Tynwald rejects shake-up of Isle of Man Post Office
Plans to run the Post Office as a state-owned private company have been thrown into disarray - after Tynwald voted down most of the recommendations in a report proposing corporatisation.After a long...
View ArticleSeveral promotions at Abacus in the island
Fiduciary and fund services provider, Abacus, has announced promotions across its teams.Abacus Financial Services Limited has promoted Les Callow to manager - valuations and accounts as well as Andrew...
View ArticleManx Sound Exchange: Douglas church to stage an intimate acoustic music event
Kicking things off this week and one side we have Ironclad.The band has been doing the rounds of the Manx live scene for a good while now and are made up by Owain Brimfield on vocals and guitar, Jason...
View ArticleTwo pre-election meetings in Castletown
The public can quiz candidates standing in the local authority election in Castletown on April 28 at two public meetings.The first, oganised by candidates, is today (Friday) at 7pm in Morton Hall and...
View ArticleSteam Packet places offer to Manx government for new strategic sea services...
The Steam Packet Company has presented what it has described as an ‘offer’ to government for a new strategic sea services agreement to replace the user agreement.Last summer the government issued an...
View Article‘Bit of a shambles’: new site considered for town centre post office
Relocation and downgrading of the island’s Crown post offices was branded a ‘bit of a shambles’ in Tynwald.Juan Turner MLC made the comment as it emerged that plans to move the Regent Street sub post...
View ArticleSerious consequences for the Isle of Man if UK votes to leave EU
There could be serious consequences for the Isle of Man if the UK pulled out of the European Union, the Manx government said today.Voters in the UK will decide whether to stay in the EU or leave it in...
View ArticleRecord turn-out at Bonnag championships
A record turnout meant that the judges had their work cut out for them in this year’s World Bonnag Championships.The high-pressure, prestigious culinary competition, held in St James Church, Dalby, was...
View ArticleREVIEW: 10cc make triumphant return to Manx shores
It’s been 43 years since 10cc took to the stage of the Palace Lido for their first-ever gig.Three number ones, a further eight top 10 hits and multi-million album sales followed that August 1973 live...
View ArticleManx Telecom’s paper bill charge panned in Tynwald
Charging customers £1.50 for a paper version of their phone bill is a commercial decision for Manx Telecom, Tynwald was told.Office of Fair Trading chairman David Quirk came under fire from MHKs as he...
View ArticleProud Doreen shares her 90th birthday with the Queen
Doreen Green, of Falcon Cliff Terrace Lane, Douglas, shares her 90th birthday with the Queen.Family and friends from as far away as Switzerland travelled to the island to celebrate the special occasion...
View ArticleIsland commits to G5 drive on beneficial ownership
The Manx Government has agreed to engage in an initiative on automatic exchange of beneficial ownership information spearheaded by the five largest economies in the European Union - the UK, France,...
View ArticleBoat users urged to be vigilant: look out for divers
Concerns about the safety of divers has prompted a diving business to launch an awareness campaign aimed at boat owners and skippers. The campaign – called Divers Down – informs boat users about the...
View ArticleCompost made at recycling centre sold to the public
Bags of organic compost are being sold to the public by the Southern Recycling Centre (SRC) in Port St Mary, with substantial savings for ratepayers.The centre receives 650 to 700 tonnes of green waste...
View ArticleCar crashed as friends fought
A learner driver, who took a car without permission at midnight to run friends to Foxdale, crashed when they started fighting while he was driving, a court has heard.The grey Ford Focus that...
View ArticleMLCs thwart debate on pension reforms
Backbench MHK Alfred Cannan says he is disappointed that a vital debate on public sector pension reform was thwarted by the vote of the unelected upper house.His call for an emergency debate was...
View ArticleCar lands on roof
The main route between Douglas and the south of the island was blocked this morning after an accident.Police were called to Richmond Hill after a car landed on its roof at about 5am.A 38-year-old man...
View ArticleFive hundred expected to take part in big media festival
A big media festival is to take place in the Isle of Man next year.The Celtic Media Festival will take place here on March 29 to 31 in 2017, it was announced at this year’s festival in Ireland last...
View ArticleOutside Left: Schizophrenic twist of union
I say what I think, that the Company stinks. Yes I’m a Union man’If there is one thing that those in left wing politics of the Trade Union (TU) movement are most suspicious about it’s each other.I...
View ArticleBlues festival returns to its Laxey roots
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