Smalley fires Peel into MBL FA Cup semi-final
PEEL secured a semi-final berth in this year’s MBL-sponsored FA Cup after defeating Division Two leaders Ramsey 6-1 in the quarter-finals at Douglas Road on Sunday.Registering a 2-0 half-time lead...
View ArticleMarch sees small rise in air travellers
MORE than 57,000 passengers passed through the island’s airport during March –1,664 more than in the same month last year.The figure represents a 3 per cent increase on that of March 2011.Ann Reynolds,...
View ArticleWaiting list times to see physios is cut
CHANGES to the island’s physiotherapy service should reduce waiting times and make the service more efficient, according to health department staff.Health Minister David Anderson said the new system of...
View ArticleBell chimes in round two of 10 League
WITH a time 10 seconds faster than his opening gambit seven days earlier, Darren Bell (Ellan Vannin) topped the standings in round two of the Conister Bank 10-mile time trial league on the Sandygate...
View ArticleMTTV viewers tuning in
JUST over two months since it was launched, MTTV - the Isle of Man’s first on-demand HD TV news service - has established a loyal audience of viewers looking for the latest news delivered online in...
View ArticleLondon Marathon DASH for Mark
IT’S a challenge that few will complete in their lifetimes, yet Mark Spiers, from Peel, will be running the London Marathon on Sunday.The marathon has raised more than £450 million for charities since...
View ArticleThe golden generation receive DofE awards
A TOTAL of 19 young people have been presented with their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Gold badges by Lieutenant Governor Adam Wood.Another three completed the award in the last year, but were unable to...
View ArticleDarryl Haslett named Player of the Month
LAXEY defender Darryl Haslett has been named as the Canada Life Player of the Month for February and March.The left-back has produced a series of excellent displays for the Glen Road outfit throughout...
View ArticleKarran wins the pre-school nurseries vote
The fight to keep the island’s government-run pre-school nurseries has been lost.Tynwald last night backed Education Minister Peter Karran’s proposal.However, Mr Karran failed to secure even the...
View ArticleI need a degree in jargon!
Katy Myers, 16, is a student at St Ninian’s High School, Douglas, who hopes to go to university. Here she tells us of her concerns as she faces the prospect of paying tuition fees, or even...
View ArticleQUIRKS OF LIFE: People do Twitter on
AS I was driving into work the other day I had my car stereo tuned in to the Radio 2 Breakfast Show.Usually, the man formerly known as ‘the ginger whinger’, Chris Evans, is on, talking about expensive...
View ArticleAuthor is to give talk on new horror tale set in Isle of Man
ISLAND author Rakie Keig will be speaking about her third full-length novel, Home Ground, at the Henry Bloom Noble Library in Douglas next month.The event will take place on Wednesday, May 9, from...
View ArticleCRINGLE: Tower of Revenue
GRIZZLED veterans of making the once perilous journey out to the Tower of Refuge looked on with amused indulgence when those 2,000 other people did it. My office window overlooks Conister and, as the...
View ArticleCurb your speed for painting race kerbs
TEMPORARY speed limits are in place this week to control traffic while sections of the black and white kerb edges around the TT and Southern 100 course are repainted ready for this year’s races.Work...
View ArticleMuseum pay dispute settled
A PAY dispute involving heritage site officers at the Manx Museum in Douglas looks to have been resolved after protracted negotiations.The Unite union had threatened industrial action over changes to...
View ArticleFrancessca Ellison: Manx pride over profit
A ‘NON-commercial business venture’ is a rare phrase in today’s tough economic world in which retailers remain vulnerable. But the Mostly Manx project, which provides an outlet for more than 50 local...
View ArticleLatest junior squash competition held
The latest Isle of Man Squash Rackets Association junior graded squash tournament took place at the National Sports Centre recently.Grade SixA total of nine players contested this grade and it was a...
View ArticleMMA duo to contest titles in London in June
The Isle of Man was recently represented in the third round of the UK Mixed Martial Arts League by Jon Ferguson, Harry Brereton, Oscar Brown, Vladimir Dvorak and Liam Quinn at the Leicester MMA...
View ArticleCavs and Slammers crowned cup winners
It’s a reflection on how far PokerStars have come as a team this season that they did not go into this season’s Men’s Cup final with a ‘happy-to-be-here’ attitude.What’s more, they believed they were...
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