
FARMERS have been overwhelmed by offers of help trying to rescue animals from the snow.This morning no more volunteers are needed to go out into the countryside to search for livestock.Now the areas...
View ArticlePub quiz tonight to raise money for charity
TWO people from Farmhill, Douglas, are planning to run in superhero costumes in an event in London in May.Painter and decorator Jamie McKee and personnel officer Jessica Kramer don’t yet know which...
View ArticleAlice to be streamed live from London at Ballakermeen tonight
ALICE’S Adventures in Wonderland will be streamed live from London’s Royal Opera House to Ballakermeen High School’s studio theatre tonight (Thursday).Christopher Wheeldon’s ballet has been described...
View ArticleSong set to raise cash for farmers
THE Isle of Man Agricultural Benevolent Trust – which acts in response to hardship in the sector – has seen a boost in support.Isle of Man Young Farmers has donated £15,000 to the charity, and new Manx...
View ArticleIsle of Man’s east sees proposed boundaries moved
GARFF MHK has welcomed significant changes to the Boundary Review Committee’s proposals for the east of the island.Dramatic changes to parliamentary boundaries were unveiled in January.The proposals...
View ArticleWildlife Park to re-open tomorrow
the Curraghs Wildlife Park will be open for tomorrow (Good Friday).After a heavy blanket of snow last weekend, just as the park was due to open, bosses there decided to keep the facility, in Ballaugh,...
View ArticleDamage to digger
POLICE constable Donna Kearns is investigating an incident of criminal damage to a Hyundai digger.The digger was parked on the Creg-ny-Baa back road close to Conrhenny plantation between 7pm on Tuesday...
View ArticleThe thaw will be long and slow, Met Office says
AS the freezing temperatures hit the island, it is fair to say people have been wrapping up more to keep themselves warm over the last week, so it will come as no surprise to many people that this...
View ArticleSmall number of breast patients are recalled
THE Health Minister has denied that ‘large numbers’ of breast patients are being recalled to discuss the results of previous biopsy tests.And David Anderson MHK hit out at a backbench MHK’s ‘constant...
View ArticleBookings up by 25% for Festival of Motorcycling
An extra sailing has been scheduled for the new Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling this summer, with motorcycle bookings at this point up 25 per cent on last year’s forward bookings position for the...
View ArticleDevelopment for trust firm
THE senior executives of a leading international law firm and a top Zurich-based trust company flew into the Isle of Man to celebrate a landmark development in the evolution of a local trust and...
View ArticleBank model won’t work here – claim
DEPOSITORS would not be protected if a ‘Bank on Dave’ type operation was set up in the island.Treasury Minister Eddie Teare was questioned in the House of Keys by Kate Beecroft (Lib Van, Douglas South)...
View ArticleCowboy builder shares name with genuine workmen
ROOF repairs and guttering specialist John Barton believes he’s the unwitting victim of a case of mistaken identity.Mr Barton, of Douglas Head, who works alongside his son Dean, aged 36, believes he’s...
View ArticleExercise extreme caution in deep snow
WHILE some people will no-doubt want to enjoy walking and sledging in the snow this weekend, members of the public are encouraged to take extreme caution in areas of deep snow.The warning came from the...
View ArticleHeavy snowfall means busy time for Manx Telecom
THERE may not have been any phone lines damaged during the weekend’s bombardment of snow – which brought down power cables and posts across the west of the island – but Manx Telecom staff still faced a...
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