Keys to feature on BBC Scotland’s Newsnight
A SITTING of the Keys is to feature in BBC2 Scotland’s Newsnight Scotland.Proceedings were filmed for the late-night political programme when BBC2 Scotland journalist Ian Hamilton and a camera crew...
View ArticleJust the job
CES Isle of Man’s parts advisors, Steph Clarke and Steve Bolton are celebrating their resent success at becoming ATA accredited. The Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) is considered a benchmark...
View ArticleIn today’s Manx Independent
The Manx Independent is in shops this morning.We talk to a teenager from Onchan about her inspiring battle against a rare form of cancer.Some suppliers had to wait for more than 60 days before...
View ArticleFilipino basketball league launch
RESIDENTS are invited to attend the launch of the Filipino community’s annual basketball league on Saturday (April 7).The opening of the league – which sees teams competing for the Eymards Cup III –...
View ArticleFarmers urged to dispose of plastics
FARMERS are being asked to clear their land of plastic in a joint scheme between the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture and the Department of Infrastructure’s waste management unit.The...
View ArticleAinsley is looking forward to festival
CELEBRITY chef Ainsley Harriott will be attending the Isle of Man Food and Drink Festival in September.The event will take place on September 22 and 23 at the Nunnery Gardens, in Douglas.‘This will be...
View ArticleSunshine draws 70 bikes for perfect charity lap of TT course
UNSEASONABLY warm sunshine gave an added incentive to the island’s motorcyclists to take part in a charity lap of the TT course.Seventy bikes and their riders assembled at the TT grandstand to complete...
View ArticleTower walk safety
ORGANISERS of this Saturday’s walk out to the Tower of Refuge, sponsored by Tower Insurance, say they have been ‘overwhelmed’ by the enthusiastic response.And it has prompted a call from the Isle of...
View ArticleNo health cutbacks expected
HEALTH Minister David Anderson MHK told the House of Keys this week that he did not ‘currently expect to announce any cutbacks in health services’.Replying to a question from Douglas East MHK Brenda...
View ArticleNurseries - not done and dusted
SPEAKER of the House of Keys Steve Rodan MHK has tabled a motion for the next Tynwald sitting calling for ‘universal and equitable’ teacher-led pre-school education.He believes that Tynwald should be...
View ArticleAIB to quit island
ALLIED Irish Banks (AIB) has announced that it will close its island base by the end of next year.It follows an ongoing strategic review, which will see AIB pulling out from Jersey too.Chief Minister...
View ArticleA tribute to bravery
A DISTINGUISHED Flying Cross, the Royal Air Force’s top award to its officers for bravery in the air, goes on display at the Manx Aviation and Military Museum for the tirst time on Good Friday.The...
View ArticleFeline fine about return from USA
MANXMAN Juan Kniveton, his American wife Kim and their two children have returned from the USA to run a popular boarding cattery business in the north of the island.The family had been living in Salt...
View ArticleFat Montys
THE Fat Montys will be hoping to drive women wild when they come over to the island to perform.Inspired by the film The Full Monty, John Quick, Tony Hines, Keith Shelley and Alfie Macauley will be...
View ArticleLiterature festival book club launch
AN all-island reading club has been launched to promote the work of authors attending the inaugural Manx Litfest in September.Starting in April, the club will focus on one author each month with the...
View ArticleYoung cyclist rides 150 miles to support charity
A YOUNG cyclist aims to ride 150 miles this Easter holiday to raise money for three island charities.Cameron Hawes, who is just seven, is a keen cyclist, and plans to cover the miles in stages by...
View ArticleSurprise for Ray from the Nippers
THE best kept secret in Ramsey was sprung upon a surprised and delighted Reverend Ray Gillis at a Friday night concert held in his honour at Scoill Ree Gorree.Ray, a former Grenadier Guard, recently...
View ArticleOpen day at children’s farm
MORE THAN 1,100 visitors flocked to The Children’s Centre’s Community Farm for its first open weekend.The farm, based at Wallberry Farm on the Carnane Estate off the Old Castletown Road in Douglas,...
View ArticleLifeboat crew called out for cliff rescue
PEEL lifeboat was called out to rescue two teenagers who were trapped on rocks to the north of the town.Volunteers were called out yesterday (Thursday) after the two 14-year-old girls got stuck.The two...
View ArticleMost undemocratic parliament - view
THE Isle of Man has the ‘most undemocratic parliament in the western world’. That’s the view of a member of a committee looking at reducing voting inequality.Boundary Review Committee member Bob...
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