Chris Stott to guide USA space exhibition
MANXMAN Chris Stott has joined the advisory board of a prestigious new exhibition at a leading museum in the USA.The Satellite Gallery at Maryland’s National Electronics Museum will be a permanent...
View ArticlePublic sector tenants are asked to downsize
COUNCIL tenants in Douglas are being urged to downsize to more appropriately sized properties - to free them up for families who really need them.And chairman of the housing and property advisory...
View ArticleForeign seamen stranded in Douglas
SIX foreign seamen have been stranded in Douglas harbour for three weeks.Today’s Isle of Man Examiner has the story.Inside we ask why would it be OK for Manx children to stand up on buses (as would be...
View ArticleStars
Monday, January 7Aquarius (January 21 - February 19) Not feeling very positive? Well, don’t knock yourself out or feel bad about it. There is a time for everything and this may be yours to take it...
View Article156 already signed up for Parish
THERE’S still half a year to go until the 2013 Manx Telecom Parish Walk already 156 people have entered.The annual walk around the island’s 17 church parishes will start at 8am at the National Sports...
View ArticleTuition fees proposal ‘misses the point’
THE latest proposal regarding student fees misses the point.That’s according to Andrew Shipley, who is branch secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.‘The principle at the heart of this...
View ArticleCutting government down to size
GOVERNMENT should be smaller, simpler and less bureaucratic.That’s one of the principles that Tynwald will be asked to approve when it debates a Council of Ministers’ report on the reducing the Scope...
View ArticleKnox House team is boosted by new recruits
SINCE its launch in April 2011, trust and corporate service provider Knox House Trust Limited continues to flourish. Managing director, Simon Duggan, said: ‘In what is only our first full trading year...
View ArticleStreet Angels need your help
ARMED with a bag of flip-flops, their divine intervention has helped scores of Christmas revellers get home safely.But the Street Angels now need help themselves - after the number of volunteers...
View ArticleBid to use Point of Ayre tip for longer
A PLANNING application has been submitted by the Department of Infrastructure to extend the life of the landfill site at Wright’s Pit North, at the Point of Ayre.The site currently receives inert and...
View ArticleLethal booby trap left on lane
A ‘GREEN WAY’ road appears to have been deliberately booby-trapped. Police in Peel have revealed details about an incident on a ‘green way’ road (a right of way that vehicles can use but which does not...
View ArticleBin wagons need room to manoeuvre in Ramsey
PERMANENT parking restrictions are being considered for two residential areas of Ramsey.One has already seen a resident raise concerns, though parked cars in the area have long caused difficulty for...
View ArticleFancy swimming the TT course?
THE Western Swimming Pool is repeating the challenge to swim the distance of the TT course – 2,416 lengths – in just 12 weeks.If you think you’ve got what it takes to swim the length of the course, you...
View ArticleShould Manx vehicles be MOT checked?
FOLLOWING news that the government is considering introducing MoT-style tests for cars, Lee Brooks went in search of public opinions on the streets of Douglas. The Department of Infrastructure says the...
View ArticlePension planning on the move
MAC Group, a leading corporate independent financial adviser (IFA) and professional insurance broker, has announced the launch of what it claims is the island’s first retirement planning mobile app....
View ArticleDefault on tuition fees won’t be a problem
AMENDMENTS have been made to the government’s plan to introduce university tuition fees.After deferring the motion at December’s Tynwald sitting, Education Minister Tim Crookall MHK will seek approval...
View ArticleFifteen to lose their jobs
FIFTEEN workers with the Post Office’s Integrated Mailing Solutions are to lose their jobs.Vivat Direct, or Reader’s Digest, stopped trading at the end of last week. It was one of IMS’s largest...
View ArticleCemetery ‘incident’ arrest.
Police investigating an incident at Douglas cemetery on Friday have made an arrest.The incident, {http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/man-acts-suspiciously-in-cemetery-1-5283116|which we...
View ArticleWitnesses sought to domestic disturbance
Police were called to an address in Anagh Coar in the late hours of Tuesday to a report of a domestic disturbance.When officers arrived one of the people involved had barricaded themselves inside the...
View ArticleNumber out of work rises
THE number of people out of work in the island has risen, according to the latest official statistics.The Treasury’s economic affairs division says that at the end of last month, the figure stood at...
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