Barbecue chef Jamie wins cookery award
A cookery school chef who grew up in Castletown and now works in Oxfordshire has beaten dozens of other cookery school professionals from across Britain to win the accolade of Best Young Rising Star at...
View ArticleDeaf champion’s role in new disability law
The Isle of Man’s deaf champion Gareth Foulkes has just accepted a role helping to implement the island’s Disability Discrimination Act.Mr Foulkes has been appointed as chairman of the Disability...
View ArticleWillow lantern workshops
Make your own willow lantern to add some winter sparkle.St Ninian’s Lower School’s design technology department, in conjunction with Onchan Commissioners and Manx Arts Development, is offering three...
View ArticlePole vault group gets off ground
A pole vault group has got off the ground at the National Sports Centre for the first time.It was made possible thanks to a £500 donation to the Sports Development Unit from former pole vaulter Alan...
View ArticleDid you see incident on Mountain Road?
Police are investigating a driving matter which occurred at around 10.40am on Saturday (November 23) in the area of the 32nd Milestone on the Mountain Road.It involved an orange Ford Focus ST and a...
View ArticleTina Casey murder trial gets under way
An island woman was stabbed to death by her mother-in-law after telling her she was moving back to the Isle of Man and that she would never see her grandson again, a court has heard.Heather Emmonds has...
View ArticleBank workers help to clear bog myrtle
A team of volunteers from the HSBC bank in Douglas has helped the Manx Wildlife Trust with a number of tasks at the nature conservation charity’s Close Sartfield Nature Reserve.Close Sartfield is in...
View ArticlePut a message in a bottle say Lions
Complete a message in a bottle and keep it in your fridge – that’s the message being promoted by the Isle of Man Lions’ Club.For some years now the club has been encouraging people to collect from them...
View ArticleFrank exchange over Flybe cuts
Chief Minister Allan Bell MHK said he had made clear his concerns about Flybe’s decision to close its island base when he met the airline’s chief executive officer Saad Hammad.Mr Hammad met airline...
View ArticleHistorian to stage a lantern show in aid of typhoon appeal
Historian Peter Kelly will present a magic lantern show in the upper hall of the Promenade Church, Douglas, in aid of the Philippine Disaster Crisis Fund on Monday. The show will be a chance to see the...
View ArticleNo plans for an energy regulator
There are no plans to introduce an energy regulator, Tynwald was told.But Chief Minister Allan Bell revealed Manx Gas was willing to enter into a more formal regulatory agreement with government.He was...
View ArticleRC Church leader visits island
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in South Africa is due to arrive in the island today (Monday) for a four-day visit.Cardinal Wilifred Napier is scheduled to meet with government officials from the...
View ArticleWork going ‘very well’ to scrap Solway Harvester
Work is going ‘very well’ to dismantle the Solway Harvester.That’s according to Stephen Carter of the Laxey Towing Company, which is undertaking the work.The scallop dredger has been moored in Douglas...
View ArticleAG denies perjury and perverting the course of justice
Attorney General Stephen Harding today denied charges of perjury and perverting the course of justice ahead of his trial.His trial before Deemster Peter Birkett at the Court of General Gaol Delivery is...
View ArticleNSC TT plan could hit Commonwealth Games hopes
The Isle of Man Athletics Association says that a plan to erect a campsite at the National Sports Centre could jeopardise training facilities for Commonwealth Games athletes.This week’s 104-page Isle...
View ArticleFixed penalties for minor traffic offences
Police will be able to issue fixed penalty notices from April for minor traffic offences as an alternative to prosecution.Tynwald approved the Road Traffic Regulation order last week.Infrastructure...
View ArticleLonger prison terms for class C drugs offences
Longer jail terms for class C drugs offences have been approved by Tynwald.Offences such as importing or supplying a class C drug, or possessing with intent to supply, previously carried a maximum...
View ArticleMajor cabinet reforms will be unveiled ‘in due course’
Chief Minister Allan Bell has given his strongest hint yet that a major restructuring of government is on the cards.Questioned in Tynwald about the future reform of the Council of Ministers, he said he...
View ArticleUnion offers to put on hold bus driver tribunals
Two Bus Vannin drivers are due to take their employers to tribunal this week in test cases brought by the Unite union.David Kelly and Stephen Cowin are claiming unfair dismissal over changes to their...
View ArticleSix new buses make ‘good economic sense’
The government department in charge of the island’s bus service has defended its decision to spend money on new buses to replace serviceable vehicles it sold to Blackpool Transport.Bus Vannin, which is...
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