Life saving defibrillator installed outside bank
Lloyds Bank has joined forces with the British Heart Foundation to provide an automatic external defibrillator (AED) in Douglas.The unit has been installed at the entrance to the bank branch at Victory...
View ArticleNew Year change for chair-based exercise
The running of a chair-based exercise programme, previously run by the government, has been taken over by JustGoPhysio Limited.Michelle Poyzer of the Department of Health and Social Care’s Public...
View ArticleFine for man who barged into a taxi then abused driver
A drunken man who got into someone else’s taxi, refused to get out, then abused the driver when he agreed to run him home has been hit with a stiff fine.Karl Grayson Morling, of Glen Helen Road in St...
View ArticleStudents design Manx Dyslexia Association’s new website
Manx Dyslexia Association (MDA) has launched its new website - thanks to the help of two college students.The MDA appealed for help to update its website and Dr Ali Robertson of University College IOM...
View ArticlePullyman: Logic to drive a man mad
I remember reading somewhere that the second biggest purchase that the average person or family will make, apart from their house, will be their car. We love our cars and the motor manufacturers know...
View ArticleA wonderful night for Oie’ll Verree
There is probably no better way to finish the Christmas celebrations, than heading along to Kirk Michael to celebrate Oie’ll Verree.Inside the small, packed Ebeneezer Hall, a line up of talented...
View ArticleRyan and Agata complete special Diamond challenge
Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award holders Ryan Craig and Agata Bojanowska responded to the call to take on a personal venture and earn the limited edition Diamond Challenge.The challenge was launched last...
View ArticleOFT staff available to give help in Douglas
The Office of Fair Trading’s consumer advice and debt counselling services are still available in Douglas.Staff at the OFT want people to know they can still access help in the capital, despite the...
View Article‘Share the Space’ road safety campaign launched in Garff
Garff commissioners will launch a new road safety campaign on Thursday, January 19 at Dhoon School.The campaign, called ‘Share the Space’ is urging all road users to look out for each other and share...
View ArticleNew school facility caters for students’ emotional wellbeing
An ‘Emotional First Aid Room’ has opened at a school in the south of the island. The Rotary Club of Rushen & Western Mann has provided funds to Castle Rushen High School to help develop the new...
View ArticlePolice on track for Port Erin presence
There will be a police presence in Port Erin railway station in the near future.A police officer will work in the station in the evenings, subject to operational demands taking him or her out of the...
View ArticleRugby results: Douglas B edge closer to Shield title
The big game in the Shimmin Wilson Manx Shield on Saturday turned into a somewhat one-sided affair as Southern Nomads beat Ramsey B 78-0 at the Mooragh Park. Adam Young was the star for Nomads with...
View ArticleWomen’s football: Peel and Corinthians into Floodlit Cup semis
Peel and Corinthians secured the remaining Regency Travel sponsored Flood-lit Cup semi-final berths with 8-0 and a 4-0 victories over DHSOB and Colby respectively on Sunday.Peel led 5-0 at half-time,...
View ArticleRecruiting actors for Dad’s Army roles
Can you see yourself as Captain Mainwaring, or as the weary and slightly aloof figure of Sergeant Wilson.Or perhaps you have always wanted to cry out ‘Don’t Panic!’, in your finest Corporal Jones...
View ArticleGet entry forms in for the Guild
Entries for the 2017 Manx Music, Speech and Dance Festival will close on Saturday, February 4.The Guild, celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, runs from April 21 to 29 at the Villa Marina in...
View ArticleMicrogaming donates £3,000 to mayor’s appeal
Douglas-based software development company has given £3,000 to the town’s mayoral charity appeal.Staff invited the mayor, Councillor John Skinner and his wife Gill to their Christmas party.The appeal...
View ArticleCronk-y-Voddy ploughing match
The 80th Cronk-y-Voddy ploughing match will take place on Saturday, January 21, at Ballakilmurray in Poortown Road.There will be categories for horse ploughing and the usual other classes as well as...
View ArticleFancy a plot for a stall at Tynwald Day?
Charities and traders who wish to be part of the 2017 Tynwald Day celebrations are being invited to apply for a plot on the Fairfield at St John’s.Application forms for this year’s event are available...
View ArticleFanfare launch for arthritis charity
A charity named Without Wings has been set up in the Isle of Man to help people with autoimmune arthritis.These illnesses include rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, lupus and...
View ArticleMan arrested after fracas in flat
A 20-year-old man from Douglas has been convicted of a charge of provoking behaviour.Caleb John James McBurnie, of Hillside Avenue, pleaded guilty to the charge and will be sentenced on February 23,...
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