Emergency road closure in Port Erin
AN emergency road closure has been put in place in Port Erin following a gas leak in the Four Roads roundabout area.Castletown Road between Four Roads and Ballafesson Road will be one-way into the town...
View ArticleDouglas rate set
RATEPAYERS will have to pay 2.1 per cent more in Douglas in the next financial year.The new rate was set today at 395p in the pound.Port St Mary has also announced its rate. It will remain unchanged at...
View ArticleWhat’s on
Thursday, January 24• Karaoke, Guys and Dolls, Douglas. • Soundcheck, Basement, Youth Arts Centre, Kensington Road, Douglas, 6.30pm. Also Saturday and Wednesday. • Ramsey Folk Club at The George Hotel,...
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Thursday, January 24• Quiz Night at The Railway, Douglas from 8.30pm. Call 670773. • Manx Footpaths Conservation Group, Switchback Car Park, 10.30am. Also Sunday, Colby Bridge, 1.30pm.• Isle of Man...
View ArticleCinema
Palace Cinema• Les Miserables (12A). Nightly at 7pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm.• Lincoln (12A). Nightly at 7.30pm.• Monsters Inc (U). Saturday and Sunday at 1.15pm and 3pm.Broadway Cinema• The...
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Thursday, January 24• MRA Stretch and Flex at the NSC at 10am. Also Indoor Flat Green Bowling at the NSC from 2pm. Tuesday Douglas/Onchan Coffee Morning at the Cat with No Tail, Douglas at 10.30am.•...
View ArticleBid to elect our MLCs defeated
A BILL calling for the introduction of directly elected MLCs has been defeated in the Legislative Council.At this week’s sitting, David Callister MLC’s Electoral Reform Bill 2011 failed to get...
View ArticleMountain Road open - Roundtable routes passable with care
THE Mountain Road has reopened.This follows the news earlier this afternoon after the Department of Infrastructure opened up roads in the Roundtable area.Along with the Mountain Road, the routes from...
View ArticleEnd of a ‘house for life’ for council tenants
FIXED-TERM tenancies for are to be introduced for people who live in council or commissioners’ houses.From April this year, all new tenancies will be awarded for a fixed period of two years in a move...
View ArticleWar on mephedrone
‘Drug Wars’ starts this week, a 12-month campaign by the Drug Advice Service and Helpline (DASH) to raise awareness about drugs, starting with mephedrone.Each part of the campaign is based on an...
View ArticleIs it Manx civil service?
JUST under half of the island’s civil service describe themselves as Manx.In a written reply to a House of Keys question from Laurence Skelly (Rushen), chairman of the Civil Service Commission Alfred...
View ArticleZero waste island is our vision
SAVINGS of £1.5 million could be made through reorganising waste collection and recycling services, MHKs heard.Infrastructure Minister David Cretney told the House of Keys that his department’s vision...
View ArticleInvestment fund firms wound up
A STRING of companies linked an island-based investment fund has been wound up in the High Court.Island-based investors in the Louis Group fear they will never see their money again after the fund,...
View ArticleLinda’s role
CREECHURCH Capital, an investment management firm, has boosted its team with a significant hire that signals the launch of its flexible consultancy solution, Creechurch Advisory Services. Linda...
View ArticleFixed term public sector tenancies
FIXED term tenancies for public sector housing are to be introduced.From April this year, all new tenancies will be awarded for a fixed period of two years in a move announced by the Department of...
View ArticleDecision on way over Kirk Michael land swap deal
A TYNWALD select committee inquiry into the Kirk Michael land swap deal does not need to complete its work before the planning application is determined, the Chief Minister has ruled.The call for the...
View ArticleBook review: How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by...
Becoming a parent, as we all know, is easy – becoming a good parent is much more difficult.Parenthood is a challenge many of us face with little experience or education in childcare and from toddler...
View ArticleCricket legend Simmons to visit island
WEST Indian cricket legend Phil Simmons will visit the Isle of Man this weekend.The former test star is now a top coach and will be working with the Manx seniors on Saturday and Sunday.Simmons, an...
View ArticleAnother Knight . . . another day
WORLD Enduro star David Knight is a father.The Ballaugh ace was blessed with a son, Finley Paul, by his partner Emma Corlett on Tuesday evening.Despite being about one week overdue, the youngster...
View ArticleNomads take on W’Vikings
PDMS Southern Nomads host Western Vikings at King William’s College this Saturday in the second preliminary game of the Manx Cup.A win for Nomads will see them through to a February 23 semi-final...
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