Book review: You Had Me at Hello by Mhairi McFarlane
Think of David Nicholls’ One Day, add a week’s worth of northern humour and you have what could be one of the year’s funniest and most romantic books.Breezing in on the wave of 2013 is Mhairi McFarlane...
View ArticleAndreas Racing Association award winners
ANDREAS Racing Association’s annual dinner took place in mid-November at the Palace Hotel, Douglas when guest of honour, Dr Peter Moran, presented the awards as follows.John Smyth Trophy (Isle of Man...
View ArticleHonoured Hector passing on the wisdom
STAFF at the Department of Education have expressed their delight that Hector Duff has been named in the New Year Honours list, after the war veteran’s tireless work in schools for the last 10...
View ArticleManor nursery sparks a row
PLANS to convert a listed mansion house into a children’s nursery have sparked a row.There was standing room only at a planning committee meeting on Monday as objectors to a proposal for a nursery at...
View ArticleSix make TotW debut
THE six debutants in the latest Isle of Man Newspapers’ Team of the Week takes the number of players featured within its various Canada Life Premier League line-ups this season to a staggering 91.Union...
View ArticleAward winners want to set up Manx unit
A NAUTICAL charity in the UK is all at sea after being awarded a prestigious award from Buckingham Palace.And now the Maritime Volunteer Service (MVS) wants to spread its reach by setting up a unit in...
View ArticleNew year – new you?
AS PEOPLE celebrated the start of 2013, it also signalled the start of many New Year’s resolutions.Many people set themselves personal goals to achieve, whether it is giving up a habit or to get fit...
View ArticleKnight and Moore team up to win pairs trial
STAR all-rounder Juan Knight and teenage motocrosser Chris Moore were paired together in Ramsey MCC’s annual fun trial at West Kimmeragh, Bride on Sunday.A large entry of 101 riders took part, in...
View ArticleGreen Column: Thoughtful presents
This week, Isle of Man Friends of the Earth secretary Cat Turner reflects on a Christmas with a difference.This Christmas was a slightly different one for us at Rhencullen House: even less money about...
View ArticleSigns of improvement for Manx rivers, but we can do even more
MORE than 90 per cent of Manx rivers were of good or better quality this summer, results released by the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture show. This trend is encouraging compared to...
View ArticleSeven Brides all set to put spring in your step
FOLLOWING on from a succession of smash hit shows including Les Miserables, My Fair Lady and Miss Saigon, the Douglas Choral Union is set to take on another musical masterpiece next month.Seven Brides...
View ArticleWoodford’s election trust only ever had £100 in it
A CONTROVERSIAL election trust that apparently bankrolled a candidate’s campaign in a scandal-hit by-election only actually existed for one month – and contained just £100, it has emerged.Island lawyer...
View ArticlePolice investigate fire in former guest house
POLICE are investigating the cause of a fire in Port Erin on Friday night.A number of people rang 999 after seeing smoke coming from a derelict guest house in Bay View Road.Firefighters from the...
View ArticleRoyal shock Mills in Paddy Power FA Cup
MANX football results from Saturday, January 5.Paddy Power FA Cup Preliminary RoundSt Mary’s 2-1 St John’sSt George’s 9-0 CorinthiansPulrose 3-1 RonaldswayBraddan 0-8 PeelMichael 1-10 RamseyRushen 7-1...
View ArticleMan acts ‘suspiciously’ in cemetery
A MAN ‘acted suspiciously’ in Douglas Cemetery, Glencrutchery Road, on Friday afternoon.Police haven’t said what he was doing, but said he left a woman who disturbed him ‘upset and frightened’.He was...
View ArticleSiobhan is heading Stateside
FORMER Ballakermeen High School student Siobhan Walshe is the winner of the 2013 Ella Olesen Scholarship.Siobhan, 21, of Fairway Close, Onchan, will follow a long line of local students in spending...
View ArticleFirst Sierra Leone arrest by ‘our’ boat
The Isle of Man Government has welcomed the news that the fisheries patrol vessel it donated to Sierra Leone in September last year has made its first arrest.Speaking at a press conference held in...
View ArticleDementia awareness day at Villa Marina
The Departments of Health and Social Care are hosting a free day to raise awareness about dementia on Thursday, January 31, in the Villa Marina’s Royal Hall. The afternoon session from 2pm to 5pm is...
View ArticleNorovirus warning on return to school
THE island’s director of public health has raised his concern that cases of the sickness bug norovirus could increase as schools re-open for the start of term today (Monday).Dr Parameswaran Kishore is...
View ArticleChris Stott to guide USA space exhibition
MANXMAN Chris Stott has joined the advisory board of a prestigious new exhibition at a leading museum in the USA.The Satellite Gallery at Maryland’s National Electronics Museum will be a permanent...
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