Assessment of five primary schools
This week five primary schools – Anagh Coar, Braddan, Dhoon, Marown and Onchan – will share with parents the comments from an external validation of their School Self Review and Evaluation (SSRE). ‘The...
View ArticleNo to ‘seasonal’ shop at Tesco
A Douglas supermarket is considering its options after planning permission was refused for an extra sales area to be situated in its car park.Tesco supermarket on Lake Road in Douglas had applied for...
View ArticlePortugese bank’s problems ‘will have no impact on Steam Packet Company’
Steam Packet bosses insist problems facing its Portuguese bank owners are unlikely to have an impact on operations.Shares in Portugal’s second largest financial institution, Banco Espírito Santo, were...
View ArticleCrossroads’ holiday scheme extended for younger kids
Parents of children aged from five upwards will now be able to benefit from holiday respite care for their offspring.Previously the Easter and summer school holiday schemes were available only to...
View ArticlePort Erin’s new commissioner committed to preserving Manx culture
A man firmly committed to both serving and preserving the community has become the latest person to join Port Erin Commissioners.Will Halsall, 50, was born and bred in Port St Mary and is from a...
View ArticleMinke whale washes up on Isle of Man beach
A minke whale washed up at Glen Maye beach probably died of natural causes, a spokesman for the Manx Wildlife Trust revealed.The trust’s marine officer Lara Howe said samples had been taken from the...
View ArticleCastletown pip Albany to men’s title
The final match and title in the Isle of Man Lawn Tennis Association’s PokerStars Men’s and Women’s Leagues was decided last week as Albany A took on Castletown B in Men’s Division One. Castletown B...
View ArticleManx to break from English education system
The Manx education system it to make a big break from the English equivalent.Tim Crookall MHK, Minister for Education and Children, announced in Tynwald changes to 14-16 qualifications in secondary...
View ArticleWorldwide influence of the Isle of Man
A finance official who had never ventured away from his home country of Papua New Guinea was among the delegates taking part in a pioneering business course in the island.Kevin Samuel works in the...
View ArticleLesley donates kidney to a stranger
A Peel woman is donating a kidney to a stranger in an amazing act of kindness.Lesley Tate, 55, a mother of three, who works helping people with learning disabilities, travelled to the Liverpool for the...
View ArticleClara, 18, is cathedral’s first artist in residence
A Peel teenager has become the first resident artist at St German’s Cathedral in Peel.Clara Nathan, 18, said: ‘I am extremely proud to be given that title. Being the first is an honour and that is why...
View ArticleJoe leads expanding accounting team
Small businesses will be able to benefit from the experience of Joe Bromley, pictured receiving his practising certificate from Kreston (IOM) Limited’s chief executive officer David Pope.Joe manages...
View ArticleCommunity urged to work together to stop school vandals
Vandals have targeted children’s play equipment and urinated in plant pots in a series of incidents in recent months at Ballasalla Primary School.There has also been damage to the drain pipes and roof...
View ArticleYouth disco to counter summer party craze
In response to the spate of impromptu open air parties being organised on Facebook by youths around the island, an under 18s disco is being held in Port St Mary town hall on Friday.The party craze of...
View Article‘Equality legislation need not be a burden,’ says wheelchair user
A disabled charity worker fears new disability legislation could fall by the wayside because government will run out of time to enact it before the next election.Keith Fitton, himself a wheelchair...
View ArticleWhich way will pendulum swing over VAT revenue?
It’s too early to say how the pendulum might swing on VAT, says Chief Minister Allan Bell.Mr Bell said a data collection exercise that will ultimately determine the island’s share of VAT revenue was...
View ArticleTynwald members denied the chance to debate
Tynwald members weren’t given the chance to debate important topics.That was an allegation after this week’s sitting.Today’s Manx Independent has more on this and all the big Tynwald stories,On the...
View ArticleFair day highlights islanders’ environmental concerns
This week, IoM Friends of the Earth’s co-Ordinator Cat Turner reports on a great day of campaigning at Tynwald Fair, celebrating our national day in the Isle of Man and encouraging residents to keep it...
View ArticleIsle of Man property sales, July 17, 2014
Richard Barker, of Ballabeg Farm, St Judes Road, Andreas, bought ‘Fingan’, 28 Majestic Close, Onchan, for £1,500,000.It was bought from John Charles Tomlinson and Julie Ann Tomlinson.It was bought from...
View ArticleTime to bring on pedantry
There are signs all around Onchan Parish Church saying: ‘No dog fouling by order of Onchan Burial Authority.’ We human beings know what this means.But do the dogs?There are no dogs of my acquaintance...
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