Exhibitions
Thursday, November 22• Biological Forms, at The Sayle Gallery. Until December 9• Colour and Texture, an exhibition of paintings, textiles and mixed media. The Pavillion Restaurant and Ballroom, Laxey...
View ArticleElection fraud trial: sentencing delayed
SENTENCING of three people involved in illegally securing proxy votes in the 2010 Douglas East by-election has been delayed.Charles Stanley Lewin, 57, of Ballavitchell Road, Crosby, admitted charges of...
View ArticleKids in Manx Museum coup
IF you visit the Manx Museum tomorrow (Friday), you’re in for a big surprise! You’ll find children doing all the jobs that adults usually undertake at the museum. As part of a British project by...
View ArticleBowel surgery suspended pending safety review
SCHEDULED bowel surgery at Noble’s Hospital has been temporarily suspended following higher than expected complication rates in patients.Medical director Stephen Upsdell said this type of surgery was...
View ArticleOnchan hits back at housing figures
ONCHAN Commissioners have hit back at a claim made in the House of Keys that housing arrears for the authority were £46,000.Chris Robertshaw, the minister for Social Care, gave the figure in answer to...
View ArticleSteam Packet delayed tonight
THIS evening’s sailing from Douglas to Heysham has been delayed.It usually leaves the island at 7.45pm but won’t be leaving till 9pm now.A decision on the 2.15am return sailing tomorrow will be...
View ArticleResidents recycling, despite the end of kerbside collections
ONCHAN residents are producing less rubbish despite the end of their kerbside recycling scheme two years ago.Latest commissioners’ figures show the annual volume of waste per person averaged 345kg –...
View ArticleHow will sea front development hit horse trams?
Douglas Council has considered a planning application for the first phase of improvements on Douglas sea front has been submitted.The plans being considered relate to the highway between the Sea...
View ArticleFinal Railway Cup spots up for grabs
THE race to claim the last two spots in the Blackburn Construction Services Railway Cup will come to a tense and exciting conclusion this Saturday.The Canada Life Premier League’s top two, St George’s...
View ArticleGoing into business on my own has been amazing
A BALLAUGH woman who gave up a career in the finance industry to dedicate her time to helping others with their emotional torments has spoken out about the last year.Pam Ashcroft spent 27 years working...
View ArticleCitywing is new name for Manx2
AIRCRAFT will no longer fly under the Manx2 colours from January 1 following a management buy-out of the company.Manx2.com’s management team, led by managing director David Buck, has invested a...
View ArticleVagas face test away at Collegiate
SURE-SPONSORED Vagabonds travel off island in South Lancashire and Cheshire Division Two this Saturday to face a Liverpool Collegiate side that are currently one place behind the Manx outfit in fifth...
View ArticleGraphite and Granite at Hodgson Loom Gallery
IT’S your last chance to catch the work of illustrator Julia Ashby Smyth and wood carver Gavin Carter at the Hodgson Loom Gallery above Laxey Woollen Mills.Their exhibition Graphite and Granite...
View ArticleTop two meet in Manx Shield
THERE’S a potential epic at King William’s College where league leaders Douglas B take on defending champions PDMS Southern Nomads on Saturday. This will be the first time these two have met this...
View ArticleTitle showdown in Premier Division
THE destination of the Wi-Manx Mixed Premier Division title will be decided when IOMA Group Bacchas A meet Paragon Valkyrs A at Ramsey Grammar School on Saturday afternoon. Bacchas A currently hold the...
View ArticleDepleted Ramsey travel away to Dukinfield
RAMSEY have had some encouraging results over the past few weeks and last week’s win against Liverpool Collegiate saw them ease out of the South Lancashire and Cheshire Division Two relegation places....
View ArticleColby aim to end Michael’s run at the top
MICHAEL United’s somewhat surprising defeat at the hands of Foxdale last weekend means that the westerners could be knocked off the top of JCK Division Two this Saturday afternoon.Goals from Craig...
View ArticleBook review: Bond on Bond by Roger Moore
It’s 50 years since that intrepid and inimitable British hero James Bond first hit our cinema screens and since then there have been six incarnations of everybody’s favourite spy.First off the...
View ArticleThe latest ManxSki blog from Chris Callow
73: No frillsA short break for your hosts recently to charge up the batteries ready for the rigours of winter - destination Budapest to look up old friends, featured from time to time earlier in these...
View ArticlePark on the prom for Christmas shopping
THE Christmas shopping season has begun – so that means parking has become a lot easier for people wishing to visit Douglas town centre.Parking is now free on designated sections of Douglas promenade...
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