Hotel’s ‘we do’ for marriages
FOLLOWING last year’s ruling permitting venues other than churches and registry offices the authority to host weddings, The Claremont is pleased to be one of the first hotels in the island to be...
View ArticleManx Radio set to shed staff in Budget shake-up
BOSSES at Manx Radio say they are ‘hugely disappointed’ that staff are to be lost as part of a restructuring forced by a planned cut in the government’s subsidy.The broadcaster is funded both by the...
View ArticleDouglas schools to merge together
TWO Douglas primary schools are to merge under the leadership of one head teacher.Murray’s Road Junior School head teacher Steve Taylor is stepping down at half term, for health reasons. He is to...
View ArticleThe Manx Sound Exchange: Recording - the home front
IN recent weeks the Manx Sound Exchange has looked at how Manx bands and musicians can get away from the island and the logistics of touring the UK and further afield in order to perform to new faces...
View ArticleMissing teen found
The missing 16-year-old schoolboy has now been located.Jordan Daniel Quayle had last been seen at 4:30pm yesterday (Thursday) in Douglas. Police issued details of Queen Elizabeth II High School student...
View ArticleJust how should local politicians declare their interests?
A SELECT committee looking into how politicians should declare their interests will sit next week.The Local Authorities: Members’ Interests Committee was formed following the submission of a petition...
View Article‘Retirement promotions’ question asked in Keys
JUST under 30 government employees were promoted within 24 months of retirement in the past 10 years, figures released in the House of Keys show.Zac Hall (Lib Van, Onchan) had requested the figures...
View ArticleInquest into Andreas fire death opens
AN elderly man died as a result of burns after being admitted to Noble’s Hospital last month an inquest has heard.The inquest on 75-year-old Edward Walter Corlett, a retired postman, was opened and...
View ArticleInflation rate at two-year low
TREASURY Minister Eddie Teare has welcomed another fall in the island’s inflation rate which has now reached its lowest level for more than two years.The Retail Prices Index fell for the fifth...
View ArticleHip ops: no need to worry, say Manx medics
CONCERN about the safety of metal-on-metal hip replacements should not apply to patients who have had surgery in the Isle of Man, the Department of Health has confirmed.Following recent reports in the...
View ArticleLiterary Society meeting
THE next meeting of the Isle of Man Literary Society will tackle problems facing the biographer with a talk called Writing Lies, to be delivered by Dr Jennifer Kewley Draskau.The local author works at...
View ArticlePalace display for children’s art work
BRADDAN School pupils are busy making self-portraits which will be projected onto the facade of Buckingham Palace as part of the Queen’s diamond jubilee celebrations.The children, from reception age to...
View ArticleDorothy faces evil witch to get to Wiz
CASTLE Rushen High School is getting set to stage a spectacular musical production.A cast of 30 students will perform The Wiz, a re-telling of the fantasy story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz set in the...
View ArticleSam Barks’ joy at Hollywood role
THIS is the moment a stunned Samantha Barks learned she would be starring in the massive film production of Les Miserables.Theatre impresario, and obvious Sam fan, Sir Cameron Mackintosh took to the...
View ArticleNew stage school opens in the north
A NEW stage school that has been launched after dance was cut from a Ramsey school’s curriculum because of financial pressure has waltzed its way to impressive enquiry numbers.Laura Walkom, who has...
View ArticleCharity launches latest guide
DOUGLAS Mayor Ritchie McNicholl has launched the fourth issue of the Connect2Charity guide.At a reception hosted by the charity’s trustees at Douglas town hall, Councillor McNicholl said that in...
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THE Manx Government has signed an agreement with Dubai aimed at promoting closer business, economic and trade relations.Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries took...
View ArticleMorphet offers to help boost tourism
ONE of the island’s wealthiest men has indicated he would be happy to help the government generate more tourism. Leisure tycoon John Morphet, who lives at Bishopscourt, revealed he was approached by...
View ArticleCouncil opposes electoral reform plan
DOUGLAS Council has submitted its opposition to the main two proposals for constitutional reform raised by the Electoral Reform Bill 2011.A joint House of Keys and Legislative Council committee was set...
View ArticleBanking for eGaming
CONISTER Bank has announced what it is calling the island’s first eGaming dedicated banking product.Conister Bank ProTect has been created specifically for the island’s eGaming operators, following...
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