A plea for TT homestay places
A FINAL plea is being made for homestay places as the registration deadline approaches.The scheme, which matches visitors to the island with families willing to offer bed and breakfast accommodation,...
View ArticlePunch up widow hits out at jail term in today’s Manx Independent.
The Manx Independent is in shops now.In today’s Indy, the grieving widow of a father who died after a punch-up slams the prison sentence imposed on the man she blames for his death.There’s a mixed...
View ArticleMHK’s comments ‘insensitive’
CHIEF Minister Allan Bell has branded comments made by some MHKs during the debate on Tynwald pensions as ‘insensitive’, saying they had not enhanced the image of the Manx parliament.He spoke out...
View ArticleWe’re going to Space school
TWO A-level students will be going back to school this summer – in Texas!Katy Myers and Rosie Watson, both aged 16, will be enjoying lessons vastly different to their term-time studies after they were...
View ArticleSlammers sign off sensational season
THE last Women’s Basketball League games of the season took place at the NSC on Thursday evening.Fellas 69, Little Devils 25The first game up saw league runners-up Fellas take on the mighty junior team...
View ArticleCream of Manx sport gathers for awards
THE Isle of Man’s biggest sporting hero is expected to attend this evening’s (Thursday) Sports Awards presentations at the Villa Marina, although he is on standby for the expected arrival of his first...
View ArticlePump price hikes fuel concerns
WHY is the price of fuel here so much more than it is in the UK?Questions about the reasons for recent hikes in pump prices – and what action could be taken to ease the pressure on hard-pressed...
View ArticleBook review: The White Pearl by Kate Furnivall
Nobody does ‘epic’ better than Kate Furnivall...From the author of the best-selling The Russian Concubine comes another sweeping, sumptuous and sensuous novel which this time transports us to the heat...
View ArticleChildren’s cricket camps at Cronkbourne
ISLAND international Max Stokoe will be running three cricket camps at Cronkbourne Cricket Club over the Easter holidays.Monday and Tuesdays camps are aimed at those aged 13 and over, while Wednesday...
View ArticleMarvels avenge semi-final defeat
NFU Marvels 45, PokerStars 38Looking to gain some revenge for their loss in the cup semi-final against the same side, Marvels were on the back foot from the opening tip as Armands Balodis and Eric...
View ArticleIsland Games Am-Am
THE Isle of Man Golf Union Island Games Am-Am is to be played at Peel Golf Club this Sunday, April 1 sponsored by Steve and Linda Keegan.The format is a shotgun start at 9am. A teams will tee off at...
View ArticleHome care costs queried
COSTINGS being used to justify the closure of the Glenside residential home in Douglas were queried in the House of Keys.The Department of Social Care says residential care is a high-cost model that is...
View ArticleNew devices give paramedics a boost in bid to save more lives
LIFE-SAVING in the island has been boasted by the arrival of 13 electronic chest compression devices.Thanks to the generous donations totalling £120,000 from six local charities, the Department of...
View ArticleTwo island radio stations are set to join forces in ‘strategic alliance’
ISLAND radio stations 3FM has announced it is forming a ‘strategic alliance’ with Energy FM – and is launching an on-demand, online TV news service named myTV.imEnergy will be moving to 3FM’s base on...
View ArticleExhibitions
Thursday, March 29• Our Sporting Life exhibition, Manx Museum, Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Until April 25.• Past Times in the Parish of Patrick, photographic exhibition, Patrick Church, 10am-4pm daily....
View ArticleClub
Thursday, March 29• MRA Indoor Flat green Bowling at the NSC, Douglas 2-3.30pm.• Fencing Club. Manx F.C., 6-7 Ashley Hill School, Douglas. 4-5pm, Juniors, 5-5.45pm Seniors Ballakermeen School...
View ArticleExercise
Thursday, March 29• Cardiotone, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, New Road, Laxey. 7-8pm. Also Monday 7-8pm. Call 452729/863602.• Thighs, Bums and Tums, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 9.30am. Also...
View ArticleDance
Thursday, March 29• Tea dance, South Douglas Old Friends Association, Finch Road, Douglas, 2pm. • Dance classes for children, Centenary Hall, Peel, 4pm. Call 450688. • Strictly Come Dancing for...
View ArticleMusic
Thursday, March 29• Brown Sugar at, The Outback. Douglas.• Karaoke at Guys and Dolls, Douglas.• Soundcheck, Basement, Youth Arts Centre, Kensington Road, Douglas, 6.30pm. Also Saturday and Wednesday.•...
View ArticleCinema
Thursday, March 29Palace Cinema• The Hunger Games (12A) Nightly 7pm. Daily matinees 2pm.• Wrath of the Titans (12A) Nightly 7.30pm. Daily matinees 2.30pm and 4.30pm.• We Bought a Zoo (PG). Daily...
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