Public sector tenants are asked to downsize
COUNCIL tenants in Douglas are being urged to downsize to more appropriately sized properties - to free them up for families who really need them.And chairman of the housing and property advisory...
View ArticleForeign seamen stranded in Douglas
SIX foreign seamen have been stranded in Douglas harbour for three weeks.Today’s Isle of Man Examiner has the story.Inside we ask why would it be OK for Manx children to stand up on buses (as would be...
View ArticleStars
Monday, January 7Aquarius (January 21 - February 19) Not feeling very positive? Well, don’t knock yourself out or feel bad about it. There is a time for everything and this may be yours to take it...
View ArticleBook review: Wellington’s Worst Scrape: The Burgos Campaign 1812 by Carole...
Just over 200 years ago, as the long-running Napoleonic Wars raged across Europe, the British Army under the great Duke of Wellington suffered one of the most disastrous periods in its history.The...
View ArticleFunding is secured for Peel sports hall
THE Tommy Clucas Memorial Fund has reached its target of £378,000 to build a sports hall after a generous grant from the UK’s largest sports charity, Football Foundation.The foundation has contributed...
View ArticleSummerland redevelopment is long overdue
HALF a dozen expressions of interest have been received from firms looking to develop the former Summerland site.Infrastructure Minister David Cretney MHK said he was pleased with the response but had...
View ArticleGaze at the stars
BUDDING astronomers are being invited to take part in a stargazing live event.It will be taking place in Onchan Park tomorrow (Tuesday). Wednesday and Thursday from 7pm, weather-permitting.You will be...
View Article156 already signed up for Parish
THERE’S still half a year to go until the 2013 Manx Telecom Parish Walk already 156 people have entered.The annual walk around the island’s 17 church parishes will start at 8am at the National Sports...
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 ArticleTuition fees proposal ‘misses the point’
THE latest proposal regarding student fees misses the point.That’s according to Andrew Shipley, who is branch secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.‘The principle at the heart of this...
View ArticleCutting government down to size
GOVERNMENT should be smaller, simpler and less bureaucratic.That’s one of the principles that Tynwald will be asked to approve when it debates a Council of Ministers’ report on the reducing the Scope...
View ArticleKnox House team is boosted by new recruits
SINCE its launch in April 2011, trust and corporate service provider Knox House Trust Limited continues to flourish. Managing director, Simon Duggan, said: ‘In what is only our first full trading year...
View ArticleBook review: Iris by Jean Marsh
Iris Winston is a ‘good time girl’ and in 1950s London, there’s plenty of fun to be found in the clubs and bars of the city’s seedy but exciting East End.Raised in a dismal flat in shabby Kilburn, Iris...
View ArticleStreet Angels need your help
ARMED with a bag of flip-flops, their divine intervention has helped scores of Christmas revellers get home safely.But the Street Angels now need help themselves - after the number of volunteers...
View ArticleBid to use Point of Ayre tip for longer
A PLANNING application has been submitted by the Department of Infrastructure to extend the life of the landfill site at Wright’s Pit North, at the Point of Ayre.The site currently receives inert and...
View ArticleSportshall u11 team announced
ISLE of Man Athletics Association has announced the under-11 sportshall team to represent the island at the North-West Counties Fun in Athletics Championships at Sport City, Manchester on January 20.A...
View ArticleToseland aims to break world land speed record
FORMER World Superbike Champion and Port Soderick resident James Toseland has launched a UK attempt to break the official world motorcycle land speed record – aiming to achieve a speed of at least...
View ArticleLethal booby trap left on lane
A ‘GREEN WAY’ road appears to have been deliberately booby-trapped. Police in Peel have revealed details about an incident on a ‘green way’ road (a right of way that vehicles can use but which does not...
View ArticleBin wagons need room to manoeuvre in Ramsey
PERMANENT parking restrictions are being considered for two residential areas of Ramsey.One has already seen a resident raise concerns, though parked cars in the area have long caused difficulty for...
View ArticleFancy swimming the TT course?
THE Western Swimming Pool is repeating the challenge to swim the distance of the TT course – 2,416 lengths – in just 12 weeks.If you think you’ve got what it takes to swim the length of the course, you...
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