Lottery bonanza for Manx charities
A massive boost has been given to the Manx Lottery Trust in the form of a £3 million grant from the Big Lottery Fund in the UK.The money is to be used over a five-year period up to 2020 to fund a new...
View ArticleSingers and speakers out in force
Singers and speakers were out in force on Friday as St John’s Methodist Church Hall hosted an Eisteddfod.The event, which was held in St John’s for many years, was reinstated in 2014 – and its revival...
View ArticleYacht a job for Edward Leigh
Leading international trust and corporate services provider, Equiom Group, has announced the appointment of Edward Leigh as senior manager of its yachting and aviation business lines. Based at Equiom’s...
View ArticleRegistration for Festival of Choirs
Participants have begun to register to take part in the fourth annual Isle of Man Festival of Choirs, which will take place in October.The festival attracts choirs from around the UK and Ireland.New to...
View ArticleUpdated story: Delay to plan to print passports in the UK
The Isle of Man’s same-day passport service will be scrapped later than planned when printing moves to the UK.The printing of Manx variant British Passports at a central secure facility in the UK was...
View ArticleMedics’ pension changes not retrospective
Health Minister Howard Quayle MHK has given an assurance to the doctors’ union that any changes to their pension arrangements will not be brought in retrospectively.The British Medical Association, the...
View ArticleLandlord bill to be reviewed
Legislation aimed at raising standards in private sector rented accommodation has to go back for review after a heated debated in the House of Keys.Some 20 landlords were in the public gallery to hear...
View ArticlePost office campaigners given extra time
Campaigners have been given extra time to try to save the main post offices in Ramsey and Douglas.The Isle of Man Post Office announced its concession this morning.It followed a request from the...
View ArticleNumber out of work up over a month, down over a year
The number of people registered as unemployed in the Isle of Man is up month on month, but is lower than it was 12 months ago.There were 91 more people out of work at the end of January compared with...
View ArticleUpdated story: More details of Ben-my-Chree incident emerge
The Ben-my-Chree’s schedule has been disrupted today after its engines failed in Douglas harbour last night.Steam Packet engineers have now completed, and tested, repairs to the Ben-my-Chree’s damaged...
View ArticleSure: iPhones will get 4G straight after upgrade
Customers of Sure who use Apple iPhones can use a new high speed mobile internet service as soon as it goes live, but some other smartphone owners may have to wait until March.Sure is currently...
View ArticleWork permit checks now under scrutiny
Checks on work permit applications are being reviewed.In the House of Keys, Economic Development Minister Laurence Skelly was quizzed by Onchan MHK David Quirk over what checks are done on workers when...
View ArticleFormer children’s home could be turned into bail hostel
A former children’s home could be converted into a bail and probation hostel.Tromode House on Ballafletcher Road in Cronkbourne closed its doors on December 1 after 22 years.Originally built as a...
View ArticleVisit from Chinese VIP gets the stamp of approval
Business links between the island and China are continuing to expand.Last week’s Business News reported how Chief Minister Allan Bell was planning a return trip to the People’s Republic in April.The...
View Articletexan troubadour
If you haven’t planned anything for Valentine’s Day yet and feel like your loved one would like to be charmed by songs of love, loss and heart-sick yearning, then this week’s visit by Texan troubadour...
View ArticleAirport taxi permit is not lawful, claims cabbie
A taxi driver says he believes a planned £1,000 fee for a permit to collect passengers at the airport is unlawful.Ian Maule, who works weekends as a cabbie a the airport, says he will be left...
View ArticleHarold champion at 92
A 92-year-old from Greeba has become this year’s Manx Style Ploughing Champion at the Charlie Caine 2015 Ploughing Match.Harold Leece fought off John Dobson, from Abbeylands, to win the title by just...
View ArticleRead the Isle of Man Courier online
This week’s Isle of Man Courier is now available to read online.All you have to do is {http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk//launch.aspx?eid=4ada3b92-e993-4c69-b8cd-4c5b19d2c09b|click...
View ArticleDouglas derby takes centre-stage in Manx Plate semi-finals
The island’s second piece of rugby silverware will be one step closer to resolution this weekend when the semi-finals of the Manx Plate take place. There are two cracking games on the cards for those...
View ArticleJosh Kelly makes eighth Team of the Week of the campaign
Peel striker Josh Kelly makes his eighth Isle of Man Newspapers’ Team of the Week appearance of the season in the latest line-up of the hypothetical XI.The Peel striker has been in tremendous form for...
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