Soap box derby set for streets on Sunday, with big prizes
The first soap box derby in Peel since the 1950s will take place on Sunday with 28 entries confirmed.The winners will receive £250, a cup and a year’s supply of Pepsi, who are sponsoring the...
View ArticleLifeboat fun day in capital to take place on the North Quay
Douglas RNLI Lifeboat Fun Day will again be on North Quay in Douglas at the weekend.It will be held on Sunday from 12 noon to 4pm on North Quay, Douglas.Entry is free and there will be all the usual...
View ArticleFire crews called to kitchen fire
Two fire crews from Ramsey were called into action today (Saturday) to extinguish a kitchen fire.Fire fighters attended a home in the Pairk Ollay estate in the town at 10.45am, where they discovered a...
View ArticleItems stolen from continental fair
Police are investigating the theft of items from the continental food and craft fair in Douglas.Constable Shaw said that ‘quite distinctive’ items had been stolen, including a glass decorative tree,...
View ArticleDrag queens to slug it out in the ‘thriller from the Villa’ event
A charity boxing night with a difference will take place at the Villa Marina on September 25.The ‘Thriller at the Villa’ will include fights between drag queens as well as charity head shaving and body...
View ArticleMoney stolen from parked vehicle
Police are appealing for witnesses following the theft of cash from an unsecured vehicle which was parked on a driveway in Larivane Meadows, Andreas. Constable Stewart Footer said police believe the...
View ArticleGorse fire delays steam train
A steam train was delayed yesterday evening (Saturday) while fire fighters extinguished a grass and gorse fire near the track at Santon.The Green Watch crew from Douglas used 70 metres of hosereel to...
View ArticleBritish-Irish Council: What a waste of time and money!
My reincarnation as contributor to the Manx Independent is sort of like a ‘second coming’.Many years ago I wrote an occasional column for Isle of Man Newspapers’ business section, when I was trade...
View ArticleDirect flights to Tenerife at Easter
Douglas-based tour operator Freedom Travel is going to re-introduce direct holidays to the Canary Islands.Freedom Travel first flew holiday makers 1,753 miles to Tenerife in 2004.It was the...
View ArticleShow announced with new categories
St John’s Produce Show will take place on Saturday, September 5, with new categories included.This year’s show will be raising money for two local charities, the Motor Neurone Disease Association (Isle...
View ArticleBook appointment when salon is shut
Onchan hairdressing salon A Cut Above is now accepting online bookings with MiQuando.The service lets customers to make appointments on the internet when the salon is closed.
View ArticleRemembering our times in Park Road
The Douglas High School for Girls, Park Road, is having its reunion for 1960 school leavers on Friday, September 4, at 11am in the Douglas Golf Club (opposite the power station).There is a change of...
View ArticleNo objection to Malew Road plan
There is a plan to build three, two-storey houses on land adjacent to Gardenfield and Irwell, Malew Road, Castletown. The town authority raised no objection to the plan (15/00823/B by Richard Morrís)...
View ArticleElla aims to be world champ of trial bikes
She’s just 14, but Ella Doherty, already has her sights set on becoming the world’s top women’s trial bike rider.She’s not alone in thinking she could reach the top. Her sponsor and trainer Michael...
View ArticleOffer of tarmac work should be made to all
All householders living on unadopted roads in the vicinity of Maine Road, Port Erin, should be asked if they would like to join an initiative to tarmac the roads said the local authority.The Department...
View ArticleIce cream seller calls for more protection
The policy on allowing outside traders to sell their wares at special events in Port Erin will be reviewed by the local authority.The decision follows a letter from Ian Davison, owner of Davison’s Ice...
View ArticleOpportunity to find out more about puppetry
TheatreFest15 is to promote the resurgence of interest in puppetry with a workshop to be led by professional puppeteer Corina Bona. Corina, who says she is ‘passionate about puppetry and its power to...
View ArticleChild, four, bitten in the face by dog
A four-year-old child was bitten in the face by a dog in Douglas yesterday.It happened in Ballakermeen Avenue just before 11am.Police are appealing for witnesses.The dog is described as quite...
View ArticleFair at town railway station
A fair will be held at Castletown station from midday to 4pm on Saturday, August 29. Organised by the Friends of Castletown Station, entertainment will feature Balley Cashtal brass and Perree Bane Manx...
View ArticleYoung people strike gold in Scotland
The hard work of 11 of the island’s young people was recently recognised at a special ceremony at Holyrood House in Edinburgh where they were presented with their gold Duke of Edinburgh awards and had...
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