CRINGLE: Bus pass black market countermeasures
IN case you’re one of those Old Age Pensioners like me who are so bewildered by today’s events that we have only a marginal grasp on what’s going on around us, I feel it is my duty to advise that you...
View ArticleQUIRKS OF LIFE: The return of Pet Factor
MY favourite Isle of Man Newspapers supplement of the calendar, Pet Factor, is out.A fascinating competition, run in the Isle of Man Examiner’s sister paper the Manx Independent, it reveals masses...
View ArticleGail Corlett: An ‘amazing lady’
ON her Pride in Mann nomination form, Sulby’s Jeanette Arnold described Age Concern’s Gail Corlett as ‘one amazing lady’.Jeanette put Gail – the supervisor at Onchan’s Meadow View Day Centre – forward...
View ArticleMcGuinness’s race winning TT tyre on eBay
FANS wanting to preserve a little of this year’s TT history could do worse than to log on to internet auction site eBay.There they will find TT star John McGuinness’s 18th TT winning tyre is available...
View ArticleCommunity
Thursday, June 21• 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...
View ArticleExercise
Thursday, June 21• Cardiotone, Laxey Institute, New Road, Laxey. 7-8pm. Also Monday 7-8pm. Call 452729/863602.• Thighs, Bums and Tums, Laxey Institute, 9.30am. Also Tuesday. Call 335635. • Walk and...
View ArticleDance
Thursday, June 21• Tea dance, South Douglas Old Friends Association, Finch Road, Douglas, 2pm. • Dance classes for children, Centenary Hall, Peel, 4pm. Call 450688. • Strictly Come Dancing for...
View ArticleTheatre
Thursday, June 21----------------Friday, June 22• Jubilee Extravaganza, Scoill Phurt Le Moirrey, 7.30pm. Also Saturday
View ArticleMusic
Thursday, June 21• Martin Roscoe piano recital, Erin Arts Centre, Port Erin, 8pm. Tickets £20, concessions available.• Big Noise – Transition Concert, Gaiety Theatre, Douglas. Tickets £5.• Manx Youth...
View ArticleCinema
Thursday, June 21Broadway Cinema• Rock of Ages (12A). Friday to Thursday 7.30pm. Also Wednesday 2.30pm.• Men in Black 3 3D (PG). Saturday and Sunday 2.30pm.Palace Cinema• What To Expect When You’re...
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Thursday, June 21• MRA Stretch and Flex at the NSC, Douglas at 10am. Also Friday Ten Pin Bowling at the Sure Bowling Alley in Ramsey at 9.45am. Also Monthly Luncheon at Glen Helen Hotel, St. John’s at...
View ArticleExhibitions
Thursday, June 21• Ballajora Artists, Maughold. Frank Crompton will be artist in residence from 2pm on June 24. • Spring into Summer, The Mananan Festival Art Exhibition, Erin Arts CentreShowcasing the...
View ArticleSlip-up means Teare can’t be interim Education Minister
AN embarrassing slip up has meant that Treasury Minister Eddie Teare cannot take over as interim Education Minister, it’s been confirmed.Just 24 hours after it was announced that Mr Teare would take...
View ArticleManx quartet in Scottish Borders
FOUR Manx riders took part in the fourth round of the British Cross-Country Mountain Bike Series at Kirroughtree in the Scottish Borders on Sunday.Joe Haddock and Nathan Draper were in the Youth 14-16...
View ArticlePryke second at under-23 championships
IN her final year as an under-23 athlete, Isle of Man Sport Aid recipient Harriet Pryke was second in the final of the women’s 400 metre race at the Under-23 England Athletics Championships in Bedford...
View ArticleThe latest ManxSki blog from Chris Callow
69: The Stuff of lifeGreat excitement in the Manxski Chalet; the lower garden having been licked into some sort of order, attention has turned to the ‘potager’, a 2 metre square kitchen plot clearly...
View ArticleMGP marketing failure: Economic Development Minister apologises
TT gridlock and lack of MGP advertising prompted apologies in Tynwald from the government minister in charge, John Shimmin.The Economic Development Minister came under fire from John Houghton (Douglas...
View ArticleFamily Fun Day being held for Pumps 4 Kids
PROCEEDS from a Family Fun Day at Noble’s Park, Douglas, will go to our Isle of Man Newspapers/Manx Diabetic Group campaign Pumps 4 Kids.The event will be held on July 1, from noon until 5pm and...
View ArticleWhy Romanians are wearing TT
NEEDY children in Romania are to be the proud recipients of Isle of Man TT merchandise.The young people and adults there are the happy beneficiaries of a scheme which sees unsold TT and other...
View ArticleBusinesses tee off for £6,000 charity boost
THE Children’s Centre’s annual golf day raised more than £6,000 for the charity. Fifteen teams, including one from event sponsors Appleby, took part in the fun day at Mount Murray Golf Club on May 18....
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