A well-known chef and former Keys candidate appeared in court this week on cannabis charges.

One of our reporters heard what happened and reports the story in this week’s Manx Independent.

Also this week we report from Tynwald on the end of Toilet Tax mark 1 and the start of Toilet Tax mark 2.

The paper includes more details about a large number of charges that the government is set to introduce, ranging from ending free parking at the airport to ending free school bus journeys.

The Jacksons concert at the Villa Marina lost money, so cost the taxpayer. We have more on that.

The paper also looks at passports. They’re going to printed off the island soon and that means we won’t be able to get one as quickly now.

Remember the Queen’s Pier controversy? We reveal a new attempt to bring it back to life.

After last week’s suggestion that promoting caravan holidays could be good for the island’s tourism industry, we look at the costs and ask if that would really be the case.

Elsewhere in the paper, a Steam Packet captain looks back on his long career as he prepares for retirement.

In our Island Life section we look forward to Shrek the Musical and look at the successful MusicLab project.

With 12 pages of action-packed sport, the island’s What’s On guide, your seven-day television guide and a lively letters page, the Manx Independent is a great read this week.

It’s in the shops now.

Police have announced a firearms and weapons amnesty for November.

The last amnesty in 2005 – which followed the discovery of two cases of weapons found dumped in a skip in Douglas – saw 150 weapons being handed in.

Inspector Mark Britton said the police did not know how many weapons were out there. ‘We really need to find out,’ he said.

Under the amnesty, the public won’t be prosecuted if they hand in illegally-held firearms, air weapons, crossbows, ammunition, swords and knives.

Members of the public are invited to bring secured weapons and ammunition to their closest designated police station from Saturday, November 1, until midnight on Sunday, November 30.

Police headquarters and police stations at Ramsey, Castletown and Peel are taking part in the amnesty.

But the force is stressing that under no circumstances should grenades or anything else with a potentially explosive content be handled or transported by members of the public, let alone handed in to a police station.

This is the case even if they believe they have been made safe.

Anyone unsure of how to check the condition of any weapon or ammunition or if they have explosives, such as grenades, they are urged to contact police headquarters.

Arrangements will then be made for a trained firearms officer to call round, make the item safe and remove it safely.

For more information, call the firearms department on 631212.

David Knight rode a Yamaha France YZF450 in the Weston Super Mare beach race on Sunday but sadly had to pull out after only a handful of laps.

‘The bike was going great and I managed to get up alongside eventual winner Shaun Simpson when it started spluttering,’ said David yesterday. ‘I pulled into the pits, presuming it was water in the works, but after a quick check I went back out only for the same problem to occur again. I think there was something wrong with the fuel pump.’

It was disappointing for the big man, but the good news is that he looks like getting an offer to ride for Yamaha Europe next season. He has already been offered a spot by KTM UK.

‘I will hopefully get something sorted in time for the World SuperEnduro series which starts in early December.’ added Knighter, who intends riding the Yamaha in Sunday’s event at Bride.

l David’s partner, Emma Corlett, recently gave birth to their second child - Blae.

The Community Farm is joining forces with commissioners to promote recycling in Braddan, as Amanda Griffin explains

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Minimising waste and recycling are central to education programmes at The CommunityFarm in Braddan.

Kitchen waste is collected and fed to the worms in the wormeries to produce compost and liquid fertiliser that is used in the poly tunnels to grow fresh veg.

Green waste from the gardens and animal bedding is composted in large bins and then turned onto the gardens to grow yet more food.

The wormeries and other composting systems are used as teaching tools with primary and secondary groups in co-ordinated fork-to-fork lessons.

The farm’s inclusion learning programme helps to manage composting as part of Level 1 Horticulture Certificate training.

As a charitable project of The Children’s Centre, the farm is very careful with its use of resources; reclaiming, reusing and recycling wherever possible.

Good examples of this are the information boards around the site, made by groups of young people from reclaimed pallets.

Wooden garden planters, bird boxes, bug houses and bat houses have also been created from reclaimed wood using the farm’s workshop.

Over in the vegetable gardens plastic drink bottles are reused as garden cane toppers and bird scarers. Old wellies adorn the walls filled with flowers and herbs.

Growing areas are mulched with old coffee grounds from Noa Bakehouse and spent mushroom compost from Greeba Farm.

The paths, meanwhile, are covered in bark chip donated by tree surgeons.

Up in the farm office, the team use reclaimed desks and chairs, donated by corporate donors when they refresh their offices.

Regular forays to the reclamation areas of the island’s amenity sites provide fresh supplies of plant pots, furniture and games for the recreation room.

Even the tractors are reclaimed and upcycled, with the tractor shed now being used to restore a second Massey Ferguson, with young people learning mechanical and spraying skills under the watchful eye of farm staff.

The farm worked with the Isle of Man government’s recycling and waste minimisation officer Steve Taggart to put recycling bins and signage around the farm.

The staff, children and young people collect and recycle glass, metal and plastic.

Confidential waste paper is shredded, used as animal bedding and then composted.

School groups use waste management as a topic monitoring recycling levels and taking trips to amenity sites and the energy from waste plant, which can be seen from the farm.

New to the farm’s programme this year have been a series of workshops and short courses including composting, willow weaving, felting, bread-making and an introduction to permaculture course.

All of these use local resources and local expertise to increase levels of countryside skills and sustainable land management which tie in with the farm’s ethos of ‘reconnecting with the countryside’.

To find out more about what’s happening at The Community Farm, including alternative education programmes workshops, open afternoons and bookable children’s parties, check out The Farm blog www.thecommunityfarm.wordpress.com

Call 676076 or email farm@thechildrenscentre.org.im

Clementine Properties Limited, whose registered office is situated at 8 Langdale Close, Onchan, bought 1 Prospect Hill, Douglas, for £1m.

It was bought from The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited.

It was bought from The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited.

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

Kevin John Rafferty, sold 118 Slieau Dhoo, Tromode, for £399,950, to Fletcher Charles Craine and Carly Craine, of Balladan, Quarkers Road, Maughold.

Craig Alistair Marr and Joyce Mary Gracie Marr, sold 11 Maple Avenue, Ballawattleworth, Peel, for £325,000, to Paul Williamson and Anna Louise Featherstone, of 2 Hillberry Lakes, Douglas.

Janet Gale sold 14 Balladoyne, St John’s for £375,000 to Ann Vickers, of Holly Holme, Greeba Bridge, Greeba.

John Edward Bethell sold B House, The Darragh Estate, Port Erin, for £360,000, to Hartford Homes Limited, whose registered office is situated at 2 Middle River, Douglas.

Graeme Edward Jones and Julie Ann Jones sold a plot of land at Ballabrooie Way, Douglas, for £275,000, to Lyncot Property Limited, whose registered office is at 8/9 Hill Street, Douglas.

Jamie Mitchel Teare and Anita Luise Imberger, of Jurby Road, Ramsey, sold 6 Cronk-y-Berry, Douglas, for £272,000, to Hayley Roberts, of 16 Ballure Grove, Ramsey.

Stephen Christopher Williams and Shirley Ann Black, of 15 The Park, Onchan, sold 51 Sunningdale Drive, Onchan, for £257,000 to Lynda Arline Galka, of 5 Howe Road, Onchan.

William Kershaw Burton, of 53 Murray’s Lake Drive, Mount Murray, sold 38 Windermere Drive, Onchan, for £230,000, to Jennifer Frances Rosarrii Attridge, of Apartment 8, Clybane Court, Farmhill, Douglas.

Mark Andrew Conway sold 5 York Road, Douglas, for £225,000, to Hazel Frances Smith, of Dolphins, Clayhead Road, Baldrine.

Victoria Street Properties Limited, whose registered office is situated at Ballacriy Manor, Ballacriy Park, Colby, sold 66 Bucks Road, Douglas, for £200,000, to LCT Commercial Limited, whose registered office is situated at 12 Manor Park, Banks Howe, Onchan.

Jean Valerie Wood sold Mona Cottage, Bay View Road, Port St Mary, for £185,000, to Jonathan Mark Quayle and Alyson Nadya Quayle, of Rosecroft, Shore Road, Castletown.

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

Went to the flicks one night last week.

In case you don’t know what this means I went to the pictures, to the Broadway Cinema in the Villa Marina, to see Gone Girl.

It’s been a long time since I went to the flicks, largely because I don’t know most of the leading film actors of today, which is my fault and not theirs.

In the days when I knew Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers or ‘TheThree Stooges’ were on, I would know exactly what to expect and I would be the first in the queue at the Picture House in downtown Douglas,

I went to see Gone Girl with a small group of friends. There was a full house who fully enjoyed themselves.

What troubled me beforehand was news that the film was going to last an hour and 49 minutes. A long time to sit there without the chance of buying an ice cream from a girl usher’s tray of goodies in the advertising interval.

I missed a lot of the plot through involuntary intervals of sleep but the Storm Force 12 sound track always brought me back to life.

But even this could not prevent me missing a lot of the plot and not understanding the outcome.

Mind you when I was awake I beguiled myself by counting the number of times both men and women in the film used the F-word. I didn’t get them all. But my count came to 43.

You didn’t get that kind of thing from Fred and Ginger.

As for one of the stars, this was a succulent young lady called Rosamund Pike of whom I knew nothing. She spends a lot of time in the film getting undressed.

Next time I see her name up in lights I will be going to the flicks again. This time I will know what to expect – hopefully.

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This week’s example of Manxlish has come in from the late Mrs Agnes Brew, from Peel, via her grandson, the Examiner’s assistant editor Stephen Parry. It’s with reference to a couple separating and later getting back together:

‘Cold broth is easy warmed,’ she used to say.

And I have it on good authority that Agnes had many more like it.

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I have been telling my worldwide readership about my experiences at a weekly Walk and Talk session at the NSC. I recommended it to one of my fellow Manx Radio broadcasters in our holding pen at Broadcasting House. He said he would prefer Drive and Skive.

Stu would drive himself to bed if he could get his Mercedes AMG up the stairs.

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The Examiner said: ‘The future of the horse tram lines is being discussed currently.’

Electric horse trams?

The Examiner also had a headline which is now in my collection of the brilliant black arts of sub-editors.

It was on a story about a drugs offender in court who had concealed heroin up his rectum: ‘Island drugs donkey finds it’s a fair cop for bum wrap.’

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‘Greeba Lady’ has written in asking how many people know there are only four words in the English language ending in ‘dous’ and she is willing to tell anybody who doesn’t know.

This is a tremendous offer.

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The Daily Telegraph carried the headline: ‘Don’t call me feisty, warns Downton’s Daisy Lewis’.

I’m not surprised that the fragrant Miss Lewis objects to the description.

In the English language of the days of Queen Elizabeth the First, feisty described people, men and women, who were unable to stop themselves breaking wind in public.

I hope this doesn’t come as a blow to Miss Lewis.

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This week’s Manx crossword clue is sent in by Barbara Taylor and it comes from the Saturday Telegraph Prize Cryptic as follows: ‘Saw cut down chopper getting TT place (5)’ - AXIOM.

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Pun for the Educated: A sceptical anthropologist was cataloguing South American folk remedies with the assistance of a tribal elder, who told him the leaves of a particular fern were a sure cure for any case of constipation.

When the anthropologist expressed doubt, the elder assured him: ‘Believe me, with fronds like these you don’t need enemas.’

The Up & Running Ltd-sponsored Winter Walking League gets under way on Sunday at the National Sports Centre (sign on at Manx Harriers clubhouse – on the roadway) at 9.15 am for a 10.00 am start.

Events are 10km or 5km plus junior support races. Entry is £5 unattached walkers or £4 for athletics club members and £1 for junior walkers.

l The annual general meeting of Manx Harriers has been arranged for Tuesday, November 11 at the Sports Institute, National Sports Centre, Douglas, starting 7pm.

l Isle of Man Athletics Association’s AGM takes place at the Ascot Hotel, Empire Terrace, on Monday, November 24 starting 8.15pm. All affiliated athletics clubs and their members are welcome to attend.

An open meeting to discuss the proposed new by-laws for Castletown will be held at 8pm next Monday, October 27, at Morton Hall, Castletown.

The meeting has been called by the town’s Festival Committee, whose chairman Tony Brown is concerned if introduced, the by-laws will make the confetti carnival illegal and have a ‘detrimental effect’ on the operation of the festival. Also, he is concerned about the potential impact on street collections for charities.

Mr Brown’s concerns were considered at the authority’s meeting on October 6 when commissioners agreed the by-laws would be subject to a six week public consultation period and discussed by them in public at their meeting on December 1.

Mr Brown wrote about the open meeting to interested individuals and organisations that the authority is progressing new by-laws which, ‘if approved, may impact on your organisation’. He said the meeting was called because of the ‘serious implications of the proposed new by-laws’.

At last Monday’s meeting, commissioner Andrew Thomas said: ‘It’s an awful lot of fuss about throwing confetti.’

A host of special events take place this week to mark World Polio Day tomorrow (Friday).

The Rotary Club of Douglas will be at the centre of the events which promote the World Health Organisation campaign to eradicate polio by 2018.

For the weekend, two of Douglas’s most prominent buildings, Tynwald and the Tower of Refuge, will be illuminated in purple, the campaign colour for Rotary’s End Polio Now initiative.

The club will also be exhibiting an iron lung which was used in hospital in the Isle of Man to help people paralysed by the disease to breathe.

Kevin Kneen, of the club, said the machine had been borrowed from the hospital, having been in storage at Westmoreland Road.

‘We actually have two dating from the 1930s and the 1950s,’ he said. ‘The older one has a plaque on it saying it was donated by Lord Nuffield whose daughter, we believe, suffered polio.

‘We hope to have them on display at the Mount Murray. They were used over 50 years ago when polio was still endemic on the island and this is, we believe, the first time they will have been on display.’

The Mount Murray was the venue yesterday for a Rotary lunch with guests, who included Phil Gawne MHK representing the International Development Committee, to recognise World Polio Day.

Another first for the campaign is a promotion by the Ellan Vannin football team which will be sporting End Polio Now team shirts for home and away games.

‘We believe this is the first time any international football team has allowed its match shirts to be used to promote a campaign like this,’ Mr Kneen said.

Manx International Football Alliance chief executive Malcolm Blackburn said: ‘We are delighted and honoured that Rotary International see us as being useful in the global fight to eradicate polio, and to be the first international football team in the world to be able to use its exposure potential for such an amazing goal is humbling.’

Since 2011 the club has addressed 6,000 school children and other organisations, raising more than £30,000.

Every Rotary donation is matched two for one by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

An expert who was the military consultant for the film War Horse will give a lecture in Douglas tomorrow (Friday).

Andrew Robertshaw BA MA PGCE twillo present his lecture ‘The Real War Horses: Horse Power, Logistics and Transport 1914-18’ at the Manx Museum.

Mr Robertshaw’s expertise in the field led him on to be the military consultant for the feature film ‘War Horse’ directed by Steven Spielberg.

He was formerly the curator and manager of The Royal Logistic Corps Museum in Deepcut and Head of Education at The National Army Museum in London and is now Director of Battlefield Partnerships Ltd.

They are currently preparing for two archaeological projects on the Western Front. Andrew has regularly made TV appearances, most recently working on episodes of ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’, ‘Find My Past’ and ‘Time Team’.

Within the lecture Andrew will examine the contribution made by horses, mules and donkeys to the British army’s war effort on the Western Front. When the war began in 1914 the British army possessed a mere 25,000 horses.

The War Office was given the urgent task of sourcing a further half million to go into battle.

The Ramsey Courier on Friday, August 14, 1914, reports the War Office sending a requisition to the Insular Government for the supply of 100 horses from the Isle of Man for military purposes.

Horses were requisitioned from all over the island, including those from the stables of the Douglas Corporation and two horses owned by yhe Steam Packet Company. Horses were brought to Ramsey for dispatch to England by steamer.

Sadly, many faithful animals were wounded or killed in the battlefields and never came home.

‘Imp’, a much loved horse of Canadian breed, was however happily returned to the island following the First World War.

After his military career in the battlefields of France, Imp finally found rest at the Glencrutchery Children’s Home. Imp’s companion ‘Baby’ bought at the same time, was also pensioned in a field owned by the Tramways Committee.

The lecture is part of the Manx National Heritage 2014 programme to commemorate the First World War in conjunction with the exhibition This Terrible Ordeal at the Manx Museum.

One very special object in the exhibition is a horse shoe belonging to a war horse named ‘Molly’.

Before the war Molly worked for fruit and veg merchants Dale and Colvin, a family business based on the North Quay in Douglas. She also returned to the island following the war, and when Molly eventually passed, her shoe was hung at the entrance to the warehouse to bring good luck.

Andrew Robertshaw’s lecture ‘The Real War Horses’ will take place at the Manx Museum on Friday, October 14, with 7.30pm start, doors open at 7pm. Tickets are £10 available from the Manx Museum Gallery Shop and www.manxnationalheritage.im. A 10 per cent discount is available to members and ACE cardholders.

Ellan Vannin football side’s new home and away kits will bear the ‘End Polio Now’ logo.

It is believed that the initiative by the Manx International Football Alliance and the Rotary Club of Douglas is the first time that any international team has allowed its match shirts to be used to promote a campaign such as this.

The move was announced at a lunch held at the Mount Murray on Thursday to to coincide with World Polio Day which takes place tomorrow, Friday, October 24.

MIFA chief executive Malcolm Blackburn said: ‘As a very small island in the Irish Sea we often undervalue what we can achieve on the global stage and when the Rotary Club of Douglas contacted MIFA to ask if we would be willing to allow Ellan Vannin to have the End Polio Now logo on its shirts and change the away kit to purple it suddenly dawns on you that our island is not insignificant.

‘We are delighted and honoured that Rotary International see us as being useful in the global fight to eradicate polio and to be the first international team in the world to be able to use its exposure potential for such an amazing goal is humbling.’

Since 2011 the Rotary Club of Douglas has raised more than £30,000 for the cause. This has allowed over 150,000 children to be immunized against polio. The Club has also worked closely with the International Development Committee in securing additional funding of £90,000 payable over three years.

Manx rally driver David Higgins and co-driver Craig Drew claimed their seventh win of the Rally America season over the weekend.

The Subaru man had already wrapped up his sixth American title, but ensured he finished the eight-round series with a near-perfect record with victory at the Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR).

Higgins was locked in a tight battle at LSPR with Subaru Rally Team USA team-mate Travis Pastrana for a majority of the treacherously wet and muddy Houghton, Michigan-based rally.

Pastrana briefly took the lead from Higgins late on the final day before Pastrana’s Subaru became stuck in a muddy ditch along the edge of the road, ending his rally with just four stages to go.

Higgins, at the wheel of his DMACK Tires-shod 2014 Subaru WRX STI, then cruised to victory.

‘This was one of the most challenging events we have ever done, the grip levels would go from good to nothing, worse than ice, within a turn. There were huge ponds of water in the road to skim across,’ explained Higgins at the podium.

‘It feels great to end the season with a win and in such bad conditions, this feels like a real accomplishment just to finish!’

A St John’s man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for causing the death of a woman by dangerous driving at Tholt-y-Will on April 26.

Donovan Bradley Kitching, 30, had previously pleaded guilty to causing the death of Gwen Valentine, from Winchester, who was walking on the Tholt-y-Will Road when she was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by him.

Deemster Alastair Montgomerie also sentenced Kitching to an additional two years and 72 days in relation to a previous sentence which he was on licence for, having been released just three weeks before the April incident, bringing his total jail time to more than 10 years.

Kitchen was disqualified from driving for 15 years, sentenced to seven months in jail for driving while disqualified and one month for possessing amphetamines, to run concurrently to the eight year sentence.

• Michael Heritage Trust will staging its 18th annual exhibition at the weekend. Michael in the Great War will take place at St Michael’s Church hall, Main Road, Kirk Michael, on Saturday (10.30am to 4.30pm) and Sunday (1.30pm to 4.30pm).

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

• In print: Life and Landscapes. An exhibition of etchings by Dave Austin, Erin Arts Centre, Port Erin. Open: Wednesday-Friday 10.30am-4.30pm. Until October 31.

• Art exhibition, ‘Small is Beautiful’ by five artists interpreting aspects of wildlife and nature. At the Isle Gallery, Tynwald Mills, St John’s, Wednesday-Saturday, 1pm-5pm and Sunday, 2pm-5pm. Until November 2.

• Friday: Local photographer Rachel Price exhibition of Manx Landscape prints in the Independent Methodist Church Hall, Ramsey (next door to the Save the Children shop in Chapel Lane). Open 10am-4pm. Also Saturday.

Thursday, October 23

• 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 24

• Little Miss Dynamite at the Creek, Peel.

• Ian Thompson at the Union, Castletown.

• Barefoot Revolution at Jaks, Douglas.

• Onchan Live At Home Scheme present the Laxey and Lonan Community Choir in concert at Onchan Methodist Church, with guest singers Sue and Geoff Collier, at 7.30pm. No admission but there will be a retiring collection.

• Karaoke at the Albert, Douglas, 9pm.

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

Saturday, October 25

• Shoh Slaynt, folk/rock band at the Royal, Peel.

• Little Miss Dynamite at the Haven, Port Erin.

• Ian Thompson at the Commercial, Ramsey.

• Dandy Smacks at Jaks, Douglas.

• Jason Evans and Inner City Brass in concert, Peel Cathedral, 7pm.

• Shoh Slaynt at the Royal, Peel.

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

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

• Karaoke at the Central Hotel, Ramsey.

Sunday, October 26

• One Wo/Man One Guitar at the Mitre, Ramsey featuring Dickie Kelly and Tony Archibald, 8pm.

• Ray Sloane Karaoke.

• Brass Masterclass, with Jason eVANSSt Ninian’s Lower School, 10am-1pm.

• 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 28

• 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 29

• Karaoke at the British, Douglas.

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

Thursday, Thursday 23

• 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.

• Family Library, Westmoreland Rd, Douglas, Teddy time, 2pm-2.45pm, £2. Friday, Storybox, followed by craft at 11am, £1. Jolly music, 4.15pm-4.45pm. Saturday, Sticky fingers, 10.30am-noon, £2. Origami, 11am-11.45am, £2.50. Animation 12.30-2pm, £5. Tuesday, Dream cakes, (decorate a Hop Tu Naa biscuit), 10.30am-noon, £2. Also Electrifying haunted house, 2 part workshop 2pm-3pm, £5 each session, completed Thursday. Wednesday, Ghost puppets, 1.30pm-3pm, £3, ages 8 and over. Call 640650.

• 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

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

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

Friday, October 24

• 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.

• 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 25

• 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 26

• 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 27

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

• 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.

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

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

Tuesday, October 28

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

• 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.

Wednesday, October 29

• 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.

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

• 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.

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

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

Thursday, October 23

• 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 24

• 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 25

• 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 26

• 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 27

• 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.

• 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 28

• 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. Eveyone welcome.

• 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.

• 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 29

• 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 23

• 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.

• 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.

• Gospel message in Ballaugh village hall on Thursdays at 7:30pm.

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

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

Friday, October 24

• 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.

• 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.

• Sulby and Lezayre Heritage Trust, meeting to be held in Sulby Community Hall, Clenagh Road, Sulb., Paul Wetherall will give a presentation and update of what is new in the imuseum since our visit in April 2012. 7.30pm, everyone welcome.

• The Drug Advice Service and Helpline (DASH) are holding a Mhelliah at the White House in Peel. 8pm. Auction items, raffle and refreshments. Call 615622 for further details or donations for the event.

Saturday, October 25

• Mannin Art Group, ’Meet the Artist’ to be held at St Paul’s Church hall between 10am to 5pm. The commission earned on the artists’ sales will be donated to St. Paul’s Church, Tower Fund.

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

• The Manx Aviation and Military Museum, Ronaldsway. Includes the Major Cain VC exhibition. Open Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4.30pm. Free admission. Donations welcome.

• 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.

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

• Great Laxey Mine Railway Hoptu Naa Trains running 1pm-7pm. Sunday, 2pm-7pm.

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

• 150th Anniversary Celebrations of the birth of Archibald Knox, the Isle of Man Victorian Society, in conjunction with the Manx Museum, are presenting a lecture on the firm of Liberty and Co at the Manx commencing at 2.30pm. Admission is FREE, but by ticket only, available in advance from the Manx Museum Shop.

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

• Sporty Church, Bunscoill Rhumsaa’s Auldyn hall, from 4.15pm-5.30pm. Bible-based story and prayer. A Ramsey Baptist Church event. Call 316013 or email info@ramseybaptist.org; see the website www.facebook.com/rbcim

Sunday, October 26

• Collectors’ Fair, Sailors’ Shelter, East Quay, Peel, 2pm-4pm, admission free, donations in aid of the shelter invited.

• The Castletown and District Over 60’s Club is holding an afternoon tea from 2pm-3.30pm in the Castletown civic centre. Admission £1.50.

• Car boot sale, Morton Hall, Castletown, 2pm. Call 673320/481532.

• 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 27

• 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.

• MS Society coffee morning, Cherry Orchard, Port Erin, 1.30pm.

• Bible study in the Corrin Hall, Peel, 2pm. All welcome. The study is John 2.

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

• Free life-changing stress / spine / health talks, 6.45pm, Align4Life in Lake Rd near Tescos. Douglas, 629444.

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

• Brahma Kumaris, The Art of Creating Positive Change. Eden Conference Centre (opposite Riley’s Garden Centre), Ballapaddag, Braddan. 7.30pm-9.00pm.

Tuesday, October 28

• 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.

Wednesday, October 29

• 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.

• Hop-Tu-Naa, Braaid Hall, 7pm.

• 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 23

• 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, St Olave’s Church hall in Cumberland Road, Ramsey, at 7.30pm. Call 817610 or 813074 or 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 24

• 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 25

• 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 26

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

Monday, October 27

• 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 28

• 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 29

• 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.

Palace Cinema

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2D (12A). Nightly at 7.30pm. 3D, daily matinees at 2.30pm.

• Annabelle (15). Nightly at 7pm. Also Friday and Saturday at 9pm.

• Box Trolls 2D (PG). Daily at noon.

• Two Dolphin Tale 2 (U). Daily at noon. (Not Sunday).

• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG). Daily at 2pm and 4pm.

Broadway Cinema

• The Maze Runner (12A), Friday-Sunday at 7.30pm, then Monday-Thursday, 4.30pm and 7.30pm.

• The Book of Life 3d (u), Friday at 4.30pm, Saturday, 2pm, Sunday 1pm then, Monday-Thursday at 2pm. 2D, Saturday, at 4.30pm, Sunday-Thursday at 11am.

Friday, October 24

Manx Bird Life DVD, The Isle of Man - A Natural World at Dalby schoolrooms 7.30pm. Admission £12.50 includes hotpot supper. Call Gilly on 844031. Proceeds go to The new Breast Care Unit at Noble’s Hospital, the Manx overseas charity School for Uganda as well as St James church and restoration fund.

Wednesday, October 29

• Erin Arts Centre, Port Erin, Wild Target, 7.30pm.