Olympics 2016: Shooter Tim Kneale sets sights on double trap glory
Manxman Tim Kneale will begin his Olympic clay shooting career later today (Wednesday), when he attempts to negotiate the qualification round of the double trap event for Great Britain in Rio de...
View ArticleBarbara Dickson scoop thanks to Celton Manx
Scottish singing star and actress Barbara Dickson is to perform in Peel in April next year after the town’s Centenary Centre received a Celton Manx 2016 Recognition award. Peel Centenary Centre...
View Article‘Shaw’s Brow deal not a big waste of money,’ says Council leader
Douglas Council leader David Christian has hit back at a Minister’s criticism in Tynwald that the Shaw’s Brow car park is his department’s biggest waste of money.Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne told...
View ArticleWashed up body is not thought to be from island
A man’s body which was washed up on a remote beach on Monday evening has been discounted as a person from the Isle of Man.Police have said they are not aware of the man being local.They have also...
View ArticleLocal authority two-bed flats to reduce waiting list
Eight local authority flats could be built in Onchan if planners approve the application.Onchan Commissioners have applied (16/00836/B) to redevelop the site of the former furniture shop in Marion...
View ArticleBank worker Gary heads for school in Africa
Douglas-based Standard Bank employee Gary Cracknell set off for Africa at the weekend to visit a primary school in Uganda which the Bank supports. Standard Bank’s Offshore Group has partnered Mifumi...
View ArticleRacism row at supermarket leads to £300 fine
A man from Manchester has been fined £300 after hurling racist abuse at a couple during a row at Shoprite supermarket.Mark Anthony Crellin, of Broadbent Close, Stalybridge, pleaded guilty to using...
View ArticleCelebrate volunteers at annual Awards for Excellence ceremony
Live Well Stay Well volunteers, Fiona Baxter and Nigel Latham, were winners of the Volunteer of the Year Award at last year’s Isle of Man Newspapers’ Awards for Excellence. This is their story…When you...
View ArticleOlympics 2016: Shooter Tim Kneale misses out on medal after brave bronze...
Clay shooter Tim Kneale narrowly missed out on claiming a medal at his first Olympics in Rio this evening (Wednesday).He was beaten to a bronze medal by Great Britain team-mate Steven Scott, who hit a...
View ArticleTrim your bushes residents warned
Douglas Council is reminding householders to keep hedges, trees and shrubs trimmed or cut back to the boundary line of their property, as required under Section 51 of the Highways Act 1986.Bosses there...
View ArticleWoman, 69, convicted for drink-driving after forgetting she had taken medication
A 69-year-old woman has been fined £750 and banned for 12 months after admitting driving while being unfit to drive through drink or drugs.Lorna Jane Taylor, of Hailwood Avenue, Governor’s Hill,...
View ArticleNunnery redevelopment plan
Plans have been submitted for works at the historic Nunnery as part of a masterplan to create a world-class university college for IT degree and related studies.The International Centre for Technology...
View ArticleScheme to convert Port St Mary Railway Station is derailed by planners
A plan to convert Port St Mary’s Victorian railway station building and goods shed to offices has been refused by the planning committee. The proposal (16/00535/B) was submitted on Haven Homes’ behalf...
View ArticleOld Mutual’s new MD
There’s a new managing director at Old Mutual International Isle of Man.Peter Kenny will be leading the strong team of more than 430 people.The business has a base in King Edward Bay House, King Edward...
View ArticleA great day in the garden, and there’s more to come
Ecovannin and the residents of Braddan had a great time at Coronation Park on Saturday.We arrived to find not just new raised beds – made by the amazing Men in Sheds – but also a mountain of topsoil...
View ArticleCrabs are not happy with election jargon
We are now well into the run-up to September’s Isle of Man General Election...No, let me re-phrase that please in the prevailing jargon of Manx election campaigning.We are going forward to the Isle of...
View ArticleIsle of Man property sales, August 11, 2016
John Rutherford Duffy and Doreen Ann Duffy, both of Rugby, Warwickshire, bought 23 King Edward Close, Onchan, for £485,000.It was bought from John Bernard Finnerty and Audrey Finnerty.Other recent...
View Article‘Ping a pound’ to Hospice
Visitors to the Royal Manx Agricultural Show will be able to ‘Ping a Pound’ to Hospice Isle of Man in a competition organised by Barclays. The Bank will be hosting visitors to the show in a tent...
View ArticleI’ve loved every second living here
The boss of a private bank has told of his sadness that the business is pulling out of the island.Mohammed Jafri said: ‘I’ve enjoyed every second of living and working in the Isle of Man. It’s such a...
View ArticleWork on the main Colby to Ballabeg road begins on Monday
Motorists will face disruption on one of the main roads in the south of the island from Monday.The Department of Infrastructure will start working on the main Ballabeg to Colby road, the A7.Its workers...
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