Ramsey beat Rushen in Women’s League
Northerners triumph 5-2 at Croit LoweyIN Sunday’s sole MBL Women’s League, Ramsey registered a 2-5 win against Rushen at Croit Lowey. Leading 0-5 at the break, Bekkie Colquitt (2), Sammie MacDonald,...
View ArticleLegal aid bill is set for Keys
A BILL aimed at making improvements to the legal aid process in family matters will start making its way through the House of Keys next month.Provisions in the Legal Aid (Amendment) Bill include the...
View ArticleGolf scheme hits bunker
PLANS to bring forward a scheme for a crazy golf course in Noble’s Park, Douglas, could be shelved.At tomorrow’s (Wednesday) Douglas Council meeting councillors will discuss the decision by the leisure...
View ArticleCouncil chief tells of concerns over Currys store plans
DOUGLAS Council leader David Christian has expressed his concern at the impact that a Currys/PC World store in Spring Valley Industrial Estate would have on the town centre.He said the council’s policy...
View ArticlePresident calls for open-minded debate
TYNWALD President Clare Christian has called on members to be open-minded and take part in constructive debates as they tackle the challenges that lay ahead this year.Mrs Christian who took over as...
View ArticleBook review: Dickens’s Victorian London by Alex Werner and Tony Williams
‘Wealth and beggary, vice and virtue, guilt and innocence, repletion and the direst hunger ... the great heart of London throbs in its Giant breast.’So wrote Charles Dickens, the great 19th century...
View ArticleTree fall causes Ronague power cut
ALMOST 200 properties were without power last week due to high winds bringing down the lines.On Thursday, some 175 properties were without power in Ronague when a 11kv line came down in the gale force...
View ArticleStars
Tuesday, January 10Aries (March 21 - April 20)The shimmering light of romance arrives with the Full Moon as this week begins. Being single never seemed so exciting and being part of a couple never so...
View ArticleVagas B win in Shield
VAGABONDS B beat Castletown in a highly entertaining Shimmin Wilson Manx Shield game at Ballafletcher on Saturday.Sam Brennan was the star for Vagas, bagging three tries and three conversions. There...
View ArticlePoor start to 2012 for Ramsey firsts
THE new year didn’t start too well for Ramsey in South Lancs/Cheshire Division Two on Saturday.Visitors to Mooragh were second-placed Crewe and Nantwich who emerged comfortable winners.The gulf between...
View ArticleThornton whips up a storm at Ballafletcher
AS the island continued to be battered by the winds, it was Corinthians who whipped up a footballing storm, defeating Michael 4-2 in the preliminary round of the Cu-Plas-sponsored FA Cup at...
View ArticleDouglas lose by two points
DESPITE all their efforts, Douglas could only walk away with a losing bonus point from their trip to Marple in South Lancashire and Cheshire Division Two on Saturday. A loose early try from a 10-metre...
View ArticleMarown succumb as Millers march on
Three goals, late in the opening half, helped in-form Union Mills record a stunning 5-0 victory over JCK Division Two rivals Marown at the Crosby Playing Fields on Saturday afternoon.The result was, in...
View ArticleRoyal survive cup scare
DOUGLAS Royal progressed into the first round proper of the Cu-Plas FA Cup after overcoming the challenge of fellow Division Two side Douglas and District at a windy Ballafletcher on Saturday...
View ArticleOld Boys edge Colby
SUBSTITUTE Gary Quirk came to the rescue of Douglas High School Old Boys’ latest Cu-Plas FA Cup bid at a bright and breezy Blackberry Lane on Saturday.The winger’s 75th minute strike ensured the 2009...
View ArticleDismal day for Manx
THE Manx rugby flags were at half mast on Saturday after Douglas, Vagabonds and Ramsey all lost out in South Lancashire/Cheshire Division Two.Vagabonds suffered the heaviest loss, going down 41-0 away...
View ArticleEmerging Nomads go through in Plate clash
EMERGING Nomads knocked Plate holders Ramsey B out of the competition at a rearranged Poulsom Park venue in Castletown on Saturday.Number Eight Gaz Watts was outstanding for Nomads and at the heart of...
View ArticleTax agreement comes into force
The island’s Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with Portugal will come into force on January 18.It was signed in London in July 2010 by Professor Sérgio Vasques, the Portuguese Secretary of...
View ArticleCourse focus on women as highly effective directors
WOMEN are still significantly under-represented on company boards. As half the population is female it stands to reason that the employee and customer bases for most companies will have a high...
View ArticleInvestigation into cause of Douglas flat fire
FIREFIGHTERS are investigating the cause of a blaze that broke out in a flat in Douglas.Emergency services were alerted at 1am on Sunday (January 8) after receiving reports of smoke coming from the...
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