Roberts ‘graces’ the podium
Nine-year-old Grace Roberts had a birthday to remember when she became novice champion at the Greater Manchester Open gymnastics event last Saturday. The event, which is organised by North West...
View ArticleMissing 15ft boat turns up
A boat that went missing from the Ramsey has turned up in Andreas.Some time between Monday, May 26, and Wednesday, June 4, a 15.5ft sea hog boat was taken on its trailer from the area of Shipyard Road,...
View ArticleManx cricketers lose opener at Euros
The Isle of Man narrowly lost their first game at the ICC Europe Division Two Championship in Essex on Monday evening, opponents Norway edging to a thrilling win with just four balls to spare.Playing...
View ArticleCuts are now hitting the front line, government minister says
Cuts made to the government department that runs the police, the fire service and the prison are how hitting front-line services.The Department of Home Affairs today issued its annual report outlining...
View ArticleSame-sex marriages to be treated as civil partnerships in Isle of Man
Same-sex marriages recorded in England and Wales will be treated as civil partnerships in the island, Policy and Reform Minister Chris Robertshaw told Tynwald.In England and Wales, procedures for...
View ArticleJohn Rimmer heads for Cains
Trust expert John Rimmer, named by Legal Who’s Who last year in their top ten international estate planners, has joined law and professional services group Cains in a consultancy role. Specialising in...
View ArticleConstruction starts on the dedicated breast unit
It was an important milestone for the dedicated breast unit at Noble’s Hospital as the first sod was cut on the site.Donning pink high visibility jackets and hard hats for Thursday’s ceremony which...
View ArticlePinewood Studios to double in size
News that Pinewood Studios has been given the go-ahead to double in size has been welcomed by the Treasury Minister.Pinewood Shepperton plc has won its appeal over a £200m expansion plan at its site in...
View ArticleCan the Isle of Man make money out of digital currencies?
Can the Isle of Man make money out of digital (or crypto-) currencies?That’s the question that a panel of experts considered during an Isle of Man Examiner roundtable debate.Taking part were: Russell...
View ArticleManx cricketers beat Germany at Euros
The Isle of Man’s cricketers have won their first game at this week’s ICC Europe Division Two Championships in Essex.The Manx bounced back from Monday evening’s defeat by Norway to beat Germany on...
View ArticleInitiative to tackle childhood obesity
Health workers are to introduce a new plan to tackle obesity in children.The Department of Health and Social Care is to start training health and social care practitioners in the ‘HENRY’ programme to...
View ArticleBogus email appears to come from the Manx government
The Manx government has issued a warning after a number of people in the island received a bogus email.The email purported to be from the Isle of Man Government.Recipients were encouraged to retrieve a...
View ArticleFirms urged to join newly-invigorated Chamber of Commerce
Businesses in Castletown are encouraged to join the Chamber of Commerce in the town.The chamber held an open meeting held last Tuesday to discuss its future and committed itself to growing stronger,...
View ArticleManx firm leading discussions on space industry at event in Canada
Manx firm ManSat is chairing the two business panel discussions at the International Space University’s annual Space Studies Program, taking place in Montreal, Canada, this week.The first panel, which...
View ArticleHistoric cars mark the centenary of car TT
A cavalcade of veteran cars representing every year from 1902 to 1918 is visiting the island to mark the anniversary of the last TT car race before the Great War in 1914.A total of 45 cars travelled...
View ArticleTynwald adopts strategy to ensure food security in future
Tynwald has approved a strategy that will ensure the island’s population has reliable and nutritional food supplies in the decades for come.Environment, Food and Agriculture Minister Phil Gawne moved...
View ArticleBus drivers to be balloted
A ballot on a deal to end the long-running bus dispute could be held in mid-July.Unite’s UK-based national officer for public transport, Bobby Morton, said he will be visiting the island on July 14 and...
View ArticleShoprite launches ‘Steak Bars’ in nine stores
Manx supermarket chain Shoprite has launched a ‘Steak Bar’ concept in its nine Shoprite and Iceland stores island-wide.The Steak Bar is in the fresh meat section of the stores.It will offer 10...
View ArticleTax campaigner to address public meeting
A representative of an organisation that successfully campaigned for the Isle of Man to get less income from the VAT sharing agreement with the UK is to speak in the island next week.The Tax Justice...
View ArticleHannah’s Baghdad plan is put on hold
A Manx-educated architect has put her commission to design the new Iraqi parliament building on hold because of escalating violence in the country.Hannah Corlett and partner Peter Besley are directors...
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