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Thursday, July 19• Cardiotone, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, New Road, Laxey. 7-8pm. Also Monday 7-8pm. Call 452729/863602.• Thighs, Bums and Tums, Laxey Working Men’s Institute, 9.30am. Also Tuesday....
View ArticleFarewell to Park Road School
IT WAS the end of an era on Tuesday as pupils said a sad farewell to Park Road School.After accepting pupils for 118 years the Douglas school shut its doors for the last time.The school is now full of...
View ArticleRadioactive fallout landed in the Isle of Man
RADIOACTIVE fallout from the Fukushima disaster in Japan landed in the Isle of Man, it’s been revealed.The Government Laboratory’s annual report gives details of the routine food and environmental...
View ArticleGotland chosen to host 2017 Island Games
THE NatWest Island Games will return to the Swedish island of Gotland in five years time for the 2017 event.An extremely popular venue for the VIIIth biennial sporting event in 1999, the first with...
View ArticleConcern over spending reserves misplaced, says Treasury Minister
TREASURY Minister Eddie Teare insists concerns about the depletion of government reserves are misplaced.He was responding to comments made by Michael MHK Alfred Cannan who suggested it was ‘unwise’ to...
View ArticleManx Radio salaries revealed in Tynwald
SALARIES bands of Manx Radio staff were revealed in Tynwald.In a written reply to a question from Peter Karran (Lib Van. Onchan), Treasury Minister Eddie Teare said four individuals at the national...
View Article£15,000 bill for recruiting new riders to TT
MORE than £15,600 of taxpayers’ money has been spent on travel and accommodation for prospective newcomer entrants to the TT, figures released in Tynwald show.Douglas North MHK John Houghton asked what...
View ArticleHappy holidays
THREE holiday experts who run their own travel business are celebrating after being included in a prestigious Sunday Times business list.Experienced Antony Guy, Linda Collier and Edward Pearson operate...
View ArticleStudents take on Tynwald roles for special sitting
YEAR 12 students from the island’s high schools experienced an authentic slice of the Manx parliamentary process at this year’s Junior Tynwald sitting. Seats normally reserved for MHKs and members of...
View ArticleAll set for a hum-dinger
THERE’S a bumper entry for this weekend’s PokerStars Rally, consisting of approximately 100 miles of high-speed motoring on closed roads.The Manx Auto Sport-organised event forms the latest round of...
View ArticleFantastic Golf Week at Howstrake
ANOTHER fantastic Golf Week came to a close at KEB over the weekend with the course in its best condition of the year.The tireless work of head greenkeeper Brian Duggan and his staff is really starting...
View ArticleLDT proves a popular event
THE Isle of Man’s first long distance trial (LDT) proved successful on Sunday, when even the conditions were perfect.The 100-mile plus route included some 15 observed sections and two special tests,...
View ArticleIsland hosts British Youth championship
THE island plays host to rounds three and four of the Luscombe Suzuki Leeds British ACU Solo Youth A and B Trials Championship this weekend at Scarlett Point, near Castletown.Organised by Isle of Man...
View ArticleWiggins: ‘Cav’s been an absolute gentleman’
IT has not been the Tour de France that we Manxies have grown to expect over the past four years with Mark Cavendish racking up an incredible 20 wins between 2008 and 2011.Quite where you even begin to...
View ArticleWe’re all set to rule our waves
THE Manx Government looks close to securing control of the Isle of Man’s territorial waters for the first time.Fisheries Minister Phil Gawne told a public meeting in Port St Mary that an announcement...
View ArticleSeal caught up in netting
HOPES are not high there will be a happy outcome for a seal spotted with net wrapped around its neck.A member of the public, Nina Shimmin, noticed the seal at the weekend on the Kitterland rocks and...
View ArticleBaines’ trinkets under the hammer
JEWELLERY from the former Africa House home of jailed tycoon Trevor Baines is going under the hammer.Gold bracelets, a pair of carved ivory gazelles, a hand-painted porcelain owl, a bronze baboon and...
View ArticleBeer and cider festival at Vagas
FOLLOWING the resounding success of the CAMRA real ale festival at Douglas Masonic Hall in April – which saw the crowds drink reserves dry within the first two days of the three day event – Vagabonds...
View ArticleSeize the chance to try Olympic events
TO mark the start of the school summer holidays and the opening of the London Olympic Games, Manx Sport and Recreation (MSR) are running a special Olympic week, running from Monday to Friday next week...
View ArticleJailbreak: Off with his head!
SUMMARY justice was swiftly meted out at Castle Rushen during Heron and Brearley’s Jailbreak 2012 fundraiser organised in support of Age Concern.Some 33 corporate teams were picked up from their place...
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