Supermodel Elle ‘The Body’ Macpherson will no longer be proceeding with an appeal against a Manx court’s decision in a multi-million pound dispute, it has been revealed.

Australian-born Ms Macpherson, a regular on TV, was embroiled in a lengthy legal dispute which involved the Manx courts.

The actress, model and TV host was involved in a complex legal case.

In August 2012 it was reported the Privy Council had given the catwalk legend the chance to appeal against a Manx court’s decision in her dispute with the liquidators of the island’s Kaupthing bank.

Ruling

It was reported at the time she had a landmark ruling against the liquidators of the collapsed Kaupthing Singer &Friedlander bank overturned on appeal.

Liquidators of KSF (I0M) had brought a claim against her in the island’s High Court but her legal team won her case by invoking a novel argument based on a legal principle dating back 300 years. But in a twist to the story the appeal court overturned the judgment of Deemster Andrew Moran QC.

The liquidators had refused to offset the supermodel’s deposit with the now insolvent bank against money owed by her nominee company to the bank for a mortgage on a house in London.

Ms Macpherson set up an Isle of Man nominee company Light House Living Ltd in 2006, to allow her to buy the property, while keeping her address private.

Robert Colquitt of Cains Advocates confirmed to Business News that Miss Macpherson was no longer pursuing the appeal.

Mr Colquitt acted together with Lloyd Tamlyn (South Square Chambers, London) in respect of the Isle of Man court proceedings for Mike Simpson and Peter Spratt, of PricewaterhouseCoopers as liquidators of Kaupthing Singer &Friedlander (Isle of Man) Ltd.

Mr Colquitt said: ‘Subsequent to the Staff of Government Division [Isle of Man Appeal Court] decision, Ms Macpherson and Light House Living Limited obtained leave to appeal the case to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. However, that appeal is no longer being proceeded with.

‘The termination of the appeal process to the Privy Council now means that the legal position in the Isle of Man is as set out in the Staff of Government Division’s judgment.

‘The validity of the legal distinction between a company and its beneficial owner(s) remains intact.

‘In broad terms, absent fraud or other compelling circumstances, the Manx Courts will not treat a company and its beneficial owner as one and the same legal person.

‘The potential uncertainty that arose from the first instance decision of the Manx court, based as it was on notions of perceived equitable fairness, was replaced by a clear indication that, in situations involving set-off in an insolvency scenario, the Court should focus on the outcome of the transactions being considered, with a view to determining whether or not mutual debts arose from those transactions; the Court should not seek to subjectively determine where the Court considers the “substantial justice” lies between the parties.’

Mr Colquitt reiterated the background: ‘ On October 31, 2011 the Isle of Man Appeal Court (the Staff of Government Division) handed down its judgment and reasoning in relation to the litigation between the liquidators of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander (Isle of Man) Limited, and Elle Macpherson and Light House Living Limited.

‘The Staff of Government Division overturned the decision of the first instance court.

‘The appeal decision confirmed that the liquidators of the bank, Mike Simpson and Peter Spratt of PricewaterhouseCoopers, were correct in refusing to offset Ms Macpherson’s cash deposit with the insolvent bank (approximately £2.54 million) against monies owed to the bank of approximately £7.8million by a company owned by Ms Macpherson, namely Light House Living Limited.

‘The Staff of Government Division considered that it could not be said, as a matter of law, that there was any debt due from Ms Macpherson (via her company) to the bank, which would allow her to set off the value of the monies standing to the credit of her account, against the monies owing by the company to the bank.’

The Body

Ms Macpherson is well known for her five cover appearances for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue beginning in the 1980s, leading to her nickname ‘The Body’.

She is also known for a series of business ventures, including Elle Macpherson Intimates, a lingerie line, and The Body, skin care products.

Manx swimmer Charlotte Atkinson has been selected in the Great Britain’s squad for next month’s Youth Olympics.

The Gubay Chase Your Dream recipient is one of eight GB swimmers travelling to the Nanjing in China for the Summer Games that take place between August 16 and 28.

Police have issued a warning to parents about a new Facebook craze in which hundreds of youngsters are invited to parties.

Officers are asking parents to take responsibility for their children after a recent spate of underage drinking parties, one of which left a youth with a fractured jaw.

Problems with parties and large gatherings of youngsters drinking prompted the police to issue advice asking parents: ‘Do you know where your child is tonight?’.

A planned party in Douglas was stopped on Sunday night. Last weekend one in Castletown caused chaos and a gathering of more than 100 youths in Watterson Lane on Saturday prompted police to report that there would be ‘follow-ups in relation to alcohol related offences’ and asked for parents to collect their ‘drunk charges’.

Last Thursday police also reported ‘large groups of youths hanging around fields and the streets of Douglas following school proms’.

Inspector Derek Flint said: ‘It’s important that children are able to enjoy the things that the Isle of Man has to offer freely but you’ve got to exercise that freedom sensibly. Some of that responsibility has to fall to parents.’

‘We stopped one underage party planned for Sunday night where children of 13 and upwards were being invited to bring alcohol and tents to a location in the greater Douglas area.’

The Castletown party involved over 100 young people in the Poulsom Park area and left a youth in hospital with a fractured jaw, and a big clean up operation for the local authority.

The party, organised via Facebook, attracted young people from around the island who gathered in fields near the weir in Silverburn river, next to Poulsom Park. Residents in the area were alarmed to see the great numbers of young people milling around. At one stage a tent was set alight and glass and cans were left strewn on the ground (some of it on land owned by Simon Riggall).

The police broke the party up on Saturday evening, but some party goers moved into the town’s square, where they carried on drinking. When commissioners’ staff came into the square at 5.30am on Sunday, some were reportedly still there drinking.

Police asked parents to contact their children and check where they were and, if in Castletown, collect them and bring them home.

The incidents have led to a lively debate on Facebook about parental supervision and the lack of facilities for young people.

Comments began at 7.30am on Sunday. Some posts said the behaviour was typical for teenagers and everyone has ‘done something similar’ at that age. They said: ‘Let the kids have some fun.’

One called the Castletown party a ‘mini Glastonbury’ and said she was glad the kids had organised it for themselves. Why didn’t the police ‘supervise’ it from a distance?

Another said it is not the responsibility of the police to look after children, that’s up to parents who ‘it seems are not interested so long as they are out of their hair’.

Does ‘fun’ involve freely assaulting people, another post read. A parent said a Castletown youth had inflicted ‘a vicious attack’ on his son – a teenager who had never caused any trouble - leading to hospitalisation with facial injuries and a fractured jaw. He had spent three hours in A&E.

Others claimed the fighting was started by youths from Douglas deliberately attacking Castletown youths.

Kids’ heads are ‘all over the place’ moving from being a child to an adult, said another. ‘They need somewhere to go and something to do’. A festival should be held where they can camp in a safe environment.

Another post read not all youths are like this, asking parents to contact their children is no good because they can and do lie, who is supplying the alcohol to fuel such behaviour? And why not have CCTV outside shops to discover which adults buy young people alcohol?

Two island companies have come together in what is being described as a ‘strategic parnership.’

It brings together Mannin Media Group and Office World Limited in a move that they say will significantly expand the service offering to clients of both companies.

Mannin Media Group chief executive, Steve Brown, said the move closed the circle on the Group’s ambition to provide a one-stop shop solution for clients.

He said: ‘Our partnership with Office World means we can now offer all our clients a complete office supplies solution to complement our existing package.

‘We know that companies of all types and sizes find it more convenient and cost effective to deal with a single source supplier – especially one they know and trust. Our new partnership with Office World now gives us the perfect platform to deliver an efficient competitive solution to fulfil all our client needs’.

The move also means that Office World can now offer a ‘comprehensive and exciting’ new range of total print and digital design related services to its existing customers using the resources of the Mannin Media Group.

Office World managing director, Bob Clague welcomed the new alliance with Mannin Media. He said: ‘It’s a logical move for both companies given the nature of our respective trades. It is the perfect synergy to complement our main core business and such alliances are commonplace elsewhere throughout the UK and Europe. The key objective for both Office World and Mannin Media is to deliver a broader based and much improved, competitively priced product and service portfolio to all our customers, which I’m confident this exciting new partnership will provide.’

Mannin Media Group Ltd is based at Media House, Cronkbourne. Office World Limited is based at Springham Park on the Spring Valley Industrial Estate, Braddan.

The Isle of Man will be represented at a film industry event in Liverpool on July 14 and 15.

The Dream Factory event takes place in the ‘Knowledge, Creative and Digital’ week at the International Festival of Business.

Dream Factory features a host of creative and film professionals in a line-up of panel events, master classes and presentations all geared towards the international business of film.

The event will be attended by independent film-makers, investors, film professionals, aspiring film-makers and students. Day one will be dedicated to the creative aspects of film-making, while the second day will focus on the business of film.

Leonard Singer MHK, who is the member for Department of Economic Development with responsibility for film and creative industries said: ‘Our partners Pinewood Pictures will be there to promote the Isle of Man offering to both a UK and international audience. Our presence at the IFB Dream Factory will reinforce the Isle of Man’s relationships with the major industry players, including film producers, financiers and government agencies. We also look forward to building new relationships with emerging talent.’

Steve Christian, representing the Isle of Man’s film industry and production company Pinewood Pictures, will feature in a discussion panel about regional media funding across the UK on Tuesday, July 15.

Other speakers include BBC Worldwide’s Amanda Hill, Scott Free producer Liza Marshall, Apollo Productions boss and former British Film Commissioner Steve Norris, screenwriters Krysty Wilson-Cairns and Jon Croker, and Stuart Ford of IM Global.

A football event will be among the free attractions at the TinkerMann Festival being held at the Villa Marina, Douglas, on Saturday, July 19.

A series of free outdoor family events and musical acts in the Villa Gardens will precede the main evening shows, between midday and 6pm. Onchan AFC, in partnership with the IoM Football Association, will provide fun and challenging football activities.

The main event will see performances by a range of top acts from the UK and Ireland, as well as the Isle of Man, take place in both the main hall and colonnade Suite from 6.30pm until midnight.

Tickets cost £35.70, under 16s £25.50, and are available now from the Villa Marina website: cfvg.gov.im

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TinkerMann ready to rock summer 2014

Proposals aimed at saving a government department millions of pounds have angered some residents.

The Department of Infrasructure has issued a discussion document with a raft of proposals to save £5 million of its budget. Proposals include an end to free disc parking in Douglas and other towns in the island, charging public sector employees for parking at work and charging for residents’ car parking permits.

David Buttery, who is a Douglas resident, said there were already many anomalies in the parking system in Douglas.

Referring to the proposal in the latest DoI consultation document, he said: ‘I was furious about it. We are already subsidising people from around the island who come in to Douglas every day and pay a fraction of the rates that we do.

‘Then there are people in outlying areas of Douglas like Farmhill who also drive into Douglas and still have to pay for chargable parking.

‘The government has lost revenue but rather than cut their cloth accordingly, they are trying to get money out of the already hard-pressed population but it won’t raise income tax because it is a sacred cow.

‘They are just trying to find ways to bleed people and why is Douglas bearing the brunt of this? The island is only about 30 miles by 10, it’s tiny.

‘For Douglas rate payers there certainly should be no on-street parking charge: we already pay enough. Is this about raising revenue? I think so – or is it about making sure everyone has somewhere to park?

Councillor David Ashford said his personal view was that imposing parking charges would be unfair on people who did not have any off-road parking, especially as they were not guaranteed a space even if they paid for a permit.

He said elderly residents who relied on their cars would also be hit yet again by more expense.

Peel commissioners voted seven to one in favour of appealing against Dandara’s plan to build 144 houses east of Reayrt Ny Cronk.

As we reported last week, the developer has been granted planning approval despite an objection already being registered by the commissioners.

At their latest board meeting, many commissioners were dismayed with the decision to give the go-ahead and decided to appeal again.

Commissioner David Lace said: ‘Are they going to stop before they reach St John’s? I don’t think so. There are far too many houses in Peel already.

Commissioner Ian Davison agreed, saying: ‘The infrastructure simply does not cope with any more houses.’

Town clerk Peter Leadley told the board that the planning committee vote had been 60 to 40 per cent in favour of approving the project.

The commissioners opposition focuses on the fact the maximum number of houses to be built in the west of the island – set out in the Strategic Plan as 1,000 – had already been exceeded.

Only commissioner Alan Jones voted against the appeal, saying: ‘If we go against it we have to do it properly, it’s not cheap to appeal. Delaying Dandara causes extra costs and problems with people being put out of work.’

The people behind the news ManxLeaks website have emailed the Manx Independent more details of the organisation.

This week’s paper has more details.

Also this week:

On page 1, there’s a great picture of Guy Martin having a ‘moment’ on the Southern 100 course

Also on page 1, a backbencher slams the government over the creation of a new £97,000 job. The government replies.

We meet a deaf man who was refused entry to a cab with his dog, which is trained to help him in the same way a guide dog helps the blind.

We talk to an MHK about his concerns about strong alcohol and its effects on society. He wants to set up a Tynwald inquiry.

The Manx Independent reveals that regulations to allow the government to charge fares for school buses again are on Tynwald’s agenda, even though the measure is merely a proposal at the moment.

The paper also highlights the number of applications the island’s immigration service dealt with last year. It’s more than 800.

We also talk to a campaigner who’s angry that road tax costs more in the island than in the UK.

One of our reporters was in court when a woman, who’d spat at a police officer, was jailed.

The troubled diesel engine that was bought by the steam railway for £400,000 is now ‘serviceable’, the island’s transport boss tells us.

The paper also includes a number of photos of the fashions of Tynwald Day and the Governor’s garden party and lots of children’s sports days.

With unrivalled sports coverage, a look forward to Peel’s secret gardens, a look at Cronk y Voddy sports day, our seven-day television guide and the island’s What’s On guide, the Manx Independent is a great read this week.

It’s in the shops now.

TT ace Conor Cummins broke his forearm during a crash at the Southern 100 on Wednesday evening.

The Ramsey man came off in a four-bike incident at Ballakeighan on lap one of the Radcliffe Butchers 600cc Race.

Cummins, who is due to have an operation to have the arm pinned today, and Tom Parker were taken to hospital by helicopter. The other two riders involved, James Cowton and Ivan Lintin, returned to the paddock before the latter took himself to Noble’s for a check up after the conclusion of racing.

It was the second red flag incident of the night after a similar four-bike crash in the Mike Kerruish Plumbing 250/650cc race. None of those involved were thought to be seriously injured.

The meeting’s final day of racing gets under way today, Thursday, at 10.15am with the 600cc B Race.

Peter Kennaugh remains on course to claim his second general classification victory of the season in the Tour of Austria.

The newly-crowned British National Road Race Champion has been in impressive form in the Osterreich Rundfahrt right from the word go and has featured prominently on the podium thus far.

Sporting the red, white and blue British champion’s jersey, the 25-year-old Team Sky rider won Sunday’s opening stage, a 182-kilometre trek between Tulln to Sonntagberg.

The Manxman benefited from some strong riding from his Team Sky team-mates, notably Ian Boswell and Josh Edmondson who worked tirelessly to reel in the breakaway before setting up the Manxman on the steep run into the finish.

Kennaugh launched his attack inside the last two kilometres and surged clear to take the win ahead of Olivier Zaugg (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Javier Moreno (Movistar).

The following day’s stage was expected to end with a sprint finish and so it proved, as Oscar Gatto (Cannondale) edged Juan José Lobato (Movistar) and Marco Haller (Katusha) for the victory.

Kennaugh was well marshalled throughout the 180.9-kilometre trek from Waidhofen and the Manxman looked comfortable as his team-mates controlled the pace in the searing heat.

Kennaugh then produced a heroic round during Tuesday’s queen stage, a daunting 206km ride from Bad Ischl and finishing on the iconic and gruelling Kitzbüheler Horn mountain.

He headed into the stage with a 15-second advantage and was once kept safe throughout the day thanks to some strong work by his Team Sky team-mates.

Dayer Quintana (Movistar), the brother of this’s Giro d’Italia winner Nairo, dropped his fellow breakaway riders on the climb to solo to his first professional win.

Kennaugh was left to fend for himself inside the closing kilometres as the slopes tipped a maximum of 23 per cent, but the Manxman battled on bravely and, despite coming home in third, 54 seconds behind Quintana, the Team Sky rider extended his race lead over Damiano Caruso (Cannondale) to 29 seconds.

And the British champion maintained his healthy lead by finishing 10th in Wednesday’s stage from Kitzbühel to Matrei/Osttirol. The Tour finishes this Sunday.

It has been a long time since I’ve been on the boat. This has not been because I have anything against the Steam Packet Company.

I just graduated to going by air years ago.

Of course, this was back in the days when flying was a pleasure.

In the circumstances I looked forward to going with a party of friends on the round-the-island cruise on the Ben-my-Chree that took place a couple of weeks ago on a calm and sunny Saturday evening.

This showed me how much going on the boat has changed.

I go back to the time when you parked your car on the Victoria Pier, went to a little wooden kiosk where you would buy your ticket, and then walked up the gangway to give it to a waiting sailor and there you were, on board and ready for the bar opening.

To get on the Ben we had to assemble with a couple of thousand other people in the Sea Terminal and queued up to get boarding cards.

Then we had to walk for nearly 10 minutes along enclosed sloping passageways to get on board, rather like getting on a plane.

On the Ben I found more decks than I had ever before confronted on a Steam Packet boat. You had to go up and down in lifts. Not easy.

I finished up in a vast hangar used for stowing cars and commercial vehicles but kind people led me to what was called the Premium Lounge where we had front seats looking out over the foredeck and the bows. It was, I had to admit, a lot more comfortable than in the old days.

But this is by the way. Overall the process of getting on board had been a lot like getting on an aeroplane is these days, and the similarities must have made a profound impression on me.

We were halfway round the Isle of Man when I decided to ring somebody up and tell them about the trip. But I couldn’t, not straight away.

I had switched off my mobile phone.

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My old colleague in journalism Colin Brown tells me: ‘We have just returned from a lovely relaxing holiday on Menorca where I spotted the following sign in a local restaurant: ‘Half roasted chickens – 4.50 euros.’ We passed on it.’

You chickened out in other words Col.

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Richard Banyard at Heswall, Wirral, reports that IoM Today had the headline (briefly)” Mmanx schoosl to close for two weeks over TT 2015.”

I think we get the mmesage. What the schoolsl make of it I don’t know.

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Sara Goodwins sends in this week’s Manx crossword clue, from the Sunday Telegraph cryptic: I had taken over island, in a manner of speaking (5) – IDIOM.

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Church notice: ‘This evening at 7 pm there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.’

SOA Investments Limited, whose registered office is at 16 St George’s Street, Douglas, bought Oakhill, Oakhill Cottage, and The Lodge, Oakhill Estate, Old Castletown Road, Braddan, for £3,400,000.

It was bought from Carnane Estates Limited, whose registered office is at 33 Bucks Road, Douglas, and Carnane Farms Limited, of The Lodge, Oakhill Estate, Old Castletown Road, Braddan.

Other recent transactions lodged at the General Registry in Douglas are as follows:

Roger Mark Gillam and Julia Kay Paradise sold Water Edge, Shore Road, Port Erin, for £550,000, to Michael John Whipp and Patricia Mary Whipp, of Oakhill, Old Castletown Road, Douglas.

Kevin Williams and Sandra Williams sold Ballacregga Barn, Lonan, for £500,000, to Barry John Cubbon and Rebecca Cubbon, of Aigh Vie, South Cape, Old School Hill, Laxey.

Florence Phillipa Ness, by trustee, and Brendan Alger, of 21 King Edward Park, Onchan, as trustee, sold Thaloo Mitchell, The Dhoon Loop Road, The Dhoon, for £400,000, to Keith Quirk Corlett and Avril Grace McElwaine, of Warren Garth, Ballagarry Drive, Glen Mona, Maughold.

Ryan Francis Jay Smith and Lynn Andrea Smith, sold 12 Alderley Close, Douglas, for £385,000, to Lee Hunt and Silvia Hunt, of 9 Ashbourne Drive, Saddlestone, Douglas.

Harold William Butcher and Elizabeth Rose Butcher, sold Briarfield, Lezayre Road, Ramsey, for £355,000, to Thomas Paul Daugherty and Helen Jane Daugherty, of 32 High View Road, Douglas.

Brian Stanley Barnett and Julie Barnett, sold 11 Glebe Aalin, Ballaugh, for £335,000, to Valerie Kay Jones, of Stoneleigh, Glen Road, Ballaugh.

James Peter Teare and Avril Mary Spooner, sold 65 Lhon Vane Close, Ballachurry, Onchan, for £282,500, to Peter Gareth Turner and Kirstie Helen Turner, of 43 Derby Road, Douglas.

Graham Stewart Corlett and Lisa Jayne Corlett, sold 34 Close Kennish, Ballavagher, Douglas, for £218,000, to George David William Stewart and Lisa Susan Stewart, of 59 Heather Crescent, Douglas

Norrie Thomas Little and Frances Theresa Little, sold 17 Wesley Terrace, Douglas, for £192,000, to Marc Logan and Samantha Edmund, of 3 Osborne Grove, Douglas.

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We publish details of all house sales unless we receive a written request from the police or probation services.

This week, Isle of Man Friends of the Earth campaigner Tony Brown looks at an impending energy crunch

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As we continue in our wasteful consumption of energy, under the illusion that it’ll keep on being in cheap and plentiful supply despite rising demand, recently published International Energy Agency (IEA) figures seem to indicate that this illusion could be painfully exposed in coming decades.

The IEA states that as old power stations in Europe close down over the next 20 years (some because of stringent EU emission rules), some 150 gigawatts – that’s a quarter of Europe’s electricity – of supply will be cut.

It warns that cheap energy is gone forever, as oil and gas companies deplete easy-to-access resources.

More than 80 per cent of oil companies’ investment currently goes to replace exhausted fields, with capital costs doubling over the last 10 years. In the Middle East, the petro-states have begun, increasingly, to siphon off much of their oil revenue to fund welfare spending and subsidies to help soften the rising social unrest.

This leaves little capital to invest in extra capacity, with a ‘fiscal break-even cost’ across the region set at about $100 a barrel; countries such as Russia, Venezuela, North Africa, and others need even higher figures to break even.

The IEA goes on to say that if we’re to head off a supply crunch by 2035, we (that’s the world) will need to invest a whopping $48 trillion – with 60 per cent of new investment earmarked for renewables.

To help with the necessary cut in consumption, the remainder of this money will be needed to cover efficiency measures for things like cars, fridges, insulation and so on.

This means annual investment of $550bn by 2035, up from $130bn now.

The IEA contends that this type of action will be cheaper than continuing with current consumption levels by trying to extract gas and oil from increasingly inaccessible places like the Arctic or deep mid-Atlantic, and so on.

The report warns that failure to wean the world off coal would make it impossible to meet CO2 targets and avoid planetary warming of 2 degrees centigrade.

To survive, the coal industry will have to master expensive carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology – an unlikely scenario at present rates of development – or find itself sitting on $300bn of ‘stranded assets’.

Meanwhile, the US White House’s Environment Agency is due to implement new rules, cutting CO2 levels from power stations by 30 per cent of 2005 levels by 2030 – rules which can be passed by President Obama without the say-so of the Republicans, due to their air pollution laws.

However, although this may signal that the USA has finally decided to take climate change seriously, the rapid replacement of coal by gas (which emits 50 per cent lower emissions) since 2005 means that it’s already well on its way to achieving that figure with little effort.

In Europe, in the short term, coal is still the dominant electric power source – especially as the US dumps cheap unwanted coal there!

The EU gas body, Cedigaz, has said that Europe risks losing a third of its power capacity as gas power operators mothball gas plants and become reluctant to invest, being unable to compete with cheap coal.

EU rules, however, will soon cause the closure of at least 70 gigawatts of coal-fired plants, leaving little capacity to cover the shortfall via wind and solar.

The IEA concludes that over time, scientific discoveries in energy storage will help with problems of intermittance, but that there’s little time to lose.

Finally, liquid natural gas (or LBNG, as it’s known) from Qatar and elsewhere (which European factories tend to rely on) costs 10 times as much to ship as does oil or coal, and retails at three times US gas prices.

Despite warnings of inevitable rises in energy prices, the EU energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger seems to be living under some misguided notion that prices could, indeed, fall.

For example, he has said that ‘unless we can bring down power prices, we are going to lose chemical and steel industries’, suggesting a possibility that this fall could happen, though it’s hard to see how.

Maybe when Isle of Man policy makers have little option but to wake up to the impending energy supply crunch, they’ll become more proactive in instigating measures similar to those needed to mitigate the most serious consequences of global warming.

But up until now, they’ve shown noticeable indifference, and time’s running out.

Dean Harrison brought his tally of wins to three on the second evening of racing at this week’s Isle of Man Steam Packet-sponsored Southern 100 on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old Yorkshireman scored a repeat success on his RC Express 1000cc Kawasaki in the Ellan Vannin Fuels Senior race, but only after seeing off a spirited challenge from local charger Dan Kneen.

The latter man had made a swift getaway on his Cookstown BE Racing Suzuki and led by 2.3 seconds at the end of the first lap of the 4.25-mile Billown Course.

Harrison got past on lap two, but Kneen refused to give in and held on gallantly for the first half of the race. He then staved off a late challenge from multiple TT winner Michael Dunlop in the closing stages to claim a well-earned second place.

Harrison won by 6.2 seconds from Kneen, aided by an event lap record of 113.473mph on the fourth circuit. Kneen, in turn, was 0.05 of a second ahead of Dunlop’s BMW in an extremely close finish.

Dan’s brother Ryan was eighth.

Harrison chalked up his third win of the meeting in the restarted Radcliffe Butchers 600cc race at the end of the evening.

The race was initially red-flagged following a multiple-bike incident at Ballakeighan on the opening lap in which local ace Conor Cummins suffered a broken forearm.

When the race was eventually restarted, Dean Harrison led from start to finish on his Yamaha R6, winning by 3.2s from Guy Martin who had pulled out of the earlier 1000cc race at the end of the first lap.

Dan Kneen had another good ride for third, well clear of Russ Mountford in fourth and his brother Ryan Kneen in fifth. Paul Smyth of Douglas was 15th.

Ivan Lintin of Bardney, Lincs, registered his first Southern 100 win when he led the Mike Kerruish Plumbing 650/250 race from flag to flag.

Twice breaking the class lap record on his Tigcraft Kawasaki, he ultimately won by more than nine seconds from Dean Harrison who had a race-long scrap with James Cowton for the runner-up spot. Harrison’s brother, Adrian, was fourth in front of Ulsterman Davy Morgan and the local pairing of Dean Osborne and John Barton.

This race had also been restarted following another four-bike incident involving Dave Taylor, Marie Hodgson, Chris Mitchell and Niklas Pfeiffer at Ballakeighan on the opening lap. None were seriously injured in this accident.

Father and son, Ian and Carl Bell of Bedlington, won the Ace Hire and Sales Sidecar race on Wednesday evening.

The early leaders were John Holden and Andy Winkle, but they retired at Ballabeg on lap three having already relinquished the lead to the Bells.

Making his return to the course after an absence of 11 years, Dave Molyneux and regular Jurby passenger Benjamin Binns moved up to second place with the departure of the early leaders but were again slowed by intermittent electrical issues on the Kawasaki that plagued much of Moly’s TT fortnight.

When the problem briefly cleared in the closing stages, Molyneux and Binns set the fastest lap of the race on the final circuit to close within seven tenths of a second of the Bells at the line.

Conrad Harrison and local passenger Jason Crowe finished third after edging free of a great scrap with Dean Lindley/Dean Kilkenny and Wayne Lockey/Mark Sayers.

Full round-up from Southern 100 championship day in Tuesday’s edition of the Isle of Man Examiner.

Ramsey is in the middle of its National Week.

The Ramsey Rocks Street Party tomorrow (Friday) will start the final weekend with a bang. It includes live music, rides, stalls, segways, refreshments and a firework finale at 11pm.

West Quay and part of Market Square will be closed to vehicle traffic between 4.30pm and midnight with the Street Party taking place between 7pm and 11pm.

Saturday, July 12, will be a busy day with a number of events taking place.

Ramsey RNLI Lifeboat Association will be holding its Lifeboat Day at the lifeboat station between 10am and 4pm. This will be followed by sand racing on the beach starting around 6pm.

North Ramsey Bowling Club will be hosting the Ramsey Town Cup in the Mooragh Park. In addition the official opening of their new pavilion will be undertaken by Chief Minister Allan Bell MHK at 12 noon. There will be display of vintage cars and a treasure hunt during the day.

A strawberry tea will be held in the grounds of Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church on Queen’s Promenade. Access is via Mona Street.

Ramsey Rotary Club are hosting Sunday Funday in the Mooragh Park on Sunday, July 13, between 12pm and 4pm.

A ‘Photo Scavenge Hunt’ is also being held during the week. Entry forms can be obtained from Ramsey Town Hall or www.ramseynationalweek.com

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Dean Harrison won a fantastic S&S Motors 600cc Race at the Southern 100 on Thursday morning.

The Mar-Train rider raised the 600 lap record to 110.431 mph as he enjoyed a race-long battle with Guy Martin and Braddan’s Dan Kneen.

Harrison eventually came home 2.1 seconds ahead of reigning solo champion Martin, with the in-form Kneen a further 8.77 seconds back in third.

James Cowton was next in fourth with Russ Mountford fifth. Newcomer Malachi Mitchell-Thomas completed the top six, one place ahead of Dan’s younger brother Ryan Kneen.

Earlier in the day newcomer Frank Gallagher won the 600cc Race B from Joe Newbould and Anthony Redmond.

Milntown in Ramsey hosted a show featuring more than 80 vintage and classic cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles.

The show was organised by the Federation of Manx Historic Vehicles Club and among those on show were a 1914 Ford Model T, a 1954 Buckler, a 1960 3.8 Mk2 Jaguar, a 1986 3 litre Marcos and a Mini Pickup.

For information about similar events visit the club’s website at www.fmhvc.org

An exhibition is currently taking place at Ramsey town hall featuring artefacts and memorabilia from Knockaloe Camp.

It is being held as part of the town’s National Week celebrations.

The material has been gathered by enthusiast Stephen Hall, pictured right, from as far afield as Austria and Germany as well as the Isle of Man during the past few years.

The exhibition is sponsored by Cains Gordon Bell and runs until Tuesday.

Thursday, July 10

• Tea dance, South Douglas Old Friends’ Association, Finch Road, Douglas, 2pm.

• Dance classes for children, Centenary Centre, Peel, 4pm. Call 450688.

• Modern Line Dance classes for all levels at the Legion hall, Onchan. Also Monday and Wednesday. Call 670308.

• Fitsteps at Onchan Community hall, 7.30pm. Booking is required via text or call 456056.

• Strictly Come Dancing for beginners, Royal British Legion hall, Port Erin, 8pm. £3.50 per person.

• Irish set dancing above Macbeth’s, Victoria Street, Douglas, 8pm. Call 457268.

Friday, July 11

• 5pm-5.45pm under 6 years ballroom; 5.45pm-6.30pm 6-9 years ballroom; 6.30pm-7.15pm 9-12 years ballroom; 7.15pm-8pm 12+ years ballroom, St Matthew’s Church hall, Douglas. Also Tuesday, 4pm-4.45pm under 8 years ballroom; 4.45pm-5.30pm Dynamites freestyle; 5.30pm-6.15pm 8-12 years ballroom; 6.15pm-7pm Energisers freestyle; 7pm-7.45pm 12+ years ballroom; 7.45pm-8.30pm Explosions freestyle. Call 474063.

• Modern Dance, The Dance Factory, Onchan Park, 5.45pm. Also Thursday at 4.30pm. Tap jnr, 6.45pm. Also tap adv at 7.30pm. Also Beginners tap, Tuesday at 4.30pm.

• Argentinian Tango beginners class, St Paul’s hall, Ramsey, 7pm. Call 880650.

• Line Dancing, Ebenezer Hall, Kirk Michael, 7pm. Beginners welcome, adults £3.50, children £1.50. Call 878687.

Saturday, July 12

• Dance time for children, Port Erin Methodist hall, from 9.30am. £2.50 per half hour. Call 835696.

• Ballroom dancing for children of all ages, Royal British Legion hall, Port Erin, 10am.

• Irish dance mixed, 3pm. Also prim/int on Monday at 4.30pm and Tuesday at 6.15pm. Beginners on Tuesday at 5.15pm. Stage snr 4pm. Also stage int at 5pm, The Dance Factory, Onchan Park.

• Sequence dancing, Onchan Pensioners’ hall (across from library), 8pm. Call 829669.

• Social sequence dancing, Pulrose Methodist Church hall, Douglas, 8pm. Also Monday, Wednesday and Sunday. Call 842878.

Sunday, July 13

• Perree Bane Manx folk dancing, Ballasalla village hall, 7pm.

Monday, July 14

• Ballet, Viking Works, Riverside, Peel, 5.45pm. Also Thursday at 4.30pm.

• Country dancing, Willaston hall, 7pm-9pm. Call 628521.

• Ceroc dance night, Masonic hall, Douglas, 7.30pm-10.30pm.

• Line dancing, Port Erin Methodist Church hall, 8.15pm. Call 436219.

Tuesday, July 15

• Oriental dance exercise, Gena’s Dance Academy, Peel, 10am. Also Wednesdays, The Gym, Ramsey. Call 300020.

• Linedancercise at John’s football clubhouse, 7.30pm-9pm, call 467285.

• Sequence dancing with Port Erin Dancing Club, Port Erin Methodist Church hall, 8pm.

Wednesday, July 16

• Tea dance at St John’s Methodist hall, live music with Eric and Jimmy, 2pm. Call 842548.

• Ballroom dancing for children, Centenary Centre, Peel, 4pm. Call 450688.

• Ballet, The Dance Factory, Onchan Park, 4.30pm.

• Latin Line Dancing, 7.30pm. Beginners welcome. Royal British Legion hall, Port Erin, call 835098.

• Ballroom dancing, Villa Marina, Douglas, 7.30pm. Call 623414.

• Rhythmic dance, St Ninian’s dance studio, Douglas, 8pm.