Drop in TT ferry passengers
Steam Packet ferries have carried 13,228 motorcycles and 35,500 passengers to the island during this year’s TT - but numbers are down on last year.Ben-my-Chree and fast craft Manannan worked around the...
View ArticleNew website to drive careers in engineering and manufacturing
Isle of Man Engineering and Manufacturing has launched a website designed and developed by PDMS, aimed at increasing awareness of careers in the island. Although the Isle of Man’s engineering and...
View ArticleFeeling very much at home here
The team at Artisan Real Estate Investors celebrated the move to their new offices on Victoria Street,Douglas.Sixty guests and members of staff enjoyed champagne and canapes and were spoilt to...
View ArticleManx elastic computing
For his fortnightly column IT expert Steve Burrows puts the spotlight on thriving Isle of Man data centre business Netcetera which has expanded from being an underdog to one of the big boys in the...
View ArticlePensions issue fuels ‘recruitment crisis’
Teachers’ pension arrangements are fuelling the secondary schools’ ‘recruitment crisis’.That’s according to National Association of Head Teachers president Kim Johnson, who visited the island last...
View Article‘We’ve no intention of bringing in all-island limit’
Chief Minister Allan Bell insists there is no intention to bring in a maximum speed limit across all Manx roads.There has been a number of fatal and serious road collisions and multiple Mountain Road...
View ArticleEllan Vannin to face Cliftonville
Ellan Vannin will face Northern Irish semi-pro side Cliftonville in a friendly on Saturday, July 23 at the Solitude Stadium in Belfast.Named the Celtic Challenge Cup, Cliftonville are using the game as...
View ArticleTT 2016: Hutchy wins third race of the week
Ian Hutchinson won the Monster Energy Supersport Two on Wednesday afternoon race to move equal with Mike Hailwood in the list of all-time TT winners.The Bingley Bullet produced another dominant...
View ArticleAnstey wins TT Zero
Bruce Anstey claimed the 11th win of his TT career with victory in the SES TT Zero clean emissions race on Wednesday afternoon.The popular Kiwi completed the one-lap electric race ahead of William...
View ArticleDuo admit affray after late night fight at McDonald’s
Two people from Douglas have appeared in court pleading guilty to affray charges after a row at McDonald’s fast food restaurant.Craig Paul Murphy, aged 25, and Chelsea Leigh Morgan, aged 22, both of...
View ArticleNuclear physics expert is one of six new recruits at Edgewater
Independent financial adviser Edgewater Associates has announced six new appointments to its team including a man who holds a PhD in nuclear physics.Colin Moore joins as investment manager/senior...
View ArticleWhite Helmets’ school show
Onchan School pupils were left ‘excited and full of enthusiasm’ after a visit and display from the White Helmets.The Royal Signals Motorbike Display Team, a team of 30 volunteer soldiers from the...
View ArticlePeel AFC grandstand to be named after former player
Peel Football Club’s grandstand is to undergo a £40,000 renovation and be named after one of its former players.The club has received a Community Awards Grant of just under £40,000 from the Manx...
View ArticleDriver whose car hit wall after he fell asleep escapes ban
A young man who smashed his van into a tree and suffered multiple fractures fell asleep at the wheel.Jack David Corlett, of Close-Y-Lhergy, Union Mills, was just minutes away from home when the...
View Article‘I’d give MLCs £20,000 pay cut straight away,’ says Minister
A government Minister says he would give MLCs an immediate £20,000 pay cut.Policy and Reform Minister John Shimmin made the comment when he gave evidence to Lord Lisvane who is heading an independent...
View ArticleMellon claims it would be ‘madness’ to remain in EU
Isle of Man based entrepreneur and author Jim Mellon has well and truly nailed his colours to the EU Leave camp. Mr Mellon, 59, has made a blistering attack on the ‘Remain’ side claiming it would be...
View ArticleGreen Column: Manx environmentalists visit Basecamp
Cat Turner explains why Isle of Man Friends of the Earth was just one of many groups attending Basecamp in the Peak District over the weekend-----------------------By the time you read this, a small...
View ArticleBikers soon adopt the way of our roads
WELL, it’s the TT again. You know, ‘Terrifying Time’ for timid old lady motorists and timid old gentlemen motorists like me.The visiting bikers certainly scare me motionless.But I do keep listening to...
View ArticleTT 2016: Ivan Lintin wins Lightweight race
Ivan Lintin won the Bennetts Lightweight TT for the second year in succession on Wednesday evening.The Bardney rider brought home his Devitt RC Express Racing Kawasaki 12.472 seconds ahead of James...
View ArticleIsle of Man property sales, June 9, 2016
Graham Ogden and Sheila Ann Ogden, both of Corbridge, Northumberland, bought 3 Derby Square, Douglas, for £1,675,000.It was bought from Hartford Homes Limited, whose registered office is situated at 2...
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