Missing teenager found
MISSING 18-year-old Sharon Halsall has been found..She went missing on New Year’s Day and police asked the public for help finding her.Police say the youngster, from Douglas, is safe and well. A second...
View ArticleBuses won’t be on strike when schools go back
BUS drivers cannot go back to strike when the school term begins next week.There had been speculation that drivers would go back on strike next week. Their...
View ArticleAnother man sustains head injuries on New Year’s Day
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man sustained head injuries in an incident that occurred on Demesne Road, Douglas.The appeal comes hours after they asked for help in another investigation,...
View ArticleDecember was sunnier than normal
LAST month was significantly wetter than average for December, the latest figures from the Met Office show.And perhaps more surprisingly, there was more sunshine than normal.Total rainfall for December...
View ArticleManx trusts accused of fraud in US
A NUMBER of Isle of Man trusts are embroiled in a legal action being brought in the States involving allegations of a multi-million dollar fraud.Details of proceedings emerged in a Douglas high court...
View ArticleWatch this space
TALENTED watchmaker Roger Smith has added a new playlist titled Watchmaking Techniques, Dial Making, to his YouTube channel. There are 10 videos in the playlist which describe in great detail the...
View ArticleCrash families to sue aircraft makers
FAMILIES of passengers who died in the Manx2 plane crash at Cork airport are suing the aircraft’s manufacturer.Four passengers and two crewmen were killed when the twin turbo prop Fairchild Metroliner,...
View ArticleHonoured Hector passing on the wisdom
STAFF at the Department of Education have expressed their delight that Hector Duff has been named in the New Year Honours list, after the war veteran’s tireless work in schools for the last 10...
View ArticleManor nursery sparks a row
PLANS to convert a listed mansion house into a children’s nursery have sparked a row.There was standing room only at a planning committee meeting on Monday as objectors to a proposal for a nursery at...
View ArticleAward winners want to set up Manx unit
A NAUTICAL charity in the UK is all at sea after being awarded a prestigious award from Buckingham Palace.And now the Maritime Volunteer Service (MVS) wants to spread its reach by setting up a unit in...
View ArticleNew year – new you?
AS PEOPLE celebrated the start of 2013, it also signalled the start of many New Year’s resolutions.Many people set themselves personal goals to achieve, whether it is giving up a habit or to get fit...
View ArticleGreen Column: Thoughtful presents
This week, Isle of Man Friends of the Earth secretary Cat Turner reflects on a Christmas with a difference.This Christmas was a slightly different one for us at Rhencullen House: even less money about...
View ArticleSigns of improvement for Manx rivers, but we can do even more
MORE than 90 per cent of Manx rivers were of good or better quality this summer, results released by the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture show. This trend is encouraging compared to...
View ArticleWoodford’s election trust only ever had £100 in it
A CONTROVERSIAL election trust that apparently bankrolled a candidate’s campaign in a scandal-hit by-election only actually existed for one month – and contained just £100, it has emerged.Island lawyer...
View ArticlePolice investigate fire in former guest house
POLICE are investigating the cause of a fire in Port Erin on Friday night.A number of people rang 999 after seeing smoke coming from a derelict guest house in Bay View Road.Firefighters from the...
View ArticleMan acts ‘suspiciously’ in cemetery
A MAN ‘acted suspiciously’ in Douglas Cemetery, Glencrutchery Road, on Friday afternoon.Police haven’t said what he was doing, but said he left a woman who disturbed him ‘upset and frightened’.He was...
View ArticleSiobhan is heading Stateside
FORMER Ballakermeen High School student Siobhan Walshe is the winner of the 2013 Ella Olesen Scholarship.Siobhan, 21, of Fairway Close, Onchan, will follow a long line of local students in spending...
View ArticleFirst Sierra Leone arrest by ‘our’ boat
The Isle of Man Government has welcomed the news that the fisheries patrol vessel it donated to Sierra Leone in September last year has made its first arrest.Speaking at a press conference held in...
View ArticleNorovirus warning on return to school
THE island’s director of public health has raised his concern that cases of the sickness bug norovirus could increase as schools re-open for the start of term today (Monday).Dr Parameswaran Kishore is...
View ArticleDementia awareness day at Villa Marina
The Departments of Health and Social Care are hosting a free day to raise awareness about dementia on Thursday, January 31, in the Villa Marina’s Royal Hall. The afternoon session from 2pm to 5pm is...
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