Peel edge nine-goal Old Firm thriller
FOOTBALL results from Saturday, October 13Canada Life Premier LeagueMarown 0-9 St George’sGymns 0-7 LaxeySt Mary’s 4-1 CorinthiansSt John’s 2-2 DHSOBCastletown 1-3 Union MillsPeel 5-4 RushenJCK...
View ArticleKaren takes top job at Ashley Hill
EDUCATION chiefs have announce that Karen Riordan has been appointed headteacher of Ashley Hill Primary School with effect from January 2013.Mrs Riordan has been deputy headteacher at the 316-pupil...
View ArticleFund study into boy’s disorder
A CAMPAIGN has been launched in honour of a brave young boy whose mother grew up in the island.Three-year-old Joseph Michael Kendrick has the extremely rare genetic disorder – Non-Ketotic...
View ArticleELS and Fuzion donation will help Braddan Primary School stage shows
DOUGLAS-BASED Event Lighting Services and UK sound equipment firm Fuzion have donated a portable PA system to Braddan Primary School after hearing of their plight when their old PA system stopped...
View ArticleBus drivers given notice
THE island’s 100 bus drivers have been served their notice by management.It’s the latest development in a dispute in which the government department that runs the island’s nationalised bus service...
View ArticleSeal pup survey begins on Calf
THE Manx Wildlife Trust has started its annual seal pup survey on the Calf of Man.And it is marine officer Eleanor Stone who has taken the first week long shift on the small island off the Sound. A...
View ArticleMan accused of assaulting woman, 57
A MAN has been charged with assault after a woman was allegedly assaulted in busy Parliament Square, Ramsey, yesterday afternoon.Police said the alleged incident happened at about 1.30pm. A 57-year-old...
View ArticleCal runs out of fuel
RAMSEY resident Cal Crutchlow’s luck failed him in the closing stages of Sunday’s Japanese MotoGP.After spending most of the race in third place with another podium beckoning, he was displaced by...
View ArticleRamsey in doldrums after another home defeat
RUGBY round-up from Saturday, October 13.Tries from Steve Cleator and Dan Bonwick weren’t enough to save Ramsey from their third home defeat of the season as third-placed Ormskirk took maximum points...
View ArticleNow Sure enters the market for television
SURE, the phone company, is entering the television market tomorrow (Tuesday).Its TV set top box will let viewers watch UK and global TV channels on their set, including ITV3 and ITV4, which are not...
View ArticleChessmen in a major exhibition
Manx National Heritage will open a major exhibition on The Forgotten Kingdom? The Kingdom of Man and the Isles (1000 – 1300 AD), next month. The exhibition will mark the temporary return to the Isle of...
View ArticleCavity insulation blamed for damp
THREE local authorities – Douglas Council and Malew and Peel Commissioners – believe cavity wall insulation installed in their properties under a central government scheme could be to blame for damp...
View ArticleStars
Monday, October 15Aries (March 21 - April 20) This week begins with a New Moon in Libra - good news for lovers and those wanting to advance an existing partnership. Think most carefully about where you...
View ArticleSewage plant report - author’s identity no secret
THE Liberal Vannin party says it’s committed to building a transparent independently scrutinised government.An analytical report into the island’s IRIS sewerage network, posted on the Lib Van website,...
View ArticleCivil service offered 20p, manual workers offered 15p
WHILE civil servants have been offered a 20p an hour pay rise, public sector manual workers have been offered only 15p an hour, the Isle of Man Examiner reveals today.That’s a fact that has got the...
View ArticleChorale take tour of Mann
THE Manchester Chorale will visit the island at the end of this month to present concerts in Port Erin, Peel and Douglas.‘Having toured such places as France, Scandanavia and Germany, it seemed a...
View ArticleAdvice not to be sneezed at
The common cold is rife, especially at this time of year. Although no longer life threatening, its symptoms can make you feel like death. Here Laura Williamson of Castletown Health Store offers advice...
View ArticleBook review: A Century of Wisdom by Caroline Stoessinger
At 108 years old, pianist Alice Herz-Sommer is the world’s oldest living Holocaust survivor... she has faced some of the worst evils known to man, the murder of her loved ones and yet every day for her...
View ArticleSummit winner
KPMG is preparing to hold its third annual e-Gaming summit, once again bringing the sector’s major players together to discuss the island’s role in this fast-paced international marketplace.The summit...
View ArticleJobs in jeopardy at Friends Provident International
MORE finance sectors jobs could be lost as Friends Provident International announced it is conducting a global strategic review of its operation.There are more than 260 staff at Friends Provident...
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