Joyce is new head of risk and compliance
Secondary lottery services business Annexio has further enhanced its senior management team with the appointment of Joyce Briggs to the position of head of risk and compliance.Joyce joins Annexio to...
View ArticleInformation session on regeneration work after Peel scheme is approved
Peel is set for more regeneration work - and residents and business owners are invited to have their say at a drop-in session tomorrow (Wednesday).The Department of Infrastructure has received approval...
View ArticleCycle challenge for student constables
Student constables will be taking on the challenge of cycling double the distance of the Isle of Man coastline for charity.The latest intake of the island’s student constables will attempt to cycle...
View ArticleBusy week in Barcelona for MT at the Mobile World Congress
Manx Telecom was represented by a strong team at the Mobile World Congress – the biggest annual expo for mobile communications technology. The event, which attracts around 100,000 visitors and more...
View ArticleFundraiser for Anaphylaxis Campaign
A coffee morning to raise funds for Anaphylaxis Campaign will be held on Saturday.The event will take place between 10am and midday in the community room at Reayrt y Chrink sheltered flats, Four Roads,...
View ArticleFind out how you can build bat boxes
The Manx Bat Group is holding a bat box building workshop at the Curraghs Wildlife Park on Sunday.Members of the group will be at the Summerhousefrom 11am to show people how to assemble bat box kits...
View ArticleExtra investment in mental health services for children
Extra investment has been made in mental health services for children.Eight extra healthcare staff have been appointed in a move that will mean earlier intervention for children with mental health...
View ArticleStrang Road residents want speed bumps - not planters!
Traffic calming planters could be about to sprout up in another residential area blighted by speeding cars.Some 45 residents in Strang Road, Union Mills, packed into a public meeting in the village’s...
View ArticleNew roles for four employees at Barclays
Four Barclays employees have taken on new roles across the personal and corporate divisions of the bank. Margaret Bradshaw, Catherine Brown, Catherine Quarrie and Sharon McGregor have considerable...
View ArticleNetball results: Balla A strike blow in title race
It increasingly looks like SMP Ballasalla A’s Premier Division to throw away after the title contenders moved three points clear at the head of the top-flight standings on Sunday.Balla beat...
View ArticleConman who lived high life goes to jail
A Douglas man has been jailed for 18 weeks after conning Manx businesses out of more than £3,000 to live the high life.Alan Edward Bell, of Christian Road, pleaded guilty to eight charges of obtaining...
View ArticleUpdated story: How unexploded wartime device was found in Ramsey
A contractor working on the construction of a sewage pumping station at Ramsey unearthed the fins of a wartime high explosive device earlier today.A contractor working on the construction of a sewage...
View ArticleWinter returns at start of March
The Mountain Road was shut this morning after snow fell on higher parts of the island.For some time around 7am, snow was falling in central Douglas and sticking on cars.But it soon melted.At one point,...
View ArticleClaire is going to stand in a different ward in council election
The island’s local authorities go to the polls in April and candidates are starting to announce that they are planning to stnad.One is Claire Wells, a Liberal Vannin party member who is standing again...
View ArticleSarah Pitts joins Ashgrove team
Full service advertising agency Ashgrove Marketing has recruited Sarah Pitts to its team as production co-ordinator.Sarah will manage the agency’s resources and oversee the production process as part...
View ArticleLecture on use of bronze age weapons in the Isle of Man
The Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society (IoMNHAS) continues its winter series of presentations on Saturday, with Dr Rachel J Crellin speaking on ‘Violent Times? Use-wear analysis of...
View ArticleFree film to highlight fair trade
A church in Dalby is staging a free film screening as part of Fairtrade Fortnight.St James will be showing Amazing Grace tomorrow (Friday) night.The period drama follows the story of politician William...
View ArticleIce cream boss baulks at hike in cost of pitch at TT Grandstand
A Peel businessman has hit out over rental increases for stallholders at the Grandstand during TT.Ian Davison, who owns Davison’s Ice Cream, says that the cost of renting a stall has increased by...
View ArticleManx government under pressure over company secrecy
The Manx government is bowing under international pressure to set up a central register of the real owners of companies.But Chief Minister Allan Bell insists there will be no public access to any...
View ArticleParachuter Redmayne to ride Valmoto MV in his TT debut
Billy Redmayne will ride Jack Valentine’s Valmoto MV Agusta 675 in his TT debut this year, plus his own ZX10R Kawasaki in the big bike races.The rising star of Manx road racing will be backed by...
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