Waiting game for Manx cricketers after Finland loss
Islanders lose final their final group game at ICC European Division Two ChampionshipTHE Isle of Man senior cricket team lost to Finland this morning by six wickets putting in jeopardy their chances of...
View ArticleThief steals from Peter as he swims
THE clerk of Laxey Commissioners was left a without his car keys, mobile phone, wallet and trousers after a theft on Laxey Promenade on Saturday.Peter Burgess had been swimming in the sea with his...
View ArticleManx phone firms want you to ditch the dish in TV fight
THE Isle of Man’s telephone companies are joining the battle to provide television to homes.Manx Telecom is promoting YouView, a free internet TV service that combines the UK’s Freeview channels with...
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Thursday, September 6• Port Erin WI, Port Erin Methodist Church hall, 9.30am. Call 818194. • Gym time active play for pre-school children, Manx Gymnastics Centre, Glencrutchery Road, Douglas, 9.30am....
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Thursday, September 6• Theatrix Theatre Company Musical Theatre age eight-12. (Lion King). Also Saturday Babies Irish/mod 9am. Prep Ballet/Tap 10am, Babies Ballet/Tap 11am. Musical Theatre (Disney...
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Thursday, September 6• Crosby Silver Band, Villa Marina Arcade, Douglas, 8pm.• Karaoke, Guys and Dolls, Douglas. • Soundcheck, Basement, Youth Arts Centre, Kensington Road, Douglas, 6.30pm. Also...
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Palace Cinema• Dredd 3-D (18). Nightly 7.30pm. Saturday and Sunday 2.30pm• Ted (15). Nightly at 7pm.• Brave (PG) Saturday and Sunday 2pm and 4pm.Broadway Cinema• Anna Karenina (12A). Friday-Thursday...
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Thursday, September 6• Cardiotone, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, New Road, Laxey. 7-8pm. Also Monday 7-8pm. Call 452729/863602.• Thighs, Bums and Tums, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 9.30am. Also...
View ArticleExhibitions
• Margaret Galloway exhibition of paintings, calligraphy, fabrics and drawings, ‘All Kinds of Everything’, Erin Arts Centre, Port Erin. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10.30am-4.30pm. Admission free. Until...
View ArticleMurder in the Alps: Manx couple caught up in police investigation
A MANX couple have spoken to iomtoday about finding themselves caught up in a multiple murder investigation at Lake Annecy in the French Alps.The drama unfolded yesterday after three bodies were found...
View ArticleFood and Drink Festival to move because Nunnery’s still soaking
The prolonged wet weather this summer has forced the planning committee of the Isle of Man Food and Drink Festival to re-locate the festival to the Royal Manx Agricultural Show ground at Knockaloe...
View ArticleTrial collapses after prisoner retracts statement.
THIS week’s Manx Independent is in the shops now.The lead story on page 1 is about a trial that collapsed this week.A prisoner was accused of attacking another inmate. But the other inmate retracted...
View ArticleLeading man stole hearts
JUKEBOX shows like Our House are a mixed bag – the plots are tenuous to the point of ludicrous and there is usually an air of desperation to try and fit in the all the big hits of the...
View ArticleLess than a month to file tax return
THE deadline for submitting personal tax returns is less than a month away.Malcolm Couch, the assessor of income tax, said: ‘If the income tax division has not received personal tax returns for the...
View ArticleSemi-abstract visions
ELEVEN Sayle Gallery Artists have contributed to the mixed exhibition Sculpture and Semi-Abstract Paintings, which opens tomorrow (Friday, September 7).Once again the Gallery’s Artists have risen to...
View ArticleTopShop moves step closer to Strand Street store
HIGH street chain TopShop is a step closer to having a new purpose-built store in Strand Street, Douglas.Stephen Bradley for Kane Ltd has been granted approval (12/00966/B) by the government planning...
View ArticleRoad closures for End to End mountain bike race
MOTORISTS are warned there will be a number of road closures in place on Sunday to accommodate the Sleepwell Hotels Manx End to End Mountain Bike Challenge.Around 1,600 competitors _ more than half...
View ArticleTeenage mum’s death ‘due to hanging’
A TEENAGE mother died as a result of hanging at her flat in Douglas last month, an inquest heard this week.The inquest into the death of 19-year-old Caitlin Majella Alker was told she was discovered...
View ArticleGerman arias unveiled
GERMAN soprano Dorothee Jansen is to peform the second of four island concerts tonight (Thursday) at St German’s Cathedral, Peel.I was lucky enough to be invited to her first concert in aid of Ramsey...
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