Appleby Academy winner
REBECCA Bannister from St Ninian’s High School has been crowned the winner of the Appleby Academy 2012. The 17-year-old student was one of three finalists chosen to present their business solution to a...
View ArticleLet police prosecute and make big saving
ALLOWING the police to prosecute court cases again would provide the biggest savings to the cost of administering justice, a former Detective Chief Inspector and now MLC told Tynwald.Dudley Butt’s...
View ArticleMissing man
Police are currently trying to find a missing man.Mark Nicholas Dunn, aged 49, is missing from the Peel Area.He was last seen on November 28 in Douglas.He is described as having a white complexion, 5ft...
View ArticleCollege grounds are pitch perfect
THE sports grounds at King William’s College are simply pitch perfect – and that’s official.Staff and pupils are celebrating after winning the Institute of Groundsmanship School, College, University...
View ArticleCRINGLE: Winter warmer Christmas treat
WE are being sucked into the merry maelstrom of Christmas and the weather has been pretty chilly so far. The ageing boulevardier like myself needs as gifts something warming like a decent Armagnac, a...
View ArticleCustoms seize 70 parcels in past 9 months
CUSTOMS officials have seized more than 70 illicit items being smuggled into the Isle of Man in the past nine months. The items in question cover a variety of prohibited and restricted items from drugs...
View ArticlePromenade parking suspended because of weather
Christmas parking on Douglas Promenade Walkway has been suspended.It will be closed until 9.30am tomorrow due to high tides and prevailing winds today.
View ArticleNick Clegg urged to act on wind farms
LIBERAL Vannin leader Peter Karran has written to UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg asking for his support in opposing wind farm developments in the Irish Sea.The government says it has welcomed a...
View ArticleFestive first aid with St John Ambulance
CHRISTMAS is an eagerly anticipated time of the year for many, but it’s also when a significant number of accidents and ailments occur at home. St John Ambulance, the island’s leading first aid...
View ArticleTrust appeal for Abbeylands
AN urgent appeal to save a wildlife-rich mosaic of wet meadow has been launched by the Manx Wildlife Trust.A fund of £70,000 is required to protect this site, which would otherwise be put on the open...
View ArticleA first class Christmas
IT’s Isle of Man Post Office’s busiest time of the year by far.Staff at the Spring Valley Industrial Estate’s sorting office are working flat out to ensure our Christmas parcels and letters arrive on...
View ArticleWill they do it again?
COLLINS Stewart Wealth Management has been shortlisted for the Citywealth International Finance Centre Awards in the category of Offshore Investment Management Company of the Year for the second year...
View ArticleWeather causing disruption on roads
DUE to flooding some roads around the island have been closed.This includes a section of the B35 Garth Road from its junction with Ellerslie Farm Road to its junction with the A24 Garth crossroads and...
View ArticleAs they go on strike, bus drivers learn of a pay boost
BUS drivers who’ve gone on strike today have learned some good news.They’re getting a £400 lump sum in their pay packet.The Manx Independent today reveals the whole story.The paper also includes more...
View ArticleBus drivers man the picket lines
BUS drivers manned picket lines at depots in Douglas, Ramsey and Port Erin as their three-day strike got under way today (Thursday).Six official pickets plus a dozen or more supporters were at the...
View Article£13k savings still missing
A WOMAN who had savings in an Isle of Man-based bank says she has hit a dead end in her search to find thousands of pounds in her passbook account which appears to have vanished without trace.Shirley...
View ArticleNo injuries after car rolls
A MAN from Braddan was uninjured when the car he was driving rolled and ended up on its roof this morning.The collision happened at about 7.30am in Richmond Hill, Braddan.Emergency services attended...
View ArticleNorovirus patients urged to stay away from hospital
HEALTH chiefs are asking anyone with norovirus to stay away from the hospital.The Department of Health says that in the last two to three days, several patients with vomiting and/or diarrhoea caused by...
View ArticleRefurbished NSC pool re-opens on Sunday
THE public will have their first chance to check out the refurbished facilities at the National Sports Centre in Douglas on Sunday, when the swimming pool area re-opens for the day, ahead of the...
View ArticleChristmas animation
THE Laxey-based ManxAid charity has made and released its own animated Christmas DVD.The story, Santa’s Whiskers Caught Fire, was written by ManxAid’s Jim Douglas, and the four-minute animation...
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