New leaders for arts in Isle of Man
The new members of the Isle of Man’s Arts Council have been announced.They are filmmaker/musician Dave Armstrong, architect Phil Chadwick, singer/dancer Susan Tummon, animator/artist Juan Moore and...
View ArticlePeel and Canada link up for anniversary
A Peel man has celebrated his 60th wedding anniversary with his wife in Canada where he now lives.Syd Teare and his wife Beryl moved to Canada in 1966 after meeting in Manchester in the early 1950s...
View ArticleTaxi driver fined for carrying too many passengers
A Douglas taxi driver has been fined £500 for carrying too many passengers.Mario Roy Tarcardon, of Ballabrooie Grove, pleaded guilty in court and was also ordered to pay £50 prosecution...
View ArticleBookshop has been proudly serving readers since 1936
A Douglas bookshop is celebrating its 80th anniversary tomorrow (Saturday). The Lexicon Bookshop on Strand Street first opened in September 1936 as a fee paying library by a Mr Hodges from Jersey and...
View ArticleMina’s year of fundraising begins
Mina Patel turned 60 last Saturday and so began a year of fundraising with the lofty target of amassing £60,000 by this time next year. The pharmacist, who owns and works at Castle Pharmacy, Malew...
View ArticleDarker nights so check your lights
With nights drawing in, police are urging motorists to check their lights.On Friday night, officers from the roads policing unit stopped more than a dozen vehicles for lighting offences ranging from...
View ArticleYoung vandals target car park
Police say young vandals have been causing problems at a multi-storey car park in Douglas.Damage is being caused and fire hoses set off in the car park situated off Westmoreland and Circular...
View ArticleMe and Manx: My language is alive and well
Isla Callister hopes to be a Manx ambassador as she moves to Glasgow to study-----------------------The Manx language has always been a part of my environment and my life. As a baby, my dad would use...
View ArticleBands lined up for a concert to help Finley and his family
Psycholic and Tender Rage will perform at a concert to raise funds to help Finley Hesketh, who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and his family.The charity concert, organised by Lenny Conroy, takes...
View ArticleQuilliam Lecture to cover topic of mine clearance
Mine clearance in the Gulf War is the subject of a lecture ‘Dangerous Waters’ which is this autumn’s Quilliam Lecture.Royal Navy Commander Bernard D. Thompson, the chief of staff at naval regional...
View ArticleMhelliah for Cummal Mooar
The Cummal Mooar resource centre in Queen’s Promenade, Ramsey, is holding a mhelliah to raise money for its amenity fund. The event will take place at 7pm on Friday next week (September 30) at The Swan...
View ArticleTalk by woman who helped present Alexander McQueen fashion exhibition in London
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty ran at London’s V&A for 21 weeks and was seen by more than half a million people. It was the Victoria and Albert museum’s most ambitious and successful fashion...
View ArticlePolice probe alleged assault
Police are investigating an alleged assault at the Broadway entrance to the Villa-Gaiety complex in Douglas.The incident took place at about 12.50pm on Saturday and it involved two males who were...
View ArticleRead this week’s Isle of Man Courier online: September 23, 2016
This week’s Isle of Man Courier is available to read as an emagazine.The papers are delivered to almost 40,000 homes and businesses around the island.But we know many of our readers want to get access...
View ArticleDrunken graduate resisted arrest
A 22-year-old university graduate has received a suspended sentence after admitting being drunk and capable and resisting arrest.Rory O’Shea, who previously lived at Belmont Terrace in Douglas but has...
View ArticleTwo serious road collisions
Emergency services have been dealing with two serious accidents - one in the north of the island and one in the south.Just before 12.30pm earlier today (Monday), fire crews from Ramsey and Kirk Michael...
View ArticleHouseholder confronts burglars in home
A householder confronted two men in his or her house on Sunday.Police are investigating a burglary at a house on Annacur Lane in Douglas.The home owner attended the house at about midday on Sunday and...
View ArticleThree declare bid to contest chief minister role
Three candidates have confirmed that they will seeking election as Chief Minister.Nominations have to be submitted by 5pm tomorrow (Tuesday). The election will take place on Tuesday next week.The three...
View ArticleAre we mean or green?
The late, great, HG Wells once said “moral indignation is jealousy with a halo”.It was a rather prescient comment as he breathed his last long before internet commentators got their chance to get their...
View ArticleGrumpy Git writes book about beating the system
Fed up with being fobbed off?Want to get compensation for a delayed flight, been given the run-around by a car hire firm or do you dispute an alleged speeding offence?Former island resident Scott...
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