Tower sponsors charity calendar
TOWER Insurance is sponsoring The Children’s Centre’s calendar for the seventh successive year. Thanks to the sponsorship all the money raised from sales of the 2013 calendar will go directly towards...
View ArticleTenants’ anxiety over reform plans
PUBLIC housing tenants are anxious that they could face eviction under plans to introduce two-year tenancies, it was claimed in the House of Keys.But Social Care Minister Chris Robertshaw MHK insisted...
View ArticleIsle of Man link to murder probe
A WOMAN with island links has been found stabbed to death in Northumberland.The body of Tina Casey was found at her home in Wallridge Drive, Holywell, on Monday (February 4). She was found after police...
View ArticleBad weather forces closure of two glens
UNPRECEDENTED and continuing bad weather has forced the closure of parts of two Manx glens.The lower part of Colby Glen has been closed because sections of path have been either washed away or made...
View ArticleIsland’s HMV store is not on closure list
THERE are some signs of hope that the island’s HMV store could escape closure.Administrators of the collapsed music chain have announced the locations of 66 stores around the UK that will close over...
View ArticleGill and her female team of decorators
GILLIAN Twist is making a name for herself across the island with her all-female decorating business.No job is too big or too small for hard-working mother-of-two Gillian, 40, of Glen Vine.She has...
View ArticlePrivate sector landlords must meet standards
A CONSULTATION has been launched on draft legislation to ensure basic standards of decent accommodation in the island’s private rented sector.The Landlord and Tenants (Private Housing) Bill 2013 will...
View ArticleDouglas council hitting back on waste costs
DOUGLAS Council leader David Christian has hit back at Infrastructure Minister David Cretney MHK’s claims that local authorities have increased their rates by more than the new cost of domestic and...
View ArticleTynwald vote on tuition fees will be close
EDUCATION Minister Tim Crookall has admitted the Tynwald vote on his proposals to intoduce university tuition fees ‘will still be close’.Members will finally vote on the proposals at this month’s...
View ArticleIncrease in unemployed
THERE has been an increase in the number of unemployed people in the island, the latest figures from Treasury’s economic affairs division show.At the end of January, the total number of unemployed...
View ArticleJoined-up thinking on bendy-buses?
COULD highways chiefs put the skids on plans to introduce bendy buses – after advising they are unsuitable for use on Manx roads?Two articulated buses arrived in the island this week ahead of a...
View ArticleHole in sea wall by Old Grammar School
A BIG hole that appeared in Castletown car park was caused by seawater that has gone through a hole in the sea wall.The hole, estimated to be 10 feet by six feet wide and up to 15 feet deep, appeared...
View ArticleNo work permits for secondary school teachers
SECONDARY school teachers won’t need work permits to get a job in the island if Tynwald backs new government proposals.THE Department of Economic Development is bringing forward an order under the...
View ArticleOn course to save £1m on Civil Service pay
AN initiative has saved £1m on Civil Service pay.The chairman of the Civil Service Commission, Alfred Cannan MHK, has confirmed progress made so far with the recent ‘MARS’ severance scheme initiative...
View ArticleStreet dance masterclass workshop
SOME of the top names from the world of street dance visited the Isle of Man recently to give a masterclass to the island’s aspiring young dancers.The lucky recipients were pupils at the Represent...
View ArticleExtra beer promised at real ale festival
FOLLOWING in the wake of last year’s runaway success, CAMRA is to stage another beer festival for the Isle of Man.Last year’s event – a first for the Campaign for Real Ale Society in the island – saw...
View ArticleLongtail project success on Calf
Work on the Calf longtail eradication campaign is not for the faint-hearted. With around 1,025 bait points to service, there isn’t much time to sit around and contemplate the scenery, though there are...
View ArticleNew equipment for Onchan playground
CHILDREN in Onchan are to get new play equipment.The playground in the village’s park has been closed for several weeks.Much of the equipment in the playground was past its best, some of it being more...
View ArticleTeacher recruitment is problem
THERE is serious and growing concern about the recruitment of secondary school teachers, the Education Minister told MHKs.Tim Crookall was quizzed in the House of Keys over his department’s policy on...
View ArticleHair today, gone tomorrow: Will’s fundraising beard
A JURBY man said goodbye to a year’s worth of facial hair, when his fundraising beard finally got the chop at Ayre United AFC’s Andreas base.William Quayle, 23, took a bet with a friend at the end of...
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