Isle of Man’s booming eGaming sector set to grow even more this year
The island’s eGaming sector is ‘booming’ and is expected to grow even more this year, it has been claimed.Mark Robson, head of eGaming for the Isle of Man Government, told Business News that the 12...
View ArticleTaxing trip to Government Offices
Like a good citizen I went to the income tax division at Government Office last week to pay my annual tax bill. It set me back £1,304.31 which I could ill afford.I made a point of asking the girl...
View ArticleGreen Column: Eat your greens and help to save the planet
Much is made of the CO2 emitted by energy generation, transport and building and the damaging climate change these activities are causing. But our eating habits are at least as important, says Isle of...
View ArticleIsle of Man property sales, January 14, 2016
Kristan James King and Alison Jane King, both of Nyumbani, Ballaragh Road, Laxey, bought Peckham House, Jacks Lane, Lewaigue, Maughold, for £740,000.It was bought from Marie Hopkinson.It was bought...
View ArticleCallow’s Yard unit can be turned back into two shops
Permission has been granted to a Callow’s Yard plan to turn 17 and 19 Malew Street from one back into two shops and to create two single-bed residential units out of the courtyard-facing space...
View ArticleApproval of new civic centre plan
The go-ahead has been given for another Castletown Commissioners’ plan to alter and extend the civic centre. The authority already had permission for their plans (15/00569/B which involves re-arranging...
View ArticleBook of condolences for Josh Caley
Ramsey Town Commissioners have opened a book of condolences at the town hall for Josh Caley, the 19-year-old who went missing and is believed to have drowned after falling into Ramsey Harbour in the...
View ArticleCitywing the most likely to be on time
Island-based Citywing has been ranked 27th worldwide for flight punctuality.According to FlightView’s ‘Global Airlines On-Time’ report for November 2015, 89.5 per cent of Citywing flights arrived at...
View ArticleManx Sound Exchange: Musician JC was hero to multiple generations
It’s still a little quiet out there for gigs in this early part of the year and the cogs of the local music machine may still be in a new year slumber. There are a few bands however that have decided...
View Article‘Christmas’ geese follow river to freedom
At Christmas time, geese are meant to be ‘a-laying’ – six of them, according to the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ – but five geese in Ronague chose escaping. The geese, who were destined for the dinner...
View ArticleNumber out of work rises but plenty of jobs are available
The number of people out of work in the Isle of Man has risen.The December figure was 75 more than in November at 861.However, that figure was down 21 from December 2014 and is the lowest December...
View ArticleManx Cancer Help’s Movember boost from prison staff and inmates
Members of staff at the Isle of Man Prison are pictured presenting a cheque to Manx Cancer Help.A number of prison officers and prisoners took part in the charity’s ‘Mann Up for November’ campaign,...
View ArticleTV farmer to be guest at Isle of Man Food and Drink Festival
The star of two popular BBC television programmes is to be the guest celebrity at this year’s Isle of Man Food and Drink Festival. Gareth Wyn Jones is the subject of ‘The Hill Farm’, a documentary...
View ArticleExam success for Balley Cashtal members
Three members of Balley Cashtal brass band have been very successful in ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) exams.It’s a great achievement for the band, established just two years...
View ArticleNew rules on the way Keys elections are run
Tynwald will be asked next week to approve new rules for the way elections are run.Minister for Policy and Reform John Shimmin MHK will seek the court’s support for new regulations as part of the...
View ArticleAntiquarian Society talk on stained glass in the Isle of Man
The Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society’s (IOMNHAS) winter programme of events will continue on Saturday, January 23, with a talk by Dr Patricia Tutt on ‘Stained Glass of the Isle of...
View ArticleEverything you need to know about Tim Peake’s spacewalk
British astronaut Tim Peake will carry out his first spacewalk today (Friday), as part of his work onboard the International Space Station.Major Peake will walk alongside NASA astronaut Tim Kopra in...
View ArticleBig-hearted workers donate to charity out of pay packets
Workers at Ronaldsway Aircraft Company have generously given £37,500 from their salaries to good causes over the years.The cash from their pay packets has been donated to a wide range of local island...
View ArticleStudent researches link between group membership and identity
Manx traditional dance groups and their links with a sense of identity are being explored by Cardiff University student Esther Chuang.Esther, aged 22, who is originally from Taiwan, is carrying out the...
View ArticlePensioners left without heating over Christmas
An elderly couple are blaming an island fuel supplier after they were left without heating for nearly three days over the Christmas period.But Ellan Vannin Fuels insist that they went ‘above and...
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