Aerospace study boost
ENGINEERING students at Castle Rushen High School have been given a boost with the arrival of new machinery.Isle of Man Aerospace Cluster (IOMAC) has helped fund a new milling machine called the...
View ArticleBlaze in Peel
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze in Michael Street, Peel, this morning.The fire was in a flat in Michael Street and firefighters wearing breathing appartus used a thermal image camera to search for...
View ArticlePolice probe after body found
A MAN'S body was found in the area the yacht club in Peel on Saturday afternoon.The discovery was made at about 4.45pm.Part of the promenade was cordoned off while investigations were carried...
View ArticleBallasalla and Fencibles win Christmas comps
The Manx Netball Association’s Christmas Tournament was held at the National Sports Centre on Sunday.A total of 11 teams from across the island entered the three-hour event and the morning proved to be...
View ArticleA perfect present
THANKS to his wife Elaine and a course of treatment they had been previously been unaware of, civil servant Bryan Masterson is a man with a new lease of life.The 53-year-old had been on the waiting...
View ArticleYouthie edge out Colby in Veterans’ League
THE Cu-Plas Veterans’ League sees a mixture of legends, wannabes and could-have-beens as players dust down their boots and Manx football rolls back the years. At the Bowl on Sunday a previous IoMFA...
View ArticleChildren act out Nativity story
A CHRISTMAS celebration in words and carols was held at St Columba’s Catholic Church in Port Erin.The event took place on Sunday and saw the Christmas story being acted out.Those who attended were also...
View ArticleFashion show’s £2,000 boost for good causes
A FASHION show organised by Britannia International and M&Co has raised a total of £2,000.The event was held at Centre 21 in Douglas and saw models aged from three to 60 years-old taking to the...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from Isle of Man Newspapers
We are grateful for all your support over the past year and hope that you will continue to come back to the Isle of Man’s leading news website.Please remember this week’s Manx Independent is still in...
View ArticleRailways are on track for renewal
A MAJOR project to renew more than 50 per cent of the Snaefell Mountain Railway’s tracks is ‘progressing well’.That’s according to Community, Culture and Leisure Minister Tim Crookall MHK.The £3m...
View ArticleBoxing Day sporting events
THERE are several sporting events taking place throughout the island today (Boxing Day).The pick of the day’s action is at the Bowl where St George’s take on St Mary’s in the BCS Railway Cup final....
View ArticleIt’s solar, so good for Howard
STARGAZERS are to get a second chance to see a presentation about the Manx Night Sky.Chairman of the Isle of Man Astronomical Society Howard Parkin gave his first Manx Night Sky presentation at the...
View ArticleAction on sick leave must be fair
UNION boss Steve Salter has welcomed news that action is to be taken against levels of sickness absence in government.Chief Minister Allan Bell MHK last week described an alarming rise in the level of...
View ArticlePolice name man found dead in Peel
Police have released the name of the man found dead in Peel on Christmas Eve.He was Philip John Brown, 57, of Peel.Mr Brown's body was found in the area of Peel Yacht Club at 4.45pm on Christmas...
View ArticleSt George’s win BCS Railway Cup
Geordies beat St Mary’s 1-0 after extra timeFRANK Jones’s goal eight minutes into the second half of extra time ensured St George’s claimed a seventh BCS Railway Cup at the Bowl on Boxing Day.The...
View ArticleBlessing marks Diamond year
A FORMER Port St Mary woman who married in Rushen Parish Church in 1951 returned for a blessing at the church to celebrate her Diamond Wedding.Margaret Leece married Edward Watt on December 15 – the...
View ArticleVolatility, uncertainty . . . and Elton!
John Coyle, chief executive officer of Standard Bank Isle of Man Limited, offers Business News readers a look back over the last yearYOU could have been forgiven 12 months ago, for hoping that the...
View ArticleTax deal with France is ratified
A TAX agreement with France takes effect next year.The Isle of Man’s agreement with France for the avoidance of double taxation with respect to enterprises operating ships or aircraft in international...
View ArticleNew advice to manage rivers
UPDATED information on managing the island’s streams and rivers has been produced by the government.The new Watercourse Management Guide replaces the outdated Manx Watercourse Managment Code and has...
View ArticleGod is good at nothing
In a Christmas message to the island, Bishop Robert Paterson reflects on the economic difficulties we have all faced and urges people not to lose sight of what’s important.We’re not good at nothing,...
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