Facial furniture fun for Movember
BUSINESSES have been doing their bit to raise money and awareness of prostate and testicular cancer as part of the Movember campaign.Each November sees clean shaven men pledge to grow their moustaches...
View ArticleTV Shameless star gives tips
SHAMELESS star Ciaran Griffiths was a special guest at the Isle of Man Acting Academy’s recent workshop in Douglas.In addition to Mr Griffiths, those taking part had the chance to meet writer and film...
View ArticleGaps in prison healthcare information
AN incomplete picture of the cost of health treatment for prisoners has emerged after a question was asked about it in the House of Keys last week.In a question for written answer, Zac Hall (LibVan,...
View ArticleBen-my-Chree to go into dry dock
THE Ben-my-Chree is set to go into dry dock next week to get its bow thruster repaired.The announcement was made by the Steam Packet as the latest cancellations due to the weather were confirmed.The...
View ArticleSPELLER: How Clarkson helped Ed
DESPITE protestations to the contrary, Jeremy Clarkson must be quite popular in a lot of the corridors of power.Not that they would agree with his humorous suggestion of having strikers shot.It was a...
View ArticleMid-life crisis leads to climb
A DOUGLAS man will be scaling Mount Kilimanjaro for charity after having a crisis about nearing age 40.Stuart Clifford, of Glen Falcon Terrace, will be taking part in the seven-day trek to the...
View ArticleZero/10 decision delay
A DECISION by European finance ministers on whether to endorse the island’s zero/10 tax regime has been delayed.It had been hoped that following the Manx Government’s move to scrap the anti-avoidance...
View ArticleCRINGLE: Examining techniques of research body
LAST Thursday morning, as I drove to my place of work, I was thinking almost non-stop about sex. Now please don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t, you know . . . thinking about doing it. I was thinking about...
View ArticleBusiness matters: The Apprentice’s Nick Hewer addresses would-be...
STARTING your own business may not be easy but it can be tremendously exciting, according to The Apprentice’s Nick Hewer. Lord Sugar’s right-hand man on the BBC TV show was in the island at the...
View ArticleSteam Packet shipping in supplies tonight
MORE than 50 trailers of freight are set to be shipped into the Isle of Man overnight on the Ben-my-Chree.The Steam Packet has issued a statement in response to growing concerns about possible...
View ArticlePoverty in the Isle of Man?
CHEAP alcohol, poor regulation of housing standards and decreasing financial resources in the Isle of Man are all contributing to poverty in the Isle of Man.That was the view of delegates at a...
View ArticlePrivatise Gaiety?
SHOULD the Gaiety Theatre and Villa Marina be privatised?That’s the question set to be raised in Tynwald tomorrow by David Callister MLC. He will ask Community Culture and Leisure Minister Tim Crookall...
View ArticleDeveloping better relations with UK
CHIEF Minister Allan Bell says he is hopeful that the foundations can be laid for a new and better understanding between the Manx and UK governments.He was speaking following a visit to London where,...
View ArticleTony Wild ‘delighted and honoured’ to be voted into LegCo
BUSINESSMAN Tony Wild has been voted into the Legislative Council.The election took place this morning, and saw Mr Wild receive 16 votes from MHKs.Weatherman and Arbory commissioner Brian Rae, who also...
View ArticleSubsea cable talks: ‘sensitive’ details
DETAILS of the annual rent that would be charged for a proposed subsea cable that would run through Manx territorial waters were not disclosed in the House of Keys as negotiations were ‘commercially...
View ArticlePopulation up
Preliminary results from the census carried out in March show that the island’s resident population has grown by 5.5 per cent since 2006’s census to a higher-than-expected 84,497.More details in this...
View ArticleMoffatt and Cannan in pay deal row
A WAR of words has broken out between the chairman of the Civil Service Commission and a union boss over claims that a proposed reform of Tynwald members’ pensions will lead to politicians’ pay going...
View ArticleOn and off the record
I was astonished to hear that Angela Moffatt, of Prospect and the Manx TUC, thought she wasn’t speaking on the record to our reporter last week.The story was about the idea of potentially adding £6,178...
View ArticleFlower club cancels demonstration
A DEMONSTRATION by Margaret Ecclestone for the Onchan Flower Club has been cancelled.The event was due to take place tomorrow (Tuesday).Instead, the club will hold a social evening tomorrow from 7.30pm...
View ArticleIn today’s Isle of Man Examiner
IT’S revealed in early census results that there has been a rise in the number of unemployed.A Coronation Street soap star opens the new Dealz star in Douglas, we report.The week starts with more ferry...
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