Kennaugh shines in Andalucia race
Peter Kennaugh enjoyed an excellent few days in the saddle last week, helping team-mate Chris Froome to win the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol in Spain.The Manxman was in fine form throughout...
View ArticleWhiteside and Robson to give talk
Two former Manchester United stars are to speak at an event in May. Bryan Robson and Norman Whiteside have been booked to talk at the Palace Hotel on May 22.They will talk about United before and after...
View ArticleLuscombe steps in to sponsor Crellin and Molyneux’s British title bid
Multiple British champion Robin Luscombe is supporting Nigel Crellin and Chris Molyneux in their bid to become the first Manx duo to win the sidecar trials title.Robin, who runs Luscombe Leeds, the...
View ArticleEight new police officers
Eight new police officers are on the beat in the Isle of Man.The Department of Home Affairs has boasted about their recruitment just weeks after the...
View ArticleNew oxygen device for travelling patients
Charity Breathe Easy Isle of Man has donated a travel oxygen concentrator to Noble’s Hospital, which will help patients requiring oxygen when travelling off-island.The device concentrates the oxygen...
View ArticlePuppet show set for primary school tour
A puppet show promoting marine conservation will be touring the island’s primary schools in March.‘The Fisherman and The Pearl’ will be performed by The Lempen Puppet Theatre Company.The show has been...
View Article‘Politicians have no say on prosecutions’
The Attorney General’s Chambers have complete independence from Tynwald and would not be influenced by Tynwald in any decision whether or not to prosecute an individual.The assertion was made by the...
View ArticleTurbines on wind farm extension will be significantly bigger
The turbines for a major extension to an offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea will be significantly larger than the ones currently used.Developer DONG Energy have announced MHI Vestas Offshore Wind as...
View ArticleBungling burglar leaves beer bottle and evidence behind
The lead story in this week’s Isle of Man Examiner concerns a bank manager who stole from his own bank.Inside, we look at the Millennium Wood at the hospital. Fifteen years on, a lot of the oaks look...
View ArticleEnduro: Knighter’s bid for indoor title takes a hit
David Knight’s hopes of lifting the 2015 SuperEnduro World Championship title took a battering in Guadalajara, Mexico on Saturday.With Poland’s Taddy Blazusiak registering another overall win, he is...
View ArticleDiamond Jubilee Southern 100
The Southern 100 Diamond Jubilee year kicked off in style with a press launch in Castletown on Friday and the club’s annual dinner at the Palace Hotel the following evening.Work commitments meant that...
View ArticleMLCs say emotional farewell to Tynwald
Three MLCs have said their emotional farewells to Tynwald.Alex Downie, Dudley Butt and Alan Crowe have announced they will not be standing for re-election in next month’s Legislative Council elections....
View ArticleIT’s really a matter of trust
Here is the latest IT Matters column by Steve Burrows, whose consulting company SBA, is based in the Isle of ManThe Isle of Man Government has launched an online survey to inform its Digital Strategy -...
View ArticlePolice reiterate need to be vigilant after Peel burglaries overnight
Two houses were burgled in Peel yesterday - and police are warning residents the incidents bear similarities to a spate of crimes last month.Officers were called to addresses in Ballatessan Meadow,...
View ArticlePoliticians endorse women bishops
Tynwald has given its official blessing to the ordination of women bishops.Following hot on the heels of the UK’s change in the law which saw the first female bishop appointed in Stockport recently,...
View ArticleBank introduces ‘Penny’ to provide mobile banking
Isle of Man Bank is to launch the first mobile banking service in the Island early next month.The new vehicle with branch banking on board, known as ‘Penny’, visited Kirk Michael School ahead of a tour...
View ArticleBronze medal for Sarah
Sarah Astin produced another superb performance to win the senior women’s bronze medal in the English National Cross-Country Championships at Parliament Hill, London on Saturday.She was never outside...
View ArticleRundown property legislation is fit for purpose, AG says
Current laws governing dilapidated properties are perfectly adequate, the island’s acting Attorney General John Quinn has said.Mr Quinn was responding to a question from Tynwald speaker and member for...
View ArticleHuge support from racing calendar
Photographers Stu Baker, John Turton, Kev Collier and Andy Findlay, pictured with Dr David Stevens, centre, have produced pictures from their collections for use in a charity calender.Since 2007 they...
View ArticleMaster plan for Douglas has Tynwald approval
The Central Douglas Masterplan should provide a vision for the future, a framework to spur development and encourage investors and future economic success, according to politicians who lent their...
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