Isle of Man set to introduce gay pardon law
Gay men prosecuted before homosexuality was decriminalised in the island could receive a pardon as early as next year.Former Home Affairs Minister Juan Watterson said provision for a gay pardon is to...
View ArticleLittle Big Time Band to take centre stage
A Birmingham band is returning to the island by popular demand.The Little Big Time Band, which comprises current and former members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), is performing...
View ArticlePoets to give readings as part of the LitFest event
Island-based poets will be reading at the Henry Bloom Noble Library as part of Manx Litfest.Usha Kishore, Janet Lees, Jeff Garland, Fiona Gell, James Penn, Bethany de Legh Runciman, Gill Stephens and...
View ArticleDefendant waved knife at police
A young man attacked the window of a house in Peel because he was convinced a party was going on there and he was missing out.In fact, there was no party taking place at the property in Bridge Street,...
View ArticleDalby harvest home to raise charity cash
Dalby Harvest Home will take place tomorrow (Sunday) at Dalby Schoolrooms from 2.30pm until 5.30pm.Produce, jams and chutneys, cakes and cabbages, pickles and pies will be on sale throughout the...
View ArticleStudents to get an insight into world of theatre
Students with an interest in drama, singing and dancing will be able to gain an insight into the world of theatre with special workshops.A group of more than 20 final year students and teaching staff...
View ArticleWhy do bats shelter inside churches?
How bats use churches and their importance in bat conservation.That’s the subject of a talk that will be presented by Julia Hanmer, joint chief executive of the Bat Conservation Trust.The Manx Bat...
View ArticleUnmaintained mariners’ shelter is to get a facelift
Remedial work will be done to the mariners’ shelter on Albert Pier in Port St Mary.Commissioner Ian Skelly first raised the issue of the shelter because he said its poor state of disrepair was an...
View ArticlePrimary school remembers Louise with a Purple Patch
Staff and students of Ashley Hill School, in Onchan, are remembering the life of one of their best loved teaching assistants, Louise Barber.Louise was 31 when she passed away in 2014 after a battle...
View ArticleKen Livingstone to discuss extraordinary political career
Former MP, London Mayor and one-time leader of the Greater London Council, Ken Livingstone, is visiting the island to discuss his political career.The Sporting & Dining Club event takes place at...
View ArticleMann, 22 awaits sentence for possessing £646-worth of cannabis
A 22-year-old fisherman from Andreas has been convicted of possessing cannabis and having £3,685 in cash relating to criminal property.Daniel Justin Kepple Woodbridge, of Larivane Meadows, pleaded...
View ArticlePolice probe ‘unexplained’ death
Police are investigating the death of a man in his late 20s whose body was found in a flat off Central Promenade yesterday (Saturday).Detective sergeant Nick Haxby said the death was being treated as...
View ArticlePullyman: I’m a comedy obsessive
When I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, the consultant was describing the medication that I would have to take and the most common of the side effects that I could expect. I burst out laughing...
View ArticleTeenager lands back in court after breaching order within a week
A teenager who was only released from prison last month has now managed to breach a probation order just one week after receiving it.Anthony Robert Collis, of Fairfield Terrace, Douglas, claimed to be...
View ArticleExperts say museum’s giant deer is 14,500 years old
Manx National Heritage has been able to scientifically date the giant deer skeleton, one of the Manx Museum’s most popular exhibits.The giant deer is a significant and complete artefact that until...
View ArticleExhibition or work by artist Bruno Cavallec
Artist and illustrator Bruno Cavellec’s new exhibition of painting, printmaking and digital artwork opens at the Isle Gallery, in St John’s, on Sunday.‘Lifted’ will run at the gallery until October...
View ArticleHow can bosses improve things to cut number of days taken sick?
According to the latest statistics, the number of days workers take off sick is increasing.Figures for the UK say that the average number of sickness absence days in the UK is 6.9 days a year and that...
View ArticleCorrin Home coffee morning fundraiser
Peel charity the Friends of the Corrin Home will be holding a coffee morning on Friday, October 14.The event will take place at the Centenary Centre in Athol Street in Peel from 10am until 11.45am....
View ArticleDarkly comic take on show
A darkly comic new take on Brecht and Weill’s raucous musical broadcast, The Threepenny Opera, will be broadcast live from the stage of the National Theatre.The screening is at Ballakermeen’s Studio...
View ArticleGawne departs with message for local authorities
Outgoing Infrastrucuture Minister Phil Gawne wrote to all local authorities on the eve of the general election outlining the progress achieved in relation to plans for local authority transition of...
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