Something tremendous happened on Sunday, September 21.

All around the world, some 2,800 separate marches, protests and other actions took place as people staged a global outcry against world leaders’ inaction on climate change.

It was the biggest climate march ever (so far) – estimated at being six times bigger than its predecessor – and the largest march, in New York, spanned a whole 80 city blocks. That’s huge!

Other marches took place in London, Berlin, Bogota, Paris, Delhi and Melbourne, and the organisers say that more than 675,000 people took part.

In contrast to some other environmentally-focused protests, the mainstream media did report this one, with the BBC showing footage of thousands of protesters on the streets of London.

And, of course, we took part here in the Isle of Man too – first with our screening of Disruption and panel debate on Friday, September19, and then with an action on the day of the march itself.

We were at the Food Festival (a brilliant event, well done Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture) – and we took the opportunity to tell people about the terrible impact climate change is already having on world food supplies, and on the inflationary spiral that means more famine, hunger, poverty and war.

We explained that in shopping mindfully for food (buying local, ethically-sourced produce wherever possible), you’re actually helping to combat climate change as well as supporting local jobs and enjoying some of the most delicious foodstuffs on the planet.

Lots of people took away flyers telling them of small but significant things they can do right now – from making use of leftovers, to growing their own veggies, and only buying exactly what food is needed.

Why does it matter? Because the UN estimates that as climate change slashes crop yields and fish catches, and as populations grow, food prices could rise by as much as 84 per cent by 2050 – that’s not so very far away.

But as Friends of the Earth’s UK executive director Andy Atkins says: ‘Giant strides are urgently needed to tackle the challenges we face, but all we get is tiny steps, excuses and delays from most of the politicians that are supposed to represent our interests.’

The Isle of Man needs to play its part too, despite its small size: being able only to do a little has never been a valid excuse for doing nothing, especially when lives are at stake.

And as well as cutting our fossil fuel usage, we also need a robust and well-co-ordinated plan for how the island will maintain its resilience in a ‘four degree world’, since current world government policies mean there’s little or no chance of keeping global warming to the supposedly ‘safe’ level of two degrees above pre-industrial levels.

Kevin Anderson, the ‘climate scientist’s climate scientist’, in a 2011 paper entitled ‘Beyond “Dangerous” Climate Change’, starkly pointed out that warming of four degrees would mean a world where organised society could not exist.

That’s a very frightening thought, and it’s hard to figure out how to prepare your children for survival in those circumstances.

Let’s hope that world leaders, and our leaders here in the Isle of Man, are listening and making plans.

Paul Reilly, of 16 Bradda View, Colby, bought 4 Carrick Bay View, Colby, for £665,000.

It was sold by Roy Harper Oliver and Marie Oliver.

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

Gary John Lark and Anita Mulvey sold 77 Derby Square, Douglas, for £410,000, to Simon Sebastian Powell, of Ny Awin, Lower Rencill Hill, Laxey.

Malcolm Charles Hannan and Hazel Hannan sold Brottby, Peveril Road, Peel, for £365,000, to Vicki Anne Gillings.

Mary Kathleen Murrell, by trustee, and Elizabeth Ann Parkes, advocate, of 24 Athol Street, Douglas, as trustee, sold 11 Buttermere Drive, Onchan, for £285,000, to Michael James Kinmon and Laura Jane Kinmon, of 28 Cronk Avenue, Onchan.

John Paul McMullan sold 6 Heywood Drive, for £260,000, to Pamela Jayne Massey, of 41 Ballagorey Road, Glen Vine.

Carol Ann Garrett and Neil Brett Martin, of Tree Skibbaltyn, Cordeman Road, St Mark’s, and Nicola Jane Martin, sold 33 Meadow Crescent, Douglas, for £255,000 to Kynyne Properties Limited, whose registered office is at 7 Pinehurst Glen, Saddlestone Park, Douglas.

Alicia Harriet Ada Donald, sold Kinreen, Beach Road, Port Erin, for £253,000, to Kodiak Investments, whose registered office is situated at 5 Erin Lane, Port Erin.

Edward Bottomley and Catherine Bottomley, of 8 Ballakeyll, Colby, sold Patchwork, Bay View Road, Port St Mary, for £250,000, to Richard David Chalse Ashcroft and Marie Ashcroft.

Stephen Conrad Sharpler, of Cherry Tree Lodge, Old Castletown Road, Port Soderick, sold 17 Cedar Walk, Douglas, for £232,000, to Stuart Eric Duncan, of 7 Reginald Mews, Governor’s Hill, Douglas.

Nicola Amanda Quayle, of 23 Erin Crescent, sold 38 Erin Crescent, Port Erin, for £195,000, to Mark Edward Notman and Kimberley Emma Lowe-Jones of 10 Athol Terrace, Castletown.

Stuart Eric Duncan and Clair Taylor sold 7 Reginald Mews, Governor’s Hill, for £186,000, to GCB Properties Limited, whose registered office is situated at 48 High View Road, Douglas.

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

What I am known as in the wonderful work of work is a ‘sole trader’ which sounds like I’m either a cobbler or a fishmonger in Dover.

What it actually means is that I am self-employed, my own boss.

But, being a good citizen, I have to be down as ‘Terry Cringle News Services’ on the Registry of Business Names at the Department of Economic Development, otherwise DED.

(When they have to mention this outfit on Manx Radio it always comes out as D-E-D. They avoid creating a nifty acronym out of its initials like they do with Defa, the Department of Environment Food and Agriculture. Have you ever wondered about this?)

But why am I drawing attention to myself in this vulgar way?

Well, I have just found out that I have a certain distinguished position in the Isle of Man world of work.

Mine is one of the oldest on DED’s Registry of Business Names. I am seventh oldest on the list. I have never been as high as seventh in anything. I am suffused with pride of achievement.

I learned all this last week when DED sent me a reminder that I had not been sending in my annual reminders that I was still trading.

They hadn’t heard from me for a few years and they were wondering about this. They might have been worried that I was dead.

As a result I have sent them a form with my annual declaration that I am still trading and I hope to continue. But I now to have work out how, when the time comes, I will be able to tell DED that I am.

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I was on one of David Callister’s Sunday morning programmes on Manx Radio and listeners were asked to send in words or expressions which had fallen out of conversational use and there was a Manx one in relation to somebody getting very old: ‘He only needs one more clean shirt now.’

Well at least this is not a dirty one.

I would like to hear more of these please.

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Callister himself told me of an advertisement in the Isle of Man Courier for the Douglas Auction House saying they were ‘excepting’ goods for their next sale.

Is that quite the right way to go about it?

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John Watterson has been on again, about a Manx Radio programme involving a lady from, he thinks, Pet’s Pantry, saying that keeping hens provides a nice supply of fresh eggs and adding: ‘They can’t be beaten.’

I don’t like omelettes anyway.

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I have another Rogetism deriving from the perils of writers digging too deep into Roget’s Thesaurus to follow on last week’s ‘sinister buttocks’ for ‘left behind’. It is ‘new market leaders’ being Rogetised into ‘modern store guides’.

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This week’s Manx crossword clue is from Paul Weatherall and the Observer Everyman, as follows: Felon aims at sea for a British crown possession (4, 2, 3): ISLE OF MAN.

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For a long time I have had in reserve a collection of ‘Puns for the Educated’ sent in by John Foster. This week’s is: ‘Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid bowlers. Unfortunately all the Swiss Bowling League records were destroyed in a fire and so we’ll never know for whom the Tells bowled.’

The island’s financial watchdog has intervened in the case of a Douglas-based trust firm at the centre of an investigation into accounting irregularities.

Paul Duffy of Ernst & Young LLC has been appointed manager of Douglas Trustees Ltd following the discovery of irregularities in the handling of money belonging to some of its clients.

It is understood that an eight-figure sum is involved.

In a statement, the Financial Supervision Commission said it had applied to the court to appoint Mr Duffy as manager. It said: ‘The manager is working with the directors and staff of Douglas Trustees Ltd and will provide an independent assessment of the situation in a report to the court and the commission. The manager and the directors and staff of Douglas Trustees Limited are cooperating to establish the full facts.

‘The commission understands that all clients, whether or not affected by the situation, have been written to by the company.

‘Douglas Trustees Ltd’s licence remains in force and it continues to provide services to its clients.’

Douglas-based Microgaming was crowned the winner of Digital Product of the Year at this week’s Global Gaming Awards 2014.

Held in Las Vegas, the event brought the gaming industry’s online and offline worlds together.

Companies were nominated based on their accomplishments in the past year, and a panel of 50 industry leaders voted to crown the winners in each category.

Microgaming fought off nine other shortlisted companies in the category of Digital Product of the Year to take home the prize.

The company was recognised for its digital prowess, specifically for its Terminator 2 online slot which launched in June.

The game attracted critical acclaim for its action-packed player features and incredible representation of the iconic blockbuster film.

Roger Raatgever, boss of Microgaming, said: ‘It’s an honour to take home the award for Digital Product of the Year.

‘What makes the award so special is that it was voted for by a panel of judges which comprised some of the biggest names in the gaming industry. We’ve been recognised by our peers.’

Douglas traders have been voicing concern about the effect on business of regeneration work in the town.

So far, preparations have already been made to charge motorists to park on Douglas seafront but no start date has yet been released and no decision has been made public about free parking during the Christmas period.

Nor has an exact start date yet been publicised by the Department of Infrastructure for work on phase two of the promenade regeneration, covering the section from Peveril Square to Regent Street.

Meanwhile, town centre traders say parking charges are the last thing they want, when trade is already depressed through recession and the continuing work in Strand Street.

Strand Shopping Centre manager John Shakespeare has said he is seriously concerned at the impact of parking charges on town centre trade. He recently had a meeting with Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne MHK and representatives from the Douglas Development Partnership, but has been asked not to disclose what was said.

‘An announcement is to be made soon and I’ve been asked not to comment in the meantime,’ he said.

‘It was a constructive meeting and the points we made were listened to and our concerns were acknowledged, but I can’t say more than that.’

Paul Warrilow, of the shop Stardust on Strand Street, said already the regeneration work had caused a marked decrease in trade over the past year, with work currently going on right outside the shop. In addition, he said there had been a lack of communication with businesses about the progress of work. No compensation has been available to businesses hit by the work and while it was possible to weather a decline for weeks or months, it was much harder when it went on for longer. While a big chain can offset the losses against profits at other branches, this is not possible for a small independent retailer, he said.

‘How can the government not see the impact of all these works, being done at the same time, on small businesses in the area?

‘If people don’t support the shops during this disruption they may well lose some of them and then they will end up buying more online. This will mean more money spent with non Manx companies.

‘Who can really blame them? Who wants to go to Douglas whilst in its current state, when they can sit at home and order the things they want easily and with no real hassle and get them delivered to their door?’
Once phase two of the promenade work starts, the free disc parking on that section of the promenade will be suspended with drivers allowed to use the promenade walkway instead. However parking charges in line with those at Chester Street car park will be imposed.

The third phase of the promenades regeneration is expected to start next year. This involves the stretch from Regent Street to Derby Castle. The horse tram service is suspended for 2015 while the double tracks are removed from the centre of the road and replaced with a single track, with passing places, running down the side of the road beside the marine gardens.

• 2014 marks 100 years since the start of the First World War. Holy Trinity Church, Patrick, will be hosting an exhibition of photographs, paintings and memorabilia to commemorate this occasion. Admission is free and all are welcome. Open daily from 10-5pm.

• Ruth Nicholls, The Eye of The Beholder, photograph exhibition, Erin Arin Arts Centre. Open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 10.30am-4.30pm. Until October 6.

• Bruno Cavellec, exhibition of paintings at Sayle Gallery, Douglas. Until October 26.

Thursday, October 2

• Gym time active play for pre-school children, Manx Gymnastics Centre, Douglas, 9.30am. Call 625636. Also Friday and Wednesday.

• Happy Tots, main hall, Willaston School, 9.45am, £1 per family including refreshments. Call 621577.

• Storytime for pre-schoolers, Henry Bloom Noble Library, Douglas, 10am. Call 696461.

• Krafty Kids (pre-school age) Philip Christian Centre, Peel, 10am.

• Action Songs and Rhymes, birth-5 years, Ballasalla Primary School. Plus many other sessions across the island. Free, but donations welcome. Call 479452 for further venues and times.

• Arbory Tots, from birth, parish hall, Ballabeg, 2pm. Cost £1 per family. Call 832394.

• Toddler Tunes, Community Room, Michael School, 2pm. Call 878090.

• 2nd Onchan Beavers, Scout Headquarters, Onchan, 5pm.

• St John Ambulance Cadets (10+), 6.30pm-8pm, Douglas headquarters. Badgers (5+), 5.30pm-6.30pm, Age Concern in Peel. Adults meetings, Thursday, Monday and Tuesday, Douglas headquarters. Friday, Ramsey, St Olave’s Church hall. For all other times and venues call 674387.

• Santon Beavers, Kewaigue School, 5pm. Also Cubs at 6.30pm. Call 623244.

• 1st Laxey Beavers and Cubs, Laxey School during term times. Beavers meet at 6.30pm–7.30pm and Cubs meet at 6.45pm–8.15pm. 1stlaxeycubs@manx.net

• Good News Club for primary school children, Living Hope Community Church, Bayview Road, Port St Mary, 6pm. Email weirfamily55@hotmail.co.uk

• The Children’s Centre Parent Support Group, informal chat with family support workers at Woodbourne Road, Douglas, 7pm-9pm.

• Army Cadets, Scout hall, Peel, 7pm. Also Tuesday.

• Onchan District Explorers, Scout Headquarters, Onchan, 7.30pm.

Friday, October 3

• Baby and Toddler Group, 9.30am-11.30am at Glen Maye Community Centre. Free but donations welcome. Call 845681.

• Tiddlers, parents and tots, Elim Church, Onchan, 10am. Call 434933.

• Parents and tots, Philip Christian Centre, Peel, 10am.

• Laxey Mums, Carers and Tots at Laxey Working Men’s Institute 10am - noon, £2.50 per family inc refreshments. Call 466887.

• Parent and toddler group, Ballasalla Primary School, 1.45pm.

• Mums and Tots, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 10am-noon. Call 479839.

• Storybox, Family Library, Westmoreland Road, Douglas, 10.30am-11am. Also Saturday, Sticky Fingers craft, 10.30am-noon; Alternate Wednesday, Busy Bee Time for pre-schoolers, 1.45pm-2.45pm. Tuesday, Sing and Sign with Nickie Gaskell, 11am-noon. Call 673123.

• Parents and Tots, upper room, Sulby Methodist Church, 10.30am. Call 897364.

• Onchan carers and tots, parish hall, Onchan, 1.15pm. Call 625328.

• Tiny Tunes, music time for 0-3s, Family Library, Westmoreland Road, Douglas, 1.30pm, £2.50. Call 673123.

• Sporty church at Trinity Church hall 6pm-7pm for years 3-6. Football, hockey, parachute games etc. 50 pence including refreshments. Call 628374. Also Sunday School Trinity Church hall, crèche to late teens, 10.30am-11.45am. Call 625409.

Saturday, October 4

• Onchan Public Library, drop in for a story and something to make or do for children with their parents or carers, 10.30am.

• Young Bowlers Club. Tuition and tips (open to ages 8 to 12), 11am-noon, Surestrike Bowling Alley, Ramsey. To book call 812444.

Sunday, October 5

• Ollies - fun for children up to 11, St Olave’s Church hall, Ramsey, 9.45am -10.45am approx.

• Sunday School, Sulby Methodist Church, 10.30am. Call 450104.

• Rock Sunday Club for children at Colby Methodist Chapel, 10.30am - 11.30am.

• Task and DFC children’s club, Abbey Church, Ballasalla, 10.45am.

Monday, October 6

• Kittens tots and carers group, St Ninian’s Church, Douglas, 10.30am. £1 per family. Call 629683.

• Parents and tots, Dhoon Church hall, 9.30am. Call 426395.

• Story Time at Castletown Library, 1.30pm and 2.15pm.

• Tots play at Northern Lights Community Centre, Ramsey, 1.30pm-3.30pm. Also tots craft and play on Wednesday, £1.

• Noah’s Ark Tots Group, Church on The Rock, behind Ramsey bus station, 9.30am. Call 223669.

• Breastfeeding Buddies drop-in clinic, Village Walk Health Centre, Onchan, 10.30am. Call 656030.

• Daniel’s Den, Methodist Church, Arbory Street, Castletown, 10am. Admission £1. Call 822374.

• Roll’n’Play for pre-schoolers, Philip Christian Centre, Peel, 10.30am.

• Peel Toddler Group, Corrin Hall, Peel, 1.30pm.

• Michael Miniatures’ parents and tots, Ebenezer Hall, Kirk Michael, 2pm. £1.50 per family. Call 491592.

• Onchan Rainbows, 5.30pm. Also 1st Onchan Brownies, 6.30pm.

• Brownies, Corrin Hall, Peel, 6.30pm.

• Manannan Cubs, Scout Headquarters, Onchan, 7pm.

• Do Drop Inn Drama Club, children aged 10+, St Paul’s hall, Ramsey, 7pm.

Tuesday, October 7

• Parents and tots, Auldyn Infants School community room, Ramsey, 9.15am-11.15am.

• Parents and tots group, Cronk-y-Berry School, side entrance, 9.30am. Admission £1. Call 469756. Also Thursday, 1.30pm.

• Toddle Inn, mums and tots group, Port St Mary Living Hope Community Church, 9.30am. Call 835091.

• Tiddlers Group for parents, grandparents or carers, St Olave’s Church hall, Ramsey, 9.45am-11.30am, £1.50.

• Super Saints, All Saints’ Church vestry, Douglas, 10am-11.15am. Call 427185.

• Foxdale mums and tots, community hall, Foxdale School, 2pm. Call 420234.

• Onchan Public Library, Stories, Rhymes and Colouring for pre-schoolers with their parents or carers, 2.30pm.

• Abbey Acorns, ages 4+ at the Abbey Church, Ballasalla, 3.30pm.

• Peel Footlights Youth Theatre, children aged eight-16, Philip Christian Centre, Peel, 4pm. Also Thursday. Call 843819.

• 2nd Onchan Beavers, Scout Headquarters, Onchan, 5pm.

Wednesday, October 8

• Parents and tots, Salvation Army Citadel, Lord Street, Douglas, 9.30am. Call 627742.

• Mini Club for parents or carers and their babies, toddlers and pre-school children at Anagh Coar School, Douglas, 9.30am or Braddan Church hall, 2pm. Call 675091.

• Ballabeg Busy Bugs for under fives, Arbory parish hall, Ballabeg, 10am. Call 429676.

• Mums and tots, Marown hall, Peel Road, Crosby, 10.15am. £1.50 per family.

• Busy Bees parents and tots, Beehive Kindergarten, Onchan, 1.30pm. Also Thursday. Call 674655.

• Action, Songs and Rhymes, from birth onwards. Great for everyone, 1.30pm-2.30pm, Laxey Working Men’s Institute. Call Jo 479452

• Ballaquayle Bears Toddler Group, Ballaquayle School hall, Douglas, 1.45pm-3pm.

• Parent and toddler group, Castletown Youth Centre, Arbory Street, 2pm.

• Mums and tots sessions for babies and pre-schoolers at Foxdale School. Dads, grandads, grandmas and carers welcome too, 2pm-3.15pm. £1.50 per family. Call Emma 801946.

• Homework Club for year 7s (11-12 year olds), Youth Centre, Arbory Street, Castletown, 4pm. Call 822490.

• The Energy Youth Group, Colby Methodist Chapel, 7pm-8.30pm. Call Jane 492010.

• Snaefell Cubs, Scout Headquarters, Onchan, 7pm.

Thursday, October 2

• Age IoM - free computer training sessions, Douglas iMuseum, Kingswood Grove, 10am–12.30pm.

• Isle of Man Farmers’ Market, at Tynwald Mills, St John’s, 11am-3pm.

• Family Library sessions: Thursday, teddy time, 2pm-2.45pm, £2. Friday, Storybox followed by craft at 11am. £1. Jolly music, 4.14pm-4.45pm. Saturday, sticky fingers, 10.30am-noon, £2, origami, 11am-11.45am, £2.50, animation, 12.30pm-2pm, £5. Call 640650.

• Manx Gaelic class, intermediate-advanced with James Harrison, 7.30pm at Arbory Commissioners’ hall. Friday, intermediate-advanced with Adrian Cain, noon at the Manx Museum, Douglas. Saturday, intermediate 10.30am at House of Manannan in Peel; intermediate-advanced with James Harrison 10.30am at the Manx Museum, Douglas. Tuesday, intermediate with Adrian Cain, noon at St Matthew’s Church in Douglas, advanced 1pm at the Rovers pub in Douglas; beginners 7.30pm at Patchwork Cafe in Port St Mary. Call 451098. Arbory Commissioners’ hall with Cathy Clucas, 7.30pm. Call 838527. St John’s House with James O’Meara, 7.30pm. Call 843436.

• Bingo Quiz, Manor Hotel, Willaston, 9pm.

• Quiz Night at The Railway, Douglas, 8.30pm. Call 670773.

Friday, October 3

• Friends of the Corrin Home, at the Corrin hall, Derby Road, Peel, from 10am.

• The Manx Aviation and Military Museum, Ronaldsway,10am-4.30pm. Also Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4.30pm. Free admission. Donations welcome.

• Drop-in for coffee and a chat, Sulby Methodist Church, 10.30am-noon.

• Coffee and chat, Onchan Methodist Church lounge, opposite commissioners’ office, 10.30am-noon.

• Sulby Methodist Church, Manx National Heritage open days, between 11am and 3pm.

• Relax Fridays noon-2pm, Trinity Church hall. Bring your sandwiches and enjoy free tea, coffee and company. Call 628374. Also Revive Fridays 5.30pm-6.30pm. Enjoy the company and a faith tea. Call 621004.

• Friday Lunchtime Choir, Salvation Army Citadel, Lord Street, Douglas, 1.15pm. All welcome.

• Meditation at The Refinery, Duke Street, Douglas, 7pm. Call 467818.

• Bingo - 7.30 at the Manx Legion Club, Market Hill, Douglas. Entry £20 to include bingo cards and a hot supper. All proceeds to Marown Memorial Playing Fields. Call 420711 for tickets.

Saturday, October 4

• Coffee morning Ramsey town hall 10am-noon. Meet members of the choir and find out all about it. There will be a home-made cakes stall and a raffle.

• Theatre Tours, Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, 10am. Tickets for adults £7.50, children £4, family £20. Call 600555.

• Laxey Woollen Mills, Glen Road, 10am-5pm. Also open weekdays.

• Green Centre, opposite Iceland, Chester Street complex, Douglas. Information about recycling, energy, insulation and environmental matters. Zero Waste Mann, Isle of Man Friends of the Earth and Manx Energy Advice Centre. Open from 10am.

• Isle of Man Farmers’ Market at Northern Lights Community Centre, Ramsey, 10am-1pm.

• Isle of Man Farmers’ Market at Villa Marina, Douglas, 10am-2pm.

• Coffee and chat, St Mary’s on the Harbour, Castletown, 11am.

• Manx Harness Club Ltd are holding a Have a Go Day of Carriage Driving at Ballavartyn Equestrian Centre, Santon, between noon and 4pm. Carriage Driving and negotiate the ponies and carriages through an obstacle and small cones course.

• Manx Natural Healing Centre, relax and recharge, 1.30pm-4pm.

• Ballaugh’s Got Culture, Ballaugh Parish hall from 2pm.

• Milntown House Tours every Saturday and Wednesday at 2.30pm. Call 812321.

Sunday, October 5

• Castletown Metropolitan Silver Band rehearsals, Queen Street Mission hall, 7pm.

• Meditation and chat at Pure Inspiration, Ramsey, 7.15pm. Call Gary on 817735.

Monday, October 6

• Age Isle of Man - free computer sessions for people aged over 50 at House of Manannan, Peel. Lift available and coffee shop, 10am–12.30pm and 1.30pm–4.30pm.

• Afternoon tea dance, 2pm-4pm, Manx Legion Club, Douglas.

• Shorties, pirate adventure. Children’s soft play centre, Alexandra Road, Castletown, also Tuesday.

Tuesday, October 7

• Computers for Beginners, Onchan Library, 10am-noon. Call 621228.

• Manx Cancer Help drop-in day, Lisa Lowe Centre, The Old Schoolhouse, Cronkbourne, 11am-4pm.

• Lunch Club, Salvation Army Citadel, Lord Street, Douglas, 11.30am. Call 627742.

• Whist for Hospice, Michael Methodist Church, 7.30pm, £2.

Wednesday, October 8

• Computer training sessions for everyone. Leonard Cheshire Disability, Main Road, Onchan, 11am-3pm. Call 679030.

• Call in for coffee at St Peter’s Church, Onchan, 11am and 1pm.

• Bereavement support group, friendly get together for anyone feeling isolated or lonely after a bereavement, however or whenever it occurred, tea, coffee and a chat, Scholl Centre, Hospice Isle of Man, 5pm-7pm. Call 647443.

• Samba percussion workshop, no experience necessary, Onchan Silver bandroom, off Onchan Commissioners’ car park, 7pm. Cost £3, email sambamann@manx.net

• Bingo Quiz, Archibald Knox Onchan.

Thursday, October 2

• 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.

• Scottish Country Dancing, 7.30pm to 9.30pm. Held in St. Olave’s Church hall in Cumberland Rd, Ramsey,

Dancers of all abilities welcome, but a little experience of country dancing helps. Call Pauline 817610, Norman 813074 or Heather 628521.

• 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, October 3

• 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, October 4

• 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.

• Theatrix Theatre Company Musical Theatre, Douglas, Saturday noon-2.30pm for ages 8-12. Also Saturday, babies Irish/mod, 9am. prep ballet/tap, 10am, babies ballet/tap, 11am. Monday, senior ballet, 4pm; senior tap, 5pm; senior jazz, 5.45pm; adult Irish, 6.30pm. Tuesday community ballet/tap, 4pm; beginners Irish, 4.45pm; junior Irish, 5.30pm; adult tap, 6.15pm. Wednesday, grade 2 ballet/tap, 4pm; novice Irish, 5.30pm; adult ballet, 6.15pm.

• 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, October 5

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

Monday, October 6

• 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, October 7

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

• Line dancing for beginners, The South Douglas Old Friends’ Association, Finch Road, Douglas, 7.30pm-8.30pm, doors open 7pm.

• 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, October 8

• 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.

Thursday, October 2

• Free female football fitness sessions, NSC sports hall, Douglas, 7am-8am, also noon-1pm. Michael.baker@isleofmanfa.com

• Zumba at 9.30am-10.15am, total tone at 10.15am, call Jane 201811. Legs, bums and tums at 7pm-8pm, call Lisa 438150. Also Monday, high intensity circuits at 6.30am, Wednesday and Friday 6.30am, call Shelley 487270. School Drop Boot Camp at 9.30am, also Wednesday and Friday at 6.30am, call Errol on 488105. Vibro-step classes at 12.15pm and 7.15pm, also on Wednesdays and Fridays at 12.15pm-12.45pm and Tuesdays and Fridays at 9.15am-9.45am, call Shelley 487270. Tuesday, Tae-Bo at 5.45pm-6.30pm, kettlebells at 6.30pm-7.15pm, call Kate 347160. Wednesday, kettlebell core, 6pm-7pm, also Saturdays at 9.30am-10.30am, call Kelly 220220. Elite Fitness, Douglas.

• Thighs, bums and tums, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 9.30am. Also Tuesday, call 335635.

• Yoga, Iyengar (mixed) 9.30am-11am. Tuesday, men only class, 7pm-8.30pm; Wednesday, mixed, 6.45pm-8.15pm, 10 Perwick Bay, Port St Mary. Call 452791.

• Wheelie Active Parents (mums and buggies) 9.30am – 11am, Villa Marina reception, £2. Also Walk and Talk, Peel promenade, outside Harbour Lights Cafe, 9.45am – 11.30am, £1.50. Friday, Walk and Talk, NSC, Douglas, 9.30am–11.30am; also Mondays, Poulsom Park, Castletown, 9.45am – 11.30am, £1.50. Racquet Sports and Boccia, 12.15pm–1pm NSC, £1.75; Walk and Talk, 5.30pm–7pm, NSC, £1.50. Tuesdays,Walk and Talk, NSC, 9.30am–11.30am, £1.50; Walk and Talk, Ramsey Mooragh Park, (meet Rugby Club), £1.50, 9.30am–11.30am. Call Gianni 688556.

• Pilates, 9.30am and 10.45am, hot yoga 6pm and 7.30pm. Friday: kettlebells 7am and 1.10pm, get yoga fit 10am, hot yoga 6.30pm. Saturday: hot yoga, 10am and 11.30am. Sunday: hot yoga 10am and 11.30am. Monday: kettlebells 7am and 1.10pm, get yoga fit 10am, warm Pilates 5pm, hot yoga for beginners 6.30pm. Tuesday: 7am hot yoga, 5.30pm Pilates. Wednesday: kettlebells 7am and 1.10pm, get yoga fit 10am, hardcore 6 pack abs 5.45pm, Pilates 6.30pm at The Gym, Ramsey. Call 812100.

• Gentle Circuits, NSC, Douglas, 11am. Also Saturday. Call 688588.

• Pilates 2pm, 5.30pm and 7pm beginners to intermediate, 38 Woodbourne Square, Douglas. Call 491449.

• Chair-based exercise sessions, Onchan Youth and Community Centre, 1.30pm. Also Friday, Port Erin Methodist Church hall, 2pm; Monday, Ramsey town hall, 10.30am; Tuesday, Castletown Sandfield residents’ lounge, 2pm; Wednesday, Westlands’ residents’ lounge, Peel, 10.30am. Call 642668.

• Tai Chi Chuan, Lezayre parish hall, 2pm. Call 813222.

• Iyengar inspired yoga classes, men’s yoga, 6.30pm-8pm, mixed ability hatha yoga, Monday, 9.15am-10.45am mixed ability for over 60s; Monday, 11am-12.30pm, hatha yoga. Wednesday, 7pm-8.30pm mixed ability. All at Laxey Football Club. Call Jane on 863130 or janepycroft@manx.net

• Unite, mixture of yoga and Pilates, 4pm-5pm. Also, Fridays 6pm legs, bums and tums, 7pm aerial suspension fitness. Saturdays, 9.30am zumba and 10.30am aerial fitness. Mondays, 6pm zumba and 7pm aerial yoga. Tuesdays, 6pm, fitness Pilates and 7pm kettlebells. Wednesdays, 6pm, high intensity interval training and fitness yoga. Jillian’s Unique Fitness Solutions, 48 Loch Promenade, Douglas.

• Manx Fencing Club, Ashley Hill School, Onchan, 4pm. Also seniors at Ballakermeen High School, Douglas, 5pm; Tuesday, Arbory village hall, beginners at 4pm and Grade 1+ 5pm; Wednesday, Ramsey Grammar School, juniors at 5pm and seniors at 6pm, also at Ebenezer Hall, Kirk Michael, juniors at 6.30pm and adults at 7.30pm.

• Southern Gymnastics Club, Ballasalla School, 4pm. Also Tuesday, Castle Rushen High School, 5pm. Call 473741.

• Northern Gymnastics Club, Ramsey Grammar School, 5pm.

• Men on mats - core strength/Pilates class, 6pm-7pm. £8. Jillian’s Unique Fitness Solutions, 48 Loch Promenade, Douglas. Call 376574.

• Anti-gravity yoga at Savina’s Secret Studio, Glen Falcon Road, Douglas. 6.30pm. Call 203502.

• Western Athletics Club, QEII High School, 6.30pm.

• Zumba, Carrefour Health Club, Douglas, 6.30pm. Also Monday, 8pm; Wednesday, 9.45am.

• Cardiotone, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 7pm-8pm. Also Monday 7pm-8pm. Call 452729/863602.

• Peel Badminton Club, Corrin Hall, Peel, 7pm.

• Aquafit, Western Swimming Pool, Peel, 7pm. Also Tuesday, 1.15pm.

• Aerobics and body toning, bring your own mat, Philip Christian Centre, Peel, 7pm. Also Monday, Park View hall, Kirk Michael. Call 455924.

• Zumba, The Institute, Laxey 7pm-8pm, also Tuesday 7.30pm-8.30pm. £5.

• Yoga, Cooil Methodist hall, 7.15pm. Call 494489.

• Fencing for all ages. Ashley Hill School, 7.30pm. Also Monday, Andreas parish hall, 4.30pm; Tuesday, Arbory parish hall, 4pm and Ebenezer Hall, Kirk Michael, 6.30pm; Wednesday, Scoill Ree Gorree sports hall, Ramsey, 5pm. Call 880863.

• Pole fitness class at Savina’s Secret Studio, Glen Falcon Road, Douglas, 7.45pm. Call 203502.

• Zumba, The Dance Factory, Onchan Park, 7.30pm. Call 425270. Also Tuesday.

Friday, October 3

• Pilates at The Pilates Studio, Viking Longhouse, Middle Wharf, Peel, at 9.30am and The Studio, Falcon Road, Douglas, at 1pm; Monday, The Pilates Studio, Viking Longhouse, Middle Wharf, Peel, at 9.30am and Colby Methodist hall at 6pm; Wednesday, The Pilates Studio, Viking Longhouse, Middle Wharf, Peel, at 5.15pm and 6.30pm. Thursday, The Pilates Studio, Viking Longhouse, Middle Wharf, Peel, at 10am (chair-based Pilates for older, frailer adults) and beginners’ Pilates, 6.15pm. Saturday, 10am, The Pilates Studio, Peel. Equipment provided. Ring Lizzy Main on 427401 or visit www.pilates-isle-of-man.co.uk

• Zumba classes advanced, 10.30am. Also Tuesday Zumba intermediate, 8.30am, and Zumba for beginners, Tuesday and Friday, 9.45am at Zumba Isle of Man, Silvercraigs Hotel. Call 677776 or visit www.zumbaisleofman.com

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

• Manx ABC Boxing, Palace Terrace, Douglas. Juniors, 6pm. Seniors (age 16+), 7pm. Beginners welcome. Also Monday and Wednesday.

• Yoga, Morton Hall, Onchan, 6.30pm. Call 494489.

• Tai chi chuan, Murray’s Road School, Douglas, 7.30pm. Call 612305.

• Indoor bowls, Legion Hall, Port St Mary, 7.30pm. No experience necessary.

Saturday, October 4

• Pregnancy yoga, All Saints’ hall, Douglas, 10am. Call 461461.

• Yoga, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 10.15am. Also Monday.

• Yoga, Arbory parish hall, 10.30am. Call 494489.

• Fun and fitness, NSC, Douglas, 11am-noon. Call 688588.

• St Mary’s football club mixed under 11s training, Pulrose football fields, 10.30am. Call 405859.

• Tae Kwondo beginners, Pinewood Complex, Pulrose, 10.45am. Also 6-7yrs, Wednesdays at 5.30pm and Monday and Wednesday, 8-13yrs at 6pm, all ages at 7.15pm. Text 432152.

Sunday, October 5

• Reikido, The Royal British Legion, Port Erin, 11am-12.30pm. Also Monday 8pm-9pm. Call Nick on 398955.

• Bowling club night, Port Erin Bowling Club, Breagle Glen, 4pm-6pm.

• Yoga and Nutrition, Karma Yoga Studio, Douglas. 6-7.30pm.

Monday, October 6

• Women’s activity morning, NSC, Douglas, 9.30am. Call 688556.

• Beginners yoga, 10am, Karma, 2nd Floor, 8 Victoria Street, Douglas. Also at 10am (over 60s half price, £5).

• Begin to Run ( running club for all abilities), Douglas seafront, meet Jubilee Kiosk, noon – 1pm, cost £2, call Trevor Christian for more details on 688576.

• Stretch ‘n’ Flex exercise, NSC, Douglas, noon. Call 688588.

• Disability swimming sessions, NSC, Douglas, 3pm-4pm, £1.55. Also Tuesday, 6pm-7pm.

• Aquafit, NSC, Douglas, 1.30pm. Also Tuesday at noon and Wednesday at 6pm. Plus deepwater aquafit on Monday at 7.15pm, and Thursday deepwater at 6pm. Call 688556.

• Circuit training, NSC, Douglas, 6pm. Also Wednesday at 6pm. Call 688588.

• Exercise Boot Camp, Corrin Hall, Peel, 6.15pm. Also Wednesday, Philip Christian Centre, Peel, 6pm; Thursday, Glen Vine Church hall, 9.15am.

• Bodyweight and cardiotone, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 7pm. Call 452729.

• Women’s self-defence classes, British Legion hall, Port Erin, 7.30pm.

• Kirk Michael Badminton Club, Park View hall, 8pm. Call 878536.

Tuesday, October 7

• Fit2Go walking sessions, car park, Station Road, St John’s, 9am. For women looking to improve their fitness. £3.

• Pilates at 9.15am, 38 Woodbourne Square, Douglas. Pilates at 6.15pm Trinity Church, Ramsey. Also, balance and Pilates 1.30pm, Cooyrt Balleigh, Ramsey. No floor exercise. Call 491449.

• Social-cise, social fitness sessions. Low intensity exercise, NSC main sports hall, Douglas, 2pm-3.30pm. Also, Boccia, 5pm-6pm.

• Cheerleading, All Saints’ Church hall, 4.30pm. Call 254499.

• Pilates, the hall at Church on The Rock, Ramsey, 6.15pm. Call 491449.

• Zumba, Fiesta Havana, Douglas, 7pm. Email sjh@manx.net

• Tai Chi Chuan, Lezayre parish community hall, 7pm.

• IoM Karate Federation, Murray’s Road School, juniors 7pm, seniors 7.30pm. Call 612305.

• Badminton club, Arbory School, Ballabeg, 8pm-10pm. Call Liz on 466370.

• Early Morning Boot Camp, 6.15am-7am. Also Wednesday and Friday. Evening Boot Camp, 6pm-6.45pm, Tuesday and Thursday, and 9am-9.45am Saturday. Also kettlebell classes, Wednesday, 6pm-7pm, Saturday, 8am-8.45am, Marown Millennium hall. Call 465335.

Wednesday, October 8

• Gentle yoga, women’s class, Gena’s Dance Academy, Peel, 9.30am. Call 456782.

• Balance and Pilates, 10.30am, Manx Legion Club, Douglas. (No floor exercise). Call 491449.

• Gentle body toning, NSC, Douglas, 11am. Call 688588.

• Chair-based exercises/stretch and flex, NSC, Douglas, noon. Call 688588.

• Thompson Travel Netball Club junior training, Braddan School, 6pm. For ages 10-14.

• Valkyrs Hockey Club training, QEII astro pitch, Peel. Juniors (8+), 6pm; Seniors (13+), 7.30pm. Call 801802.

• Iyengar inspired yoga, 6pm-7.30pm, Brightlife, Andreas. Call Kel on 452015.

Thursday, October 2

• Harbourside WI, St Paul’s Church hall, Ramsey, 10am. Call 818194.

• Onchan Pensioners Club, Morton Hall, Castletown, coffee morning; Friday, sequence dancing, 2pm-4.30pm; Saturday, Arabian dancing, 9am-1pm; Monday, Bridge, 2pm-5pm and 7pm-11pm; Tuesday, coffee morning including raffle, 10am-noon; Wednesday, whist drive, 7pm-10pm.

• Avondale Afternoon WI, Morton Hall, Onchan, 2pm. Call 818194.

• Soundcheck, Youth Arts Centre, Douglas, 6.30pm. Also Monday and Tuesday. (6pm-9pm). Monday, Castletown youth club (6pm-9pm) and Wednesday Ramsey youth club (6.30pm-9.30pm).

• Kirk Bride WI, Bride Church hall, 7pm. Call 803804.

• Arbory WI, Colby Methodist hall, 7.15pm.

• Port Soderick WI, recreation hall, 7.30pm. Call 818194.

• Parkfield WI, St Andrew’s Church hall, Douglas, 7.45pm. Call 818194.

Friday, October 3

• Manx Retirement Association monthly walk, meeting at Fort Island car park at 2pm. Also Tuesday, Ramsey coffee morning at St. Paul’s hall, Ramsey at 10.30am, whist afternoon at the Cat with No Tail, Douglas.

Sunday, October 5

• Isle of Man Freethinkers, Douglas Yacht Club. 7pm-7.30pm.

Monday, October 6

• Onchan Ladies’ Choir, Methodist hall, 1.30pm. Call 673453.

• Vannin Bridge, Onchan pensioners hall, 2pm. Also Thursday.

• Possan Aeglagh Manx Speaking Youth Club School Year 6 (ages 10-11) upwards at Cafe Laare, Lord Street, Douglas. 6.30pm - 8.30pm, subs £1. Call Cathy Clucas 414331 or email C.Clucas@doe.sch.im for further details.

• Onchan Rotary Club, The Majestic Restaurant, Groudle Road, 6.30pm.

• Onchan Silver Band practice, the band room, off Main Road, Onchan, beginners 6.30pm and seniors 7.30pm.

• Ramsey Gardening Club at 7.30pm at Quayle’s hall, Ramsey. £2 entry fee.

Tuesday, October 7

• St John’s Art and Craft Group, Methodist hall, 9.40am. Bring your own art and craft. Call 851364.

• The Tuesday Group, flexible learning room to try your hand at basic crafts, have a chat, coffee and fun, Peel Clothworkers’ School, 1.15pm. Pre-school children catered for. Call 614180.

• Castletown Over 60s Club, band concert and supper, Morton hall, Castletown, 7.30pm.

• Isle of Man Chess Club, Belsfield Hotel, Church Road Marina, Douglas, 7.30pm. Call 495097.

• Castletown Metropolitan Silver Band rehearsals, Queen Street Mission hall, 7.30pm.

• Rotary Club of Rushen and Western Mann meet Falcon’s Nest Hotel, Port Erin, 7.30pm.

• Glen Maye WI, St James’ Church hall, Dalby, 7.30pm. Call 818194.

• Mannin Quilters, Ballabeg Methodist hall, 7.30pm-9pm. Call 628921. Also Wednesday at St Columba’s Catholic Church, Port Erin, 1.30-4pm.

• Santon WI, The Church Centre, Church Road, Santon, 7.30pm. Call 818194.

• Ballacottier Senior Youth Project for school years 10+, Ballacottier School youth room, 7.30-9.30pm.

Wednesday, October 8

• Sulby Art Club, 2pm-4pm at St Stephen’s Church hall. New members welcome. Call 488014.

• The Friendship Club for the over 60s, Onchan Baptist Church. Call 674255.

• Laxey Dog Training Club, 7pm-10pm, Laxey Working Men’s Institute.

• Ballabeg WI, Methodist Sunday School, Ballabeg, 7.30pm. Call 818194.

• Castletown WI, Methodist hall, Arbory Street, Castletown, 7.20pm. Call 818194.

Palace Cinema

• Dracula Untold (15). Nightly at 7.30pm.

• The Riot Club (15). Nightly at 7.30pm.

• Box Trolls 2D (PG). Saturday and Sunday at 2.30pm.

• Guardians of the Galaxy 2D (12A). 2pm.

Broadway Cinema

• The Unbeatables. Saturday and Sunday 2pm.

• Pride. Saturday and Sunday 4.30pm and 7.30pm, then nightly at 7.30pm, plus Wednesday 2.30pm.

Saturday, October 4

• The Lego Movie. 4.30pm at the Millennium Hall, Crosby Playing Fields. Admission £4.00. Drinks & sweets available.

Wednesday, October 8

• Saving Mr. Banks, (PG). Erin Arts Centre, Port Erin, 2.30pm and 7.30pm, £5, under 18s, £1.

Thursday, October 2

• Karaoke, Guys and Dolls, Douglas.

• Ramsey Folk Club, Mitre Hotel, Ramsey, 8pm-11pm.

• Karaoke with Ray Sloane at the Saddle Inn, Douglas.

• Guitar lessons at the meeting room, Archibald Knox, Onchan, 5.45pm-6.45pm.

• Alternative Havana, Fiesta Havana, Douglas. Also, Friday - Full On Fridays.

Friday, October 3

• Ian Thompson at the Union, Castletown.

• Borderline at Jaks, Douglas.

• DJ Tim, Second Venue, 21 Victoria Street, Douglas, 8pm. Also Saturday.

• Karaoke at the Albert, Douglas, 9pm.

• Irish traditional music session at The Mitre, Ramsey, 9pm.

• Shoh Slaynt at the Tynwald Hill Inn.

Saturday, October 4

• Little Miss Dynamite at the Mitre, Ramsey

• Ian Thompson at the Haven, Port Erin.

• Grizzled Vetz at the Sidings, Castletown.

• Douglas Buxton Music Trust choral celebration with Lon Vane and Lon Dhoo choirs and guest artists, St Andrew’s Church, Douglas, 7.30pm. Tickets call 627450.

• Concert with Lynn Gosney and Bruce Scott. Native American flutes, drums and guitar Northern Lights Community Centre, Ramsey (opposite Shoprite car park) 7pm. Proceeds to a local charity. £5 on the door. Call 853722/417799.

• Manx music session, at the Whitehouse, Peel, 10pm.

• Karaoke with Dobbo at the Decks, Liverpool Arms, Baldrine.

• Karaoke at the Central Hotel, Ramsey.

Sunday, October 5

• Ray Sloane Karaoke at Jaks, Douglas.

• Choral Evensong, St German’s Cathedral, Peel, 3.30pm.

• Music Box with David Castro at Guys and Dolls, Douglas.

• Karaoke at the British, Douglas.

• Karaoke at The Crescent, Queen’s Promenade, Douglas, 8pm.

• Disco Fever at Macbeth’s, Second Venue, Douglas, 10pm-2am.

Tuesday, October 7

• The Castletown and District Over 60’s Club is holding a buffet supper and band concert, 7.45pm at Morton hall, Castletown. £3.

• Manx Youth Orchestra, St German’s Cathedral, 7.45pm–8.45pm.

• Acoustic sing-around, the Manor, Willaston, 8.30pm.

• Rock Choir, Youth Arts Centre, Kensington Road, Douglas, 6pm.

Wednesday, October 8

• Karaoke at the British, Douglas.

• Irish Music session at O’Donnell’s, Douglas, 8.30pm.

Disgraced former clerk to Braddan Commissioners Charles ‘Buster’ Lewin has lost his appeal for damages against his former employer.

Braddan Commissioners say it will do everything in its power to recover its ‘hefty’ legal costs.

In a statement, it said: ‘The commissioners wish to advise that Charles “Buster” Lewin has lost his appeal against the High Court decision given earlier in the year, to dismiss his claim for damages against the authority.

‘The commissioners wish to record their grateful thanks to the staff for enduring this very lengthy legal battle which has been ongoing since 2009, and to state that they will now do everything in their powers to recover the hefty legal costs expended on this unwarranted action taken by Mr Lewin. They will be issuing further information in due course.’

Mr Lewin, who was jailed for his part in trying to rig a House of Keys by-election, was dismissed from the local authority in 2007 for gross misconduct.

He was seeking damages for wrongful dismissal and loss of pension rights. He was claiming more than £1m.

The case was struck out by Deemster Christie in the High Court in February.

At that time, Braddan Commissioners revealed the legal costs of this case had exceeded £250,000, but argued the authority had been left with no choice but to defend the action because of Mr Lewin’s ‘unjustified substantial claim’, a stance which it said was supported with a legal opinion from a QC.

Mr Lewin, who was campaign manager for Kevin Woodford in the 2010 Douglas East by election was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in December 2012 after admitting charges of conspiring dishonestly to secure proxy votes, conspiring to steal and conspiring to forge a document.

All that is special about the parish of Maughold will be celebrated in a show at Dhoon School tomorrow (Friday).

The school has worked in collaboration with Maughold Social Club to stage the event.

For two days, the school suspended its normal timetable and mixed up classes of pupils to create groups with children of all ages.

They then produced a variety of work inspired by the parish which will be exhibited as part of the show.

The children made poppies to remember the men of Maughold who gave their lives in both world wars.

While Ballaglass Glen is the subject of a huge painting.

The children made a model of the pillar cross, which features one of the earliest representations of the ‘Three Legs of Mann.

The cross is in Kirk Maughold parish church.

In the churchyard, Norse crosses show scenes from the story of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer. These are represented in the show in the form of a giant dragon.

The school will be open today (Thursday) from 2pm to 4pm to anyone from Maughold or who has a connection to Maughold to visit to look at the children’s work.

The show takes place at the school on Friday at 7.30pm.

It’s described as a celebration of the people, poetry, music and mysticism of the parish’.

Tickets cost £5 for adults, £1 for children. Call Pam on 815933.

A development named after murdered policewoman Fiona Bone will be officially opened by her father at the weekend.

Constable Bone, who grew up in the island and whose family live in Port St Mary, was shot to death in September 2012 in the course of her duties in Tameside, Greater Manchester.

Fiona Gardens in Sale, Greater Manchester, a care facility for older and vulnerable adults, will be officially opened by Fiona’s father, Paul Bone, exactly two years since his daughter’s funeral.

The newly built 71-flat residential centre features a commemorative stone laid at the entrance to the building in honour of Fiona. The £7.8m residential complex features one- and two-bedroom flats for both sale and rent.

The Fiona Gardens scheme has been designed to provide older and more vulnerable residents with an outstanding quality of life linked to an emphasis on independent living. To help deliver this Trafford Housing Trust has partnered with Manchester-based charity IAS who specialise in providing person-centred care within a safe and respectful environment for the elderly and vulnerable.

It was this aspect of the project which resonated with Constable Bone’s family when first approached about naming it in memory of Fiona and her sister Vicky Bone referred to it specifically when talking to the Manchester Evening News earlier this year about Fiona Gardens.

She said: ‘Fiona was most passionate about working with the elderly and young people, it was the human side of policing that she really enjoyed. It was the vulnerable that Fiona was there to protect and to have this named after her is an honour and a privilege. She would have absolutely loved it.’

Vicky will be present at the official opening alongside her mother June and Fiona’s partner Clare Curran. In addition her father Paul Bone will be making a short speech about how much the naming of Fiona Gardens would have meant to his daughter.

Matthew Gardiner, Chief Executive of Trafford Housing Trust, said: ‘I was incredibly touched by the fact that Fiona’s family believed this exceptional care facility was worthy of their daughter’s name before it was even completed.

‘I am delighted that now it is finished, and that her father and sister will be formally opening the scheme.

‘We hope it becomes a place to call home for older and vulnerable people for generations to come, and further be utilised by people throughout the local community, and as such provide a fitting tribute to Fiona.’

The official opening will take place on Saturday.

An initiative has been launched to provide Castle Rushen High School students with the skills they need to gain employment in the island’s information and computer technology sector.

The school’s IT Career Academy is a two-year programme designed for Year 12 (aged 16 and 17) students with an expected intake of 10 students initially and follows the model that has been running in the UK for the past decade.

The CRHS IT Academy will enjoy full affiliation with Career Academies UK and will have access to all their resources and conferences.

The academy aims to prepare the students for the workplace ‘by providing them with new technical skills and new life skills’.

Tony Wild MLC, political member for the Department of Economic Development with responsibility for employment and skills and a member of the Department of Education and Children, said: ‘It brings together two aspects of the island’s current labour market needs.

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‘First, government’s Vision2020 strategy forecast that our economy is expected to grow further over the next few years driven by the creation of hundreds of new jobs to work in the e-business sector, which is expected to be 23 per cent of our economy by 2020. In order to achieve this, the Isle of Man requires a workforce with relevant skills.

‘Secondly, there is a need to improve the development of skill sets in young people of sixth form age who wish to enter the island’s labour market when they leave school or following a higher education course.’

Andrew Cole, the academy’s co-ordinator, said: ‘This is an unprecedented opportunity for students following A-level computing programmes. The academy’s local advisory board members representing government departments, schools and businesses are all fully committed to the success of the pilot programme.

‘Economic conditions have conspired to make this the perfect time for the launch. It is now up to our sixth form students to embrace this great chance to apply for academy membership, which will assure their potential employability in the IT sector within two years.’

Equiom staff and their families recently enjoyed an afternoon of archery with the Isle of Man Archery Club.

Around 17 youngsters aged between nine and 15 joined members of the club to learn how to shoot at a target from a distance of five metres.

The afternoon combined serious target work with shooting at balloons mounted on targets.

Equiom Group managing director Sheila Dean attended with her son Ollie.

She said: ‘Ollie had great fun and particularly enjoyed shooting at the balloons. Thanks to the Isle of Man Archery Club for a fabulous fun afternoon’.

The event was organised as a thank you to Equiom for the annual support provided to the club.

Club treasurer Joy Gough, said: ‘The Isle of Man Archery Club is entirely self-funded so Equiom’s help is very much appreciated and the club is very grateful for the ongoing support.’

The Isle of Man Archery Club was established in 1985 and caters for members aged nine upwards. Club members shoot weekly on a Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at the outdoor range in Greeba during the summer and indoor at the Onchan Community Centre during winter months.

For further information about the club, call 861792 or email iomarchery@gmail.com.

There’s still time to catch a rare glimpse of some unusual historical sites with Manx National Heritage’s open days.

More than 40 free events are taking place over the next two weekends, but spaces are limited and the tours of the Susie Cooper museum and archive, Pulrose power station and the guided tour around Knockaloe are already fully booked.

Happily there is a wealth of other events to choose from, including a chance to explore the hidden parts of St Thomas’ church in Douglas, guided by Charles Guard.

The highlight of the visit is the magnificent pipe organ, the island’s most impressive instrument, and an opportunity to go under the church and see the rare pumping system, run from one of the old Douglas reservoirs that provided the wind for the organ. The tours are available every day throughout both weekends.

Alternatively find out about the worldwide hobby of geocaching and find some of the treasures along the Heritage Railway line with local experts Alan and Angie Brook at the House of Manannan on both Saturdays (October 4 and 11).

On Friday, October 10, a tour behind the scenes at the Manx Museum will reveal collections and objects not on display, guided by the curators. It’s an exciting chance to see rarely seen archaeological artefacts and social history objects.

The Isle of Man Victorian Society are hosting a guided tour of the Archibald Knox-designed headstones found in Braddan Cemetery on Saturday, October 4 and Friday, October 10.

Learn about the design, carvings and the people who have been remembered with these beautiful memorials.

A guided walk of South Barrule on Saturday, October 4 will cover the amazingly diverse habitat of the island’s uplands. The walk will be over rough terrain but there will be plenty to look at so the pace will be more than manageable for those of reasonable fitness.

There are also plenty of tours that don’t require pre-booking, including walks in Laxey, guided tours in Sulby and tales of seafaring in Braddan churchyard. The historic council chambers in Douglas are also open and free to explore during Heritage Open Days.

The programme featuring all of the free activities can be picked up from all Manx National Heritage sites, the Welcome Centre and some of the participating venues.

Places can be booked for most of the events by emailing heritageopendays@gov.im and full listings can be found online at www.manxnationalheritage.im