Investment funds moves a step closer
TYNWALD has approved the principle of providing financial assistance to support Manx businesses.But it has held back from setting up a specific investment fund, called for by Middle MHK Howard...
View ArticleChloe Spooner wins Literacy in Manx award
STUDENT Chloe Spooner has won a prestigious Manx literacy award.Each year students from schools across the island are invited to submit a piece of writing in Manx Gaelic to Caarjyn ny Gaelgey (Friends...
View ArticleCRINGLE: At the forefront of technology
WE learned in the news last week that what is believed to be the last typewriter built in Britain has come off the production line of the manufacturer Brother in North Wales.I’m using my Olympia...
View ArticleLights could be tweaked to ease school traffic
FINAL adjustments to ensure traffic flows smoothly around the new Bemahague School can only take place once the major road works in Onchan are complete.Highways director Richard Pearson has said the...
View ArticleOur special relationship
THE relationship between business and the government in the island is special and these links have to be kept, according to Economic Development Minister John Shimmin.He said: ‘Overall, there are...
View ArticleManx spending survey gets underway
A SURVEY investigating household spending is under way, with the first letters having gone out to a batch of 200 randomly-selected Manx households.Economic advisor Stephen Carse, whose Treasury...
View ArticleStrand Shopping Centre film exhibition is reel thing
ISLE of Man Film is staging a special exhibition of images from some of the productions – television, film and animation – that have been made in the island since August 1995. The exhibition in the...
View ArticleGaiety Theatre repairs needed
A PLANNING application by DCCL reveals that the Gaiety Theatre’s roof is leaking.The Department of Community, Culture and Leisure, which owns the site, has applied to the government planning committee...
View ArticleTell wind farm developers our vital sea routes must be protected
THIS week’s Manx Independent is asking its readers to help to protect the island’s sea routes to England.They’re in jeopardy because of proposed wind farm developments, which would cause Steam Packet...
View ArticleBook review: These Wonderful Rumours! by May Smith
‘Oh horrors. Germany has invaded Poland. Now for hell let loose!’At the outbreak of the Second World War, May Smith, 24, lived with her parents in Swadlincote, a small village near Derby, and taught at...
View ArticleTribute paid to former mayor
A SERVICE to remember former Douglas mayor Audrey Ainsworth is to take place today (Thursday).The current mayor of the town, Cllr David Ashford, said: ‘Audrey Ainsworth will be remembered for her...
View ArticleSecond darts event in Ramsey on Saturday
THE Isle of Man Darts Organisation’s second ranking competition of the new season will take place tomorrow (Saturday) from 7.30pm at The R.O.A.B. club in Ramsey.The points gained by players will decide...
View ArticleApology for MHK’s debt bill impasse
A DEBT Recovery and Enforcement Act has still not been implemented nine months after being given Royal Assent after hitting an ‘impasse’, the House of Keys heard.Douglas North MHK John Houghton sought...
View ArticleMotorists splash roadworking staff deliberately
MOTORISTS have been deliberately driving through puddles to splash highway workers during the wet weather.On Monday, one worker contacted the police after being splashed twice. The police issued a...
View ArticleCinema
Thursday, November 29 Palace Cinema• Skyfall (12A). Nightly at 7pm.• Great Expectations (12A). Nightly at 7.30pm. Saturday and Sunday at 2.30pm.• Hotel Transylvania (U). Saturday and Sunday at...
View ArticleExercise
Thursday, November 29• Southern Gymnastics Club, Ballasalla School, 4pm. Also Tuesday, Castle Rushen High School, 5pm. Call 473741. • Northern Gymnastics Club, Ramsey Grammar School, 5pm. • Aqua Zumba,...
View ArticleExhibitions
Thursday, November 29• Ballajora Artists exhibition, Ramsey Town Hall, until Saturday. 10am-5pm. Admission free.• Biological Forms, at The Sayle Gallery. Until December 9.• Bruno Cavellec’s Man and...
View ArticleDance
Thursday, November 29• Tea dance, South Douglas Old Friends Association, Finch Road, Douglas, 2pm. • Dance classes for children, Centenary Hall, Peel, 4pm. Call 450688. • Modern Line Dance classes for...
View ArticleClub
Thursday, November 29• Gym time active play for pre-school children, Manx Gymnastics Centre, Glencrutchery Road, Douglas, 9.30am. Call 625636. Also Friday and Wednesday. • Krafty Kids (pre-school age)...
View ArticleTheatre
Thursday, November 29• Rhod Gilbert: The Man with the Flaming Battenberg Tattoo, 8pm, Royal Hall, Villa Marina.Friday, November 30• A Christmas Carol (Dickens), Erin Arts Centre, 8pm, £10. Until...
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