Commuters urged to think about travel arrangements and avoid promenades
DRIVERS are being urged to avoid Douglas promenades this afternoon and evening as delays to the TT programme mean congestion is ‘inevitable’.A press release from the Department of Infrastructure...
View ArticleMore changes to Isle of Man TT racing programme - TT Zero 3.30pm, Sidecars...
TODAY’S Isle of Man TT race programme has changed once more (2.45pm) as damp weather continues to affect the Mountain Course.The Mountain Road closed at 12.30pm with the rest of the course following at...
View ArticleCars torched in Port St Mary drama
TWO cars were torched in Port St Mary in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday, June 6).Arnie Patel, 18, raised the alarm when he saw ‘a massive ball of fire’ outside his house in Perwick Road.‘At...
View ArticleMore wing mirrors snapped off
POLICE are investigating another spate of vandalism to car wing mirrors.As we reported yesterday, seven were snapped off cars in Central Promenade, Douglas, on Wednesday/Thursday last week.Today...
View ArticleBonjour to a new business
CHARLOTTE Last has embarked on a new business venture teaching French to children and adults.Manx-born Charlotte, 24, of Douglas has launched Parlez-vous Français? because she wants to share her...
View ArticleCouncil’s hours during the two bank holidays
DOUGLAS Council’s opening hours for the Tynwald Day and Diamond Jubilee bank holidays have been announced.The Isle of Man will celebrate its national day on Thursday, July 5, as usual. The following...
View ArticleDonation helps privacy at A&E
Noble’s Hospital has received a significant donation from Noble’s Hospital Trustees and bought new privacy screens for the accident and emergency department. The screens have been installed in the...
View ArticleHow Ugg is learning to be an owl
A SPECTACLED owl called Ugg is being hand-reared at the Wildlife Park, Ballaugh.The six-week-old, which is taken home each night by the park’s duty manager Tina Jauncey, has settled right in. Ugg...
View ArticleRaise money for us if you do Parish
The Children’s Centre is appealing for entrants in this year’s Parish Walk to raise funds for the charity.Every year competitors in the island’s biggest mass participation sports event raise a total of...
View ArticleCRINGLE: What’s in a (nick) name?
I OBSERVE the TT from a comfortable distance these days.My time in the front line of race reporting is over. All that remains – I hope – is my name engraved on a cut glass tankard on a shelf in the...
View ArticleQUIRKS OF LIFE: Let’s go round again
IF you didn’t know about the Queen’s Jubilee, you might have thought that Britain was about to reach the climax of a giant, corporate village fete: wherever you looked, there was bunting and quaintness...
View ArticleFlybe’s service is praised
Flybe, the airline with the most flights in and out of the island’s airport, has outperformed many of competitors in terms of punctuality and the quality of service, according to Civil Aviation...
View ArticleHistoric Balmoral on the way
THE classic motor vessel Balmoral will be in Manx waters tomorrow (Thursday, June 14) at the start of her 26th season here.She will be here on nine days between mid-June and mid-September and will be...
View ArticlePre-school lease holders unveiled
A GROUP of St John’s School parents have been offered the lease of St John’s Pre-School, which they intend to run as a ‘not-for-profit’ charitable trust.Education chiefs have announced the private...
View ArticleManx Grand Prix: talks continuing
NEGOTIATIONS on the future of the Manx Grand Prix are at a delicate stage but organisers the Manx Motor Cycle Club are cautiously optimistic.That was the verdict after the latest meeting between...
View ArticleChanges at Ronaldway check-in
passengers might be affected by work at Ronaldsway Airport when checking in hold luggage.Work began in April on the scheme to replace the ‘back of house’ baggage conveyor system and X-ray machines.Most...
View ArticleDCCL recruited 50 staff in last year
RECRUITMENT of 50 staff for the island’s buses, railways and leisure centres has been defended.The issue was raised in the House of Keys by Bill Henderson (Douglas North) who asked why the Department...
View ArticleNatural gas conversion goes south
MANX GAS has successfully completed the first stage of its natural gas conversion extension project after converting more than 2,200 residential and business properties in Ramsey over the past three...
View ArticlePlanning’s big role
PLANNING plays a major role in keeping the economy afloat.Director of planning Michael Gallagher, who took up his position in April last year, believes he and his team help keep the cogs turning in...
View ArticleExtra tuition costs for Manx students
STUDENTS from the island wanting to study at two of the UK’s top institutions could be left with an expensive bill to pay.At the universities of Cambridge and Oxford, students from the Isle of Man – as...
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