Rodan’s plea for Manx Radio subsidy
MANX Radio should be given a level of government subsidy sufficient to allow it to deliver public service broadcasting over the next three years,That’s the call being made by Speaker Steve Rodan in a...
View ArticleBoosting opportunity for young in workplace
A CONFERENCE has been held aimed at boosting young people’s opportunities in the workplace.The event, organised by the Department of Education and Children and the Department of Economic Development,...
View ArticleCreevy secures his spot in GB team
MANX shooter Harry Creevy returned to the home of British Smallbore Shooting at Bisley, Surrey, last weekend to start his 2013 campaign for inclusion in the 300-metre Great Britain squad. After a...
View ArticleKnighter wins another British Championship
MANX enduro star David Knight claimed his 10th British Enduro Championship victory thanks to a double win in Hampshire.Knighter was in imperious form throughout following his return from a stomach...
View ArticleManx Electric Railway changes after landslip
FOLLOWING the recent weather conditions, a landslip has caused temporary amendments of the Manx Electric Railway services, between Baldrine and Laxey.From tomorrow (Tuesday) all northbound trams will...
View ArticleA lot want allotment
LEAD member of Douglas Council’s regeneration and community advisory committee Stephen Pitts has dismissed calls from two councillors to set aside more of its allotments for school or charity use.Isle...
View Article37 questions for Tynwald’s first sitting since summer break
THERE are 37 questions on Tynwald’s agenda, when the court sits again later today (Tuesday, October 16) for the first time since the summer break.Fourteen are for oral answer, with the remainder for...
View ArticleDouglas council horror at £60k BMX bill
THOUSANDS of pounds of Douglas ratepayers’ money has being spent building and maintaining the BMX track in Noble’s Park.There was therefore a considerable degree of alarm along Douglas councillors when...
View ArticleA tough budget challenge for education
EDUCATION chiefs are remaining tight-lipped about their on-going budget talks.Tim Crookall MHK, who has been Education and Children Minister since July, said that discussions were ‘just starting to...
View ArticleSt Mary’s maintain winning ways
ST Mary’s kept their title challenge well and truly on track with victory over Corinthians at the Bowl in the Canada Life Premier League on Saturday.A brace from Brian Crellin plus further goals from...
View ArticleRoyal get promotion bid back on track
FOLLOWING a jittery start to the season, Douglas Royal got their promotion ambitions back on track with a 5-1 win over Pulrose at Ballafletcher in JCK Division Two on Saturday. However, it wasn’t the...
View Article10-man St John’s hit back to deny Old Boys
ST John’s twice came from behind to claim what could turn out to be a vital point for their Railway Cup qualification fund at Mullen-e-Cloie on Saturday.Opponents Douglas High School Old Boys, who...
View ArticleFiona’s search for the truth
WESTMINSTER coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox made her first return to the Isle of Man since her days as a house surgeon at the former Noble’s Hospital to give the 2012 Caroline Weatherill memorial...
View ArticleBallacosney House, Lonan, sells for £625,000
A LONAN house has been sold to a couple from Douglas for £625,000.This and other recent property transactions recorded at General Registry in Douglas follow:Ian Walker Powley and Victoria Jean Powley...
View ArticleCharity van targeted by thieves
Police are appealing for information after a white Citroën Relay van belonging to Age Concern was targeted by thieves.The incident occurred overnight on Thursday/Friday in an off-road car park on South...
View ArticleBook review: Next of Kin by John Boyne
History and mystery are in perfect harmony in John Boyne’s thriller set amidst the rancour of the abdication crisis in 1936.Best known his award-winning novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, featuring...
View ArticleDwarfism awareness month highlights Finley’s condition
THE mum of a little boy with achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, has founded an awareness project on his condition for the Isle of Man.Kristy Canipa, mum to Finley, who is almost two, has set up...
View ArticleSark mission could rob Peter to pay Paul
MEMBERS of a Tynwald scrutiny committee raised concerns about the secondment to Sark of a senior official who heads up a key government department.Giving evidence to the economic policy review...
View ArticleBell: My view on Sark secondment is irrelevant
THE Chief Minister this morning told Tynwald that it wasn’t ‘relevant’ whether he was in favour of a top island civil servant being seconded to Sark.Allan Bell was asked by Middle MHK Howard Quayle...
View ArticleChief Minister reveals end of universal child benefit in his statement to...
Chief Minister Allan Bell today gave a statement to Tynwald about his administration and its priorities.Among the changes it includes is the end of child benefit for all.It is going to be means-tested...
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