Driver’s action was inexplicable
A drink driver suffered a fit of hysteria, screaming and shouting abuse at police when they called at her house, a court was told.Janet Pogson, who is 66, ended up being handcuffed by police to...
View ArticleMan caught out by pungent aroma
Police who knocked on a door in Douglas were engulfed in the aroma of cannabis when it was opened, a court heard.Kieron Wayne Anthony Barsby was caught out when police called at his Stanley View home...
View ArticleHeathrow air link with Isle of Man may be restored
Flybe says it might restore the Isle of Man to Heathrow air link if the UK gives the go-ahead to a third runway.UK Transport Secretary Chris Grayling says a decision over where to site a new runway in...
View ArticleBig hopes grow for Andreas show
Andreas Produce Show, the oldest in the island, going back to 1895, takes place tomorrow (Thursday). The event takes place in Andreas Parish Hall. It will be opened at 3pm by Clerk of Tynwald Roger...
View ArticleCardboard boxes deliberately set on fire
Police are on the hunt for an arsonist who deliberately set fire to cardboard boxes in a ‘heavily pedestrianised’ area.The offence took place next to the shops in Anagh Coar, Douglas at 5pm yesterday...
View ArticleBales of silage cut open
Eighteen bales of silage have been cut open and left to decompose. The incident took place between Saturday, October 1 and Monday, October 3.The bales, which were wrapped and due for sale, were in...
View ArticleBoard opposes plan to allow sewage to spill into Ramsey harbour
Ramsey Commissioners were unhappy with a proposal by the Manx Utilities Authority to permit a ‘catastrophic overflow’ from the foul sewerage system to discharge into the north east corner of the Old...
View ArticleBarry creates mosaic of Isle of Man
A Peel man with no formal training in landscape gardening has created a large Manx mosaic in his back garden. Barry Phillips, aged 52, created the garden mural using Manx quartz collected from various...
View ArticleHeadquarters for WI is now officially open
A host of diverse activities awaited Lady Gozney, wife of new Lieutenant Governor Sir Richard Gozney when she opened the new WI Federation headquarters in Onchan.Lady Gozney, who has also accepted the...
View ArticleBoard mulls benefits of streaming their meetings online
A proposal by Ramsey Commissioner Pat Ayres that public board meetings should be live-streamed online was met with a lukewarm response from the members.Presenting the idea as last week’s September...
View ArticleMan jailed by mistake plans to sue Manx police
A man mistakenly held on remand in the island’s jail for six weeks after a drug test error has said he aims to sue Manx police.We reported in the Examiner on September 13 how Stephen James Parkhill was...
View ArticleForest project set to step up a gear in winter
The 30-year project to build a forest in Ramsey will be stepping up a gear this winter.The project was launched by Manx Wildlife Trust (MWT) in 2014 and the vision is that over this time woodland cover...
View ArticleMix-up lands fisherman in court
A bureaucratic mix up ended with a fisherman operating with no licence, a court was told.Douglas magistrates heard Michael Stephen Bayle, of Ballaquark, Farmhill, Douglas, had fished for lobsters in...
View ArticlePolice name man found dead in his flat
Police have named the man who was found dead in a flat in Douglas, as 28-year-old Keiran Keggin from Empire Terrace, Douglas.Investigations are continuing into his death.He was found just after 10.30am...
View ArticleBig Tidy Up is all about respecting environment
This weekend saw the Green Centre crew getting down and dirty with the litter-pickers, on Well Road Hill, reports Cat Turner from Isle of Man Friends of the Earth-------------------Each year, the good...
View ArticleQuick or the dead at corner
THE police announced last week that they were clamping down on speeding motorists in the Isle of Man.That’s good. For me at least.If this column fails to make its usual appearance in the Examiner today...
View ArticleLights smashed in multi-storey car park
Vandals have smashed two light fittings in a multi-storey car park on Douglas Quay.The incident took place between Tuesday evening (October 4) and yesterday morning (October 5) at the car park on the...
View ArticleIsle of Man property sales: October 4, 2016
Rosemary Jane Corlett, of 31 Queen’s Drive, Peel, bought 2 Mourne View, Peel, for £530,000.It was bought from Geoffrey Wall, by trustee, Michael Kuhlmann Wall, of Solihull, West Midlands, as trustee,...
View ArticleHighways survey is to gauge how roads are actually used
Highway surveys are being conducted this week to gather information aimed at improving traffic flows and road safety in and around Douglas and Onchan.Data captured by the Department of Infrastructure’s...
View ArticleCommunity health services get positive patient feedback
The Manx health service says the public is happy with the care they get from the island’s community health services.The claim comes after analysis of patient feedback forms.For the 12 months July 2015...
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