Golden opportunity
A NEW eGaming company in the island is claiming to offer something a little different.Instead of playing casino games such as roulette or blackjack, people can go online to dabble in the global...
View ArticleD-day on nursery proposals
TYNWALD will decide today (Tuesday) whether Education and Children Minister Peter Karran MHK can press ahead with his plans to privatise the department’s nurseries and introduce a credit scheme to help...
View ArticleThreat to bowls clubhouse
PLANS to demolish a 100-year-old building in Noble’s Park and replace it merely with a paved area have sparked furious resistance from a Douglas bowling club.John Marsden, who is a member of the...
View ArticleExhibition’s space theme at Sayle Gallery
THE Sayle Gallery in Douglas will be marking World Space Week in October with a Space-themed exhibition.The Space Week exhibition (October 5-14) is being co-ordinated by Sayle Gallery artist David...
View ArticleMarch sees small rise in air travellers
MORE than 57,000 passengers passed through the island’s airport during March –1,664 more than in the same month last year.The figure represents a 3 per cent increase on that of March 2011.Ann Reynolds,...
View ArticleWaiting list times to see physios is cut
CHANGES to the island’s physiotherapy service should reduce waiting times and make the service more efficient, according to health department staff.Health Minister David Anderson said the new system of...
View ArticleLondon Marathon DASH for Mark
IT’S a challenge that few will complete in their lifetimes, yet Mark Spiers, from Peel, will be running the London Marathon on Sunday.The marathon has raised more than £450 million for charities since...
View ArticleMTTV viewers tuning in
JUST over two months since it was launched, MTTV - the Isle of Man’s first on-demand HD TV news service - has established a loyal audience of viewers looking for the latest news delivered online in...
View ArticleThe golden generation receive DofE awards
A TOTAL of 19 young people have been presented with their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Gold badges by Lieutenant Governor Adam Wood.Another three completed the award in the last year, but were unable to...
View ArticleKarran wins the pre-school nurseries vote
The fight to keep the island’s government-run pre-school nurseries has been lost.Tynwald last night backed Education Minister Peter Karran’s proposal.However, Mr Karran failed to secure even the...
View ArticleI need a degree in jargon!
Katy Myers, 16, is a student at St Ninian’s High School, Douglas, who hopes to go to university. Here she tells us of her concerns as she faces the prospect of paying tuition fees, or even...
View ArticleAuthor is to give talk on new horror tale set in Isle of Man
ISLAND author Rakie Keig will be speaking about her third full-length novel, Home Ground, at the Henry Bloom Noble Library in Douglas next month.The event will take place on Wednesday, May 9, from...
View ArticleCRINGLE: Tower of Revenue
GRIZZLED veterans of making the once perilous journey out to the Tower of Refuge looked on with amused indulgence when those 2,000 other people did it. My office window overlooks Conister and, as the...
View ArticleQUIRKS OF LIFE: People do Twitter on
AS I was driving into work the other day I had my car stereo tuned in to the Radio 2 Breakfast Show.Usually, the man formerly known as ‘the ginger whinger’, Chris Evans, is on, talking about expensive...
View ArticleCurb your speed for painting race kerbs
TEMPORARY speed limits are in place this week to control traffic while sections of the black and white kerb edges around the TT and Southern 100 course are repainted ready for this year’s races.Work...
View ArticleMuseum pay dispute settled
A PAY dispute involving heritage site officers at the Manx Museum in Douglas looks to have been resolved after protracted negotiations.The Unite union had threatened industrial action over changes to...
View ArticleFrancessca Ellison: Manx pride over profit
A ‘NON-commercial business venture’ is a rare phrase in today’s tough economic world in which retailers remain vulnerable. But the Mostly Manx project, which provides an outlet for more than 50 local...
View ArticleRoads site wrangle rolls on
THE man behind a website set up to publicise problems with the island’s roads says the site fulfils a valuable role and does not simply deflect attention from the official highways department...
View Article‘Bank for entrepreneurs’
MORE than 100 people helped Kleinwort Benson mark its official launch in the Isle of Man as the ‘bank for entrepreneurs’.Joining the staff and management of the bank at a special party at Portofino...
View ArticleIn today’s Manx Independent
READ about jobs joy in the west as the food industry expands.Our Pumps 4 Kids campaign has been a success.We carry details about next week’s Royal visit by Price Charles and the Duchess of...
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