Staff raising funds
Employees at Barclays in Victoria Street, Douglas, will be swapping their suits for aprons and serving a cuppa and a slice of something sweet in the hope of raising £200 for people affected by...
View ArticleRos, a high flyer at the age of 73
A Douglas pensioner has raised £1,424 for charity by tackling a daring skydive at Redlands Airfield in Swindon.Ros Mills, a 73-year-old who has lived on the island for 35 years took to the skies to...
View ArticleDrug dealer loses appeal over sentence. Court rules the Isle of Man can hand...
A drug dealer has lost his appeal against his six-year jail term.Daniel David Hamblett, aged 20, had pleaded guilty to a charge of possession cocaine with intent to supply the class A drug.He was...
View ArticleNursery worker is sentenced
A former nursery worker has been sentenced to a total of five years and three months’ imprisonment after admitting sexually assaulting a child and making indecent photographs of children.Passing...
View ArticleUnions fight ‘unfair competition’ for Steam Packet
Shipping unions are working together to oppose what they describe as a ‘renewed threat to Isle of Man ferry services’.RMT today (Monday) said it would work alongside the Nautilus union to fight Ellan...
View ArticleStudents get creative for new A-level course
A-level students at Castle Rushen High School are among the first across the British Isles to be studying creative writing.It’s the first time that exam board AQA has offered the course, and this year...
View ArticleVictorian Society’s next talk
The Isle of Man Victorian Society’s next free event takes place in Lonan New Church on the afternoon of Sunday, September 29, at 3pm.Local author Robert Fyson will speak about Canon John Quine who was...
View ArticleHunt is on for Student of the Year 2013
The hunt is on for the Student of the Year 2013.Each year, students from the island’s five state secondary schools and the college are put through their paces in a competition to identify the top...
View ArticleImportant new role during a ‘key’ time for the Post Office
Niall Carey joins Isle of Man Post Office as commercial manager in preparation to take over the role from Russell Cowin, who will leave the business to go on a year’s sabbatical.Having worked in the...
View ArticleJobseekers won’t have to sign on till January while Markwell House is being...
Jobseekers won’t have to sign on for the dole until the New Year – while part of the main benefits office in Douglas is closed for refurbishment.Those who claim Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and normally...
View ArticleSamantha gives tips on student life
Samantha Kenny, 20, is an undergraduate history student at Edinburgh University. Currently on a exchange year in Delhi, former King William’s College and Castle Rushen High School pupil Samantha looks...
View ArticleKathy raised funds after being inspired by charity’s work
After being inspired by the hard work that Gerry Pishvaie puts into the Naseem’s Manx Brain Tumour Charity, Kathy Prince put on her walking shoes to raise funds. Kathy, who raised £205, was determined...
View ArticleCadets earn volunteer award
Two women have been presented with certificates in recognition of their exceptional service as volunteers.Carrie Wernham, 24, of Peel and from the Army Cadet Force, and Sarah Mercer, 17, of Port St...
View ArticleKicked by teacher in 1974 claim dismissed
The high court has made a restraining order against a woman preventing her from issuing further legal proceedings over her allegation she was kicked in the back by a teacher while at school in the...
View ArticleMoonlit roadworks out of this world
Yes, I know it’s been hell on wheels – often literally as well as figuratively – driving through all the road works going on in Douglas. But it hasn’t been all that bad for some of us. For me it’s even...
View ArticleAward winner and sponsor highlights importance of customer service
When The Claremont Hotel won the award for Company of the Year at last year’s Isle of Man Newspapers’ Awards for Excellence, it was a fitting recognition for going the extra mile to provide a hotel...
View ArticleBunting highlights sad statistic of reports of domestic abuse
This pretty looking bunting held aloft on Douglas seafront actually depicts a sad statistic.Each paper figure represents one of the 246 adults who have reported to police to have been a victim of...
View ArticleAG’s Chambers defends ‘jungle of cannabis’ caution
The Attorney General’s Chambers has defended itself against criticism from a Maughold parish commissioner, after a man found to be growing cannabis in an unused Dhoon quarry was cautioned and...
View ArticleBeware – free range children
This week, Chris Gregory, playwork development officer for The Childrens’ Centre, envisages a world where our children play in, enjoy and respond to nature, and invites readers to come to a forthcoming...
View ArticleX-ray device to improve dental care
A portable x-ray device funded by the Henry Bloom Noble Healthcare Trust is improving access to dental services for vulnerable members of the community.The trust, which is celebrating its 125th...
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