KWC lad James creates ‘Gloop’
BUDDING entrepreneur James Allen has launched an iPhone game called Save Gloop.The 15-year-old King William’s College pupil says business in his blood.His father Jon Allen is a hotelier and founded...
View ArticleManx e-gaming delegation in Brussels
A delegation of Manx officials has visited law-makers and European trade associations in Brussels to champion the island’s online gambling sector in the EU.The visit was organised by the Manx...
View ArticleDouble tops for Bacchas
IOMA Group Bacchas A secured a league and cup double with an emphatic 8-0 victory over Celton Manx Celts in the final of the Wi-Manx Mixed Cup at the National Sports Centre on Saturday.Hat-tricks from...
View ArticleKatherine reaches No5 in Radio 1 indie singles chart
KATHERINE Crowe is at No5 in the BBC Radio 1 indie singles chart.The island-based singer has been making headlines in the UK after...
View ArticleBook review: Around Preston by David Hindle
If the winter weather traps you indoors this Christmas, why not take a virtual trip to the amazing countryside surrounding Preston? Around Preston is a Lancashire extravaganza published to commemorate...
View ArticleLess-than-inflation rise in the rates
ONCHAN ratepayers face a rise in their bills of 1.48 per cent.The below-inflation increase was agreed on Monday at the commissioners’ meeting.Rates will be set at 275p in the pound. That’s 4p more than...
View ArticleNoble’s Park BMX track hits the skids
LESS than a year since it opened, significant areas of the BMX track in Noble’s Park have been completely washed away.In a meeting at Douglas Council last week, Councillor Carol Malarkey (Hills ward)...
View ArticleWarning as undersized queenies are landed
‘SIGNIFICANT’ numbers of undersized queen scallops have been landed in the island.A random factory inspection on Thursday uncovered the issue.Many of these queenies were at or below the Isle of Man...
View ArticleBus strike is going ahead
PLANNED bus strike for Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week will be going ahead.The Unite union has said bus drivers – employed by government-owned Bus Vannin – will begin a three-day strike on...
View ArticleBishop’s Christmas message
BISHOP Robert Paterson has released his Christmas message.How many times have you heard, ‘and there was no room for them in the inn’? Most of us have a mental picture of seven-year-olds with tea-towels...
View ArticleSanta Dash fun
MORE than 130 people donned their Santa outfits this lunchtime to take part in the Isle of Man Bank 2012 Santa Dash in Douglas.For this popular annual event, people don their festive red suit and slip...
View ArticleElection trial sentencing: Buster Lewin jailed
CAMPAIGN manager for Kevin Woodford in the 2010 Douglas East by election Charles Buster Lewin has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison.Lewin, of Ballavitchell Road, Crosby, admitted...
View ArticleLower bill for taxpayer, higher bill for ratepayer
THE government is to make local authorities pay more to dispose of waste.In an announcement this afternoon, the government revealed that its £5.7 million annual waste disposal subsidy for local...
View ArticleChristmas decorations pictures
NATIVITY scenes, colourful twinkling lights and inflatable snowmen are just some of the festive decorations that are adorning the outsides of Christmas-loving people’s homes and gardens this year.Have...
View ArticleMember of Louis Group staff lost savings too
A FORMER employee of the Louis Group is among investors who fear they may now have lost their life savings.Jane Taylor, who worked as a senior investment administrator for the Louis Group in the Isle...
View ArticleCampaign boost for Rotary Christmas single
ROTARY Club of Douglas is hoping a Christmas single will give an important boost to their campaign to rid the world of an infectious disease.The long-running campaign by Rotary clubs around the world...
View ArticleHuge response to wind farm petition
THERE has been a remarkable response to our ‘Don’t cut us off’ campaign to protect the island’s lifeline ferry routes from over-intensive wind farm development in the Irish Sea.To date, more than 800...
View ArticleIsland number one players clinch Billy Moughtin trophies
once again there was a record entry for the annual Billy Moughtin Darts Cup which was recently held at the Manor Hotel in Willaston.Each year the competition gets bigger and better and 2012 was no...
View ArticleDouglas claim friendly bragging rights
AS A curtain-raiser to the 1st XV league game at Ballafletcher recently, a combined Vagabonds and Ramsey under-15/u16s team hosted a Douglas side fresh from its travels in the Cheshire Junior Cup. With...
View ArticleAppleby Academy winner
REBECCA Bannister from St Ninian’s High School has been crowned the winner of the Appleby Academy 2012. The 17-year-old student was one of three finalists chosen to present their business solution to a...
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