Grace is dreaming of Glasgow 2014
Gymnast Grace Harrison has put her university degree on hold to pursue her dream of competing at next year’s Commonwealth Games.Also a member of the Isle of Man Sporting Excellence Programme, she is...
View ArticleHarlequins drop down to Division Two
In the final week of the season in PWC Mixed Division One, Harlequins started the day a single point below Vikings C at the foot of the table.It has been a most unfortunate season for Harlequins in...
View ArticleNobby Stiles and Martin Peters at the Gaiety
Two members of England’s 1966 World Cup winning squad will travel to the Isle of Man in two months’ time.Nobby Stiles and Martin Peters will appear at The Gaiety Theatre on February 13.The Isle of Man...
View ArticleKelly’s Tips: Tuesday
Today, TuesdayCATERICK CHOICE: 12.10 Tweedo Paradiso 12.40 Diocles 1.10 Lord Of Drums 1.40 Forthefunofit 2.10 Pudsey House 2.40 Corrin Wood (NB) 3.10 HerecomestroubleSOUTHWELL TIPS: 12.30 Orwellian 1.0...
View ArticleNew Alzheimer’s course aimed at helping sufferers and their carers
There are more than 750,000 people diagnosed with dementia in the UK meaning potentially 1,000 dementia sufferers in the island. The majority of dementia sufferers (60 to 70 per cent) have Alzheimer’s...
View ArticleAuthority is pioneer in paperless meeting
Castletown Commissioners held their first paperless meeting on December 2 thanks to the recent acquisition of computer tablets for authority members. Several months ago, all authority members were each...
View ArticleWant your company to save 30 per cent on its energy bills?
Businesses and organisations can learn how they can save energy by attending the next ‘energy champions’ training course, which is being held on January 28 and 29.There are currently 66 trained ‘energy...
View ArticlePedestrian hurt in road accident
Police are investigating a road accident in which a pedestrian was hurt.It happened at about 5.15pm on Friday, November 29 and involved a silver BMW and a woman near the entrance to Balthane Industrial...
View ArticleSteam Packet sailings might be cancelled; tomorrow afternoon’s service from...
UPDATED STORY: The Steam Packet is warning passengers there will be more disruption to its services because of the forecast stormy weather.Tomorrow’s scheduled 2.15pm sailing from Heysham to Douglas...
View ArticlePolice want to find this driver
A motorist who drove erratically is being hunted by the police.At about 4.45pm yesterday (Monday) a silver or grey Mercedes vehicle overtook a tractor on the main A3 Sulby to Ballaugh Road at the...
View ArticleAmbulance service wins quality award for fifth year running
The island’s ambulance service has once again achieved the ISO 9001 Quality Award following an external validation process.This is the fifth consecutive year that it has been successful in retaining...
View ArticleHospice will take your tree away
Hospice is offering to give people a helping hand this Christmas – as well as protecting the environment and raising valuable funds.They will pick up your real Christmas tree once the twelfth night has...
View ArticleTrouble brewing in the ice caps
This week, Cat Turner, secretary of Isle of Man Friends of the Earth, looks at further evidence of a warming planet, as a new report links the increasing number of extreme weather incidents with the...
View ArticleDriving on prom is a festive delight
What is known as the run-up to Christmas by journalists like me who can’t think of another word for it is always made more bearable by our seasonal gift from a kindly Douglas Corporation and Department...
View ArticleManx motorists ‘hammered’ over vehicle tax hike, says MLC
Motorists are ‘cash cows for government’, an MLC claimed as Tynwald approved yet another hike in car tax.Vehicle duty is set to rise by another 5 per cent from April. The £5 per vehicle surcharge for...
View ArticleOne-stop shop for jobs on just-lanched website
A WEALTH of data on the island’s job market is expected to be generated by a newly launched website, designed to be a one-stop shop for careers and employment on the Isle of Man.‘Employed.im will in...
View ArticleBenefits reform: all options will be considered
All options will be considered as part of a major review of the island’s benefits system – but the results won’t be published until next summer.Liberal Vannin leader Peter Karran (Onchan) quizzed...
View ArticleInvestors sought for Isle of Man TT visitor attraction
Economic Development chiefs are seeking private sector investment to develop a TT attraction.Minister John Shimmin said it would ‘provide a year-round appeal for TT and motorsport fans’. In written...
View ArticleManx swimmers in red hot form
Tom Bielich swam the second fastest time by a Manx swimmer over 100 metres in Sheffield last week.Competing at the British Universities Short Course Swimming Championships, his time of 52.73 seconds in...
View ArticleNew club impresses at island champs
A new swimming club has been set up in the west of the island.Based in the Western Swimming Pool, five of Peel ATS’s (Advanced Training Squad) members went in ‘at the deep end’ making their debuts in...
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