Making good business sense
This week, Zero Waste Mann’s Sarah Calverley looks at ways that a Manx firm is helping both the environment and themselves------------In a sense it’s good news: I can see an organic or ‘bottom up’...
View ArticleUnwanted guests to send me flying
At first I thought I was getting spots before the eyes. Now what, I wondered peevishly, had I got to go with the osteo-arthiritis and the erratic blood pressure and the looming attentions of Dementia,...
View ArticleBrownies celebrate their 70th birthday
All Saints Brownies in Douglas celebrated their 70th birthday by having a sleepover in Port Erin Guide and Scout Headquarters.All Saints Brownies were joined by fellow brownies from Anagh Coar Brownies...
View ArticleMount Murray blaze probe progressing
The investigation by the Health and Safety Inspectorate into the fire at the Mount Murray Hotel and Country Club is ‘progressing well’.Some 50 people were evacuated from the hotel accommodation block...
View ArticleInjured fisherman airlifted to hospital
A crew member of a scallop dredger whose hand got trapped in a winch was airlifted to hospital this morning.The alarm was raised just after 10am, when the accident happened on board the fishing boat...
View ArticleBen-my-Chree is back in action
Steam Packet vessel Ben-my-Chree has returned to service following a scheduled spell in dry dock to undergo repairs to its stabilising fin.Fast-craft Manannan was pressed into action to serve...
View ArticleBrewery to close two pubs
Two of the island’s pubs are to close.Heron and Brearley is to close The Ship, in Castletown, and The Britannia, in Ramsey, from Saturday, February 1.Estates director Steven Taylor said: ‘It is always...
View ArticleWe are getting on better with the UK, says Isle of Man’s Chief Minister
Chief Minister Allan Bell has welcomed improvements in the Isle of Man’s working relationship with the UK - as confirmed by a House of Commons Select Committee report.The Justice Committee, chaired by...
View ArticleTeam RL360 trio collect time trial GHS Shield
Team RL360 members Matthew Bostock, Nathan Draper and Owen Dudley were in Hinckley, Leicestershire last Saturday for Cycling Time Trials’ annual dinner and prize presentation.The Manx youngsters...
View ArticleJames aiming for Scotland call-up
James Maddrell looks set to become the next talented teen to come off the Manx rugby conveyor belt and make his mark on the UK game. The 16-year-old Vagabonds player is currently juggling studying for...
View ArticleKarran brands post office plans ‘social vandalism’
Liberal Vannin leader Peter Karran has called for a meeting with the Social Care Minister over plans to stop direct payment of benefits at the post office.The island branch of the National...
View ArticleAfter tragedy, is the hospital giving right advice on DVT?
The inquest into the death of a woman who died from a pulmonary embolism arising from deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in her left calf has returned a narrative verdict and raised questions over whether...
View ArticleCould Glasgow 2014 be Harry’s Games?
Shooter Harry Creevy is aiming to gain selection for what will be his eighth Commonwealth Games this year.If he is chosen to represent Team Isle of Man at Glasgow it will be a poignant moment as he...
View ArticleKelly’s Tips: THURSDAY
Today, THURSDAYWARWICK PICKS: 1.20 Hawk High, 1.50 My Boy Paddy 2.20 Time To Think 2.50 Big Society 3.20 Persian Snow 3.50 Little Legend 4.20 Battle Born FAKENHAM SELECTIONS: 1.0 Arfur Didit (each way)...
View ArticleA tax on going to the loo
Tynwald has heard plans to introduce a tax on going to the toilet.The loo poll tax would cost every household, regardless of income, the same for providing sewage services.Today’s Manx Independent has...
View ArticleTynwald rejects reform of members’ pensions
Tynwald members have rejected an attempt to radically alter their own pension arrangements.Onchan MHK Peter Karran (Liberal Vannin) wanted them to agree to switch the scheme from salary pensions to...
View ArticleIsle of Man property sales, January 23, 2014
The latest property sales recorded at the General Registry.Paul Scott Mavros and David Jon Valkema of the USA, bought Cooilbane House, Main Road, Sulby, Lezayre, for £1,215,000.It was bought from...
View ArticleFirm expands into former bank building
Moore Stephens has expanded with the acquisition of what was once known as the Penny Bank building.The new facility becomes the home of the Moore Stephens retirement solutions, financial services and...
View ArticleBurns names squad for West Riding quarter-final
Island manager Steve Burns has named the squad that will face the West Riding County League in the quarter-finals of the Inter-League Cup on Saturday.The 16 for the weekend’s game at the Bowl sees just...
View ArticleRamsey Warehouse correction
We would like to clarify that The Ramsey Warehouse does not ‘remain closed after the floods’ as stated under the picture in the Examiner (page 27, dated Monday 20th January).The basement floor that was...
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