Isle of Man property sales, July 9, 2015
David Stanley Brown and Marilyn Ann Brown, of Beechwood, 12 Sartfell Road, Douglas, bought Briardene, 36 Devonshire Road, Douglas, for £370,000.It was bought from Janet Doreen Robbie.Other recent...
View ArticleBalls is as bad as it gets at Wimbledon
We are awash with Wimbledon on television and the Daily Telegraph reported last week that tournament officials have warned players about too much swearing on court.Bad language? In lawn tennis, that...
View ArticlePolice appeal after van is damaged
Police are appealing for information regarding damage to a Manx Independent Carriers van.The incident accurred around 3.30pm on Friday, June 26, in the area of Lheannag Park, Douglas, and saw damage...
View ArticleKeys by-elections to take place on September 10
Voters will go to the polls in the west of the Isle of Man on Thursday, September 10.By-elections will take place in Peel and Glenfaba following the elevation of Tim Crookall and David Anderson to the...
View ArticleTT star fined for taking daughter out of school
TT star John McGuinness has spoken of his dismay after being fined for taking his daughter out of school so she could watch him race.The Morecambe Missile, whose Senior Race victory earned him £18,000,...
View Article30th anniversary
CCW Trust Limited (CT) is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The fiduciary services arm of accountancy firm Crowe Clark Whitehill, CT was formed as Athol Fiduciaire Limited (AF) in 1985 by the late...
View ArticleOrgan recital at St German’s Cathedral
International organ recitalist Dr Gail Archer, from the USA, will give a free organ recital on Saturday at 7.30pm in St German’s Cathedral, on the cathedral’s historic 1883 pipe organ.Dr Archer is...
View ArticleIsle of Man Flower Festival in full bloom
Isle of Man Flower Festival 2015 has got off to a good start with many visitors already calling in to see displays at the 17 venues around the island.The festival got underway on Sunday and runs until...
View ArticleNew book inspired by series of articles in Business News
A special team of staff known as Business Sense have released a book based on a series they ran in the Examiner’s Business News.The book is called 40 Steps to Business Success and contains no-nonsense...
View ArticleAbbey hosts songs of praíse
The Southern Mission Partnership, which is made up of the church parishes of Malew and Santon, Castletown, Arbory and Rushen, holds its annual songs of praise service in the grounds of Rushen Abbey,...
View ArticleObituary: Angela Drower, granddaughter of holiday camp founder Joseph Cunningham
One of the last members of the Cunningham family to remember the famous holiday camp at its height has died aged 88.Angela Drower was the granddaughter of Joseph Cunningham who founded the Cunningham...
View ArticleIsle of Man not in running to step in and host 2019 Island Games
The Isle of Man is not in the running to host the 2019 Island Games.It was announced during last week’s games, held in Jersey, that Menorca, the selected venue for the next-but-one edition in 2019,...
View ArticleJudicial review victory for Callow’s Yard developer
Businessman Roy Tilleard has won a high court bid to overturn a planning decision on his Callow’s Yard development in Castletown.Callow’s Yard Limited had been refused planning consent for proposals to...
View ArticleSongs From The Sofa returns with UK singer Lawrence
Following on from last week’s column and tales from the offices of Small Bear Records and Ballagroove Records, this week it has been brought to my attention that we have another label that hails from...
View ArticleCo-op may have charged you twice on Tuesday
If you shopped at the Co-op on Tuesday, it’s possible you’ve been charged twice.Hundreds of thousands of customers across the UK and Isle of Man have potentially been charged twice in a blunder...
View Article101st Ballaugh Sports Day
The annual Ballaugh Children’s Day and Sports will be held this Saturday commencing at 2pm in the Parish Hall Field, Station Road, Ballaugh.This will be the 101st sport day.A Fancy Dress Competition...
View ArticleStudents tackle wheelchair railway line challenge
Two Isle of Man College students undertook a charity trek from one side of the island to the other last week, travelling from Douglas to Peel along the old railway line.And on the face of it, it...
View ArticleCivil service pension changes delayed while Minister tells rest of us to work...
While residents are being told we will have to work longer to get our state pension, plans to tackle the huge public sector pension deficit have been delayed – and some proposals abandoned...
View Article£7,000 vandalism spree is denied
A 25-year-old man denied 40 offences relating to damaging property and theft when he appeared in court yesterday (Thursday).Daniel Sydney Andrews, of Church Avenue, Onchan is accused of committing 35...
View ArticleSurfboarder reluctantly rescued by Ramsey lifeboat
A surfboarder was reluctantly rescued by Ramsey lifeboat last night (Thursday).The RNLB Ann & James Ritchie was launched at around 9pm to go to the assistance of the man, who had been spotted...
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