Gerrard chalks up a second race walk double
Richard Gerrard completed a second Parish Walk and End to End double with consummate ease on Sunday.Having won in a record time of 14hr 40min 08sec for the Parish in late June, he retired when leading...
View ArticleNetball: League season begins
The Manx Netball Association’s new league season got under way on Sunday.PremiershipSimcocks Red Eagles 43, Simcocks Blue Eagles 25PWC Manx Gem Rubies 30, Missfits A 39SMP Partners Ballasalla B 24,...
View ArticleHunt for car that hit hedge
A motorist who hit a garden hedge in his vehicle is being hunted by police.It heppened on at Dhoor Bridge, Andreas Road, Lezayre, about a mile outside Ramsey, between 5pm on Sunday and 8.30am the next...
View ArticleRamsey regeneration scheme progressing well
Regeneration work in Ramsey’s Market Square is progressing well and the main contractor, Island Drainage and Groundwork Ltd, is optimistic that the work will be completed before Christmas. Costs are...
View ArticleStuart Baggs’ company is taken over
The company founded by Stuart Baggs has been taken over.Mr Baggs, who found fame on television in The Apprentice in 2010, died in July after an asthma...
View ArticleYacht an interesting time flying the flag in Monaco
Leading international yachting services provider, Equiom, will again showcase its expertise at the world-famous Monaco Yacht Show from September 23 to 26 at Port Hercules, Monaco. Equiom has gained...
View ArticleCoining it in for a good cause
A novel fundraiser saw a street in central Douglas lined with coins when businesses joined forces to raise money for Alzheimer’s.The venture was the idea of staff at KPMG who have been supporting the...
View ArticleCommissioners discuss ‘huge’ cost to tarmac Maine Road
The cost of laying tarmac on Maine Road in Port Erin could be £21,000 it has been claimed.Resident Keith McArd wrote to Tim Cowin at the Department of Infrastructure about the figure.He described the...
View ArticleJunior chamber to hear update on island vision for 2020
The Department of Economic Development’s director of financial services, John Spellman, will be updating guests at the next Junior Chamber of Commerce event on the current initiatives within the DED.Mr...
View ArticleDriver admits causing death
A motorist from Ballaugh has admitted causing the death of his 10-year-old daughter by dangerous driving. Raymond Adam D’Olier French, aged 46, was driving when his BMW car collided with a bus on the...
View ArticleMER trams could not be halted to allow rally stage to proceed
Public transport bosses say they were not prepared to cancel tram services at short notice to allow a stage of Rally Isle of Man to go ahead.Stage six of the event, centred on Maughold, was to have...
View ArticleCity superwoman is popular choice for prestigious event
Nicola Horlick, ‘City Superwoman’ and CEO of Money&Co, is to be the guest speaker at the CISI Isle of Man annual dinner, next month. Horlick has been a leading fund manager in the City of London...
View ArticleAnand named sportsman of the year at top university
Not satisfied with having secured first class honours in his degree in chemistry, Anand Patel has also been named University College London (UCL) Sportsman of the Year.The 21-year-old, whose parents...
View ArticleChief Minister rejects Washington DC’s tax haven slur
Chief Minister Allan Bell has written to the District of Columbia Council to outline his concerns at the island’s inclusion in a blacklist of tax havens.Washington DC released the list of 39 ‘tax...
View ArticleWork starts to repair railings on seafront
Work has finally got under way to repair railings along Douglas seafront that were damaged in the storms and high tides at the beginning of last year.Some work – including rebuilding a section of wall...
View ArticleLuis Novo-Smith plays for England under-18s at Sainsbury’s Games
Valkyrs men’s A team regular Luis Novo-Smith represented England under-18s hockey squad in three international games as part of the Sainsbury’s School Games in Manchester.Luis, who recently turned 17,...
View ArticleDive teams are available to cover emergency call-outs
The director of harbours insists there is no shortage of divers to cover emergencies.Work to inspect and repair a leak in Peel’s sewage outfall pipe had to be delayed last week due to two of the...
View ArticleCycling: Manx pair at school games
Team RL360 riders Tara Ferguson and Conor Davies represented the North West Region at the recentSainsbury’s School Games in Manchester.Approximately 1,500 young athletes aged between 14 and 18 took...
View ArticlePlans for 35 homes in Ballasalla go on display
Proposals for the first phase of development on the Crossag Farm site in Ballasalla will be on public display today (Wednesday) from 2pm to 7.30pm in the village hall.The plans are for 35 ‘affordable’...
View ArticleBoard objects to golf club’s plan to build three houses on ‘open space’
Ramsey Commissioners came out strongly and unanimously opposed a proposal from Ramsey Golf Club for planning approval in principle to build three dwellings on land to the north of the golf club car...
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