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Thursday, June 7• Quiz Night at The Railway, Douglas from 8.30pm. Call 670773. • Happy Tots, Main Hall, Willaston School, 9.45am, £1 per family including refreshments. Call 621577. • Storytime for...
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Thursday, June 7• The Isle of Man Children’s Centre Parent Support Group, informal chat with family support workers, at Douglas Family Centre, Woodbourn Road, 7pm-9pm. • Army Cadets, Scout Hall, Peel,...
View ArticleCounter staff are relocated
THE refurbishment of the entrance to Government Office on Buck’s Road, Douglas, is under way.Two reception staff are being transferred permanently to the Welcome Centre at the Sea Terminal and new...
View ArticleConor fit to ride Senior TT
CONOR Cummins has confirmed that he will take part in Friday’s PokerStar Senior TT race after managing to overcome a persistent hand injury.The Ramsey Rocket has been forced to watch the races from the...
View ArticlePeel beachcross cancelled
Ramsey MCC event scheduled for Thursday evening cancelled because of wet weatherTHIS evening’s Peel beachcross has been cancelled because of the inclement weather.The Ramsey MCC-promoted event was due...
View ArticleAlternative torch relay on Sunday
AN alternative torch relay is being held this Sunday, beginning in Port St Mary 10.30am and finishing in Ramsey between 5.30 and 6pm.The torch is being supplied by Henry de Silva, who was one of the...
View ArticleFocus on the TT ‘brand’ at Junior Chamber meeting
THE Junior Chamber of Commerce hosted a topical breakfast at the Claremont Hotel, Douglas, hosted by TT press officer Simon Crellin of RedPoint PR.Organisers said the response to the event was...
View ArticleGetty TT exhibition in Castletown
A MAJOR exhibition of 60 TT images from the Getty Images archive, first shown in London, is now on display at the Civic Centre in Castletown.The images cover more than 100 years of TT racing and there...
View Article32m expected to tune in to TT
THE government says it expects the TT television audience to have doubled this year.The Department of Economic Development says deals negotiated by North One TV should secure greater success.Last year...
View ArticleBook review: Recipe for Love by Sasha Wagstaff
If you fancy a trip to Italy’s breathtaking resort of Sorrento this summer but haven’t the funds to finance your dream, then do the next best thing ... chill out with Sasha Wagstaff’s sunshine...
View ArticleAnother charity supported by Gibbs
ANOTHER Isle of Man charity is being remembered by Bee Gee Robin Gibb’s family as they prepare for his funeral today (Friday, June 8).They have asked for donations in lieu of flowers to be given to...
View ArticleSeaside celebration
PERHAPS nowhere else in the world are bite-size molluscs closer to a nation’s heart than in the Isle of Man.The Manx Queenie, the local name for queen scallops, is a key culinary character in the...
View ArticleSprinting to a proposal
TUESDAY’S Ramsey Sprint had a romantic twist, when all-time course record holder Phil Wood got on one knee on the start line to ask his girlfriend to marry him.The North Wales couple have been together...
View ArticleInquests hear that visiting bikers died in head-on crashes
INQUESTS into the deaths of two TT visitors heard that both bikers died as a result of head-on collisions with cars.The first incident, late on the morning of May 29, saw Andrew Stephen Baxter, also...
View ArticleWeather forces postponement of final day of action at TT 2012
POOR weather over the past 24 hours has forced TT organisers to move all of today’s (Friday’s) Senior race day schedule to Saturday.The plan as it stands, weather permitting, is for the Mountain Road...
View ArticleHow far we’ve come
TWENTY-ONE years ago, Alan Shea was the figurehead for a campaign for the rights of gay men and lesbians.Then the Isle of Man was heading for a constitutional crisis over the issue of homosexuality,...
View ArticleJack Ronan and Peter Corrin: Salt of the earth folk
LONG-time Mariners’ Choir members Jack Ronan and Peter Corrin both raised their eyebrows in amused surprise when they learned their Flybe Pride in Mann awards nomination was in the performer of the...
View ArticleRead debates in Hansard from 1887 on new Tynwald website
TYNWALD has introduced a revamped website.More than 25,000 documents are now searchable, from the very latest committee proceedings to Hansard reports – that is, the reports recording what is said in...
View ArticleMark and Voirrey tie the knot in Bushy’s beer tent
TWO TT fans showed their commitment to the races and each other when they tied the knot at Bushy’s beer tent, on Douglas seafront.From the start of Mark Sayle and Voirrey Clague’s big day, on Saturday,...
View ArticleSurprise par-TT for couple after 25 yrs
A SURPRISE party was held to celebrate the 25th wedding anniversary of a German couple who married during the TT Festival in 1987.Friends that TT and Manx Grand Prix fans Gunter and Elisabeth Obst have...
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