Small countries initiative rated as ‘excellent’
AN independent evaluation has rated the Small Countries Financial Management Programme (SCFMP) as excellent in three out of four key areas.The programme brings together officials from finance...
View ArticleMurder suspect due in court
THE man accused of murdering police officers Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes is due in court today.Constable Fiona Bone, aged 32, whose family live in Port St Mary and who went to Castle Rushen High...
View ArticlePlanning inquiry delay after inspector falls ill
THE planning inquiry into Heritage Homes’ application for 95 dwellings in Kirk Michael has been postponed.It was due to start again on October 4.However, planning inspector David Hollis has been taken...
View ArticleVan crash in Port Erin
A VAN has been involved in a crash in Port Erin this afternoon (Tuesday).The vehicle is understood to have left the road near the Falcon’s Nest Hotel and travelled down the grass bank and crashed into...
View ArticleNot much support for strike on buses says Allan Bell
THERE would be little support from the public if the bus drivers went on strike, the Chief Minister believes.Allan Bell said he was ‘very disappointed’ that drivers had overwhelmingly voted to reject...
View ArticleMinisters to take their roadshow south
THE venue for the next ‘Roamin’ CoMin’ meeting has been announced.Chief Minister Allan Bell MHK says he is looking forward to another lively public debate at the next community meeting to be hosted by...
View ArticleOur priority’s still economic growth
THE secondment of a senior civil servant to Sark does not mean the commitment to economic growth here is being downgraded, Chief Minister Allan Bell insisted.Mr Bell accepted it may seem an unexpected...
View ArticleMannVend chairman’s top award
THE chairman of a Manx family owned company has received national acclaim at a prestigious vending awards ceremony in Portugal.Brian Leahy, chairman of MannVend, has been voted ‘Member of the Year...
View ArticleShake-up for the House of Keys
TYNWALD’S summer break ends next week when our politicians go back to work.While many members will no doubt have completed departmental and constituency work during the period, the court hasn’t sat...
View ArticleCRINGLE: Shopping survey is a dead end
THE Department of Economic Development, which would be much more arresting in name if it was the Department of Economic and Administrative Development, has been carrying out a review of people’s...
View ArticleMHKs all say they’re paying to pensions
WE’VE all started to contribute to our pensions, MHKs insist.Tynwald will be asked at the first sitting of the court after the summer recess to vote on changing the members’ scheme to make...
View ArticlePolice hunt car with L-plates after vandals attacked 70 cars
Police are looking for a dark coloured hatchback car which was displaying two ‘L’ plates on the bonnet and two ‘L’ plates on the rear tailgate as part of their inquiries into vandalism caused to 70...
View ArticleJoey Dunlop Foundation’s exciting plans
JDF is hoping to extend its disabled holiday accommodation in the near future.Looking back on two successful years since it was opened by Joey’s widow Linda and TT star John McGuinness in 2010, Braddan...
View ArticleMinute’s noise to remember friends gets global support
A MINUTE’S noise to remember departed motorcycling friends has taken off and gone global, according to organiser Bill Snelling. The event will be on Laxey sea front on November 11 at 10am to avoid any...
View Article£65,000 for 1MAN reg
CAR enthusiasts had a chance to become the first man on the island’s road.1 MAN, possibly the most desirable registration plate in the Isle of Man, was among a number of lots of automobilia that went...
View ArticleKatherine Ellis, business development director at Boston Group, looks back on...
It is certainly one of the most invigorating aspects of my role at Boston Group that myself and a team of colleagues took the opportunity to attend the prestigious Monaco Yacht Show, described as the...
View ArticleCivil servants and MHKs get a pay rise
CIVIL servants and members of Tynwald have been given a pay rise, the Manx Independent reveals today.They each get 20p an hour more. So whatever happened to the public sector pay freeze?On page 3, we...
View ArticleDamage to cars is just mindless
JAN Knight, who lives in Truggan Road, Port St Mary, was one person affected.‘I got up in the morning and found some nice person had sprayed it for me,’ she said.‘It’s even melted the plastic of one of...
View ArticleNavy is visiting island
TWO of the Royal Navy’s patrol vessels are due to be in Peel tomorrow.HMS Biter, the Universities Royal Naval Unit (URNU) ship for Manchester and Salford, is due to arrive this afternoon and will be...
View ArticleDark car ruled out of police investigations
POLICE investigating vandalism committed to 70 cars have traced a car about which they had appealed for information.On Sunday, cars throughout the south of the island were damaged by a corrosive...
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