Engineers to assess damage to Manannan - tomorrow’s sailings cancelled
Tomorrow’s Manannan sailings to and from Liverpool and Belfast have been cancelled.The Steam Packet Company has this afternoon confirmed that specialist engineers and aluminium fabricators are arriving...
View ArticleEngineers to assess damage to Manannan - tomorrow’s sailings cancelled
Tomorrow’s Manannan sailings to and from Liverpool and Belfast have been cancelled.The Steam Packet Company has this afternoon confirmed that specialist engineers and aluminium fabricators are arriving...
View ArticleGovernment to run horse trams for 2016 season
The Isle of Man’s horse trams will be back in action this summer after being given a temporary reprieve from closure.The Department of Infrastructure will operate the historic attraction for the 2016...
View ArticleCharity campaign kicks off
An annual church collection gets under way on Saturday to raise money to help some of the world’s most poverty-stricken people.Last year, Isle of Man residents raised more than £9,000 towards the...
View ArticleVoxpop: Is Manx dialect dying out?
A new four-year study has been launched and aims to determine whether the Manx dialect is at risk of dying out.The university study, conducted by former English teacher Andrew Booth who comes from...
View ArticleShennaghys Jiu festival ready to burst into life
One of the highlights of the island’s Celtic cultural calendar returns to the north of the island this weekend.Shennaghys Jiu (Tradition Today) sees workshops, concerts, ceilidhs and a band night in...
View ArticleMHKs warned over their behaviour
Speaker of the House of Keys Steve Rodan deliverd a stern rebuke to politicians at the start of Tuesday’s Keys sitting. Member for Garff, Steve Rodan, told MHKs there had been many examples of bad...
View ArticleBrothers’ trek will help Manx tourism
Two brothers will walk the coastal Raad ny Foillan path over Easter weekend and make a film they will donate to help promote tourism.Joel and Barney Rookwood live in England, but their family’s...
View ArticleFashion show brings Paris to parish
For one night only, Kirk Andreas – not Paris – was the fashion capital of the world.At least that was the way it seemed when the doors swung open to reveal Andreas parish hall transformed to evoke the...
View ArticleChanges in sight for vote on Chief Minister
A bill which, if enacted, will allow the island’s Chief Minister to be voted on only by members of the House of Keys came a step closer this week.The Council of Ministers (Amendment) Bill, which is...
View ArticleAndrew is new senior corporate adminiatrator at Cains Fiduciaries
Cains Fiduciaries Limited, part of law and professional services group Cains, is continuing its ongoing expansion with the appointment of Andrew Gosnell as a senior corporate administrator. Andrew, who...
View ArticleManx Sound Exchange: Battle of the Bands winners to put pedal to the metal
This Saturday night The Amber Bar plays host to Manx metal behemoth The Fletcher Christian Mutiny in what is now one of the band’s regular visits to the stage of the Douglas venue.Last seen back in...
View ArticleSchools’ options over future operation and maintenance of minibuses
A government department has stepped in to clarify the position regarding the future operation and maintenance of school minibuses.As reported in this week’s Manx Independent, parents at Arbory Primary...
View ArticleFire in double-decker bus converted into home
A double-decker bus converted into living accommodation caught fire on Wednesday night.Firefighters from Ramsey were called to the blaze at Ballabane, on the coast road between Smeale and Bride, at...
View ArticleTrio charged with money laundering
Police yesterday arrested three people in the Peel area for offences including money laundering under the Proceeds of Crime Act and possession of cannabis. Two women aged 20 and 51 and a man aged 24...
View ArticleNatasha’s a gem
Natasha Stephenson, an employee of Corlett’s the Jewellers, has scooped her Professional Jewellers Diploma.Her colleagues in Castle Street, Douglas are understandably proud of hard-working...
View Article‘Leave government or I knife your wife’ - man, 62, admits sending threatening...
A Douglas man has admitted sending a letter to Treasury Minister Eddie Teare MHK, in which he threatened to knife his wife, Irene.John James Corran, of Allan Street, wrote to Mr Teare in November 2014,...
View ArticleGreat Union Camera Obscura to open over Easter weekend
A historic Victorian landmark will open to the public over Easter weekend.The Great Union Camera Obscura on Douglas Head will open its doors from tomorrow (Saturday) until Monday. Manned by volunteers...
View ArticleManannan surveyors flight delayed
The Isle of Man Steam Packet have issued an update on the current situation after the Manannan crashed into Victoria Pier.The statement says that surveyors coming to look at the damaged vessel from...
View ArticleAdventure challenge boosts youth charity funds
Dozens of hardy souls took on a gruelling adventure challenge on Saturday and raised nearly £4,500 for a youth charity.In a full day of intensive competition at Conrhenny plantation, nine teams from...
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