Green Column: Help on how to use, and make, energy wisely
Manx Energy Advice Centre promotes energy conservation and the use of renewables, and gives free independent advice and information for businesses and households, Cat Turner...
View ArticleWarning for ‘Blue Badgers’ to be on alert
THERE has been an increase in the number of Blue Badges being stolen from their owners’ cars in the UK. They are handy items to have when it comes to finding a parking place. All the thieves have to do...
View ArticleIsle of Man property sales: September 15, 2016
Rosemary Jane Corlett, of 31 Queens Drive, Peel, bought 2 Mourne View, Peel, for £530,000.It was bought from Geoffrey Wall, by trustee, Michael Kuhlmann Wall, of Solihull, West Midlands, as trustee,...
View ArticleManx athletes in Exeter for English Schools event
Five Manx Harriers athletes have been selected to represent Merseyside Schools at the English Schools combined events and race walking championships at the Exeter track this weekend.Josh Hewett is in...
View ArticleCampaign promotes new TV licence rules
Television viewers without a licence could face an ominous knock on their door in the next few weeks as a new TV licence campaign gets under way.The campaign aims to publicise the rules relating to...
View ArticleLeading goalscorers
Despite playing only one game so far this Premier League season, Ash Webster sets the early pace in the Golden Boot standings.This is thanks to the 11 goals he plundered for Peel against bottom side...
View ArticleDANCE
Thursday, September 15• 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...
View ArticleCOMMUNITY
Thursday, September 15• Age IoM computer training sessions, Douglas iMuseum, Kingswood Grove, 10am–12.30pm.• Art and creative writing, The Hub, Port Erin, 10am. Also board games, 2pm-3.30pm; chair...
View ArticleCINEMA
Palace Cinema• Bridget Jones’s Baby, (15). Nightly at 7.30pm. Sat and Sun at 2pm.• Bad moms, (15). Nightly at 7.45pm.• Finding Dory, 2D, (U). Sat and Sun at 2.30pm.Broadway Cinema• Blair Witch, (15)....
View ArticleMUSIC
Thursday, September 15• Concert at St Catherine’s Church, Port Erin, Rushen Silver Band, 7.45pm.• Karaoke, Guys and Dolls, Douglas.• Ramsey Folk Club, Mitre Hotel, Ramsey, 8pm-11pm.• Ian Thompson at...
View ArticleCHILDREN’S CLUBS
Thursday, September 15• Noah’s Ark Tots Group, Church on The Rock, Ramsey, 9.30am. Call 431034. • Gym time active play for pre-school children, Manx Gymnastics Centre, Douglas, 9.30am. Call 625636....
View ArticleFootball fixtures: September 17-18
There’s a big game in the Canada Life Premier League this Saturday as St George’s host Peel at Glencrutchery Road.Canada Life Premier League2.30pm Ayre Utd v Ramsey2.30pm St George’s v Peel2.30pm Colby...
View ArticleRugby club pulls 10-ton wagon to support Combat Stress charity
Members of Ramsey Rugby Club flexed their muscles in support of charity at the weekend by pulling a 10-ton lorry along the north promenade.Around 22 members of the club took part in the event which saw...
View ArticleManx Telecom back to normal after landlines - and 999 calls - hit by glitch
Manx Telecom’s landlines and website were disrupted yesterday.Among other issues, 999 calls couldn’t get through.The company says that all services are now back to normal.Kevin Paige, Manx Telecom’s...
View ArticlePilgrimage trails use old ways and new app
In a fusion between ancient and modern, ‘new’ centuries-old pilgrimage trails will be guided using a smartphone app. The Pilgrimage Isle of Man trails were launched on Saturday in Peel Castle with a...
View ArticleMcDonald’s shuts all over world - but expands in Isle of Man
McDonald’s in the Isle of Man is bucking the global trend.The fast food giant shut 700 restaurants worldwide last year as demand dropped.But it’s expanding its Douglas branch.The fast food outlet will...
View ArticleDemonstration to rally support for welcoming Syrian refugees to Manx shores
We must do our bit to help Syrian refugees – including welcoming a number in proportion to the size of the island’s population.That’s the message at the centre of an event set to take place in Douglas...
View ArticleHundreds at eGaming summit
More than 280 people attended the seventh annual KPMG eGaming summit in the island.Reflecting on a hugely successful day, Micky Swindale of KPMG Isle of Man said: ‘One of our many visitors said on his...
View ArticleRNLI display draws to close
Time is running out to view the RNLI’s ‘Hope in the Great War’ exhibit at the House of Manannan.The touring exhibition celebrates courage during the First World War and tells the story of six heroic...
View ArticleAbseil down TT tower to raise MS funds
A rare chance to abseil down the iconic TT tower at the Grandstand is on offer next month.The Isle of Man branch of the MS Society is organising the event to raise funds and mark the branch’s 40th...
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