CINEMA
Palace Cinema• The Inbetweeners 2 (15). Daily matinees at 2.30pm. Nightly at 7.30pm.• Guardians of the Galaxy, 3D, (12A). Nightly at 7pm. 2D, daily matinees at 4pm.• Two Planes 2 Fire & Rescue,...
View ArticleDANCE
Thursday, August 14• Tea dance, South Douglas Old Friends’ Association, Finch Road, Douglas, 2pm. • Dance classes for children, Centenary Centre, Peel, 4pm. Call 450688. • Modern Line Dance classes for...
View ArticleEXHIBITIONS
• Exhibition: Ramsey and the Great War. How the outbreak of war in 1914 affected the lives of people in Ramsey and the north, runs 10am to 4pm daily except Sundays at the Ramsey Heritage Centre,...
View ArticleHelp offered to students on low incomes
Aspiring students from families with low incomes are being offered help by gaming software firm Microgaming.The Microgaming education bursaries initiative has been created to support a number of...
View ArticleExplore the south coast with author
Explore the coastline near Cregneash with Adrian Corkill, author of Hostile Sea, the story of the German U-Boat offensive around the island in WWI .Learn about when German U-boats attacked and sank...
View Article‘Don’t bin it’ warns festival campaign
A road safety campaign was launched on Tuesday ahead of the forthcoming Festival of Motorcycling fortnight, which starts on Saturday.The Department of Infrastructure’s joint initiative with the Isle of...
View ArticleAward winner inspires others to help nature
Kathleen Graham picked up a finalist award in the Marketing and PR Effectiveness category at last year’s Isle of Man Newspapers’ Awards for Excellence. Here, Kathleen explains how the Curraghs has...
View ArticleFree health testing at Cathedral
Peel Cathedral is hosting a ‘Western Information Day’ tomorrow (Friday) from 10.30am to 3.30pm.The day will offer free blood pressure testing and free diabetes testing.Exhibitors present will include...
View ArticleProm revamp lost us business, says cafe owner
A cafe owner on Douglas’s Walpole Avenue claims takings have fallen 60 per cent since work on the promenade improvement scheme began.George Taylor, 59, and Irish partner Briege Ginnell took over Cafe...
View ArticleBank’s Tour Des Branches
Isle of Man Bank’s annual cycling event, Tour des Branches, raised a new record amount of £7,200, to be split between three charities. The event involves staff members and invited guests cycling to...
View ArticleWorld Tin Bath Championship action in Castletown
The 43rd World Tin Bath Championships will take place in the middle harbour, Castletown, tomorrow (Saturday), starting at 3pm.The event is run by the Castletown Ale Drinkers’ Society and sponsored by...
View ArticleStep back in time with Island at War
The island will be taken back to the Second World War this weekend with the third Isle of Man Railways’ Island at War event.Experience the Home Guard’s military outpost at Douglas Station, the scout...
View ArticleNew Premier League season swings into life
The 2014-15 Manx football season kicks off in earnest this weekend with a potentially massive clash in the Canada Life Premier League.In a repeat of one of the final games of last season in the...
View ArticleGovernor’s Athletic visit Castletown in first competitive match
The JCK Division Two season springs into life with an action-packed and intriguing set of fixtures this Saturday.Arguably the game of the day takes place in the north of the island where Ramsey Youth...
View Article‘Use it or lose it’ warning over London City air route
A company that dramatically intervened to preserve the airline link between the Isle of Man and London City Airport has renewed its call for more support from local businesses.With the route facing a...
View Article‘We’re not overpaid,’ say hospital porters
Porters at Noble’s hospital are not overpaid – and any comparisons with rates paid to nursing staff only go to show nurses are underpaid.That was the response for Unite union regional officer Eric...
View ArticleA-level pass rate up on last year
The island’s A-level pass rate was up on last year.Across the Department of Education and Children’s five secondary schools the overall pass rate was 97.7 per cent – up from 97.1 per cent in 2013.A...
View ArticleCollections for Gaza to be held at weekend
Collections for the Disasters Emergency Committee humanitarian aid appeal for Gaza will be taking place around the Isle of Man this weekend.Although there is now a temporary ceasefire following...
View ArticleHeroes on the Water to be launched tomorrow
An initiative aimed at providing physical and mental rehabilitation and social reintegration of members of the military, emergency services personnel and anyone who serves the public in uniform,...
View ArticleManx money to help people in Gaza
Emergency funding from the Isle of Man is supporting the international response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.Thousands of people have been killed, injured or forced to flee their homes since the...
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