Book review: Assassin by Duncan Falconer
When you have been an undercover intelligence operative with Britain’s Special Forces, you know a thing or two about the world’s most dangerous hotspots.And Duncan Falconer’s thrilling series of books...
View ArticleMichele has never looked back since going into business
THERE’S a sign in Michele Gogan’s front room that says: ‘Never never never give up.’In a way it sums up this 41-year-old mother of three’s attitude to life.For Michele has never looked back since she...
View ArticleDEFA watching costs carefully
THE Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture is playing a ‘positive part’ in helping to rebalance the government’s public finances.That’s according to its minister, Phil Gawne MHK, who said that...
View ArticleUnder-13s on tour in Lancashire
THE island under-13 squad travel to England today (Monday) for a series of matches against strong opposition.First of all they will be guests at Old Trafford to watch the 40 over floodlit match between...
View ArticleWicus fires Town joint top
CASTLETOWN and Cronkbourne are the new leaders of the Standard Bank T20 Cain League after two cliff-hanger finishes on Saturday. Town were set a target of 128 after a good batting performance from...
View ArticleAttentions now turn to Pete
PETER Kennaugh Jr will fly the flag for the Isle of Man again in the men’s Team Pursuit at the Velodrome later this week.Pete, 23, will line-up in the four-man GB team for the qualifying stages on...
View ArticleMerry Millers lift cricket’s Blincoe Cup
Union Mills beat Valkyres B by five wickets to lift trophy for first timeUNION Mills won the Standard Bank Blincoe Cup for the first time after they beat Valkyres B by five wickets in Sunday’s...
View ArticleFancy being a trainee Manx cop on £23,000 a year?
The police are looking for people who want to be considered for their student officer training programme.It is the eighth recruitment drive by the force since January 2007, when training was first...
View ArticleBugsy the bull puts on a show at the Southern
BUMPER crowds, plentiful livestock, a host of new attractions and - perhaps most surprisingly - sunshine were the order of the day for this year’s Southern Agricultural Show at Great Meadow in...
View ArticleJemma comfortable after surgery
THOUGH extremely tired after brain surgery in Liverpool, Jemma McGlone was well enough to be transferred back on to a ward at the weekend.Speaking on behalf of Jemma’s mother Margaret, Gerry Pishvaie...
View ArticleNow is the time to share your opinion on benefits
SHARE your views on social policy.The Department of Social Care has launched a public consultation on how the community cares for those in need as, like in the UK, the welfare bill has become...
View ArticleSamaritans’ coffee morning
A COFFEE morning is to take place tomorrow at Douglas Golf Club.The event is being arranged by the friends of the Samaritans to raise funds for the charity.It is open to all and the admission charge of...
View Article£50,000 of Manx aid to help Bangladesh
THE Manx government’s overseas aid committe is to give £50,000 to Christian Aid and Plan UK to respond to flooding which struck Bangladesh at the end of June.According to current reports, more than 100...
View ArticleHealth advice after whooping cough outbreak
THERE have been nine cases of whooping cough so far this year in the Isle of Man.In the previous three years there were none.The number of cases of whooping cough has shown a marked rise in throughout...
View ArticleKenneth Furniss: Heart of a volunteer
FORTY-FOUR years of volunteer service to the island’s British Legion organisation is something Port Erin man Kenneth Furniss called ‘an honour’.He will be 80 next year and thinking of stepping down...
View ArticleMore power over territorial waters
THE Manx government has signed a new fisheries management agreement with the UK and Northern Ireland which gives the island more power to make decisions in its territorial waters.As part of the...
View ArticleSouthern show’s amazing exhibit
ONE of the popular exhibits at last weekend’s Southern Agricultural Show had visitors quite literally lost in admiration.The feature - a new one for the show - was an enormous 40-foot square maze...
View ArticleBook review: A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir
Two young women, one linked to the Tudor dynasty, the other to the mighty Plantagenets – they lived nearly 100 years apart but both were innocent victims of royal ambitions.Historian Alison Weir, who...
View ArticleBusiness backing for Evita
IT’S a seminal show that has won awards the world over.So there’s no surprising that local companies are clamouring to add their backing as the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice spectacular Evita comes to...
View ArticleAccess to Manx uplands is back on the agenda
AFTER the wet weather in recent months, Environment Minister Phil Gawne MHK admits a wildfire on the uplands is probably the last thing on people’s minds.But he said joint initiatives had been agreed...
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