Police today appealed for witnesses to a ‘disturbance’ outside a pub in Port Erin to come forward.

The incident involved two men outside The Haven public house on Sunday, May 26, at about 10pm.

Two arrests were made. A 51-year-old and a 26-year-old are currently on police bail following this incident.

A police spokesman said: ‘If you witnessed anything or have any information that you think may be relevant, then contact Port Erin police on 832222 or contact the anonymous Crimestoppers Line on 0800 555 111.’

A Barclays employee for 20 years, Manxman Paul has also joined the boards of the Barclays trust companies, Barclays Private Bank & Trust (Isle of Man) Limited and Barclays Wealth Trustees (Isle of Man) Limited.

Paul left St Ninian’s High School in 1993 to join Barclays Private Bank & Trust (Isle of Man) Limited, initially working in support, securities, treasury and investment roles before focusing on trust work in 1996.

He progressed to manager and team leader overseeing a trust and company administration team primarily focused on the East African region.

In February 2012, Paul was appointed head of administration for Barclays’ Isle of Man Wealth Advisory business, with responsibilities including business performance and project management, before becoming a vice president in the Wealth Advisory team.

‘I am proud and delighted in my 20th year with Barclays to have been appointed to this position,’ Paul said.

‘I will be working closely with, and deputising for, local managing director Alan Patrick, to ensure continued delivery of client needs and strategic business objectives.

‘I am looking forward to taking on the rewarding challenge of assuming direct responsibility for several client relationship teams servicing high net worth clients in more than 90 countries around the globe.

‘The Barclays trust business has flourished in the Isle of Man since formation 54 years ago, and now has in the region of 70 client-facing employees and a reputation within the industry for discreet high quality client service and strong staff loyalty,’

Paul added: ‘I am relishing the opportunity to play my part in maintaining and growing that reputation and building on the high quality of service our clients enjoy.’

Alan Patrick said: ‘Paul has made a major contribution to the business over the past 20 years.

‘I congratulate him on his well-deserved appointment, and look forward to working with him in his new role.’

The Service Players, is bringing a grand serving of sitcom fromage to French restaurant L’Experience, on Douglas Promenades, on Wednesday June 12.

The cast of ‘Allo ‘Allo, showing at the Gaiety Theatre on June 20 – 22, is teaming up with Michael and Belinda at L’Experience to host An Evening at Café René.

As well as a delicious three course meal at the popular Gallic restaurant, guests will get a taste of the typical shenanigans at Café René.

Humble café owner, René Artois, will be accompanied by his wife Edith (you stupid woman!) and waitresses Yvette and Mimi. René very much hopes that master of disguise Monsieur LeClerc and Michelle of the French Resistance will not be popping by, and that there will be no nonsense about knockwurst sausages and the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies by Van Klomp. But he suspects there will be.

‘Allo ‘Allo was a BBC1 sitcom, set in Nazi-occupied France, which ran between 1982 and 1992.

Tickets for the evening are £35, part of which will be donated to the Special Care Baby Unit at Noble’s Hospital. Call L’Experience on 623103 to book your tickets.

Tickets for the show later this month are £12, with concessions available.They are available from the Welcome Centre at the sea terminal or the Villa Marina. Or you can call 600555 or visit www.villagaiety.com The curtain is up at 7.30pm each night.

Bath and Bottle, a cocktail bar in Douglas, is helping Crossroads Care mark their 25th year of caring on the island with a new addition to their cocktail menu.

The Quarter Century Spritz, a mix of prosecco, Apple Orphanage Bramley apple juice, elderflower liqueur, cucumber, mint and topped Peychaud’s Bitters will be on the menu May 27 until the end of August with 50p from every Quarter Century Spritz sold donated to Crossroads.

Laura Gill, marketing coordinator at Bath and Bottle, said: ‘We love a cause for celebration and we couldn’t wait to create a drink with which to toast 25 years of such a hard working charity. We worked with the idea of celebration, so something sparkling. We also wanted something light, refreshing and in keeping with the season so that everyone could enjoy it. There are also some local Manx flavours used in there to tie in Crossroads strong links to the community.’

Alex Wilson, fundraiser at Crossroads Care, said: ‘I was fortunate enough to try the Quarter Century Spritz before it was on the menu and after I did I couldn’t wait for it to be available so I could have another. The team at Bath and Bottle have come up with the perfect, moreish summer drink that will leave you sipping through the warm summer days and into the wee hours.’

The Quarter Century Spritz will be available from the end of May for three months at Bath and Bottle, 6 Victoria Street, Douglas. Donations for the charity are also being accepted at 14 North on North Quay, Douglas, throughout this time.

The public consultation on plans to establish a Public Services Commission is to be extended by two weeks.

Under government plans for a new Public Services Commission, the Civil Service Commission and the Whitley Council will be replaced with a single employing authority for some 4,000 civil servants and manual/craft workers. Chief Minister Allan Bell says the existing government employment structure is ‘not fit for purpose’.

Deadline for submissions has been extended to 5pm on Friday June 14.

The consultation may be accessed at http://www.gov.im/hr/ConsultationDetail.gov?id=374.

The Tynwald select committee investigating the future of public service broadcasting has appointed a consultant to carry out a review of Manx Radio.

Radio executive, consultant and presenter John Myers was the author of a report on the future of local radio in the UK which was published by the UK’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport in April 2009.

He will be remembered by many in the Isle of Man for this time as a continuity announcer with Border Television in the 1980s.

He was famous for his sense of humour and his appearances with ‘Eric the Monkey’ on Border Birthdays.

Since then he moved into Border’s radio division and later to the Guardian Media Group’s radio section when, as well as having executive roles, he presented as ‘John Morgan’.

The British Heart Foundation’s annual tennis tournament has taken place at Castletown Tennis Club.

Sixteen players took part in a round robin tournament and the winners were David Wilkinson and Marybeth Coll.

Sponsors this year included Swagelock, which provided T-shirts for the occasion, Bolton and Corlett, which provided the tennis balls and The Vineyard, Castletown, which provided the prizes.

The Mayor of Douglas Councillor Carol Malarkey has launched her 2013-2014 mayoral charity appeal.

She has selected four charities: Junior Achievement Isle of Man, Manx Workshop for the Disabled, Tabitha’s Trust and Victim Support. ‘These are all local causes very close to my heart,’ she said, adding that Douglas Town Band would also benefit from fundraising efforts during her year in office.

She thanked the many fundraisers who had offered to help with the charity appeal and welcomed the growing number of employees at Hansard who had volunteered their support. She also paid tribute to the Mayor’s consort, her husband Councillor Bill Malarkey, who would be at the forefront of the fundraising in order that she could undertake her many mayoral duties.

Councillor Bill Malarkey said the theme for the year would be ‘fun raising’ rather than ‘fundraising’.

The reception also provided an opportunity for Martin Sewell, on behalf of the Manx Workshop for the Disabled, to present the Mayor with a plaque, crafted in wood, of the Douglas Borough Council crest.

Junior Achievement works in schools with the support of more than 300 volunteers to help some 5000 students island-wide gain the essential skills they will need when they leave full-time education.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2013 the Manx Workshop for the Disabled champions the disabled in the workplace and helps disabled people gain meaningful paid employment through the design and production of goods using largely Manx materials.

Newly formed Tabitha’s Trust aims to provide support, equipment and services to families who have suffered bereavement through the loss of a child.

Victim Support Isle of Man offers free and confidential help to victims and witnesses of crime, their families and friends.

The island has endured its coldest spring since 1979.

The mean temperature for the months of March, April and May measured only 7.0°C, compared with the long term mean of 8.3°C.

It was also the windiest spring ever recorded. The wind speed for the months of spring averaged 16.4mph, beating the previous spring record of 16.1mph set in 1994.

The mean temperature for May measured 10.0°C, almost 1°C below the long-term mean, making it the coldest May since 1996.

There were five nights with a ground frost. On May 2 the ground temperature fell to minus 4.4°C, the lowest recorded in May since 1979.

The maximum air temperature of 17.3°C was measured on May 29.

The mean wind speed for the month was 14.6mph compared with the long term mean of 12.1mph ranking it the fourth windiest May on record.

The strongest winds were recorded on the blustery 23rd, with a gust of 55mph at the airport.

Total rainfall at Ronaldsway measured 53.1mm, slightly above the May mean.

The wettest day was the 27th with 11.1mm.

There were 241 hours of sunshine last month, once again slightly above the long term mean.

Hail was observed on the 11th but there was no thunder or fog at airport during the month.

Michael Dunlop was the winner of today’s Superbike race.

Second place went to Cameron Donald and third was John McGuinness.

The race was rescheduled from Saturday.

Find out more in the Isle of Man Examiner, in shops tomorrow, and in the second edition of TT News.

Manx cycling superstar Mark Cavendish today (Sunday) took part in a charity bike ride in London that raised money for Help the Heroes, a charity that supports the Armed Forces.

Cav told ITV News: ‘The Armed Forces are truly special and inspirational people. To see them and the people supporting them today is humbling.’

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There will be two races plus a couple of qualifying sessions during Monday’s TT schedule.

The day will begin with the four-lap Monster Energy Supersport race which gets underway at 10.45am.

There will then be qualifying between 12.30-1pm for the second Sidecar race before the Royal London 360 Superstock race roars into life at 2pm.

Monday’s racing will then be completed by qualifying for the TT Zero Challenge between 3.45-4.30pm.

*Please note that the race schedule is subject to change.

Today’s TT races are on schedule.

The timetable is:

9.30am: Roads closed TT Mountain section (Barrule Park, Ramsey, to Creg-ny-Baa)

10am: Roads closed, rest of the course

10.45am: Race 3. Monster Energy Supersport Race (4 laps)

12.30pm: Sidecar Practice Lap

2pm: Race 4. Royal London 360 Superstock Race (4 laps)

3.40pm: TT Zero Practice Lap

4.10pm: John McGuinness Lap on a Paton

4.40pm: Scheduled roads open (except Mountain section)

5.40pm: Scheduled rest of the course open

A man who had collected more than 83,000 indecent images of children has been jailed.

Today’s Isle of Man Examiner has the full story.

The paper’s page one photograph is of Michael Dunlop, after he won yesterday’s (Sunday’s) TT Superbike race. Needless to say, that’s the main sports story on the back page.

Inside the paper, we look at the two letters that have raised concerns about Noble’s Hospital.

One was written by consultants at the hospital.

As the bus strike enters its 10th day, we hear the chief minister’s views about the union’s safety claims.

We also ask members of the public for their views about the strike.

Our main page three story is about an elderly woman who was injured after being trapped in a door at a shop in Onchan.

The paper also has a review of Saturday’s Darkness gig.

The island’s favourite newspaper is in the shops now.

Cal Crutchlow made it back-to-back podium finishes after claiming a dramatic third place in Sunday’s MotoGP at Mugello, Italy.

The Ramsey resident, who clinched a superb second place at the Le Mans GP a fortnight earlier despite racing with a fractured leg sustained in practice, qualified on the second row in fourth place behind Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso.

The Yamaha Tech3 rider endured a race-long battle to get into the top three but, despite edging ahead of Dovizioso, looked set to miss out on a podium to fast-charging Marc Marquez. However, the Spanish rookie, who has enjoyed a fine start to the season, crashed with just three laps remaining, leaving Crutchlow to finish third in front of the watching Mark Cavendish.

Speaking after the race, Cal said: ‘I hate to be gifted a podium, I want to work for it but I definitely worked for it at the end.’

Police have thanked motorists for their patience and care on Mad Sunday.

Inspector Derek Flint said: ‘What we experienced on Sunday was in fact quite remarkable.

‘We only recorded four collisions all day.

‘Even with the races taking up the afternoon, none of us can remember anything similar in recent memory.’

He said that what police saw was ‘good standards, respect for speed limits in the main, and people really heeding the message to know their limits’.

Inspector Flint added: ‘This morning (Monday) there are nine in the cells, of which five are visitors, for a variety of offences based around alcohol.

‘There were again no drink drivers which was pleasing to see.’

Leading Isle of Man law firm Dougherty Quinn (DQ) has announced that Kerruish Law & Trust (KLT) joined forces with DQ from Saturday.

KLT was described as a boutique law firm specialising in HNWI (high net worth individuals), private client, corporate and commercial property.

KLT’s managing director Paul Kerruish joined DQ at the weekend as a director and shareholder and will play an important strategic role in DQ’s successful trust and private client department headed up by Annemarie Hughes.

Paul will also head up DQ’s commercial property department.

Tom Maher, director in DQ, said: ‘This is a very exciting opportunity for DQ.

‘KLT is a very similar firm to DQ and, like us, prides itself on providing the highest levels of service and building strong lasting relationships with its clients. Paul has built up a very successful firm and shares DQ’s dynamic and innovative approach to doing business. The synergies in bringing the two firms together are clear and our clients will benefit from Paul’s expertise in his key areas of practice.

‘Paul is also well renowned by his clients as a trusted business adviser. We are all looking forward to building the business together and continuing the great success DQ has had since its creation just over five years ago.

There’s more on this story in the Isle of Man Examiner

A TT fan who suffered a serious stroke in 2010 will be completing a lap of the Mountain Course tomorrow (Tuesday) to raise money for The Stroke Association.

Ian Ormrod, who lives in Lancashire, will be riding the TT course on his adapted three-wheel scooter.

He will leave the Grandstand, in Douglas, at 11am on his

Mr Ormrod said: ‘I suffered a serious stroke in 2010. I was left with poor speech and serious mobility problems.

‘Walking is a struggle so a mobility scooter and my trike scooter are my main modes of transport.

‘Motorbikes were always my passion, having previously owned a Ducati.

‘With the help of my great friend Stuart, I have set myself a challenge to ride the 37 miles round the TT course on my little adapted three wheeler and hopefully raise some money as I go.’

So far, he has raised more than £500.

The Stroke Association campaigns to improve stroke care and supports people to make the best possible recovery. And it funds research into new treatments and ways to prevent stroke.

To make a donation go to www.justgiving.com/ian-ormrod

Four-time taekwondo Olympian Sarah Stevenson MBE will lead two training workshop thanks to sponsorship from Celton Manx.

The 2011 taekwondo world champion is now retired and working as a coach on UK Sport’s world-class performance programme.

She will be accompanied by her personal trainer, Steve Jenkins.

The first session takes place on Saturday, June 15, at Onchan’s community centre.

The second takes place the following day at the National Sports Centre, Douglas.

The two-day event was organised by Manx Taekwondo president Rod Nielsen, after he built strong links through his volunteering activities with the British taekwondo team during the London Olympics.

Mr Nielsen thanked Celton Manx for its support, adding: ‘And of course we’re equally delighted to have 2008 bronze medallist Sarah Stevenson conduct these two workshops.

‘Since she retired Sarah has devoted all her energies to sharing her experience and giving back so much to the sport that saw her become a world-class figure in taekwondo.

‘To have someone of Sarah’s stature lead these sessions is a tremendous coup for Manx Taekwondo.’

Celton Manx executive director Bill Mummery said: ‘Sarah and Rod are both working to increase participation and make sport accessible to all, also to develop life skills, objectives we wholeheartedly endorse.’

For more details, contact Rod Nielsen 436181, email manx.taekwondo@hotmail.com or follow the club on Facebook: Manx Taekwondo.

More than 30 delegates representing small postal administrations including Barbados, Estonia, Falklands, Greenland and Swiss Post attended the three day forum at the Sefton Hotel, Douglas.

It was hailed a first class success as the delegates found challenges common to all.

With declining mail volumes, technical substitution, economic uncertainty and the changing social tenders of customers, all postal businesses are facing the same kind of challenges, be it a large post or small.

A spokesman for Isle of Man Post Office told Business News: ‘Smaller posts do not always have the resources to invest heavily in solutions to these global problems and instead have to rely on creativity and resourcefulness to continue to compete successfully.

‘The purpose of the forum was to allow small posts to come together to exchange ideas and best practice, explore current and future trends, network, address common issues and identify new areas and opportunities for collaboration.’

There was a varied programme with some very interesting speakers.

Full day sessions covered all aspects of the postal industry from digital and physical integration, innovation in philately, customer service, engaging with government for retail services as well as reform to modernisation and corporatisation.

The spokesman said: ‘They were presented by a variety of key speakers and proved invaluable in bringing together a wealth of experience and knowledge for all the attendees to benefit from, as well as a number of enlightening question and answer sessions.’

The forum, officially opened by the Chief Minister Allan Bell MHK, was by invitation only and aimed at key decision makers and senior officials from postal administrations around the world.

More on this story in this week’s Isle of Man Examiner