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[] | 2016-08-26T13:06:55 | null | 2016-08-25T09:54:06 | Bruce Anstey was finally able to complete a lap in the third qualifying session for the 2016 Isle of Man Classic TT Races presented by Bennetts, having been forced to retire early in the first two sessions. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Fmotorcycling%2Fanstey-up-and-running-at-classic-tt-1-8087493.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8087492.1472115232!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Anstey up and running at Classic TT | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Bruce Anstey was finally able to complete a lap in the third qualifying session for the 2016 Isle of Man Classic TT Races presented by Bennetts, having been forced to retire early in the first two sessions.
The flying Kiwi posted a credible 113.776 on the Valvoline Racing by Padgetts Motorcycles Honda RS250 that he will race in Saturday’s Sure Lightweight Classic TT.
Michael Dunlop again reminded everyone that he will be the man to beat in Monday’s Motorsport Merchandise Superbike Classic TT Race with a lap of 123.263 (18:21.936), the fastest to date in qualifying.
Dunlop later went out on the Black Eagle Racing MV Agusta he will race in Monday’s Okells Junior Classic TT Race and promptly posted the fastest time in that class to date as well with 102.082 (22:10.572).
Competitors enjoyed the best conditions of the week so far for the third qualifying session for the Classic TT with the island bathed in sunshine on Wednesday evening.
The improved conditions were reflected in the lap times throughout the field with many of the riders now clearly dialled in and taking advantage of the dry roads to post their best times of the week.
Michael Rutter, Ivan Lintin, Dean Harrison and James Hillier all posted 122+mph laps in the Superbike class, their fastest of the week so far, on their opening laps of the session.
Gary Johnson riding the Team York Suzuki and Jamie Coward on a Mistral Racing Kawasaki were first away from the Grandstand. Johnson led on the road to the first checkpoint at Glen Helen on the opening lap but his time was soon eclipsed by a number of riders, including Hillier on the Greenall Racing Kawasaki, Rutter on the Winfield Harris Yamaha and Harrison on the Silicone Engineering Kawasaki.
Local man Dan Kneen moved into the top three at Ballaugh on the opening lap riding a Mistral Racing Kawasaki ahead of Harrison, with Hillier and Rutter leading the session and Lintin completing the top five on the Devitt RC Express Racing Kawasaki.
Rutter’s opening lap of 122.337 was the fastest, a couple of seconds ahead of Lintin (122.089) with Harrison (122.084) completing the top three. Michael Dunlop posted an opening lap of 116.937 but was clearly biding his time before his session-topping second lap.
In the concurrent Classic TT Lightweight session, Ian Lougher who has topped the leaderboard for the first two qualifying sessions, was reported as a retirement at Braddan Bridge on his opening lap while Dan Cooper was also a retirement at Ballacraine.
However, there was no such misfortune for Bruce Anstey who was able to complete his first lap of the meeting – 113.776 (19:53.819) – just over a second off Lougher’s fastest qualifying time to date for the class set in the previous evening’s session. He followed this up with a second lap of 113.571.
Paul Owen on the Team 98 Honda and Phil Harvey on the CSC Racing Honda both posted competitive times in finishing second and third fastest qualifiers on the night with 110.068 and 109.077 respectively.
However, with a number of competitors in both the Superbike and Lightweight classes still circulating, a red-flag incident at the Creg-ny-Baa curtailed the session and after a short delay, the bikes that remained on the course returned under yellow flags and were short-lapped.
This meant that the second session, for Senior and Junior Classic TT machines was delayed by over 20 minutes before the session finally got underway just before 7.40pm. Morecambe-based duo John McGuinness and Alan Oversby had already set off on the Winfield Paton and Davies Motorsport Honda respectively before completing laps under waved yellow flags.
Dean Harrison was an early retirement on the Black Eagle Racing MV in the Junior session at Ballacraine while Oversby also returned shortly after setting off on his second attempt at a competitive lap.
John McGuinness also retired on his second lap but the Team Winfield Paton mantle was picked up by his team-mate Conor Cummins who posted the fastest time of the session with 107.199 (21:07.066) while fellow Paton-riding Maria Costello was the second fastest on the night with 105.044 (21:33.554) from Dominic Herbertson (104.902).
Michael Dunlop’s first completed lap on the Black Eagle Racing MV Agusta topped the qualifying leaderboard for the Junior class, beating Rutter’s time from the previous evening while Coward (101.640) riding the Ted Woof Honda and William Dunlop (100.977) were also both inside Rutter’s previous fastest time for the class.
Ben Wylie was reported as off but unhurt at Laurel Bank in the Superbike session while Tom Snow was also uninjured after coming off at the Nook.
MANX GRAND PRIX
Isle of Man riders again dominated the headlines in Wednesday evening’s qualifying session for the Manx Grand Prix powered by IMGold.
Andrew Dudgeon clocked the fastest time to date in the Junior MGP class with a lap of 117.824 (19:12.808), while Michael Evans and Brendan Fargher posted laps of 112.591 and 110.830 respectively in the Newcomer A session.
Maidstone’s Tom Weedon opened up with a lap of 117.325 in the Junior class ahead of Dudgeon who was timed at 117.17 with another local rider Glenn Harrison (116.650) the third fastest on the opening lap, but Dudgeon then moved to the top of the board with his second lap.
Other notable performances came from Gateshead’s Davey Lambert with 116.461 while fellow northeast-based rider Richard Charlton posted 116.281 to complete the top five.
With the top 13 qualifiers riding linked Junior machines for the Senior class, it was left to Skerries-based David Lumsden riding the Martin Bullock Manxsport Suzuki in 14th as the first Senior machine in the session with 113.211.
However, with a number of competitors in the Senior, Junior and Newcomers A session still circulating, the aforementioned red-flag incident at Creg-ny-Baa curtailed the session before the bikes that remained on the course returned under yellow flags and were short-lapped.
This meant that the second session, for SuperTwin/Lightweight and Newcomers B riders was delayed by over 20 minutes before the session finally got underway just before 7.40pm.
Dan Sayle continued to dominate the Lightweight class, opening with a lap of 106.12 before posting 106.187 on his second lap. Rikki McGovern (104.101) and Nick Anderson (102.661) both posted their fastest times of the week while Alex Sinclair and James Caswell also went over the ton.
In the SuperTwin class Jamie Hodson, from the Wigan racing dynasty, posted the fastest time of the week (111.977) while Dean Osborne (110.875) and David Lumsden (110.224) completed the fastest three times for the night and the week.
Australian Paul Van Der Heiden improved on his fastest time of the week on his second lap of the night with 106.278 while Jonathan Perry (104.534) and Marc Ironside (103.457) also noticeably improved on their best times.
In the Newcomers A session Stuart Hall (Kates) was reported to be off but unhurt while Andrew Cuthbert (Sarah’s), Shaun Wynne (Creg-ny-Baa) and James Hinchcliffe (Graham’s) were all taken to Noble’s Hospital for treatment and assessment.
Cuthbert received head injuries and Hinchliffe was reported to have leg injuries while Shaun Wynne was described as okay.
SCHEDULE CHANGE
In a change to the advertised schedule Manx Grand Prix competitors will now be participating in Thursday’s qualifying session.
Clerk of the course Gary Thompson has commented: ‘As we lost Saturday’s session and had reduced track time tonight (Wednesday), we want to give all competitors in all classes the opportunity for additional laps so have changed the advertised schedule.’
The roads close will close at 6pm until no later than 9pm and the revised schedule for Manx Grand Prix competitors is as follows:
6.20-7.10pm - Classic TT Superbike and Lightweight/MGP Senior and Junior, MGP Newcomers A
7.15-8.05pm - Classic TT Senior and Junior/MGP Lightweight and Supertwin, Newcomers B | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/motorcycling/anstey-up-and-running-at-classic-tt-1-8087493 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/78cb986d49091a3e722a9a3ad5e2f7cb57ea0a8feb177b0c33196a277f572b29.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T12:50:54 | null | 2016-08-30T12:51:17 | The Manx football season resumes after a brief break this evening (Tuesday). | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Ffootball-news%2Ffootball-fixtures-tuesday-august-30-1-8095788.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8095787.1472560918!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Football fixtures: Tuesday, August 30 | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The Manx football season resumes after a brief break this evening (Tuesday).
Early pacesetters St Mary’s put their 100 per cent start to the Canada Life Premier League season on the line with a game against Peel.
The match has been switched to the Bowl with Douglas Road unavailable.
Elsewhere reigning champions St George’s take on Douglas Athletic, while bottom two Ayre and Ramsey will be hoping to get off the mark when they face DHSOB and Corinthians respectively.
The top-flight’s other mid-week match pits Laxey against Union Mills.
In JCK Division Two, leaders Castletown aren’t in action, but second-placed Foxdale’s 100 per cent record is on the line at Douglas and District.
Douglas Royal and Gymns shape up in a tasty looking match at Ballafletcher, while relegated Marown host Pulrose.
Pre-season title favourites Braddan entertain Governor’s Athletic, while Malew take on Onchan and Michael go head-to-head with RYCOB.
Tuesday, August 30
Canada Life Premier League
6.15pm DHSOB v Ayre United
6.15pm Douglas Athletic v St George’s
6.15pm Laxey v Union Mills
6.15pm Peel v St Mary’s @ the Bowl
6.15pm Ramsey v Corinthians
JCK Division Two
6.15pm Braddan v Governor’s Ath
6.15pm Douglas & District v Foxdale
6.15pm Douglas Royal v Gymnasium
6.15pm Malew v Onchan
6.15pm Marown v Pulrose United
6.15pm Michael United v RYCOB
Canada Life Combination One
6.15pm Ayre United P-P DHSOB
6.15pm Corinthians v Ramsey
6.15pm Rushen United v St John’s
6.15pm St George’s v Douglas Athletic
6.15pm St Mary’s v Peel @ Groves Road
6.15pm Union Mills P-P Laxey
JCK Combination Two
6.15pm Foxdale v Douglas & District
6.15pm Governor’s v Braddan
6.15pm Gymnasium v Douglas Royal
6.15pm Onchan v Malew
6.15pm Pulrose United v Marown
6.15pm RYCOB v Michael United | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/football-news/football-fixtures-tuesday-august-30-1-8095788 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/de424c75d5f6bb05b478ec36a23af0ab48377d8872066f77db9f5198d1cd7b99.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:05:02 | null | 2016-08-04T10:00:00 | Email opinions@newsiom.co.im | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fletters%2Fisle-of-man-examiner-letters-august-2-2016-1-8045681.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/letters/isle-of-man-examiner-letters-august-2-2016-1-8045681 | en | null | Isle of Man Examiner letters: August 2, 2016 | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Email opinions@newsiom.co.im
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My concern over speed comments
‘There are plenty of places on the island you can travel at 120mph and do so safely.’ (Deputy High Bailiff Jayne Hughes, Isle of Man Examiner)
Does Deputy High Bailiff Jayne Hughes really consider if ‘safe’ for parents driving young children to school, to the shops etc. to be sharing the island’s open roads with vehicles or motorcycles travelling at 120mph?
As a resident of the island I have known friends and family killed and injured through road accidents over the years, I find such comments coming from this senior member of the Manx judiciary very alarming and would indicate that she might be out of touch.
What message does this send to young drivers?
I have young children who I need to drive all over the island and I am deeply concerned to read of her visible endorsement of excessive road speeds.
Perhaps she could specify which are the public highways she has in mind, so that I and other members of the travelling public can avoid being obliterated there by ‘safely’ speeding petrol-heads.
Linda Callister, Crossage Road, Ballsalla
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They have preyed on pensioners
I read with interest the two letters published in the Examiner on Tuesday, July 26. Can I add a few thoughts of my own?
I believed our Treasury had reached rock bottom when they demanded income tax a year in advance from people in their 90s but, no, they can go deeper, taking away our free TV licence. My generation deserves better treatment.
We were raised in the twenties and thirties.
Times were hard but we had a wonderful childhood. Education was excellent, children left school at 14 years of age perfectly equipped to take on life in an adult world. In those days, government did not interfere; education was governed by a Board of Education elected by the people.
They had a commodity sadly lacking today: common sense.
It was years before I realised the sacrifices my parents had to make to put clothes on our backs and food on the table. Strangely enough people were happy.
Nobody had anything but there was a wonderful community spirit.
Remember us? We fought a long hard war.
Towards the end I was engaged in a battle where, at 22, I was the experienced grandfather, my young men fought like lions and a lot of them did not return.
By today’s standards they would still have been at school.
We who made it home started what is now the DHSC.
Wonderful vision for our future. Care from the cradle to the grave. We reared our families without help and bought our houses without help but, like our parents before us, had to made sacrifices to achieve this.
We worked hard all our lives; we paid our National Health contributions for 50 years and had to contribute for a minimum of 44 years to get a full state pension.
We never at any time complained.
Now we who have lived long lives have seen governments come and go, realise that most of our problems commenced and continued when we had a paid government and the introduction of the ministerial system.
They have preyed on us because they think we can’t hit back. I feel we certainly can. Being a Manxman I have always wanted local people in government, like many of my kind I voted for people I knew were inept and totally useless. After much thought I have done a U-turn.
In the September election I will be looking for a candidate whose colour, race, religion, etc, will not matter so long as they can convince me that the welfare of this island and its people will come before self- interest. That candidate will get my vote.
Come on, pensioners.
There are thousands of us. If we have a 100 per cent turnout we may not be able to change the system but we can change the people who have persecuted us for years or at least have a damn good try.
Bob Quayle, Little Mill Road, Onchan
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The island is a safe place to be
Although I live on the mainland, I’m fortunate to have your paper forwarded to me by an old school friend who is an island resident.
The letter from Phil O’Shaughnessy of Leeds (July 21) calls for and end to the ‘TT carnage’.
It was the second such comment I’d read since the TT.
Of course, no death can ever be considered acceptable but perhaps Phil should first consider the carnage on British roads?
Yes, five people per day killed on each and every day throughout the year.
That’s 60 deaths during the 12 days of the TT! And these are ordinary folk just going about their business, shopping, driving to work, etc, not attempting to race the most challenging road circuit in the world.
Add to that another 20,000 serious injuries per year and the Isle of Man in TT fortnight suddenly begins to look like a safe place to be!
Vince Bottomley, Denshaw, Oldham
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Give Courthouse role as a market
Could Ramsey Courthouse also be considered as a venue for the return of a Ramsey Saturday market, which as well as not having to worry about the weather, would still leave plenty of parking in Market Square?
Joan Roberts, Ballure Grove, Ramsey
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Role of mills in Manx heritage
I have to quarrel slightly with your article ‘Buildings at Risk’.Not that I don’t agree with and support the opinions of Frank and Dave.
After all I did serve as a conservation officer for quite a long time before coming to the island and would be happy to help their enterprise.
I have always felt that our old mills deserve protection and I don’t think any are actually ‘registered’ apart, maybe, Great Meadow – which I have had the pleasure of being shown around - and that at St John’s (ditto).
Ballacregga Mill at Agneash is odd, in that it takes its water supply from a stream other than the one it sits on!
It is Cornaa Mill where I have to disagree. The wheel doesn’t still exist, nor is there really any trace of the wheel-pit. The whole was converted into a dwelling in 1968.
The finished house, though pleasant, shows no ‘mill’ character whatsoever.
Incidentally, the 1869 25” O.S. Sheet, shows no mill pool, just an under-the-road race from the stream which runs down from the Hibernian.
Cornaa Mill is another which took its water from a different stream.
The matter of preserving our, one time, many, old mills, both water and wind, is one that has concerned me for years, particularly when I worked for the Society for the Preseveration of the Manx Countryside and the Environment (with Marje Joughin!). I was continually prompting the planning department to at least include a condition requiring the maintenance of all of the mill features in any permissions given for conversion/restoration.
They never seemed very interested, though a condition was occasionally added – but has it been enforced?
As the ‘opinion’ states, any survival very much depends on who is the owner or developer.
There is another aspect, of course.
Sites with natural power supplies should be tapped to generate modern energy but it needs to be done carefully.
I know one owner of a site where, at least there used to be a mill long ago, who was planning to install a water turbine. Alas, he died before completion.
Ian K Bleadale, Church Road, Maughold
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Dog poo thrown into my garden
I refer to a dog owner who recently walked his or her dog on a route that included the stretch of the Mountain Road pavement in Ramsey between ‘the white gates corner’ and the hairpin.
This pet owner obviously must have done the right thing in picking up after the dog, opposite Barrule Park entrance, but then just threw the black plastic bag containing the poo over the pavement hedge into my garden!
Shame on this person, male/female/young or elderly, who couldn’t be bothered to take ‘it’ home or properly bin it on the way.
Name and address supplied | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/letters/isle-of-man-examiner-letters-august-2-2016-1-8045681 | en | 2016-08-04T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/f5af19fb89b789dff278fa91653378591c266a71c39f1d44bb62d871dfa560d6.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T06:50:04 | null | 2016-08-27T06:35:23 | A Port St Mary woman has been fined £500 for failing to keep a dog under proper control after it bit a jogger. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2F500-fine-after-dog-bites-jogger-1-8088728.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088727.1472132146!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | £500 fine after dog bites jogger | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A Port St Mary woman has been fined £500 for failing to keep a dog under proper control after it bit a jogger.
Nicola Lee Teare, of St Mary’s Avenue, was also given an order to keep her springer spaniel under control and ordered to pay £50 prosecution costs.
The court heard how, on June 12, a group of joggers were stood talking at Langness Peninsula.
Teare’s dog ‘Willow’ bit one of the joggers on her left lower leg, on the side of her calf.
Teare, who is 35, gave the victim tissues to stop the bleeding and called an ambulance.
The bite victim was taken to hospital, kept in overnight and operated on the next day.
A witness said that she saw the group of dogs off their leads and playing. She said they were gathered up by their owners when they saw the joggers but Willow ran through the joggers as Teare tried to grab her.
In a police interview Teare said that the runner had appeared to kick out but she had not seen the bite take place.
She also said that the dog was wearing a device to restrict how wide it could open it’s mouth.
Teare refused to answer questions about the dog being under proper control.
Prosecutor Michael Jelski said in court that the police had spent time with the dog and did not have any immediate concerns.
Mr Jelski asked for a control order to be put in place.
Defending Teare in court, advocate David Reynolds said that Teare and the other dog walkers had walked their dogs at Langness many times before.
He said that it was their usual process to put the dogs on their leads if people were coming.
Mr Reynolds told the court: ‘Ms Teare doesn’t know 100 per cent what has happened. She saw her dog near the victim and the only explanation is that Willow has bitten her. She has taken this seriously from the start and has been concerned about the victim’s welfare.
‘She has had her dog seen by an animal behaviourist though we do not have any documentation relating to that unfortunately.
‘Ms Teare is also putting the dog on a six-week behaviour course. She is very apologetic for what has happened.
‘It is just so out of character she says. The police said they have no concerns and the dog was not acting aggressively.
‘She is doing her best to ensure there won’t be any issues. Ms Teare is not the kind of person who will be here again.
‘She is doing all she can and clearly loves her dog. We would have no issues with an order relating to keeping the dog under control.’
Deputy High Bailiff Jayne Hughes said: ‘I don’t consider a destruction order would be appropriate and will issue the control order.’
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:37 | null | 2016-08-26T09:30:00 | A total of 63 candidates will by vying for a seat in the House of Keys in next month’s general election. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fsixty-three-candidates-compete-for-the-24-seats-in-the-house-of-keys-1-8088894.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088889.1472202055!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Sixty-three candidates compete for the 24 seats in the House of Keys | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A total of 63 candidates will by vying for a seat in the House of Keys in next month’s general election.
Nominations closed at 1pm on Wednesday.
Who will take the seats in the new House of Keys in September? Credit: Paul Dougherty
The candidates include 13 women - nearly the double the number who stood in the 2011 general election.
But there are four constituencies with an all-male list.
Polling takes place on Thursday September 22.
This year for the first time, following boundary changes, the old system of 15 one, two and three-seat constituencies has been replaced by 12 constituencies each returning two MHKs.
Voters in Douglas East will have eight candidates to choose from but in the new combined constituency of Glenfaba and Peel there are just three.
There are seven candidates standing in Arbory, Castletown and Malew, six each in Ayre and Michael and Douglas Central, five in Douglas North, Garff, Onchan, Ramsey and Rushen and four apiece in Douglas South and Middle.
The Manx Labour Party has fielded three candidates and Liberal Vannin four. Four candidates describe themselves and Independent and there is one Independent Green candidate.
Almost half the candidates have no previous experience contesting Keys elections or by-elections.
The first candidates put themselves forward in June. The last to declare their intention to stand did so the night before nominations closed.
Chief Minister Allan Bell is not seeking re-election and fellow Ministers Eddie Teare, John Shimmin and Richard Ronan are also bowing out of politics.
Together with the departure of long-standing MHK Peter Karran, it means that more than 100 years of political experience will be lost from the House of Keys from September.
The Representation of the People Act 1995 allows for anyone who is entitled to vote in the general election and who wants vote in advance to apply to do so to the returning officer of their constituency.
They must do so no later than September 16, or September 12 if the ballot paper is to be marked elsewhere in the British Isles.
Someone entitled to vote at the election but who cannot do so in person at a polling station or by casting an advance vote, can appoint a proxy to vote on their behalf.
Anyone who wishes a proxy to be appointed to vote for them must apply to the Electoral Registration Officer, Cabinet Office, Third Floor, Government Office, Bucks Road, Douglas, IM1 3PN no later than Friday September 16. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/sixty-three-candidates-compete-for-the-24-seats-in-the-house-of-keys-1-8088894 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/623b35d1204afd2fe802abdc5dc15ed8e31095dafbe17c1c2ba6c7301d289548.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T04:51:34 | null | 2016-08-30T05:19:06 | Douglas and Onchan Citizens Advice Service (CAS) is appealing for more volunteers to help people in the island. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fvolunteers-needed-for-citizens-advice-1-8094460.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8094459.1472476777!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Volunteers needed for Citizens Advice | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Douglas and Onchan Citizens Advice Service (CAS) is appealing for more volunteers to help people in the island.
The service currently has around 10 volunteers who talk to people about problems including domestic issues, finance, employment and legal concerns, and point them in the direction of individuals or organisations which can help them further.
In the last year, the service has advised 414 clients and the last quarter saw a notable increase in pensions and benefits queries.
The service, which is located in the basement of Loch Promenade Church, Douglas, holds sessions on Fridays from 10am to 12.30pm and on Tuesdays from 12.30pm to 3pm.
Volunteers do not need any experience and the commitment is a couple of sessions a month.
Chairman Robin Turton said: ‘I was a little apprehensive when I first started, but there’s a tremendous amount of personal satisfaction from being able to ease somebody’s problems and say to them that you know someone who can help them.
‘We sit people down and talk to them, and try and help point them in the right direction.’
Mr Turton was elected to take over as chairman from David Creer, who stood down after six years in the post, last year.
‘David Creer has done a tremendous job in organising our volunteers and we are now seeking more,’ Mr Turton said.
‘Retired people who can give us three or four half days a month are especially welcome.’
The service is entirely run by volunteers.
No appointment is necessary for the sessions and telephone queries are also welcome on 626863.
Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Mr Turton on 499500 to find out more. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/volunteers-needed-for-citizens-advice-1-8094460 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/8923249bc1c023afe854d2b2b548ce67a2ea1e1bbf40484088a92c67c12118d8.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:51:04 | null | 2016-08-31T09:02:57 | Wednesday’s race schedule in the Manx Grand Prix has been delayed as a result of the overnight wet weather. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Fmotorcycling%2Fdelay-to-today-s-mgp-racing-1-8097166.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8097164.1472630555!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Delay to today’s MGP racing | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Wednesday’s race schedule in the Manx Grand Prix has been delayed as a result of the overnight wet weather.
Clerk of the course Gary Thompson has been advised by the Met Office that the weather will improve during the course of the day, but the issue is the state of the roads as they are currently wet.
Therefore a decision has been made to delay the action by an hour, with the roads now due to close at 10.30am.
The four-lap Mylchreests Group Junior MGP will be first away at 11.15am followed by the four-lap MGP Supporters Club Supertwin/Lightweight at 2.15pm.
There will then be a one-lap MGP Senior qualifying session between 4.15-4.50pm before roads are due to open at 5pm.
Revised schedule
10.30am - roads close around the course
11.15am - Mylchreests Group Junior Manx Grand Prix (four laps)
2:15pm - Manx Grand Prix Supporters Club Supertwin/Lightweight Race (four laps)
4.15-4.50pm - MGP Senior Qualifying Session (one lap)
5pm - Roads Scheduled To Open | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/motorcycling/delay-to-today-s-mgp-racing-1-8097166 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/1b8d9ef90b3cb5a45d9589e6e35db0c47223737addd5f11c4e21599c9d2d2670.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T06:51:24 | null | 2016-08-30T06:34:15 | Six Douglas horse trams were sold at an auction at Murray’s Saleroom in Douglas on Saturday for a combined total of £9,200. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fauction-sells-horse-trams-for-total-of-9-200-1-8094509.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8094508.1472477687!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Auction sells horse trams for total of £9,200 | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Six Douglas horse trams were sold at an auction at Murray’s Saleroom in Douglas on Saturday for a combined total of £9,200.
The trams had been deemed surplus to requirements by Douglas Borough Council, and were said to be in need of renovation.
The decision to sell the trams sparked anger from the Friends of Douglas Bay Horse Tramway and the Manx Electric Railway Society (MERS), who bought one of the trams in the auction.
The Friends of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway described the decision as ‘disappointing’ and said it hoped transport museums across the UK would show an interest in buying them rather than them ‘becoming back-garden sheds’.
The MERS said: ‘The auction occurred very swiftly. If purchased the trams will need to be removed by September 30. There appears to be an element of indecent haste here.’
At Saturday’s auction, lot one, the number 28 horse tram, a winter saloon, had a starting bid of £1,800 and was sold for £2,800.
Bidding started for lot two, the number 33 tram, a bulkhead crossbench, at £750 with it eventually going for £1,200.
Lot three, the number 34 tram, another bulkhead crossbench, was sold for £1,300 after bidding started at £800.
The number 37 tram, lot four, another Bulkhead Crossbench, was bought by Health Minister and Keys candidate Howard Quayle, for £1,100, after bidding had started at 800.
Lot five, tram number 39, a Toastrack, was bought by the Manx Electric Railway Society for £1,800.
Lot six, the number 40 tram was sold for £1,000, the same price bidding started at, with the buyer unknown.
MERS secretary Julian Nutter said after the auction: ‘Our committee concluded last week that we should do all we could to prevent the loss of at least one car.
‘We decided to try to save the saloon using money which we had set aside for our annual advertising on the horse trams. We were outbid on the saloon but managed to buy number 39, so if our information as to the purchaser of number 37 is correct at least two cars will stay in the island.
‘Douglas Borough Council was paid its pieces of silver for this hastily arranged auction which appears to have been organised in order to get the deed done after Tynwald had been dissolved and before the next election.’
l Turn to page 17 and read how Douglas’s historic horse tram stables have also been up for sale sparking more outrage from the Friends of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway and MERS. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/auction-sells-horse-trams-for-total-of-9-200-1-8094509 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/2f4fdf9286d221f34259e955169f76ba89d90402678c7a03d65d086c8b8c386b.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T12:50:55 | null | 2016-08-30T12:44:52 | Peveril Motor Cycle Club is hosting a motocross at Knock Froy, Santon this evening, Tuesday, starting at 6pm. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Fisle-of-man-sport%2Fpeverill-mcc-event-tonight-1-8095768.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8095767.1472557474!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Peverill MCC event tonight | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Cookies are small data files which are sent to your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome etc) from a website you visit. They are stored on your electronic device.
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[] | 2016-08-31T04:51:03 | null | 2016-08-31T05:30:58 | Ramsey Hockey Club. a club of nearly 100 members, is to be sponsored again by Ramsey-based finance company LJ Partnership. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Ffinance-company-supports-hockey-club-1-8090624.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8090623.1472208865!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Finance company supports hockey club | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Ramsey Hockey Club. a club of nearly 100 members, is to be sponsored again by Ramsey-based finance company LJ Partnership.
Robert Burton, director of the company, said: ‘Having had a presence in Ramsey for 25 years, LJ Partnership are keen to support a club which offers opportunities for both personal development and teamwork within the community.’
A day of hockey is planned for Saturday, September 3, with games and activities to attract new players and get the season started for existing members.
A ‘Come and Try Hockey’ session will be held at Ramsey Grammar School Astro turf between 2pm and 3.30pm.
Before that event there will be an opportunity to watch Ramsey 2nd and 1st teams will take on rivals from Douglas at 11am and 12.30pm.
In the 2015/16 session Voirrey Baker and Connor Parfitt of the club were recognised as the island’s Goalkeepers of the Year by the Manx Hockey Association.
‘All the GB Team members standing on the podium in Rio started their hockey at a club like Ramsey, and will still play club hockey,’ said Keith Corkhill, chair of RHC.
‘While not all of us can play at the Olympics, clubs like Ramsey aim to give all its members the chance to play to their best; enjoying good quality coaching and a strong programme of social events. And, as well as playing there are lots of opportunities for people to be trained as umpires and coaches.’
The club says the sponsorship of LJ Partnership is critical to RHC’s success.
It has enabled the establishment of the RHC Development Fund which supports Ramsey players and teams to participate in UK competitions and coaching camps.
See more information about the club here | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/finance-company-supports-hockey-club-1-8090624 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/0a334cefe279082aeefb8266a92fa9e4a69c03af55cce60e1fcdf466bb4ea9e1.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:51:57 | null | 2016-08-31T09:02:57 | Wednesday’s race schedule in the Manx Grand Prix has been delayed as a result of the overnight wet weather. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Fmotorcycling%2Ffurther-delay-to-today-s-mgp-racing-1-8097166.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8097164.1472635617!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Further delay to today’s MGP racing | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Wednesday’s race schedule in the Manx Grand Prix has been delayed as a result of the overnight wet weather.
Clerk of the course Gary Thompson has been advised by the Met Office that the weather will improve during the course of the day, but the issue is the state of the roads as they are currently wet.
Therefore a decision has been made to delay the action by an hour, with the roads now due to close at 11.00am.
The four-lap Mylchreests Group Junior MGP will be first away at 11.45am followed by the four-lap MGP Supporters Club Supertwin/Lightweight at 2.30pm.
There will then be a one-lap MGP Senior qualifying session between 4.25-4.50pm before roads are due to open at 5pm.
Revised schedule
11.00am - roads close around the course
11.45am - Mylchreests Group Junior Manx Grand Prix (four laps)
2.30pm - Manx Grand Prix Supporters Club Supertwin/Lightweight Race (four laps)
4.25-4.50pm - MGP Senior qualifying session (one lap)
5pm - Roads Scheduled To Open | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/motorcycling/further-delay-to-today-s-mgp-racing-1-8097166 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/12abe547c02cae2d9c2da68980a7484044167f90d44ac0f579f459bbe6c1776b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:09 | null | 2016-08-26T10:00:41 | Martin Perkins, one of the Keys candidates for Garff, wants to change the name of the constituency. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fonchan-folk-don-t-like-being-in-garff-1-8084682.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8084680.1471968534!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | ‘Onchan folk don’t like being in Garff’ | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Martin Perkins, one of the Keys candidates for Garff, wants to change the name of the constituency.
After the political map was redrawn Garff stretches from the border of Ramsey to Lakeside Gardens in Onchan.
Mr Perkins says he’ll try to amend the name to Garff and North Onchan if he becomes an MHK.
He said: ‘It is clear that many of the Onchan residents feel totally disenfranchised by being lumped into Garff.’ | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/politics/onchan-folk-don-t-like-being-in-garff-1-8084682 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/e6b5abeb745ed098a27ada966197892da580a1093ec15c751d17b7c6e5f2c7e4.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:04:42 | null | 2016-08-25T13:19:40 | Artist Jimmy Duggan is painting a mural outside Douglas’s Market Hall, on the James Street gable-end of coffee house Spill The Beans as part of MakeMarket: A Creative Industries Takeover. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fjimmy-s-art-on-the-street-1-8088363.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088361.1472127560!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Jimmy’s art on the street | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Artist Jimmy Duggan is painting a mural outside Douglas’s Market Hall, on the James Street gable-end of coffee house Spill The Beans as part of MakeMarket: A Creative Industries Takeover.
Jimmy, who is well known for the oversized portraits exhibited in ‘Transformer’ at the Isle Gallery last year and is just back from exhibiting at the UK’s largest street art festival, Upfest in Bristol, will be working on the mural for the rest of this week - weather permitting - and says he has already been delighted by the response this as yet untitled mural has elicited from those who have stopped to stare and talk.
He began the work on Monday and expects it to take him eight days to complete. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/jimmy-s-art-on-the-street-1-8088363 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/07708d28aa3046e36e13ad6cd155e121c1c86314b4643b4cd0b9088c0d5c91a6.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:54:22 | null | 2016-08-26T10:48:38 | Manx National Heritage will host a children’s picnic on Sunday at Rushen Abbey Gardens, Ballasalla. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fwhat-s-on%2Fmanx-entertainment-news%2Fmanx-national-heritage-is-to-host-little-people-picnic-for-kids-on-sunday-1-8088525.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088524.1472129692!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Manx National Heritage is to host Little People picnic for kids on Sunday | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Manx National Heritage will host a children’s picnic on Sunday at Rushen Abbey Gardens, Ballasalla.
The picnic will be themed ‘The Pirates meet the Little People’ with pirate and fairy themed craft activities, a fairy trail, garden games, face painting, child friendly tattoos, bumbee cage making demonstrations and storytelling with the Isle of Man Family Library.
Anthea Young, education services officer for Manx National Heritage said: ‘Our Little People’s Picnic is always a popular event and our most popular day of the year at Rushen Abbey. Children and families are encouraged to come along dressed as pirates, fairies, goblins and mythical creatures for the day and participate in crafting and play.’
Standard admission charges apply. It will take place from 11am to 4pm at Rushen Abbey Gardens. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/what-s-on/manx-entertainment-news/manx-national-heritage-is-to-host-little-people-picnic-for-kids-on-sunday-1-8088525 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/b9d084b1a169dc83b3644ee832daaa08ec9f2a7b507d9cf8c1537b783f6b3673.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:09 | null | 2016-08-20T19:13:12 | Corinthians and Peel played out a 10-goal thriller in the Canada Life Premier League on Saturday afternoon. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Ffootball-news%2Fpeel-edge-10-goal-thriller-1-8080261.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8080259.1471716782!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Peel edge 10-goal thriller | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Corinthians and Peel played out a 10-goal thriller in the Canada Life Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
In a rollercoaster match at Ballafletcher, the Whites went 1-0 up in the very first minute when Josh Ridings’ cross deceived everyone and nestled into the net, only for Peel hit back through Matthew Woods and Josh Kelly to lead 2-1 at halftime.
However, four goals in the first 18 minutes of the second half saw the lead change hands again, with Corinthians going 4-3 up before Peel hit back again and levelled through Dominic McGreevy.
When Ryan Burns was sent off for Corinthians, Peel took full advantage when Kerron Christian nodded them in front late on before McGreevy’s header sealed a dramatic 6-4 victory.
Elsewhere in the top flight, champions St George’s romped to a 9-0 victory against newly-promoted Colby, Rushen United continued their fine start to the season with a 5-1 win at home to Ramsey while Union Mills and DHSOB shared four goals at Garey Mooar.
JCK Division Two champions Douglas Athletic recorded their first ever Premier League win with a 6-2 victory away at Ayre United, while St Mary’s 100 per cent winning start was maintained with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Laxey at the Bowl.
In JCK Division Two, Foxdale were in fine form as they brushed aside Douglas Royal 5-1 for their third successive victory.
Gymns were the biggest winners of the day as they romped to a 7-0 win at home to Michael United, while Castletown were made to work hard for their 4-2 win away at Governor’s Athletic.
RYCOB bounced back from two successive defeats in style with a comprehensive 6-1 win over Marown, while Onchan edged past Douglas and District by a single goal.
The highly-anticipated clash between Pulrose United v Braddan was rained off. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/football-news/peel-edge-10-goal-thriller-1-8080261 | en | 2016-08-20T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/96ff976ed733b6d930872aa5568afe6349a48b7dc2e0a2a3ad0d3153a3e3f309.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T14:49:01 | null | 2016-08-30T14:06:16 | It is never a good start for any performance when ‘technical difficulties’ delay the start, particularly for half an hour in a particularly humid, packed theatre on an August Bank holiday Monday night. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fwhat-s-on%2Fmanx-entertainment-news%2Freview-sister-act-at-manchester-palace-theatre-1-8095965.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8095960.1472563742!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | REVIEW: Sister Act at Manchester Palace Theatre | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | It is never a good start for any performance when ‘technical difficulties’ delay the start, particularly for half an hour in a particularly humid, packed theatre on an August Bank holiday Monday night.
And it was clear when curtains finally came up just after 8pm, that the enforced delays had left several of the cast as well the audience a tad discombobulated.
Sister Act. Directed and Choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood
Nerves were apparent in the opening scenes but as the the cast got into their stride the audience went along for the ride, making for a memorable performance by a truly talented cast.
Alexandra Burke of X Factor fame was perfectly cast as the outrageous singer on the run Deloris van Cartier, making the role made famous by Whoopi Goldberg her own, and once again proving she has the vocal chops to shine on stage following her extremely successful run in the Bodyguard.
There is no doubt that she and the other nuns are the stars of this piece, juggling Craig Revel-Horwood’s (of Strictly fame’s) witty choreography, with some roof-raising and memorable numbers.
Sarah Goggin’s performance as Sister Mary Robert constantly drew the eye and raised the roof with her remarkable voice..
Sister Act. Directed and Choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood
But set pieces and solos by the male cast members, gave the production a depth and context that set up the exhilarating ensemble numbers.
Under Revel-Horwood’s direction, the comic acting and singing by Aaron Lee Lambert, Ricky Rojas, Sandy Grigelis, Jon Robyns andSamuel Morgan-Grahame has the audience sniggering and laughing out loud.
All the music was produced live by the cast and small band, meaning some characters were singing, dancing, acting and playing a variety of wind and string instruments. There was so much going on it was difficult to know where to look on stage ( in a good way).
If I was being super critical I would say this approach left a slight disconnect between some of the scenes, possibly due to the multi-role playing and hard-working cast being tasked with moving scenery and performing simultaneously.
But like all good productions the niggles seem to melt away as the performance progressed.
The audience were on their feet for a well-deserved standing ovation at the end as the production ended on an extremely enjoyable high note.
Sister Act is on at Manchester Palace Theatre until September 3. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/what-s-on/manx-entertainment-news/review-sister-act-at-manchester-palace-theatre-1-8095965 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/2ca476c4c3aab14c5fb23add47b1d06b381739567cac005a07c3f4390d63624b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:16 | null | 2016-08-23T08:54:21 | The Isle of Man branch of the Pony Club enjoyed another fine afternoon of showjumping at Oatlands last week, with kind permission of Mr and Mrs D. Shacklock. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Fisle-of-man-sport%2Fexciting-day-of-action-at-isle-of-man-pony-club-1-8083327.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8083326.1471938847!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Exciting day of action at Isle of Man Pony Club | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The Isle of Man branch of the Pony Club enjoyed another fine afternoon of showjumping at Oatlands last week, with kind permission of Mr and Mrs D. Shacklock.
Lots of entries made for an exciting afternoon where rosettes were keenly sought after.
Results: Cross Poles, Junior 1, Tiger France (Conrhenny Firebug); 2, Tilly Holt (Merlin) 3, Lindsay Collister (Conrhenny Golden Premier). Senior, 1, Emma Senogles (Ben Hur). 55cm junior 1, Lucy Corlett (Hanleen Code Blue) 2, Lucy Parsons (Boomerang) 2, T. France (Conrhenny Firebug). Senior. 1, Charlotte Shimmin (Ella); 2, E. Senogles (Ben Hur). 65cm junior 1, Ella Fargher (Rockstar Wren); 2, Aislinn Lace (Lucky); 3, L. Parsons (Pandora). Senior 1, C. Shimmin (Ella); 2, Laura Corcoran (Mr Bojangles); 3, Emily Mylchreest (Jasmine). 75cm junior 1, Percy Hampton (Deep Blue); 2, Immy Millward (Manorian Mystique); 3, E. Fargher (Rockstar Wren). Senior 1, Holly Minards (Mr Freddie); 2, Suzanne Booth (Sliabh Lan Bobby); =3, E. Mylchreest (Jasmine); L. Corcoran (Mr Bojangles). 85cm junior 1, I. Millward (Manorian Mystique); 2, Amelia Hotchkiss (Greystones Pilgrim); 3, A. Hotchkiss (Newhaven Robin). senior 1, Lori Moreton (Jalaga Jack); 2, S. Booth (Sliabh Lan Bobby); 3, Victoria Garner (Four Humour). 95cm Junior 1, Abigale Turner-Drewry (Aclare Cracker); 2, Callum Staley (Knockbawn Prince); 3, A. Hotchkiss (Greystones Pilgrim). Senior 1, L. Moreton (Jalaga Jack); 2, C. Shimmin (Mighty Atom); 3, V. Garner (Four Humour). 105cm junior 1, A. Turner-Drewry (Aclare Cracker); 2, C. Staley (Knockbawn Prince). Senior 1, Sammy Cattle (Rockmount Kallie); 2, C. Shimmin (Mighty Atom); 3, Jenny Quirk (Nancy). 115cm Senior 1, J. Quirke (Nancy).
The local branch of the Pony Club would like to thank Jane and Kate Dawson for giving up their afternoon to judge and doing such an excellent job, Jen Crennell for the course design and all the stewards for helping with the fences.
For further information please visit www.iomponyclub.com
ALICE CORRIN | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/isle-of-man-sport/exciting-day-of-action-at-isle-of-man-pony-club-1-8083327 | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/303c44b065ce67af06055aa0f3f9d677dbd511fb3535ce282fa780af9cf0d1e0.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T10:50:39 | null | 2016-08-28T10:18:35 | The Isle of Man Constabulary is recruiting for full-time police officers to join the force. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fwould-you-like-to-be-a-police-officer-in-the-island-1-8088974.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088972.1472134758!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Would you like to be a police officer in the island? | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The Isle of Man Constabulary is recruiting for full-time police officers to join the force.
A recruitment campaign has been launched to attract applicants interested in a career in the Manx constabulary.
Drop-in sessions with serving police officers are being held to give prospective applicants an insight into modern policing and to ask any questions about the process.
The sessions will be held at Costa at the Sea Terminal from midday to 2pm on September 1, 8 and 19.
People can also ask questions in a Twitter session between 7pm and 8pm on Wednesday, September 14 by following @TweetbeatIOM and using the hashtag #EveryDayIsDifferentIOM
The selection process involves an initial paper sift of applicants followed by a fitness test, classroom assessment, an outdoor assessment and a medical. Candidates are assessed in line with the constabulary’s core values of caring, professional, challenge, service, respect and responsibility.
Inspector Dave Dobbie said: ‘A career in the Isle of Man Constabulary will undoubtedly give you opportunities to help keep people safe and to make a positive difference in the local community. Police work is unique and involves dealing with people from all walks of life in many different circumstances.
‘Recent recruits said they were attracted to apply because of the variety of work, and that every day is different, something that they have found to be the case since being operational officers.
‘All of this requires a range of personal skills such as patience, courage, flexibility, understanding and the ability to think and act quickly. We are looking to recruit people who possess these values and the right mix of skills to serve the Manx public. The response from the initial drop in session was positive, with some promising potential candidates.’
Inspector Dobbie said he would encourage people to attend the drop-in sessions, join in with the Twitter session, or contact Organisational Development at Police Headquarters to find out more from the officers.
The closing date for applications is Friday, September 23. Download an application pack at www.iompolice.im. For more information contact Organisational Development on 631547. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/would-you-like-to-be-a-police-officer-in-the-island-1-8088974 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/12aaadeab32abaf0eb5a9a65b32b014a5b6a990d13f093fc7cf43fa8f5cb782c.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:48:59 | null | 2016-08-26T16:31:56 | Speed demons are revving up for the annual Drag Fest which will take place at Jurby Airfield next weekend. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fspeed-kings-rev-up-for-230mph-drag-fest-1-8088720.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088719.1472131942!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Speed kings rev up for 230mph Drag Fest | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Speed demons are revving up for the annual Drag Fest which will take place at Jurby Airfield next weekend.
This will be the sixth year the event has taken place and speeds are expected to reach over 230mph.
There is no charge for spectators and gates open at 9am on Saturday, September 3, and the following day with the racing running from 10.30am until 4.30pm. Six top UK drag racing teams are making the trip over to put on a show and race against the Isle of Man’s quickest drag racers.
Local teams will include Malcolm Forbes from Sulby with his Chevy-powered-dragster and Ian Merryweather from Ballaugh, with his super-charged Chrysler Hemi powered 1938 Fiat Topolino, which was awarded best vehicle at the recent Santa Pod event ‘Dragstalgia’, an event for the finest nostalgia dragsters in Europe.
Ian Merryweather, who is also one of the organisers from the Manx Drag Racing Association, said: ‘The race is run in much the same way as the famous Ramsey Sprint, however it is open to all vehicles which pass a basic scrutineering test. Riders and drivers must wear a crash helmet plus correct clothing for purpose and hold a full licence or provisional licence after the rider/driver has completed observed runs and been deemed competent to race.’
This year’s star attraction is Julian Webb from Yorkshire with his jet-powered dragster which is capable of speeds approaching 250mph in under six seconds.
Also racing will be the reigning UK supercharged outlaw champion Paul Watts, from the Isle of Wight, who will be driving his 1600 Hp 1957 Chevrolet, and Spencer Tidswell, from Yorkshire, who will be driving his 1941 Willys Coupe powered by a 9,800cc procharged Chevy V8.
Mark Flavell, from Teeside, will also be bringing his Pontiac Firebird Funny Car.
There will also be something for fans of two-wheelers with the UK’s and island’s quickest and fastest 1/4mile drag bikes tackling the Jurby track.
Two of the island’s fastest drag racers will provide visitors with stiff competition as Gary Leach from Kirk Michael rides his Kawasaki, and Paul Callow from Peel hopes to be fit enough to ride a new bike.
Paul had a major spill during TT at the Ramsey Sprint which was shown on the recent ‘TT Blues’ TV show.
Provisionally there are 10 classes for cars and 10 for bikes but this is subject to entrants.
Details on how to enter Drag Fest are on www.manxdragracing.com or email info@manxdragracing.com | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/speed-kings-rev-up-for-230mph-drag-fest-1-8088720 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/11ea9f0b7da8833e77068c8f6608c81800457875415dac592f48b0548303a4e7.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:09:09 | null | 2016-08-20T07:00:00 | The first Isle of Man Newspapers’ Team of the Week for the 2016-17 Manx football season boasts a host of familiar faces and a plethora of goals. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Ffootball-news%2Fgoals-galore-in-first-team-of-the-week-of-the-new-season-1-8078196.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8078193.1471601808!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Goals galore in first Team of the Week of the new season | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The first Isle of Man Newspapers’ Team of the Week for the 2016-17 Manx football season boasts a host of familiar faces and a plethora of goals.
The opening weekend of the Canada Life Premier League season saw champions St George’s begin the defence of their title with a 13-1 thumping of Ayre, while there were also wins for Peel, Rushen, Corinthians, Union Mills and St Mary’s.
Veteran goalkeeper Christian Cellamare - the reigning Football Writers’ Goalkeeper of the Year - shows no signs of slowing down at all as he helped Union Mills and Neil Akkulugadu get their campaigns off to a winning start thanks to a 1-0 win over newly-promoted Colby.
Also impressing for the Millers in that match was another defensive cohort in the shape of Will Miller who excellent in the heart of the defence to keep a clean sheet and book his place in hypothetical XI.
Joining him in a three-man backline are Eric Kelly and Adam Cregeen who went head-to-head at Mullen-e-Cloie for St John’s and Peel respectively. Cregeen proved to be the match-winner as his early goal ensured last year’s runners-up Peel got three points on the board, just edging his Douglas Road team-mate Daniel Lace out of the Team of the Week.
Kelly was also impressive as the young, talented full-back shone for the Saints as they restricted their western rivals to only one goal.
The two standout results from the first round of fixtures were arguably at Croit Lowey and Ballafletcher where Rushen United thumped Laxey 6-0 and Corinthians eased past DHSOB 3-0 respectively.
Therefore it’s no surprise to see players from both the Spaniards and Whites being called up to TotW, with Rushen’s Liam Cowin excelling in the centre of the park as the southerners ran riot against the Miners while Danny Oram netted twice to put Old Boys to the sword.
Completing the midfield quartet are St Mary’s playmaker Brian Crellin and St George’s Sam Caine. Crellin pulled the strings in midfield for the Saints as the Bowl outfit saw off the challenge of newly-promoted Douglas Athletic 3-1, while Caine was the undoubted star of the show as he helped himself to four goals during the champions’ 13-1 rout of Ayre United.
The three-man attack also boasts plenty of goals, with the potent trio having grabbed no fewer than eight between them in Saturday’s matches, two of them netting hat-tricks.
The two in question are no strangers to Team of the Week, namely Steven Priestnal and Chris Bass Jr who tormented their opponents for the St Mary’s and St George’s respectively.
Completing the line-up is Rushen United ‘s Jack Saxon who grabbed a brace for the Spaniards in their aformentioned 6-0 demolition of Laxey at Croit Lowey.
Just missing out on a place in the latest hypothetical XI were Saxon’s team-mate Alex Maitland, Bass’s fellow attacker Conor Doyle and Corinthians star Josh Ridings.
Claiming the first referee of the week honours for the new season is Matty Shaw who impressed with the whistle in the middle of the clash between Rushen v Laxey.
Team of the Week
Goalkeeper
Christian Cellamare (Union Mills)
Defence
Eric Kelly (St John’s)
Adam Cregeen (Peel)
Will Miller (Union Mills)
Midfield
Brian Crellin (St Mary’s)
Liam Cowin (Rushen)
Danny Oram (Corinthians)
Sam Caine (St George’s)
Attack
Ste Priestnal (St Mary’s)
Jack Saxon (Rushen)
Chris Bass Jr (St George’s)
Referee
Matty Shaw (Rusheb v Laxey) | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/football-news/goals-galore-in-first-team-of-the-week-of-the-new-season-1-8078196 | en | 2016-08-20T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/1bc9e5d3a283ea724665510ccf54d94b717b11dbaf9aa6aaac02947ed989d760.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T04:50:07 | null | 2016-08-27T05:03:23 | Castle Rushen High School PE department organised its first fundraising charity event during the last week of term to raise money for Cancer Research UK. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fpupils-raise-money-for-cancer-research-uk-1-8086346.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8086344.1472047746!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Pupils raise money for Cancer Research UK | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Castle Rushen High School PE department organised its first fundraising charity event during the last week of term to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
PE staff planned for all pupils aged 11 to 14 to complete a 5km walk around Castletown during their games lessons.
Jody Astin, who organised the event, said: ‘Knowing the horrifying statistics that, unfortunately, one in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer in our lives, means there is every chance someone in our school may be affected. That’s why we called on all our students to ditch the uniforms, lace up their trainers and teach cancer a lesson once and for all.’
‘Our pupils surprised us immensely, as we only asked for a £1 donation, and we had a target to raise £1,000 over all four year groups, but our pupils went on to raise a superb £5,047. We cannot thank the pupils, parents and community enough in their continued support, and we truly are touched by their efforts, going above and beyond. We will definitely make this a yearly event.’ | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/pupils-raise-money-for-cancer-research-uk-1-8086346 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/8756fa9ba26f35ecbd0a365bab994f00091b971266be3adc18d9fde38108abf4.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T10:51:32 | null | 2016-08-30T10:13:40 | A 71-year-old St John’s man has been fined £100 by a magistrates court for urinating on Laxey Promenade. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fman-71-was-spotted-urinating-by-cafe-bin-1-8094449.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/man-71-was-spotted-urinating-by-cafe-bin-1-8094449 | en | null | Man, 71, was spotted urinating by cafe bin | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A 71-year-old St John’s man has been fined £100 by a magistrates court for urinating on Laxey Promenade.
William Thomas Tickle was seen by a cafe employee with his penis out by some bins and charged with an offence against public decency.
In a separate incident, Tickle was also fined £400 for permitting driving with no insurance and had his driving licence endorsed with six penalty points. He pleaded guilty in court to all charges and was also ordered to pay £100 prosecution costs.
The court heard how, on April 17, Tickle was stopped by police in his BMW at Jurby Industrial Estate.
Police had received a report that someone was driving erratically there.
Tickle had a woman with him and told police that he had been teaching her to drive.
She did not have a provisional licence and no ‘L’ plates were displayed. He was informed that while it was not illegal to drive on the airfield, it was illegal to drive on the roads around the industrial estate without a provisional licence and ‘L’ plates.
Tickle told police the woman was a friend’s wife he knew through charity work and that she was thinking of taking driving lessons but wanted to see what it was like first. He said he knew the woman had no licence but had not realised it was a public road.
The second incident occurred at 11.30am on August 2 when Tickle was driving on Laxey Promenade with two passengers.
He got out of the car and walked to the gable end of the cafe building where he started to urinate between the bins.
A woman who was working at the cafe came out to use the bins and saw Tickle urinating.
She said she asked him: ‘What are you doing, there are public toilets there and there,’ referring to public toilets at both ends of the promenade.
The woman said that Tickle continued holding his penis and urinating but said he was sorry.
He was reported to police and when quizzed by officers told them that he was diabetic which made him need the toilet.
In court he declined the services of an advocate and opted to defend himself.
Regarding the driving offence Tickle said: ‘I belong to the Isle of Man Lions Club and I offered to help another member’s wife learn to drive.
‘I thought Jurby Junk, off the main road, was the ideal place. I had not appreciated it was a public road.’
Referring to the urine incident, Tickle told the court: ‘I am diabetic. It was a call of nature and I couldn’t find a toilet. I found some bins by the side of the shop, out of the public gaze, nobody could see me. Unfortunately the shop assistant came round to the bins and saw me. I apologised.’
No separate penalty was imposed for a further charge of permitting driving with no driving licence.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:07:11 | null | 2016-08-20T07:00:00 | Peter Kennaugh has been named in Team Sky’s line-up which will tackle the last of this season’s Grand Tours, La Vuelta a Espana. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Fcycling%2Fkennaugh-selected-to-ride-vuelta-a-espana-1-8079023.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8079021.1471617651!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Kennaugh selected to ride Vuelta a Espana | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Peter Kennaugh has been named in Team Sky’s line-up which will tackle the last of this season’s Grand Tours, La Vuelta a Espana.
The three-week Spanish tour fires into life this weekend with a team time trial from Balneario Laias to Parque Náutico de Castrelo de Miño in northwestern Spain.
Over the following 20 stages, the race takes in the likes of Ourense, Oviedo, Bilbao and Benidorm before finishing on the streets of Madrid on September 11.
Alongside Kennaugh in the Sky squad is Tour de France winner Chris Froome, Ian Boswell, Michal Golas, Christian Knees, Leopold König, Michal Kwiatkowski, Mikel Landa and Salvatore Puccio.
The Manxman, one of just a handful of British riders in the race, will therefore hopefully play a key role in helping Froome claim back-to-back Grand Tours following his superb success in France last month.
Kennaugh has been on the comeback trail in recent weeks after he was forced to miss the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after a collarbone injury sustained in the Tour of California.
The two-time British National Road Race champion had been due to ride in the men’s team pursuit event but, citing a lack of form and insufficient recovery time, Pete pulled out and was replaced by Steve Cummings. GB won gold in the pursuit earlier this week.
Since his withdrawal though, Kennaugh has been making a strong comeback and recently rode in the Vuelta a Burgos in Spain where he enjoyed an impressive race, claiming two top-10 stages finishes on his way to a fine fifth place overall in the general classification.
The 2016 Vuelta a Espana begins this Saturday and Eurosport will be showing daily live coverage and highlights, while ITV4 will also broadcast stage highlights. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/cycling/kennaugh-selected-to-ride-vuelta-a-espana-1-8079023 | en | 2016-08-20T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/0a902c4231b26f9026b29eac0e46e688512ffb35d2a3867faa71d9b2c2871e05.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:44 | null | 2016-08-25T09:57:07 | Isle of Man-born professional footballer Kieran Tierney has been called up to the Scotland squad to face Malta in next month’s 2018 World Cup qualifiers. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Ffootball-news%2Ftierney-called-up-to-scotland-squad-for-world-cup-qualifier-1-8087505.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8087503.1472115413!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Tierney called up to Scotland squad for World Cup qualifier | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Isle of Man-born professional footballer Kieran Tierney has been called up to the Scotland squad to face Malta in next month’s 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
The 19-year-old full-back has been a sensation for Celtic since making his debut for the Scottish Premier League champions in May last year.
Since then, he has established himself in the Bhoys’ first team as his virtuoso attacking displays and full-blooded defending have won over the hearts of the Celtic fans.
The teenager was rewarded with a call-up to the senior Scotland squad in March, making his international bow in a 1-0 win against Denmark.
Tierney then went on to score his first goal for the Glasgow club on the final day of the 2015-16 campaign against Motherwell before being named as the Scottish Football Association’s Young Player of the Year.
Tierney’s meteoric rise was rewarded with a new five-year at the club and, despite manager Ronny Deila being replaced by former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers, the Douglas-born teenager has started this season in fine form.
As such, Tierney has once again been named in Gordon Strachan’s national squad which will kick off Scotland’s campaign to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
The match with Malta takes place on the evening of Sunday, September 4 and will be played at the national stadium in Ta’Qali.
Not content with that, Tierney has just helped Celtic qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stages in dramatic fashion.
The Scottish outfit were drawn against Israeli side Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the third round of qualifying and appeared on course to progress when they won the first leg 5-2 at Celtic Park on Wednesday last week.
However, the return leg at the Turner Stadium in Beersheba on Tuesday evening proved to be a tense and nervy time for the Bhoys. Celtic fell behind midway through the half and, when the Israeli team netted a second after the break to reduce the aggregate score to a single goal, things weren’t looking good.
Despite a nervy finale though, the Bhoys held on to progress 5-4 on aggregate and book their place in the group stages, the draw for which takes place today, Thursday.
Speaking to www.celticfc.net, a delighted Tierney commented: ‘Madness, that’s all I can say to describe that. We’re through and that’s all that really matters.
‘It was nervous for everybody and it must have been dreadful for the fans to watch the last half-hour but we’re through and that’s what matters. You’re obviously hoping for a better performance but at this stage you’d rather just get through than play well.
‘It’s amazing. There are a lot of boys here who haven’t played in the Champions League yet so it’s big for us all and it’s an experience we are all looking forward to.
‘Credit goes to everybody in the changing room and all the work that gets done behind the scenes for the players. It’s brilliant.
‘Getting to the Champions League must be the top. As a 19-year-old it’s hard for me coming into situations like this as I only have experience of the Europa League, but to be in the Champions League at 19 and get the chance to play in all six games is a dream.
‘The manager has been great with everybody, I’m grateful he’s playing me and hopefully I can continue to impress him and keep playing well.’ | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/football-news/tierney-called-up-to-scotland-squad-for-world-cup-qualifier-1-8087505 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/4258341f38c2aa5503aeb22abae3de53dec7a64d9daec589621dbcd77d90a755.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:06:39 | null | 2016-08-18T10:00:00 | Email opinions@newsiom.co.im | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fletters%2Fisle-of-man-examiner-letters-august-16-2016-1-8073291.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/letters/isle-of-man-examiner-letters-august-16-2016-1-8073291 | en | null | Isle of Man Examiner letters, August 16, 2016 | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Email opinions@newsiom.co.im
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Editorial wrong on ‘open skies’
Clearly, many Manx residents (myself included!) are frustrated when flights are delayed to and from the Isle of Man – but contrary to the argument of your recent editorial, imposing a new set of regulatory burdens on airlines won’t protect our flight connections. Rather it will likely reduce the number of airlines and flights serving our island.
By global and even European standards, the Isle of Man airport cannot be a particularly profitable airport to fly to. If it was, there would be more than just EasyJet and British Airways flying to London, because airlines would seek opportunities to make money by operating such services.
Consequently, imposing a new set of regulatory burdens upon airlines won’t make it even more attractive to airlines to serve Manx residents.
Needing to obey an extra set of rules won’t make flights cheaper, and more laws won’t make our air routes be more profitable.
On the contrary, imposing a new set of regulations might cause existing operators to withdraw, which would cause untold harm to our links to the rest of the world.
If we want more frequent flights to and from the Isle of Man, to more destinations, then the only way that this is going to happen is if the flights are more attractive to airlines to operate.
This includes simple ideas like reducing the slew of charges - such as landing fees, passenger load supplement, security levy, AAA charge and passenger baggage handling.
The way that the Isle of Man slugs airlines for night-time delays caused by even bad weather (which happens all too often) is obviously not going to encourage airlines to fly here more often!
The Isle of Man has an opportunity to improve its air services, but creating new rules and increasing the regulatory burden won’t make our island a more attractive destination to airlines.
The idea of increasing regulations to ‘force’ more airlines to come here is self-evidently absurd and simply doesn’t make sense. Instead, the airport and government should look at ways to reduce red tape and improve services with the benefit of innovation and creativity.
Michael Josem, Hillary Wharf, South Quay, Douglas.
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EasyJet has made change for better
Easyjet coming to the Isle of Man has made a big difference, for the good, to the routes that they service.
I appreciate that they have not been giving their best service on the Gatwick route of late – this has been acknowledged by the company.
However, the tone of TravelWatch in their campaign against the airline could have serious repercussions.
There are ways of dealing with matters such as this and I do think that TravelWatch are being far too public in their condemnations, when behind the scenes contact could be a lot more constructive.
Government and airport director Ann Reynolds are the people to negotiate with Easyjet. No airline likes bad publicity, and I am sure that they will do all they can to regain the trust of the public and ensure the best of service.
There is a scenario whereby Easyjet could turn around and say: ‘Sod it, we can do without this hassle,’ and pull all their routes.
So I would ask TravelWatch to be a bit more diplomatic in their campaign.
Gordon Drake, Vicarage Park, Braddan.
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Wrong info on children’s event
With the impending visit of three, very active, grand-children, we were delighted to read, in a recent Manx Tails ‘What’s On’, and confirmed in last week’s Manx Independent, of the novel idea of the Rio O’Limpets – slated to occur on Thursday, August 4.
I duly rushed home from a morning engagement in order to assist in getting them down to Peel Castle by the start time of 2pm.
However, on the way we met several parents lamenting that the event was not happening until the 11th (confirmed in today’s Manx Independent). Sadly, my grandchildren went home today, so were unable to participate (I am assuming that the event did, actually, take place today and it was not another mistake as it will actually take place at another date in the future).
Well done Manx National Heritage! The words ‘organise” ‘brewery’ ‘cannot’ and ‘xxxx-up’ spring to mind.
And not even an apology in the paper.
I wonder how many children were extremely disappointed? I wonder how many parents took time off work on the 4th to be there with their children?
Who was responsible? Are they paid out of taxpayers’ funds? Will they be disciplined?
Why is it so difficult to get something like the date of an event right?
Perhaps someone will explain ?
Annoyed Grandfather
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Misgivings on the chief minister
Your correspondent (Manx Independent last week), expressing dissent with the interview of mine published in the Examiner of last week, was not able to see the whole of my thoughts on this matter since the writer or editor presumably had to limit the space available.
My misgivings about the existing system lie in the fact that the Chief Minister who appoints his or her ‘cabinet’ has not been elected on the basis of any declared policies, and I feel that any candidate putting themselves forward should do so in detail, and if elected should be held to these, otherwise none of their policies have a mandate from the electorate. He says that the Keys can get rid of any Chief Minister of whom they disapprove. Has this ever happened?
As for me not understanding what democracy is about, the demos was essentially a Greek village, and only those who were bona fide, if I can join the Latin to the Greek, residents were entitled to vote.
The Greeks, like us, rarely had a democracy, and the nearest comparison that I can find is the Tyranny of Thirty, in 404BC.
This, like our tyranny of 24, or more properly of the Tyranny of Nine in the ‘Cabinet’, would more properly be seen to be an elected oligarchy.
Where your correspondent is correct, I do believe that a party system would lead to a set of mandated policies.
The chance of this happening here is of about the same level of probability as Jeremy Corbyn becoming Prime Minister of the UK.
I notice that the letter writer was able to refer to me by my name. I am unable to return the compliment.
Harry Galbraith, West View, Peel.
Editor’s note: The correspondent referred to ‘parliamentary democracy’ not just democracy.
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Frustrated with EasyJet service
At the end of our visit to see our family on the island, we were frustrated at the late departure of the evening EasyJet flight to Gatwick – I gather not an uncommon experience.
The pilot stated that the reason for the late arrival/departure was the need to upload fuel at Gatwick as there are no facilities in the evening, (it was supposedly a 20.45 departure). Can this really be true?
Also on the Gatwick to Isle of Man flight, the fresh water supply was faulty; again we heard the crew say there were no maintenance facilities at Ronaldsway to investigate/rectify the problem.
Really?
Brian Hill, Surrey. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/letters/isle-of-man-examiner-letters-august-16-2016-1-8073291 | en | 2016-08-18T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/f1607ee413593b6c1832d8ac4f7141e0bc3a9da0ecd60c601d4c3b8d353e3124.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T10:50:37 | null | 2016-08-28T10:39:07 | Have you entered Isle of Man Newspapers’ Awards for Excellence yet? | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Fnot-picking-someone-from-a-hat-1-8088748.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088747.1472132377!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Not picking someone from a hat | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Have you entered Isle of Man Newspapers’ Awards for Excellence yet?
To find out a bit more about how each entry is assessed we talk to one of the judging panel, Les Nicol, managing director of N K Construction…
Les Nicol says he sometimes finds people are surprised when they discover that he is one of the judges for the Awards for Excellence: in some people’s minds the judges for such a prestigious event must surely be a bit of an ‘old boys’ network’.
‘I think they find it quite refreshing when they realise it’s not just people from the finance sector,’ says Les.
In fact, the 16 judges who make up the panel come from a diverse range of backgrounds: law, engineering, egaming, the charitable sector and government. The one common factor is that all of them are highly regarded in their fields.
Les, who runs family business N K Construction, certainly knows a thing or two about excellence. The company was twice a finalist in the award for Company of the Year. Following that, Les was asked to join the judging panel because the construction industry was not represented at the time.
This will be his third year as a judge and he says of the judging process: ‘It’s a lot more involved than I expected it to be but in a nice way because it’s very enjoyable.
‘I didn’t realise until I did it how much went into the judging – it isn’t just picking someone out of a hat.’
The 16 judges work in pairs and each pair is given two award categories to assess.
This means marking each entry against a list of set criteria. When each judge has marked both categories, the pair then meet to compare marks and decide who the winner and finalists in each category should be.
Then all the judges get together. Les said: ‘When you go for the final judging day and you have to present the results for your categories there is much discussion and you have to give your reasons for choosing your winners and finalists – that is an eye-opener.’
There are 16 award categories in the awards, for companies, individuals, public sector teams, charities and community organisations. You can find details of all the categories, and download entry forms, at www.iomtoday.co.im Entries close on September 26.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:34 | null | 2016-08-24T09:47:49 | Michael Dunlop again set the pace in the second qualifying session for the 2016 Classic TT presented by Bennetts, topping the board in the Superbike class on Tuesday evening. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Fmotorcycling%2Frutter-to-the-fore-in-qualifying-1-8085442.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8085441.1472028887!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Rutter to the fore in qualifying | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Michael Dunlop again set the pace in the second qualifying session for the 2016 Classic TT presented by Bennetts, topping the board in the Superbike class on Tuesday evening.
Ian Lougher also again topped the board in the Lightweight class while Dean Harrison and Michael Rutter posted the best times in the Senior and Junior sessions respectively.
A revision to the schedule for Tuesday’s qualifying session saw the Superbike and Lightweight machines out first on the Mountain Course. Conditions were clearly testing with clerk of the course Gary Thompson reporting damp patches particularly under the trees around the course, although the low mist reported on the Mountain earlier in the day had lifted.
Manxman Dan Kneen and Jamie Coward were first away on the Mistral Racing Kawasakis followed by Danny Webb on the Team Classic Suzuki and Rutter on the Harris Yamaha. William Dunlop, a late entry, also went out on a ZXR Kawasaki.
Michael Dunlop seemed unaffected by the conditions and was fastest to the first timing point at Glen Helen, ultimately completing an opening lap of 122.650mph (18m 27.440s) on the Team Classic Suzuki XR69, which proved to be the fastest time of the night.
Harrison on the Silicone Engineering Kawasaki (121.101), Rutter (120.763), James Hillier on the Mistral Racing Kawasaki (120.336) and Ivan Lintin (120.160) on the Devitt RC Express Racing Kawasaki all posted laps over 120mph on their opening laps in the Superbike class.
Bruce Anstey, however, was reported to be an early retirement at Barregarrow on his opening lap on the Valvoline Racing by Padgetts Motorcycles Yamaha YZR 500, but Rutter (120.163) and Michael Dunlop (116.996) both managed to get an additional lap although both were slower than their opening efforts.
In the Lightweight Classic TT session, which ran concurrently to the Superbikes, Lougher improved marginally on his previous evening’s time to top the board with 113.893mph (19:52.597) on his second lap of the session from experienced campaigner Phil Harvey (107.649) and fellow Welshman Paul Owen (103.405).
In the Senior Classic TT session that got underway at 7.10pm after a short delay, John McGuinness was an early retiree at Ballacraine on the Winfield Paton. Even though the weather was beginning to close in, and it was noticeably darker at the Grandstand, many of the Classic TT competitors were still able to get vital qualifying laps in.
Dean Harrison topped the Senior Classic TT board on the Black Eagle Racing MV from McGuinness’s Winfield team-mate Conor Cummins, who again posted a solid lap (104.857), and Jamie Coward on the Ted Woof Manx Norton (104.628).
Rutter on the Ripley Land Racing Honda continued his dominance of the Junior class with the only ton of the evening (100.182) from William Dunlop (96.885) and Dave Moffitt (96.232).
Manx Grand Prix
Local riders Andrew Dudgeon and newcomer Michael Evans both put in impressive performances in the second qualifying session for the 2016 Manx Grand Prix powered by IMGold.
Ramsey resident Dudgeon posted the fastest time of the evening – 116.906 (19:21.860) on the GSX-R Suzuki that he will ride in the Junior and Senior MGP Races next Wednesday and Friday.
Fellow Manx rider Michael Evans topped the MGP Newcomers A leaderboard with 110.059 (20:34.253), although on a good night for local riders Brendan Fargher was only 10 seconds slower with 109.127 (20:44.677) and the pair look set for a battle royale in Monday’s Newcomers A Race.
A revision to the schedule for Tuesday’s qualifying session saw the Junior and Senior competitors out first on the track alongside the Classic TT competitors.
Dudgeon’s opening lap proved to be the fastest of the session, although Andrew Farrell went close on his second lap with 116.290 (19:28.007) while Tom Weedon also improved his time on his second lap with 116.028 (19:30.650) to complete the top three in the MGP Junior class.
Dudgeon and Weeden’s linked times were the top two on the Senior board with Wigan rider Jamie Hodson’s second lap of 114.548 (19:45.778) on the JGH Racing Yamaha completing the top three in the Senior session.
Australian Paul Van Der Heiden was clearly coming to terms with the Mountain Course with the Adelaide-based rider posting 100.940 (22:25.630) which was the fastest Newcomer B lap. Van Der Heiden’s time was particularly credible given that the newcomers experienced probably the most challenging conditions of the session.
Local Dan Sayle continues to dominate the Lightweight/SuperTwin class and his time of 104.385 (21:41.219) was almost 45 seconds ahead of second-placed Dave Taylor (100.925) who was the only other rider over 100mph in the class on the night.
Alan Cunningham and Gavin Brown were reported to have been involved in an accicent at the 32nd Milestone. Brown was unhurt but Cunningham was taken by airmed to Noble’s Hospital with suspected chest injuries. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/motorcycling/rutter-to-the-fore-in-qualifying-1-8085442 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/0fd159f1fab7e284f15f0021cb4d47bafb8b79f4c0d3ce775aa7e80f40bda1e6.json |
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[] | 2016-08-31T10:51:53 | null | 2016-08-31T10:10:37 | The RNLI’s Douglas-based lifeboat Sir William Hillary was launched when a yacht with two people on board ran aground just off the northern end of Douglas Beach on Tuesday evening. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Flifeboat-goes-to-the-rescue-of-two-people-1-8097343.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8097342.1472634614!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Lifeboat goes to the rescue of two people | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The RNLI’s Douglas-based lifeboat Sir William Hillary was launched when a yacht with two people on board ran aground just off the northern end of Douglas Beach on Tuesday evening.
The yacht’s crew had been able to refloat the yacht by the time the lifeboat reached them. However they had not been able to make any further progress because of a brisk onshore wind and the incoming tide overpowering their auxiliary engine.
The lifeboat, which was under the command of deputy second coxswain Graeme Cushnie ,took the yacht under tow bringing it across the bay into the shelter of Douglas Harbour where the crew of the yacht were then able to make their own way back to their berth using the yacht’s auxiliary engine. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/lifeboat-goes-to-the-rescue-of-two-people-1-8097343 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/c21f958856cd2deabd1e3cb6bdbb4e3d18519f10329ad1b3b3902fcd402bdec9.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T02:51:01 | null | 2016-08-28T23:52:54 | A bus driver was forced to stop his bus after it caught fire on Saturday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fbus-on-fire-1-8093780.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8093779.1472424753!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Bus on fire | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A bus driver was forced to stop his bus after it caught fire on Saturday.
The number 21 bus was travelling through Farmhill when a loud noise at the back of the bus was heard.
Smoke appeared and the three passengers who were on the bus at the time were escorted off.
Fire crews inspected the vehicle and no-one was injured.
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[] | 2016-08-29T16:50:37 | null | 2016-08-29T15:57:28 | Michael Dunlop completed a Classic TT Bank Holiday Monday double this afternoon. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Fmotorcycling%2Fclassic-tt-dunlop-doubles-up-1-8094654.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8094653.1472482622!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Classic TT: Dunlop doubles up | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Michael Dunlop completed a Classic TT Bank Holiday Monday double this afternoon.
After winning the morning’s Okell’s Junior race, the Ballymoney man broke lap and race records on his way to a blistering victory in the four-lap Motorsport Merchandise Superbike contest.
Dunlop brought home the 1100cc Team Classic Suzuki, 19.259 seconds ahead of TT rival Dean Harrison, with James Hillier a further 17.042s down in third. All three were inside the old race record.
Having set a outright Classic TT lap record of 126.808mph (17 minutes 51.128 seconds), Dunlop joked: ‘It’s alright for an old thing. The big girl worked really well. It’s a pig, but it’s my pig!’
Michael Rutter finished fourth, with Jamie Coward fifth and Austrian Horst Saiger sixth. William Dunlop was next home in seventh with Ramsey’s Conor Cummins rounding out the top eight.
Fellow Manxman Ryan Kneen was 14th.
Full report in Tuesday’s Isle of Man Examiner. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/motorcycling/classic-tt-dunlop-doubles-up-1-8094654 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/1c1719e4bb888a8d12e9c41b443c3519cc2f0ae29db85ed8c00bb817ae88e9de.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:55:45 | null | 2016-08-23T10:34:08 | A month-long exhibition to celebrate the life of late artist Simon Buttimore will begin in September. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fartist-simon-to-be-honoured-at-gallery-1-8082874.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8082872.1471883674!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Artist Simon to be honoured at gallery | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A month-long exhibition to celebrate the life of late artist Simon Buttimore will begin in September.
The exhibition, at the Sayle Gallery in Douglas, will showcase his many works and commemorate the life of the well-known island artist, film-maker and musician.
The 56-year-old, from Sulby, died following a motorbike crash in January. He came off his Honda C90 motorbike at the Everlasting Bend on the Laxey to Ramsey coast road.
He was on his way home from the Art Cinema event, which he had been running for the past two to three years, at the Sayle Gallery.
The idea for the exhibition, entitled ‘Simon Buttimore: A man apart’, came from his family.
His sister Fiona Helleur said: ‘The number of pies he had his fingers in was amazing. It’s been a gigantic task collecting all his things, and it’s thanks to a lot of his friends that we’ve been able to put on this exhibition.’
Fiona said the showcase will give people an insight into what Simon was like by displaying his art, woodcarvings, music and films. There will also be photographs of him and home, and a recreation of his workroom.
‘It’s going to be special and very different. He’s sorely missed by so many people from so many walks of life.
‘He was very much his own man. Although he was very popular, he was very original. He was an original thinker and was incredibly well-read.’
The popular artist and film maker, who was born in Wales, was also a musician playing bass in the Bar Toads, with his brother Anglin.
The month-long showcase will begin on September 9 and finish on October 9.
Simon’s family and the Sayle Gallery are asking people who have pieces of Simon’s artwork to share them in the exhibition.
Any pieces of work, from woodcarvings, sculptures, paintings, illustrations, photographs, poems, music and films, can be shared in the exhibition.
Christian Hardman, one of the gallery’s coordinators, said: ‘We’ve been asking for anyone who has pieces of Simon’s work to get in contact.
‘We have got a few pieces at the minute and if anyone else has anything they’re more than welcome to get in touch with us.’
‘Simon regularly played a part in the gallery. He ran the weekly Art Cinema, held exhibitions and also helped with installing exhibitions,’ Christian said. ‘We’re hoping it will be a reflection of his woodcarvings and art, and they’ll also be photographs of him throughout his life.’
If anyone has any pieces of Simon’s artwork they would like to showcase in the exhibition contact the Sayle Gallery on 674557.
The exhibition will be open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm and on Sundays from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/artist-simon-to-be-honoured-at-gallery-1-8082874 | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/87f10f7bf2fb6e6ab01e064ea2d0cc3bf41e601273cd8ab1cf65f17c4475b569.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T04:50:35 | null | 2016-08-28T05:34:15 | A 45-year-old Douglas woman has been convicted of five theft charges after a shoplifting spree. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fwoman-admits-spree-of-thefts-1-8088726.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088725.1472132087!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Woman admits spree of thefts | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A 45-year-old Douglas woman has been convicted of five theft charges after a shoplifting spree.
Denise Waterson, of Mona Street, will be sentenced on September 20 after the preparation of a probation report.
Prosecutor Michael Jelski told the court how, on July 3 at 1.48pm, Waterson entered the Strand Shopping Centre from Market Street.
She went into Peacocks clothes shop and the Card Factory before leaving at 2.01pm and going along Strand Street to Marks and Spencer.
The court heard that Waterson is banned from Marks and Spencer due to a previous incident.
She was seen in the shop by an off-duty member of staff who recognised her.
Waterson was said to be carrying three bags but when she left Marks and Spencer she was only carrying two bags.
A review of CCTV footage showed Waterson drop one of the bags and leave it next to a clothes rack before leaving.
She was challenged by security staff but continued to walk along Regent Street and then the promenade with the staff continuing to talk to her.
Police arrived and her bags were searched. Items were found from Marks and Spencer, ShoeZone, the Card Factory and Peacocks.
All were confirmed by the shop managers as stolen.
The stolen items total value were, £131 worth of clothes from Marks and Spencer, £73.93 worth of shoes from ShoeZone, clothing from Peacocks worth £40, and Card Factory goods worth £6.34. The total value of the goods was £251.27.
When charged Waterson replied: ‘Joke’.
In a second incident on August 4 Waterson went into the Manx Co-op in Duke Street and picked up a ‘bag for life’ and started placing food in it.
She bought a £5 pre-paid electricity card but did not pay for the food in the bag before leaving. As she was leaving she picked up a packet of toilet rolls which she also didn’t pay for.
CCTV footage again confirmed the theft but Waterson told police she could not remember anything about it.
The prosecutor submitted that he felt the case was suitable to remain in summary court.
The court heard that the second offence had been committed while Waterson was on police bail for the first offence.
Defence advocate Paul Glover agreed that the case was suitable for summary court and asked for the adjournment to allow time for the preparation of a probation report.
Deputy High Bailiff Jayne Hughes recorded convictions and accepted jurisdiction for sentencing.
No bail application was made and Waterson was remanded in custody until her sentencing date.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:20 | null | 2016-08-26T10:38:15 | The summer of 1976 saw the UK in the grip of a drought with hose pipe bans and emptying reservoirs but for racing fans it was much more momentous as the year the legendary Joey Dunlop made his TT debut. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fa-treat-at-the-museum-for-fans-of-racer-joey-dunlop-1-8088746.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088745.1472132330!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | A treat at the museum for fans of racer Joey Dunlop | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The summer of 1976 saw the UK in the grip of a drought with hose pipe bans and emptying reservoirs but for racing fans it was much more momentous as the year the legendary Joey Dunlop made his TT debut.
Now, marking the 40th anniversary of that first appearance, fans can visit the Jurby Motor Museum and marvel at one of the largest displays of Dunlop memorabilia to be found outside his home town of Ballymoney in Northern Ireland.
The display was organised on behalf of the Museum by former Manx Grand Prix racer and Joey Dunlop fan Chris Wedgewood.
‘I heard there was a big display at ExCeL in London so I jumped on a plane and went there. I managed to speak to Joey’s son Gary and asked if we could do the display in the museum here in the Isle of Man.
‘By the time I had arrived back in the island there was a phone message saying yes. I went across to Ireland with Darren Cunningham from the museum and the deal was signed over a pint or two of Guinness.’
Initially, the museum had to prepare not knowing exactly what would be coming over. A container arrived courtesy of Mezeron and the team at the museum had two days to get everything unloaded and set up in purpose built display cabinets. The result is a stunning display comprising not just trophies but numerous sets of racing leathers, helmets, bikes, personal items like tool boxes and kit bags, as well as photographs and contemporary newspaper articles.
Among the 480 trophies are the first he ever won at Mid Antrim in 1972, a few from Andreas Racing and the numerous TT replicas, including his last, from 2000. Joey’s casual attitude to the trophies - often just thrown in the attic of his garage, shows in one of the TT replicas - broken and welded together again minus its wheel.
There are also his OBE and MBE awards, of which he was extremely proud.
Among the quirkier items are a pair of gloves with one of the fingers taken off and sewn up to stop it flapping about after he lost a finger.
There’s a large number of bikes, from a Honda RS125 to the Honda RC30 and RC45, ridden at Talin in Estonia, the meeting at which he died in 2000 just a few weeks after that year’s TT. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/a-treat-at-the-museum-for-fans-of-racer-joey-dunlop-1-8088746 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/3b715a5237209301335bbfa960e5380ede59cc5638a401bc297037530ba22a95.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:51:49 | null | 2016-08-31T11:00:00 | Chief Minister Allan Bell has met with officials from EasyJet to raise concerns about the impact of flight delays on residents and businesses. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fchief-minister-steps-in-after-easyjet-s-summer-of-delays-and-cancellations-1-8094574.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8094573.1472479550!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Chief Minister steps in after EasyJet’s summer of delays and cancellations | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Chief Minister Allan Bell has met with officials from EasyJet to raise concerns about the impact of flight delays on residents and businesses.
There has been an unprecedented spate of delays and cancellations over the summer.
There was further disruption for passengers last Thursday when the evening flight from Gatwick was delayed overnight due to fog. Services from London City, Manchester and Liverpool were also affected.
Passenger watchdog TravelWatch is urging the government to take immediate action to improve punctuality and reliability.
Mr Bell joined a regular update meeting on EasyJet’s Isle of Man services and discussed the challenges that it and other airlines have been facing to keep regular flights on schedule.
Following his meeting, Mr Bell said: ‘EasyJet outlined a range of causes for the delays they have been experiencing across the whole of their network.
‘In relation to their London Gatwick to the Isle of Man route, they said this has been the worst summer for punctuality but the majority of problems were outside their control, such as the congestion of the London airspace, bird and lightning strikes, and industrial action in European air traffic control.’
The Chief Minister concluded: ‘It was a very frank but positive meeting. I was able to put across the issues that have recently affected island residents but also the business community who rely on good links with London not only for themselves but also for their clients and customers.
‘I recognise that there are some international matters affecting air travel currently and easyJet explained some of the actions they are taking to create capacity to overcome these issues.’
EasyJet say that of the 199 flights scheduled to depart or arrive at the Isle of Man between June 1 and August 5, six were cancelled and five were delayed overnight as a result of either air traffic control restrictions or adverse weather.
It has apologised and says it will do everything possible to minimise disruption.
TravelWatch said it has had constructive meetings with government Ministers and suggested a number of priorities. These include improving EasyJet reliability and punctuality on Gatwick evening service, increasing the capacity in future summers on that route with a daily service and normally two rotations, and regularly publishing punctuality records of all the airlines.
Airport director Ann Reynolds said flight delays had been caused by bad weather, technical problems, crew hours, lightning strikes, ground handling issues at Gatwick, runway slot delays, and London airspace congestion.
Your views, page 10 and 11. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/chief-minister-steps-in-after-easyjet-s-summer-of-delays-and-cancellations-1-8094574 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/dbfd1cba0ea86899a2701a35a9cc8dd114391f2672bb071a3454fac87697158f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:21 | null | 2016-08-26T10:15:14 | The critical period between cardiac arrest and treatment should now be much less for anyone who collapses near the TT grandstand thanks to a new public access defibrillator. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fcharity-funds-defibrillator-1-8084179.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8084178.1471958144!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Charity funds defibrillator | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The critical period between cardiac arrest and treatment should now be much less for anyone who collapses near the TT grandstand thanks to a new public access defibrillator.
The machine, which can be used by anyone without specialist knowledge, can shock a patient to restore a heart beat, improving their chances of survival which diminish with delay.
Funding of £4,000 came from the Rob Vine fund charity to buy the defibrillator and a secure wall mounted storage box to keep it in. The apparatus can be accessed in an emergency using a code number obtained by dialling 999.
The plan now is to build up a map pinpointing all the defibrillators, so 999 operators can explain the location of the nearest one. To help do this, the public are being asked to provide information on the whereabouts of the machines by emailing defibs@gov.im. They can also get advice on how to make an existing machine publicly accessible. For example support can be given to an organisation with a privately owned machine if they would like to re-site it in a box outside their premises. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/charity-funds-defibrillator-1-8084179 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/5d08da0bc7cb1ccfcc93b16020cec9ed59bafd42333677058090ebf9582c79c0.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:58:14 | null | 2016-08-21T15:00:00 | Masterpieces by internationally acclaimed artist and designer Roger Dean are now on displayed in a new exhibition at the Manx Museum in Douglas. Islands and Bridges, The Art of Roger Dean offers an opportunity to view some of Roger Dean’s most iconic original works. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fwhat-s-on%2Fmanx-entertainment-news%2Fexhibition-of-work-internationally-acclaimed-artist-and-lp-cover-designer-1-8078642.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8078641.1471610038!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Exhibition of work internationally-acclaimed artist and LP cover designer | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Masterpieces by internationally acclaimed artist and designer Roger Dean are now on displayed in a new exhibition at the Manx Museum in Douglas. Islands and Bridges, The Art of Roger Dean offers an opportunity to view some of Roger Dean’s most iconic original works.
Born in England in 1944, Roger Dean is well known for his work on album cover designs, logos and typefaces.
His work has made a huge contribution to the visual identity of many bands, particularly progressive rock bands Yes and Asia.
He began designing album covers in 1971 and has designed logos for record companies Virgin, Harvest and Vertigo, the logo for software company Psygnosis and redesigned the Tetris logo.
His work also includes architectural designs, stage sets, virtual-reality simulators and housing.
With his brother Martyn he exhibited their first architectural prototype of a house at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham in 1981. Dean has also established a successful career in book publishing with Dragon’s Dream, and Paper Tiger Books.
Dean attended Canterbury College of Art where he achieved his National Diploma in Design.
He then went on to London’s Royal College of Art where he received a first for his Masters Degree and a silver medal for ‘Work of Special Distinction’.
In his early career he designed the seating for the club ‘Upstairs’ at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, he then embarked upon the work for which he later became famed, designing and painting album covers for rock bands. His first design was for a band called Gun.
In 1971 he designed the cover for the first Osibisa album. After this the commissions for album covers flooded in but he still found time to pursue his love of architecture and a small exhibition of his work was held in Florence.
In 1971 he also did his first cover for the band Yes and in 1972 he began designing stage sets for the group which reflected the album cover designs.
During the 1970s Roger Dean’s name was synonymous with album cover art as bands clamoured to use his prolific creative skills, and he went on to work on several book and film projects. He founded the publishing house Dragon’s Dream and published the classic fantasy book ‘Mabinogion’, illustrated by Alan Lee who is best known for his work on the illustrated editions of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
In 2002 he received an honorary doctorate from the San Francisco Academy of Art University and in 2009 the Arts Institute of Bournemouth conferred an Honorary Fellowship. In 2013 he received a Gold Badge of Merit from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
Over the years Roger Dean has continued to paint album covers for the likes of Yes and Uriah Heep, whilst remaining involved in design work which now includes working with computer software.
Around the world, over 60 million copies of Roger Dean’s images have been sold as album covers, posters, cards, calendars and books.
His work has been exhibited in many galleries and museums including, The Royal Academy, The Royal College of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, The New York Cultural Centre and the Institute of Contemporary Art in London. He is one of the world’s best known fantasy artists.
Many of Roger’s paintings use multiple mediums of gouache, watercolour, ink, enamel, crayon and montage, whilst his cover for one Uriah Heep album used all of them.
The exhibtion will include large scale paintings including album cover designs and two architectural models.
The works are on display until November 19 at the Manx Museum in Douglas. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/what-s-on/manx-entertainment-news/exhibition-of-work-internationally-acclaimed-artist-and-lp-cover-designer-1-8078642 | en | 2016-08-21T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/5543cd18347d3227728f76e943d451565fabbea67f919f91ee83b396ff030941.json |
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Bring in deer to let tourists shoot
It the first time I have been back here in years and I was struck by general lack of progress for younger people.
A quarter of the housing seems for sale (for more than it’s worth) and another quarter is returning to ramshackle ruins.
Strikes me the finance bubble is waning.
The Isle of Man Government could do worse for limited budgets than relax Stalinist planning rules and back government loans to refurbish and re-use existing structures for local people and businesses.
Especially when considering many of the million pound ‘Hot Fuzz’ monstrosities going up in breeze block and chipboard.
Another thought...
Sheep on upland grazing might be reconsidered.
Rather than bother with a few hundred scrawny arthritic sheep taking the uplands, how about restocking with roe and fallow deer, maybe a few red too.
A few birch and larch would improve cover. Like Scotland, deer can be offered to sportsmen for between £500 to £1,000 a pop, plus provide off season demand to other businesses.
M Diggle, Lhen Bridge
Editor’s note: The island has lost a lot of larch trees in recent years because of the disease phytophthora ramorum.
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Gay couple can come to island
We now come to the Isle of Man for our summer holidays with our adopted son to enjoy the wonders of the island.
Before [as a gay couple] we always feared being prosecuted or thrown in jail for loving each other and being a couple.
I came to the Isle of Man each year for summer for 45 years but was always too ashamed to say I was gay!
Name and address withheld
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The destruction of ‘bunny ears’
For years the Manx and our few tourists have enjoyed the simple pleasure of driving down the Ballamodha Straight and admiring the fantastic fuchsia and ‘bunny ears’ (opuntia microdasys var. albispina) display between mid-July and October.
In fact nearly 20 years ago, a client of mine, dying of cancer, flew over specially and asked me to drive him up and down the straight so he could soak in the beauty. It was part of his bucket list.
So tell me why have the ‘Dept of Destruction’ have seen fit, come July in the last few years, to move in their overzealous hedge cutters to reduce this magnificent eight- to 10-week natural display into bare brown branches and have eradicated nearly 70 per cent of the ‘Bunny Ears’?
P Rupert Cottrell, Arbory Road, Castletown
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Read more about ‘original sin’
I sympathise with Doug Clark’s concern that his eight-year-old niece was recently told at school that she and her classmates were imbued with ‘original sin’, as per the traditional interpretation of certain Biblical verses including Romans 5:12,14 and 1 Cor 15:22.
Arguably, the Romans quote actually seems to belie the doctrine of original sin, since it mentions the existence of righteous souls (Abraham, Moses, etc?) who did not sin.
Anyway, for Mr Clark and anyone else that might be interested, a comprehensive elucidation of this and other difficult Biblical concepts including the Atonement and Resurrection can be found in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s “Some Answered Questions” (1918) - available via Amazon and in the multi-volume http://bahai-education.org/ocean free download.
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:53:22 | null | 2016-08-20T11:45:00 | After many months of careful conservation, a rare 18th century cavalry officer’s helmet has gone on display at the Nautical Museum in Castletown. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Frare-georgian-helmet-is-back-on-display-at-museum-1-8078136.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8078135.1471600887!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Rare Georgian helmet is back on display at museum | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | After many months of careful conservation, a rare 18th century cavalry officer’s helmet has gone on display at the Nautical Museum in Castletown.
The helmet, known as a Tarleton, belonged to Castletown resident George Quayle, who is best known as the owner of the armed yacht Peggy.
George Quayle was a member of the House of Keys for 51 years and during the time of the wars with France was an officer in successive Manx forces raised for island defence. He both raised and funded his own regiment of cavalry.
Captain Quayle’s Constitutional Dragoons were a yeomanry regiment, in which the men provided their own horses, Quayle provided the uniforms, and the government provided the weapons.
The helmet, which has a leather body adorned with a red silk sash and a horsehair plume, is now on display in the Quayle Gallery in the Castletown museum.
The artefact was conserved by Jenny Barnsby at the conservation studio of the People’s History Museum in Manchester, which specialises in historic textiles.
The horse hair plume was moulting and the scarlet silk bow was very fragile. Jenny cleaned them then carefully enclosed them in fine silk nets to stabilise and protect them.
She also created a display stand for the helmet that makes it easier to handle.
Manx National Heritage’s Matthew Richardson said: ‘This is a remarkable object and is almost unique. It comes from a fascinating time when fear of invasion by revolutionary France led wealthy men across Britain to raise their own regiments for home defence.
‘Many, like Quayle’s, were short lived and the details we have about them are sketchy. As it is, this is the only known helmet from this formation and one of only three surviving artefacts, all kindly donated by the descendants of George Quayle.’
The helmet can be seen in the Quayle Gallery, which tells the story of the late Captain George Quayle and his family.
The museum is open from 10am to 4pm daily. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/rare-georgian-helmet-is-back-on-display-at-museum-1-8078136 | en | 2016-08-20T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/01825a17e4a452531c777787a399964458ee5ff785f5cb5971240a4a7689179c.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:55:18 | null | 2016-08-21T06:00:00 | Take part in a Walking Treasure Hunt around Peel. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fwalking-treasure-hunt-in-the-west-1-8078600.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/walking-treasure-hunt-in-the-west-1-8078600 | en | null | Walking treasure hunt in the west | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Take part in a Walking Treasure Hunt around Peel.
Forms can be completed at your leisure - but must be returned by August 31.
They are available from Cookie ‘N’Candy, Mitchells newsagents, Shamyr Hey Tearooms, House of Manannan and the Ward Library
Prizes have been provided by various businesses in the town and include ice creams, vouchers, lunch for two, and teacakes and tea for two. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/walking-treasure-hunt-in-the-west-1-8078600 | en | 2016-08-21T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/b8034dfaad9b11af7f769c19ce6aa3b4071d267fbddac87055aea53102fe505e.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:47 | null | 2016-08-26T05:13:14 | A week of highs and lows is how the Isle of Man team competing at Bonneville Speed Week last week described the experience. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fthe-highs-and-lows-at-the-salt-flats-of-bonneville-1-8084169.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8084168.1471958019!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | The highs and lows at the salt flats of Bonneville | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A week of highs and lows is how the Isle of Man team competing at Bonneville Speed Week last week described the experience.
The team riders Chris Proctor and Ralf Mitchell had shipped their bikes - a Suzuki Huyabusa powered by a 300 horse power turbocharged 600cc Yamaha Thundercat engine, and a turbo charged Royal Enfield 250, to America some weeks ago.
For Chris, from Bride it was very much a week of mixed emotions with the high point coming when he succeeded in taking a record for his class and type of bike at 127mph. Speeds are calculated by taking an average over two runs. For his qualifying run, on a three mile course, Chris’s bike achieved 164mph but unfortunately on the second run a turbo pipe blew and he was not able to go above 90mph, bringing the average down.
The team then decided to try for a record in a different class. This involved modifying the bike by adding a fairing then running it on a five-mile course.
During this run, the bike went into a violent wobble - referred to as a ‘tank slapper’, which Chris was unable to control, throwing him off the bike at high speed. As a result, all racing was stopped immediately while Chris was attended to and taken by ambulance to hospital at Salt Lake City 120 miles away.
After a series of x-rays it was confirmed he had broken both bones in his right leg and also had a broken right ankle.
After a two-day stay in hospital, Chris was back at the salt flats but this time in a wheelchair.
Matters unfolded at a rather different pace for Team Salty Wheels, as Ralf Mitchell called his set up with the 1960s Enfield Constellation, a 250cc pushrod-engined bike - with a turbo charger, of course.
The bike qualified for a record attempt early in the week but the harsh conditions on the salt flats caused a gear linkage to seize making fourth gear impossible to engage meaning a record eluded them. The location’s altitude also led to a host of engine problems and the team changed the engine in the bike twice.
Once again, Ralf qualified for a record attempt and this time the Enfield set a new speed record for a bike of its class at 74mph on the last day of racing. The venture was supported by the Isle of Man Motor Museum. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/the-highs-and-lows-at-the-salt-flats-of-bonneville-1-8084169 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/9ccd2e3bc67bb7653c5133625a13ad19a41d0206c0403dfc1bf4f51b35d700e6.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:09:43 | null | 2016-08-21T07:00:00 | A large squad of 20 Team RL360 riders competed with great success in the Errigal International Youth Tour in County Donegal recently. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Fcycling%2Fgc-wins-for-will-corkill-and-amelia-sharpe-in-co-donegal-1-8079053.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8079052.1471618173!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | GC wins for Will Corkill and Amelia Sharpe in Co Donegal | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A large squad of 20 Team RL360 riders competed with great success in the Errigal International Youth Tour in County Donegal recently.
The three-day event for under-12, u14 and u16 age groups was held on the hilly roads round the village of Churchill and run over four stages consisting of two road races, a time trial and a town centre criterium in Letterkenny.
The top class entry included club and national teams from Belgium, South Africa, Scotland, England and Ireland, with the two older categories attracting full fields of 90 and 100 riders respectively.
Glen Vine’s Will Corkill produced the Manx performance of the tour to win the under-14s class overall, with Amelia Sharpe also riding impressively to take the girls’ honours in the same class.
Other highlights included Will Draper’s second place on general classification in the u16s, and Tosh Teare’s white jersey win as the leading 15-year-old in that category.
All this success would not have been possible without the valuable support of their RL360 team-mates, who helped chase down any breaks and generally control the races in a way that any professional outfit would be proud of.
In the u14s, Corkill got off to a nervous start as his gears started to play up before the opening road race. Luckily, he managed to soldier on without any major mishap, finishing a good fifth in the same time as the winner Matti Egglestone (Beacon Wheelers).
The Manx youngster stamped his authority on the race in the following morning’s time trial when he stormed round the course to win by a clear 14 seconds and take over the yellow jersey some 12s ahead of Joe Pidock (Chevin Cycles).
The afternoon’s hilly road race on the Cabra course included the infamous Keeloges climb. After more than 17 miles of hard racing, Corkill led a chasing group of five riders home to comfortably retain his lead on GC.
Going into the final criterium stage in Letterkenny he had a healthy buffer of 11 seconds to play with. The attacks came thick and fast but they were all quickly neutralised by the well-drilled RL360 team. Corkill crossed the line in the leading bunch safe in the knowledge that the overall victory and coveted yellow jersey was his.
Amelia Sharpe, who under Irish rules was riding down a class, staked her claim to the girls’ pink jersey in the opening stage, finishing in the same leading group as team-mate Corkill to open up a 48-second lead on her nearest rival Maeve Gallagher (Castlebar CC). Despite losing four seconds to Gallagher after the time trial and Cabra road race, the RL360 rider excelled in the final criterium, finishing 13th in the leading group to end the tour in a very good 15th place overall and at the same time extend her winning margin in the girls’ race to a massive 2min 50sec.
The rest of the RL360 u14 squad were very active protecting Corkill’s and Sharpe’s leads while producing some good results for themselves. Aaron Lund scored a 17th in stage one’s road race, 33rd in stage two’s time trial, 32nd in the hilly road race and an excellent seventh in the final day’s criterium to finish 17th overall.
Tyler Hannay posted 29th, 15th, 30th and 12th for 21st overall, while Corrin Leeming and James Harrison performed well throughout the three days, including a 16th for Harrison on stage one and a 21st for Leeming on stage four, to finish 31st and 32nd respectively on GC. Jack Christian and Matthew Black were a little farther back in 50th and 72nd positions overall.
There was more success for the team in the u16s where Will Draper finished second overall and Tosh Teare won the white jersey for the top 15-year-old.
Draper was third in the bunch sprint finish to stage one, 15s down on winner Brendan Flannagan (Cycling Ulster), with Adam Scarffe, Harry Cain and Tosh Teare 13th, 14th and 17th in the same time as their team-mate.
Adam Kelly, who was still not fully recovered from the broken collarbone he received in the National Champs, was a further 31s back in 30th position. Lucas Mudie was 53rd and an under-the-weather Ben Christian, who did not start stages two and three because of illness, 76th.
Day two’s race against the clock proved crucial in the fight for the yellow jersey, with third-placed Draper losing another second to eventual overall winner Flannagan, who was second fastest. Tosh Teare was seventh, Adam Scarffe 12th, Adam Kelly a gutsy 15th, Harry Cain 22nd and Lucas Mudie 56th.
On the testing third stage, Draper tried but failed to shake off the two riders sitting above him in the overall standings. He eventually finished fourth to maintain his third place on GC a narrow one second down on Aaron Doherty (Westport Covey Wheelers) in second place and 13s down on the leader Flannagan.
Holding onto the white jersey, Teare was eighth on the stage, Kelly 15th, Harry Cain 16th and Lucas Mudie 64th. Unfortunately, climbing specialist Adam Scarffe lost a lot of time in a crash and was unable to regain the lead bunch, eventually crossing the line in 48th slot 4m 32s on the frontrunners.
With the overall victory probably out of sight, Draper and the team went for the stage win in the criterium at Letterkenny. Kelly led out the final sprint, leaving Draper on the finishing straight to take a spectacular win and pip Doherty to second place in the overall standings.
The rest of the RL360 riders, including Ben Christian who, having recovered from his illness, was allowed to ride in the final stage, all finished safely in the leading bunch, with Teare’s 44th place good enough for him to retain the white jersey in a brilliant eighth overall. Cain was 16th on GC, Kelly 18th, Scarffe 34th and Mudie 60th.
In the u12s event Ralf Holden got better as the tour progressed. After respectable midfield finishes in stages one and two, he produced a great ride to take a fine 10th on stage three’s tough road race followed by an excellent fourth in the town centre criterium which moved him up to 18th overall 2m 59s behind winner Adam Gilsenan (Bohermeen CC).
Shellan Leeming rode consistently in all four stages for 24th overall (fifth girl), with Darcy Cain 36th (10th girl), James Devereau 37th and Mairi Harrison 48th and second 11-year-old girl.
In addition to their individual successes, the RL360 squads were second in the under-16 and third in the under-14 team competitions.
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[] | 2016-08-31T12:51:13 | null | 2016-08-31T13:30:15 | Ramsey’s Andrew Dudgeon won a dramatic four-lap Mylchreests Junior Manx Grand Prix on Wednesday lunchtime. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Fmotorcycling%2Fmanx-grand-prix-dudgeon-wins-junior-gp-in-style-1-8098059.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8098058.1472646969!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Manx Grand Prix: Dudgeon wins Junior GP in style | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Ramsey’s Andrew Dudgeon won a dramatic four-lap Mylchreests Junior Manx Grand Prix on Wednesday lunchtime.
The Manxman set a new race record and became the ninth MGP rider to lap the Mountain Course at more than 120mph as he brought home his 600 Honda just 3.707 seconds ahead of early leader Tom Weeden.
Triumph-mounted Weeden had led the corrected time charts until the final lap of the contest that was delayed an hour and a half because of damp roads. Dudgeon took to the lead as they passed the Grandstand for the penultimate time, before clocking a final lap of 120.212mph (18 minutes 49.904 seconds) to clinch the victory.
Coming home third was was Knaresbrough’s Joe Akroyd a minute and 34.936 seconds down on Weeden.
Barry Lee Evans was fourth, Mike Moulai fifth and David Lumsden sixth. Manxman Glenn Harrison was ninth.
Ireland’s Andrew Farrell had been on course for a podium finish, but crashed heading into Glen Helen on the last lap. He was airlifted to Noble’s Hospital with arm and shoulder injuries.
Full report in Thursday’s Manx Independent. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/motorcycling/manx-grand-prix-dudgeon-wins-junior-gp-in-style-1-8098059 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/fb2ad5374ecdc3cf966e5e0e02b11964a7d6e401a4bc672f99a7c4c22a60e645.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T10:51:25 | null | 2016-08-30T10:39:24 | A 25-year-old Castletown woman has been convicted of stealing from Boots the chemist three times in six days. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fwoman-s-1-188-shoplifting-spree-1-8094517.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8094516.1472477980!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Woman’s £1,188 shoplifting spree | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A 25-year-old Castletown woman has been convicted of stealing from Boots the chemist three times in six days.
Kayleigh Joanne Jones, of Springfield Terrace, stole items worth £1,188 and will be sentenced on October 4.
The court heard how, on July 10 at 1.45pm, Jones went upstairs into Boots in Strand Street and put 13 items of make-up related products into a bag and left the shop.
On July 13 at 1.30pm Jones again entered the store, going upstairs to the make-up department and put six items in a bag before leaving.
She returned yet again on July 15 and this time went upstairs and put 16 items of make-up in a bag.
On this third occasion she was stopped by security as she tried to leave the shop.
CCTV footage was reviewed which identified Jones taking the items on the first two occasions.
She was interviewed by police and admitted all three offences, saying she knew what she was doing was wrong and was glad she had been caught.
All the items were subsequently recovered.
Defending Jones in court advocate Jim Travers asked for an adjournment to allow time for the preparation of a probation report.
Mr Travers said: ‘There are some background issues we won’t go into yet.
‘It is a shoplifting spree but recent years have been relatively offence free.’
It was agreed that the case was suitable to stay in summary court. Bail was granted in the sum of £500 with conditions that Jones reside at her home address, attend probation meetings and co-operate with probation services, and not leave the island without prior permission from the court.
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[] | 2016-08-27T10:50:11 | null | 2016-08-27T10:16:39 | More than £5,000 was raised at Hospice Isle of Man’s urban water slide in Peel last Sunday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fwater-slide-raises-5-000-for-hospice-1-8088968.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088966.1472134673!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Water slide raises £5,000 for Hospice | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The types of cookies we, our ad network and technology partners use are listed below:
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[] | 2016-08-30T10:51:29 | null | 2016-08-30T10:35:51 | Paper records are to be a thing of the past for Noble’s Hospital. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fnoble-s-hospital-s-paper-records-to-be-ditched-as-it-goes-digital-1-8095397.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8095396.1472549731!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Noble’s Hospital’s paper records to be ditched as it goes digital | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Paper records are to be a thing of the past for Noble’s Hospital.
The move was hailed as part of the government’s ‘digital strategy’ at a launch for staff.
The presentation saw the Minister for Health and Social Care, Howard Quayle, announce a number of initiatives which will accelerate the introduction of digital ways of working across all parts of the hospital, with a commitment to removing paper records by the end of 2018.
Under the heading of ‘Digital Future’ the programme includes a range of changes which are designed to increase efficiency and deliver enhanced care for all patients.
The government’s digital strategy aims to use technology to further improve all of the island’s public services.
A key element of the programme is the scanning and digitisation of around 100,000 medical and maternity records, which are currently held in paper-based folders, and which occupy an increasing amount of storage space.
The digitisation of these records will mean that access to patient records by front-line medical and nursing staff will be significantly faster and with a considerable reduction in manual filing, tracking, searching and retrieving records.
It will also save around 90% of the current health records storage space. And with new records being created at the rate of approximately 7,000 sheets per day, the pressure on this space is becoming a real concern.
Linked into this are a number of other digital improvements, supporting front-line staff across the hospital and further afield:
· Clinical Assessment and Noting - a full range of digital templates, designed in conjunction with professional users, helping to reduce substantially the number of new paper records created every day
· Order Communications System - the digital streamlining and reporting of test requests and results, increasing both speed and efficiency
· Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration - an automated digital prescribing system, with a focus on driving down prescription wastage and medicine costs
E-Discharge - using digital technology to ensure that a patient’s stay in hospital is not unnecessarily extended.
Speaking to an audience of clinical and support staff at the launch of the Digital Future programme, Mr Quayle said: ‘Along with the rest of the world we are moving into an increasingly digital age, where paper and scribbled notes – with all their inefficiencies and potential for error – will fade into the past.
‘Digital platforms ensure that those who need information have access to it, with patients themselves increasingly in charge of their own information.’
He added: ‘This programme is focused on bringing in real and positive change.
Change that will see tangible benefits for everyone on the island, bringing down costs by improving efficiency, and giving all our health and social care professionals the tools they need.’
At the same event, the executive director for acute healthcare, Michaela Morris, said: ‘Let me also emphasise that this is a major commitment, building on the work already undertaken across many parts of the hospital. This is a critically important initiative with real benefits to all the patients we serve. Many UK trusts have struggled to do this, but I am confident that we will achieve our goal of removing paper records by the end of 2018.’
Mark Lewin, director of government technology services, said: ‘The digital strategy last year set out a general direction for health and social care.
‘Since then we’ve seen the first steps on this journey such as giving individuals access to parts of their own GP record, and the piloting of integrated “tablet” devices to track patients’ vital signs, instantly alerting the relevant healthcare teams.
‘The commitments in today’s launch reflect the government’s three digital principles: Thinking Digitally – let’s get all the paper out of the system and have modern digital systems in place; Working Together – joining these systems up so they work seamlessly together; and Learning Intelligently – harnessing the power of information and making it easily available to those that need it, including patients.
‘Alongside many other exciting developments, the delivery of these crucial services is going to positively transform the way we deliver health and social care across the whole island.’
What do you think? Is this a step in the right direction?
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[] | 2016-08-26T16:47:37 | null | 2016-08-20T05:34:39 | The public can find out more about the effects of sight loss in a special week. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fyou-can-find-out-more-about-sight-loss-in-week-of-events-1-8074113.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8074112.1471441811!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | You can find out more about sight loss in week of events | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The public can find out more about the effects of sight loss in a special week.
fgfdgRNIB Isle of Man, in partnership with the Manx Blind Welfare Society, has arranged for RNIB’s Eye Pod to visit the island.
The Eye Pod is an interactive simulator that provides an insight into the four most common causes of sight loss in Britain: glaucoma, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration.
Digital viewers overlay a simulation of each eye condition onto a view of the outside world, showing how vision is impacted. There will also be advice on eye health to prevent the conditions, or reduce their impact with early detection and prompt treatment.
The Eye Pod will tour the Isle of Man during Vision Awareness Week, which runs from September 12 to 18, and is free to enter.
Julie Lee, services manager at RNIB in the Isle of Man, said: ‘When entering the pod people will be able to gain an insight into the four most common causes of sight loss via electronic screens that provide a view of the outside world simulating each eye condition. The intention is to convey public health messages about sight care to visitors and help them understand the impact of sight loss on everyday activities for blind and partially sighted people.’
She added: ’Over 50 per cent of sight loss can be avoided and RNIB has produced a number of tools like the Eye Pod to raise awareness of preventable sight loss and to address issues faced by people who are blind or partially sighted. Better eye health and understanding the impact of sight loss are key messages of Vision Awareness Week, and we are delighted to be working with Manx Blind Welfare Society in sharing these vital messages in such an interactive way.’
The Eye Pod itinerary includes:
Monday, September 12- Manx Blind Welfare Society’s headquarters, Corrin Court in Onchan
Tuesday, September 13 –Shoprite in Ramsey
Wednesday, September 14- University College Isle of Man
Thursday, September 15– Shoprite in Port Erin
Friday, September 16 – Shoprite in Peel
Saturday, September 17- Granville Street, Douglas
Manx Blind Welfare Society chief executive Ian Cooil said: ‘The aim of Vision Awareness Week is to highlight the challenges faced by blind and visually impaired people, what we as a society can do to help people live as independently as they choose and, importantly, to promote eye health.
‘Throughout the third Vision Awareness Week we will be delivering these messages through talks and events, and the visit of the RNIB’s Eye Pod will be a big part of the week of activities.’
Vision Awareness Week, from September 12 to 18, will include an open day at Corrin Court, a series of talks to schools, businesses and local organisations, fundraising events, Bright for Sight Day on September 16 and Walk My Way along Loch Promenade, Douglas, on September 18.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:57 | null | 2016-08-26T05:23:09 | The government is giving operators of bouncy castles safety advice after a near-tragedy last year. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fensure-bouncy-castle-safety-1-8088700.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088699.1472131754!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Ensure bouncy castle safety | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The government is giving operators of bouncy castles safety advice after a near-tragedy last year.
Last year a young boy was thrown from a bouncy castle into the sea during Douglas Carnival.
Fortunately it was high tide and Liam Hansen, from Onchan, was rescued by a quick-acting onlooker Johnny Glover who leaped into the water and brought him safely back to dry land.
Health and safety legislation applies to the supply, hire and use of inflatables for commercial purposes – at fetes, fairs and similar.
The DEFA advises event organisers to:
Hire equipment from reputable companies with public liability insurance of at least £2 million.
Ask the hire company to set up the equipment or, if not, observe the instructions in the operating manual.
Check the inflatable has been manufactured to British Standard BS EN 14960 requirements.
Ask for proof that the inflatable has been tested by a competent person if it is more than a year old. Safety testing should be repeated annually.
If an electrical blower is provided, check that it, too, has been inspected at least annually.
Ask the hire company to supervise the inflatable’s use or ensure you are given detailed instructions on how to do this properly.
Ensure there are enough competent people supervising the inflatable’s use at all times.
Ensure users can get on and off the inflatable safely and that there is safety matting at the entrance in case of falls. Provide and maintain additional equipment required eg, crowd barriers, electrical transformers etc.
Ensure the inflatable isn’t used in unsuitable weather, especially high winds. The hire company can measure wind speeds using anemometers.
If defects in the inflatable are identified, cease use until they are rectified. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/ensure-bouncy-castle-safety-1-8088700 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/880c59f143748ca9dbbe839b2106920034f072643a8b2958a42f0473a8992432.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T20:50:42 | null | 2016-08-29T19:19:39 | Manxman Michael Evans joined the illustrious list of IMGold Manx Grand Prix Newcomers winners on Monday evening. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Fmotorcycling%2Fmanx-grand-prix-newcomers-win-for-evans-1-8094884.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8094883.1472494758!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Manx Grand Prix: Newcomers win for Evans | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Manxman Michael Evans joined the illustrious list of IMGold Manx Grand Prix Newcomers winners on Monday evening.
The 23-year-old from Santon brought home his 600cc Suzuki in a new race record, 24.925 seconds ahead of fast-finishing Austrian Julian Trummer on corrected time.
The latter Honda-mounted man pipped early leader Wayne Humble to runner-up spot by only 0.464s at the conclusion of the four-lap race.
Port Erin’s Brendan Fargher was fourth and Douglas’ Jamie Williams fifth.
In the concurrent Newcomers’ B race, Australia’s Paul van der Heiden came home first in a new race record 10.287 seconds ahead of Marc Ironside, the latter setting a new class lap record of 111.101mph (20min 22.564sec) on his last trip round the Mountain Course.
Third-place man Jonathan Perry looked the Newcomers B’s likely winner in the race’s early stages, only to suffer problems in the pits at the end of lap two, which wiped out the 16.478-second lead he had built up.
Full report and reaction in Thursday’s Manx Independent.
The Manx Grand Prix continues on Wednesday with the four-lap Junior MGP at 10.15am and the Supertwin/Lightweight MGP at 1.15pm. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/motorcycling/manx-grand-prix-newcomers-win-for-evans-1-8094884 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/f80f615298cb0c3dada5bb8354253d861ac8fa6bd28917c771da41520f6b9c5a.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:06:04 | null | 2016-08-26T06:00:00 | transport | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fletters%2Fisle-of-man-examiner-letters-august-23-1-8083999.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/letters/isle-of-man-examiner-letters-august-23-1-8083999 | en | null | Isle of Man Examiner letters, August 23 | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | transport
Improve or leave Ronaldsway
I respond to the letter in this week’s Independent from ‘Traveller’.
Easyjet actually provide a reasonably punctual service to and from the Isle of Man with the exception of the evening flights to and from Gatwick during the summer timetable.
I am sure that their aircraft based in Liverpool and Bristol cross European airspace as much as those from Gatwick, yet the punctuality of those services bears comparison with any other service to the island - excepting Citywing who rarely miss a beat and really set the standard!
So the problem is Easyjet and Gatwick.
Firstly, they could fuel here at any time if such a requirement was notified.
They choose not do (as do Stobart and British Airways and even Citywing by and large) because the price of aviation fuel is higher here, just like road fuel is pricier.
Nothing to do with availability and everything to do with preferring to operate late than pay a higher price.
Secondly, the service was just as bad last year.
Only on the winter schedule when the service is timetabled at 7.25 do the planes arrive closer to time.
So the problem lies with the scheduling or the support at Gatwick or both.
Thirdly, in the UK and elsewhere, bus and rail operators are penalised heavily for poor time-keeping: Easyjet blame French Air traffic control and get away with it.
This problem therefore is clearly foreseeable and they should amend the timetable or provide more resource as they decide.
Yes it may be true that, if it becomes too onerous to operate here Easyjet may withdraw the service. Is that such a bad thing?
They have no commitment here – witness that the frequency reduces from 13 or 14 flights per week to nine from July to September to and from Gatwick, and yet by operating at all, they discourage other services such as the short-lived Stansted service.
BA are going some way to filling the gap with an enhanced service and, yes it is more expensive. Sometimes though you get what you pay for!
If they wanted, Easyjet could schedule some planes to operate from Gatwick mainly or wholly on domestic routes. This would improve reliability as French Air Traffic would cease to be an issue.
Imagine waiting for a bus in Lord Street to Laxey, it comes 40 minutes late and Bus Vannin tell you this is because of road works in Peel. Would you stand for that? No, you would expect them to do something about it, and we should expect Easyjet to do something about it also.
If they cannot maintain the current timetable or alter scheduling, then the advertised timetable should be amended to reflect reality.
An example: Last Friday, I had a customer on the 8.15pm ex Gatwick to Port St Mary and I took a 10pm job from Peel to follow on. This should be enough time even for a ‘normal’ delay, but no, it came in 70 minutes late and I was 10 minutes late for my Peel pick-up.
Fortunately, that customer was content to wait in the White House (who wouldn’t be?), but that is not the point. I am reluctant now to take bookings from that service in the summer because I know I dare not schedule anything afterwards. That does not help my business or help people who wish to reserve taxi transport. I am sure I am not alone.
Easyjet should buck up, reschedule or withdraw, allowing someone else to provide a reliable London service which is essential for the health of the Isle of Man economy and of great assistance to residents wishing to go on holiday.
Some cancellations are weather related true, but we have seen cancellations because the crew has run out of hours due to the delays.
That is not acceptable – more resource either from Easyjet or from Gatwick ground services if that is a contributory factor must be provided.
Ian Maule
Taxi.im
Station Road, Ballasalla
transport
No campaign against Easyjet
Mr Drake (letters, Examiner August 16) is, we feel, absolutely right in his belief that Easyjet’s services have been beneficial to the Isle of Man in very many ways, but absolutely wrong in his belief that TravelWatch are running a ‘campaign’ against the airline.
Our organisation exists to do what we can to protect and promote the best interests of the travelling public to, from, and within the island. We know that Easyjet are an efficient, cost-effective,and well managed airline which has brought a number of benefits to the Isle of Man, and are widely supported, not least by TravelWatch.
However, what is apparent from probably the largest ‘postbox’ from passengers that we have ever experienced, is that their decision to severely reduce the number of flights to and from Gatwick during our peak summer season, and the very disappointing punctuality record on the evening service (which is now, on most days, the only service) have produced a high degree of discontent, which we feel obliged to recognise.
Punctuality on this service over the past two months has been just 20 per cent of flights on time, and the levels of service provided in the event of cancellations or overnight delays seem to have occasionally fallen well short of Easyjet’s own high standards.
It is not TravelWatch’s place to negotiate with Easyjet and nor would we presume to do so, but we welcome their public apology and recognition of the inconvenience caused, as reported recently in the Examiner.
We have been meeting ministers in our efforts to ensure that the high levels of passenger concern are understood by government.
This is especially important as so many of our correspondents complain, possibly totally wrongly, that little is being done by Government to address the situation. To operate for two months at an average delay of 45 minutes is simply not acceptable, but, like your correspondent, we believe that an airline of this integrity can and must move swiftly and positively to do what it can to improve their local operation - a stance we would take with ANY airline or transport operator in a similar situation.
We are pressing government to seek early improvement from Easyjet in the punctuality and regularity of their evening Gatwick services. More importantly, we hope the government will persuade the airline to replace the lost capacity on the route, including at least one Saturday flight, for future summers.
We also believe that the airport should publish monthly punctuality and reliability figures for all airlines, as a way of assisting passengers to make their necessary travel choices.
We fully support Easyjet, as we do all our airlines and our shipping company, but this does not imply that any of them should be immune from constructive criticism , as our residents and visitors frequently make clear.
Terry Liddiard
TravelWatch IOM
heritage
Horse tram sale is too hasty
I was surprised to hear about the imminent sale of six surplus horse trams taking place as early as next week.
Whilst I do not doubt that these historic trams may need considerable refurbishment and are therefore considered to be surplus to requirements, and it is reassuring to read that they are ‘to be sold by public auction to organisations or individuals willing to commit to their preservation’, I am sure many others like me will express surprise at the haste with which this auction is taking place.
There may well be a very limited market for such historic trams, and potential bidders and enthusiasts may be from other countries.
One would have thought that such a limited market would need to be targeted through press releases in tram enthusiast magazines and clubs, and this takes time.
To auction these valuable historic items with such haste during a routine ‘bric a brac’ weekly auction in Douglas next week, possibly without proper international advertising, does seem very strange.
Keith Simpson
Clarence House
Douglas.
driving
Some didn’t slow for marathon
While on holiday on the island, I was interested to read in your letters column about a visitor’s experience of driver aggression.
On the last day of our holiday, we did the Isle of Man Marathon north of Ramsey. While most drivers drove safely and carefully past the runners, a minority did not appear willing to adjust their speed.
Leaving aside the question of whether some of the roads could have been closed (does anyone need to drive from Bride to Ramsey at 9am on a Sunday morning; if so, a short detour might be reasonable once a year) is the Isle of Man known to be somewhere where drivers are aware they can speed or drive carelessly with little chance of being fined?
Edward Baxter
Market Lane
Aberdeen | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/letters/isle-of-man-examiner-letters-august-23-1-8083999 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/514bfb2daf0e1f5242022108323e67c67e1b917ecb6b43515d7577bf0e49cbd7.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T14:50:14 | null | 2016-08-27T14:30:03 | A Ramsey man has been jailed for 11 months after pleading guilty to a total of nine offences. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fman-took-merc-and-crashed-it-1-8088712.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088710.1472131913!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Man took Merc and crashed it | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A Ramsey man has been jailed for 11 months after pleading guilty to a total of nine offences.
Robert John Thomas, of North Shore Road, was also disqualified from driving for 18 months and ordered to pay £1,500 compensation to Manx National Heritage after crashing a car into a wall belonging to them.
Thomas, who is 32, admitted offences of burglary, taking a vehicle without consent, driving while disqualified, driving with no insurance, driving without due care and attention, failing to stop after a road traffic accident, failing to report an accident, common assault on a female and damaging property.
The court heard how Thomas was disqualified from driving in September 2015 for 12 months.
However, on January 20, he entered a friend’s home without permission and took the keys to her Mercedes Benz.
The next day the car was found crashed into a wall in Ramsey which was owned by Manx National Heritage.
In a second incident on May 14, Thomas was said to have burst into his ex-girlfriend’s room at a Ramsey guesthouse.
During a row he pushed her on to the bed and broke her phone.
On Tuesday, a summary court heard how Thomas had three previous convictions for taking a vehicle without consent, two previous for driving while disqualified, four for driving without insurance and six for criminal damage.
It was also said Thomas had been unable to complete 200 hours community service, imposed in February as a direct alternative to 10 months custody, due to a dislocated hip.
He was sentenced to eight months for the nine offences and a further three months to replace the community service order.
Thomas has already served 14 weeks on remand.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:09:20 | null | 2016-08-20T07:00:00 | There could be a delayed start to the 2016 Festival of Motorcycling if the forecast for Saturday is anything to go by. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Fmotorcycling%2Fit-could-be-a-soggy-start-to-festival-of-motorcycling-1-8079014.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8079013.1471617320!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | It could be a soggy start to Festival of Motorcycling | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | There could be a delayed start to the 2016 Festival of Motorcycling if the forecast for Saturday is anything to go by.
Heavy rain is forecast on Friday and showers with the odd bright patch are expected on Saturday, along with fairly strong winds.
Roads are scheduled to close at 5pm (one hour earlier than the TT) and the first session will feature the regular speed-controlled lap for newcomers under the guidance of travelling marshals and experienced riders at 5.20.
An untimed session for Senior and Junior MGP machines will follow, then at 6.30pm there will be a further session for Classic TT Senior and Junior machines, together with Lightweight and Supertwin MGP bikes. Newcomers will have time for a further lap at the end of the session.
From Monday to Friday next week, roads will close at 6pm enabling the first bikes to get away at 6.20.
This year sees a slimmed-down field of 40 newcomers in two classes.
The leading locals are two former motocross riders, Mikey Evans and Brendan Fargher, who have both adapted well to circuit racing over the past two or three years - indeed they won Andreas Racing Association’s restricted licence holders’ contest back-to-back in 2014 and 2015.
The only other local likely to start is Jamie Williams of Douglas on a 600 Honda.
A reduced number of overseas riders have been awarded entries this year, under the watchful eye of newly-appointed clerk of the course Gary Thompson, but there are riders from as far afield as Spain, New Zealand, Austria, France, Denmark, Australia and Greece.
Ramsey’s Andrew Dudgeon, runner-up in last year’s Supertwin race and third in the Senior, is again likely to feature prominently, along with fellow locals Glenn Harrison, Dean Osborne and top sidecar TT passenger Dan Sayle who is riding a NSF250 Moto3 Honda in the Lightweight.
From off-island, Blenheim-based kiwi Mike Moulai will be gunning for glory on Des and Dot Collins’s Kawasakis, along with Irishmen Andrew Farrell and Dennis Booth, Tom Weeden of Maidstone, Davey Lamberty of Gateshead, Jamie Hodson of Wigan, Mike Minns of Durham and Rhys Hardisty of Abergavenny.
Former TT and MGP winner Nick Jefferies, runner-up in last year’s Supertwin race, is back to hopefully go one place higher at the age of 63.
The Classic TT entry is led by John McGuinness, Michael Dunlop, Bruce Anstey, Michael Rutter, Conor Cummins, Dan Kneen, Ivan Lintin, Dean Harrison, Olie Linsdell, Cam Donald, Ian Lougher, William Dunlop, James Hillier, Dean Harrison and Dan Cooper.
But there is late disappointment that Lee Johnston and Australian David Johnson will be non-starters after suffering hefty falls in last week’s Ulster Grand Prix.
Gary Johnson has been drafted in to take namesake Dave Johnson on the Team York Suzuki XR69 in the Superbike race on Bank Holiday Monday.
Michael Dunlop has meantime concluded an 11th-hour deal to ride for Black Eagle Racing in the Senior and Junior Classic events on the MV Agustas that fellow Ulsterman Lee Johnston was down to ride.
He will also be aiming for his third win in the Superbike category on Steve Wheatman’s XR69 Suzuki. Michael’s only finish to date in the 500cc race came in the inaugural Classic TT in 2013 when he took seventh.
l Keep up to date with all the action in the Festival of Motorcycling in the Isle of Man Examiner, Manx Independent and online at www.iomtoday.co.im
HAVE A GO FUN DAY ENDURO AT BRIDE ON SUNDAY
Ramsey MCC is holding a ‘Have a Go’ fun enduro at West Kimmeragh, near Bride this Sunday, starting at 10am. It will include a couple of timed sessions for adult and youth riders. Enter on the day, refreshments available.
Manx Two Day Trial preview in next week’s edition. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/motorcycling/it-could-be-a-soggy-start-to-festival-of-motorcycling-1-8079014 | en | 2016-08-20T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/7fc14732a779771a8a352d90c7fe56d528583e3867703a172c5990c074ba9b31.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T10:51:00 | null | 2016-08-29T10:23:14 | Youngsters dressed up as one of Roald Dahl’s most iconic characters to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the acclaimed writer. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Foompa-loompas-take-over-library-for-roald-dahl-party-1-8089000.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088998.1472135034!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Oompa Loompas take over library for Roald Dahl party | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Youngsters dressed up as one of Roald Dahl’s most iconic characters to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the acclaimed writer.
Children painted their faces orange and made green wigs to turn themselves into Oompa Loompas at Harvey Briggs Onchan Library.
The Oompa Loompa party was held as part of the The Big Friendly Read Summer Reading Challenge. Children who read up to six books of their own choice receive a collector’s folder and postcards of Dahl’s best loved characters, as well as other Roald Dahl inspired prizes.
The reading challenge runs until September 17. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/oompa-loompas-take-over-library-for-roald-dahl-party-1-8089000 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/203ae48d5cae277390ecc5288c28dd034a70d530131738f10966d4ef1dd81a51.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T06:50:54 | null | 2016-08-30T05:45:04 | A Ramsey man has been fined £250 by a magistrates court after entering a closed road during a Manx Grand Prix practice session. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fman-tried-to-cross-closed-road-1-8094528.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8094527.1472478324!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Man tried to cross closed road | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A Ramsey man has been fined £250 by a magistrates court after entering a closed road during a Manx Grand Prix practice session.
James William McGough, of Bircham Avenue Close, went onto Queen’s Pier Road in Ramsey, which was being used as a run-off section for competitors.
The 24-year-old was also ordered to pay £125 prosecution costs.
The court heard how, on August 23 at around 7.40pm, police were called to May Hill in Ramsey after a report of a man being aggressive and trying to cross the closed road.
McGough had been warned numerous times by St John Ambulance staff that he could not cross the road and eventually had to be detained by them until police arrived.
He continued arguing and it was said that one competitor had to make use of the run-off road while McGough was rowing with police.
He was subsequently arrested and taken to police headquarters.
In an interview McGough admitted he had been on the closed road and acknowledged the seriousness of the offence.
He told police that he had needed to cross the road to get to his house to get some medication which he takes.
McGough was asked why he had not told St John Ambulance staff this but said that he did not think they would have been able to help.
He denied using foul language, despite witness statements to the contrary, and said that he had remained calm.
McGough was charged with being on closed road during the Manx Grand Prix.
Defending McGough in court advocate Lydia Mulligan asked for credit to be given to her client for his guilty plea.
Ms Mulligan said: ‘My client apologised to one of the officers from St John Ambulance, he tells me he apologised profusely and he would like to apologise to the court.
‘Mr McGough is from the Isle of Man but has not lived here for many years. He simply wasn’t aware of the seriousness of the offence.
‘It could be difficult to believe with all the road closures but he had only just returned to the island.
‘He used to play in the area as a child and it was a slip road then not a main road, there were no bikes using it.
‘But he is aware what could have happened and that he did put people in danger.’
Ms Mulligan went on to say that McGough had quite a serious illness, suffering from stomach ulcers which caused him a lot of pain.
The advocate went on, saying: ‘He doesn’t believe he was obnoxious or aggressive, it was more distress due to pain.
‘More desperation, he was desperate to get hold of his medication. It is no excuse but more of a background to what happened.’
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[] | 2016-08-30T04:51:22 | null | 2016-08-30T05:10:56 | If residents in Port Erin notice there seems to be more car accidents and general street crime in the village, don’t worry, there isn’t. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fcrime-upsurge-in-port-erin-1-8094436.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8094435.1472476277!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Crime upsurge in Port Erin? | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | If residents in Port Erin notice there seems to be more car accidents and general street crime in the village, don’t worry, there isn’t.
Any perceived increase in incident is because from September, Port Erin becomes the police’s ‘training village’ with all manner of training – from new recruits to CID - at the police station, on the streets and in the shops.
Sergeant Paul Kemp, people development manager for the force, said: ‘We hope to use the shops for scenarios.
‘We will set up road traffic accidents, it’s also about getting trainees used to the public.
‘The public do stare at you when you’re a police officer. I want to hold police meetings in cafes.
‘I also want to use commissioners as stooges, and get the public involved.’
The b uilding will also be a training centre for the fire and rescue service, prison and probation service, emergency communications and emergency planning.
There will be a limited police counter service to deal with police enquiries.
Home Affairs minister Juan Watterson said: ‘I am delighted the former police station will remain an active part of the Port Erin community. Student constables will be visible in the local community as they learn their profession.’
One aspect of training that will not happen at Port Erin – fortunately – is firearms. Sergeant Kemp said: ‘It’s not suited to that.’ | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/crime-upsurge-in-port-erin-1-8094436 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/e37cb169a3af713b6ac57b74faf1829bc23aecadaa75b47dc8a3fa018d737c1a.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:03 | null | 2016-08-26T12:25:25 | Covert police vehicles are playing a key role in efforts to maintain road safety in this year’s Festival of Motorcycling. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fpolice-using-unmarked-vehicles-during-the-festival-of-motorcycling-1-8089008.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8089007.1472135164!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Police using unmarked vehicles during the Festival of Motorcycling | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Covert police vehicles are playing a key role in efforts to maintain road safety in this year’s Festival of Motorcycling.
The Roads Policing Unit and Road Safety Team are continuing one of the themes highlighted during this year’s TT Races to encourage people to act responsibly and stay safe.
‘The Force Is Behind You’ safety campaign alerts road users to the increased presence of unmarked police vehicles equipped with video cameras.
Trained officers are also on patrol and are dealing with the minority of people who persist in riding or driving dangerously.
Chief Inspector Steve Maddocks said: ‘We are committed to making the island’s roads as safe as possible all year round and keeping the number of collisions to an absolute minimum.
‘The Festival of Motorcycling is a busy period and we hope everyone will heed the campaign messages, stay safe and remember the event for the quality of the racing and the unique atmosphere.
‘High-visibility police patrols will be supported by unmarked vehicles to enforce the rules of the road and to tackle offences such as excessive speeding, dangerous riding and drink-driving.’
The campaign encourages visiting and local bikers to respect Manx roads and ride within their capabilities.
A pocket-size leaflet stresses the importance of keeping speeds down, maintaining a safe distance from other vehicles and abiding by the central white lines.
It also includes a full list of road closing times and a reminder that the Mountain Road remains two-way throughout the festival.
Leaflets are being handed out on boat sailings and are available from police station counters, the Welcome Centre at the Sea Terminal and other information points.
Gordon Edwards, road safety manager, said: ‘Road users should take extra care to adjust to the festival environment and higher volume of traffic. Excessive speed is a factor in many collisions and people are urged to use their common sense on sections of road that have no upper speed limit.
‘At the end of every straight is a bend, so we want riders to behave responsibly and not take unnecessary risks. Those who flout the law will be dealt with by the courts. Remember: a driving ban follows you home.’
The first practice for The Festival of Motorcycling took place on Monday.
For details of road closures visit www.gov.im, click on ‘Travel, Traffic and Motoring’ and go to ‘Road Watch’. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/police-using-unmarked-vehicles-during-the-festival-of-motorcycling-1-8089008 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/cc3554b214f7a08d0ffb95e289e086d44fb0d5e30f34c98cce7a5cd1698ca2ae.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T04:50:39 | null | 2016-08-28T04:51:35 | The popularity of this year’s open day at the airport fire station has benefited four charities to the tune of £1,535 each. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fcharities-benefit-from-open-day-at-fire-station-1-8086345.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8086343.1472047769!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Charities benefit from open day at fire station | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The popularity of this year’s open day at the airport fire station has benefited four charities to the tune of £1,535 each.
Hundreds of people visited the station to enjoy a day of family fun, including rides in a fire appliance, bouncy castles, water games, stalls, refreshments and a raffle. Demonstrations and displays were also staged to provide an insight into the work of the airport rescue and fire fighting service.
Money raised by the firefighters was boosted by a donation from Lloyds Bank International to produce a total of £6,143.
The funds were split between the Firefighters Charity, which provides support to serving and retired firefighters and their families, and three Isle of Man-registered charities: Wish Upon A Dream.,Bridge the Gap, Manx MSA Trust (Multiple System Atrophy).
Firefighter Nick Dale said: ‘We would like to thank Lloyds Bank International for their support and all the staff, families, volunteers and businesses who helped to make this year’s Open Day such a big success. The event has become an established part of the local community calendar and provides welcome assistance to charities that work hard to improve the lives of people in the Isle of Man.’
The local businesses and individuals who supported the event and provided raffle prizes, included The Steam Packet, Manx Flight Training, Mal’s Butchers, Cherry Orchard, Trend Gift Shop, Whistle Stop Café, Station Garage, Karyn at No. 52 Salon, Natalie Davies Nails & Beauty, Sweets N Treats, John Henley of the New Dawn, Station Port Erin, Canada Life International, Green’s team rooms, Kevin Moore (golf vouchers). | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/charities-benefit-from-open-day-at-fire-station-1-8086345 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/fc017e1c132b1c636b427fcd9d22bf23253f8ffa2a90e0740e9428fea5e00d0e.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:52:20 | null | 2016-08-25T10:13:21 | A barn dance is to be held on September 17 at the greenkeepers’ workshops behind Kewaigue School. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fbring-your-picnic-chair-to-barn-dance-1-8082865.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8082864.1471883524!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Bring your picnic chair to barn dance | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A barn dance is to be held on September 17 at the greenkeepers’ workshops behind Kewaigue School.
The admission costs £15 per person or £50 for four.
Organisers promise fun for all the family. But participants must bring our own drinks and picnic chairs.
All proceeds to Anthony Nolan IOM, Manx Decaf and Naseem’s Manx Brain Tumour Charity.
Tickets available from Gill, 487487 or Geri, 499521. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/bring-your-picnic-chair-to-barn-dance-1-8082865 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/96bf7bb96149e2caa4d9b0d0f3235c6eb0cba355b5f274aca6bb44a106211afc.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:11:12 | null | 2016-08-26T11:32:01 | Tributes have been paid to a former government Minister who has died in hospital following a tragic accident. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Ftributes-paid-to-former-minister-1-8090550.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8090549.1472207955!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Tributes paid to former Minister | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Tributes have been paid to a former government Minister who has died in hospital following a tragic accident.
Former Middle MHK Martyn Quayle was found unconscious at the foot of a flight of stairs in Douglas a few weeks ago.
He was airlifted to Walton Hospital in Liverpool with head injuries and was put in an induced coma but sadly he passed away this morning. He was just 57. His family was with him when he died.
Health and Social Care Minister Howard Quayle, who succeeded Martyn Quayle as MHK for Middle, said he had suspended canvassing in the constituency today as a mark of respect.
He said: ‘I knew him all my life. He was an absolute gentleman. He was honest and did his best for the Isle of Man. He did not have a bad bone in his body. I’m genuinely very upset - it is desperately sad.’
Lifelong friend Jane Ellis said: ‘Martyn had so many friends in all corners of the world. He was bursting with life and he had such a great sense of fun and humour. This is such a huge loss to so many. He was the perfect gentleman.’
Martyn Quayle was first elected to the House of Keys in 2001. During his political career, he was appointed Minister for Home Affairs, Tourism and Leisure and Social Care.
He grew up in Glenlough Farm and lived in Ballahutchin House in Marown. He leaves his two older brothers Peter and John and is survived by mother Evelyn.
Mr Quayle was educated at Marown Primary School and Douglas High School. Before entering politics, he was a civil servant and then joined Isle of Man Farmers Ltd, serving as general manager.
In 2004, he was left on crutches for weeks after breaking both his legs in a car crash in Scotland. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/tributes-paid-to-former-minister-1-8090550 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/f28c287538527981047e33987f6c1d40fa80746217d3663bc40a57302e754a1d.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T14:51:04 | null | 2016-08-29T14:00:15 | The Isle of Man Examiner will tomorrow devote six pages to GCSE passes. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fevery-school-every-pupil-every-gcse-pass-1-8094420.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8094417.1472475589!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Every school, every pupil, every GCSE pass | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The Isle of Man Examiner will tomorrow devote six pages to GCSE passes.
It will include every school, every pupil, every pass
GCSE results days 2016 at Ramsey Grammar School - Will Greenbank
The paper will also have an overview of how well Manx pupils have fared.
The Examiner the lists the GCSE passes is one of our most popular papers in the year.
It’ll be in the shops first thing tomorrow. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/every-school-every-pupil-every-gcse-pass-1-8094420 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/f22b34c20a9713d26bf7e2c59e00d3699587e4664b94e58e48f2897e58d2b6ed.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T14:50:41 | null | 2016-08-28T14:16:39 | Poilce are asking motorists to take extra care today after one motorcyclist was stopped riding at 74mph in a 30mph zone. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fpolice-warning-after-biker-stopped-doing-74mph-in-a-30-zone-at-sulby-1-8093210.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8093209.1472390658!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Police warning after biker stopped doing 74mph in a 30 zone at Sulby | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Poilce are asking motorists to take extra care today after one motorcyclist was stopped riding at 74mph in a 30mph zone.
A police spokesman said: ‘Lots of traffic on the roads today, especially in the north and on the west side of the TT course with people travelling to and from the Festival of Jurby.
‘Please take your time and stick to the speed limits - there are lots of towns and villages in these areas.
‘One motorcyclist has been stopped this morning in Sulby travelling at 74mph in a 30mph limit. The rider will be appearing in court very soon.
‘Remember that we are operating unmarked bikes and cars during the Festival of Motorcycling and speed enforcement units are also out and about.
‘We can’t give you fairer warning than that - the rest is up to you.’
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[] | 2016-08-28T04:50:36 | null | 2016-08-28T05:06:24 | A reunion of former pupils from Douglas High School for Girls (Park Road School) who were at the school in 1960 is to be held in October. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fa-reunion-for-park-road-school-pupils-1-8085572.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8085571.1472030892!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | A reunion for Park Road School pupils | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The types of cookies we, our ad network and technology partners use are listed below:
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:02 | null | 2016-08-26T10:55:15 | Keys candidates for Ramsey will face the public at a meeting in the East Hall, Ramsey Grammar School on Wednesday, September 14. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fhear-the-views-of-candidates-1-8084323.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8084321.1471961342!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Hear the views of candidates | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Keys candidates for Ramsey will face the public at a meeting in the East Hall, Ramsey Grammar School on Wednesday, September 14.
The hall will be open from 7pm and the meeting will begin at 7.30pm.
At present there are three candidates – Alex Allinson, Lawrie Hooper and Leonard Singer.
The General Election will be held on September 22.
In view of this, the commissioners have agreed to delay their monthly meeting for one week until September 28.
Two members of the board are seeking election – Lawrie Hooper in Ramsey and Pat Ayres in Ayre and Michael. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/hear-the-views-of-candidates-1-8084323 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/e79d3d53b0a347264088f2a44bd9e14e1dbdc0e1245bda0e9a705e08dcd8524e.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T10:50:10 | null | 2016-08-27T10:36:24 | A 22-year-old man from Douglas has been handed a 12-month probation order after riding a scooter with on licence or insurance. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fscooter-rider-is-put-on-12-months-probation-1-8088736.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088735.1472132220!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Scooter rider is put on 12 months’ probation | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A 22-year-old man from Douglas has been handed a 12-month probation order after riding a scooter with on licence or insurance.
Michael Sean James Webb, of Lheannag Park, was also disqualified from driving for six months.
Webb pleaded guilty to driving with no vehicle licence, having no insurance, having no driving licence, failing to notify a change of ownership, and breaching a community service order.
Webb was stopped by police on Queen’s Promenade in Douglas on May 9. He told police he didn’t think he needed to do CBT (compulsary basic training), which motorcyclists are required to do with a provisional, but his provisional licence had expired in March anyway.
Defending Webb in court advocate Ian Kermode said: ‘My client purchased the scooter a few months before the incident and it had been off the road for repairs.
‘He accepts he has not complied properly with probation.’
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:57 | null | 2016-08-20T21:53:04 | Peter Kennaugh leads the 2016 Vuelta a Espana after claiming the red jersey for the first time in his career. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Fcycling%2Fkennaugh-leads-vuelta-a-espana-1-8080360.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8080359.1471726467!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Kennaugh leads Vuelta a Espana | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Peter Kennaugh leads the 2016 Vuelta a Espana after claiming the red jersey for the first time in his career.
The Manxman was first over the line as Team Sky claimed a thrilling victory in the opening stage in the northwest of Spain.
The team time trial saw riders tackle a 27.8-kilometre route from Balneario Laias to Parque Náutico de Castrelo de Miño and provided an exhilarating start to the last of this season’s Grand Tours.
It looked like Movistar would record the fastest time until Sky crossed the line less than a second quicker to claim the race lead.
With Kennaugh leading the British team over the finish, the Manxman claimed the red jersey as the first leader of the general classification.
More in Tuesday’s Isle of Man Examiner. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/cycling/kennaugh-leads-vuelta-a-espana-1-8080360 | en | 2016-08-20T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/81c2e53b2dc00aa9045822cc06f762da2e83aab494a409a46b6e9d922703bdce.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:44 | null | 2016-08-23T05:51:41 | The government is to try to get more adults involved in sport. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fbid-to-get-adults-involved-in-sport-1-8082423.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8082422.1471873926!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Bid to get adults involved in sport | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The government is to try to get more adults involved in sport.
Manx Sport and Recreation’s initiative ‘The Swings of Things’ will take place from 9.30 to 11.30am on Mondays during school term times at the National Sports Centre.
The inaugural session will be free and the cost after that will be £3.15 per session, which includes refreshments.
Attendees can try out table tennis, badminton, short tennis, squash and racquet ball.
Qualified coaches will be present to assist, if required.
On September 12, coaches will also run taster sessions in walking netball and rugby, cricket and tri golf.
Once a month a new sport will be on offer for participants to try alongside the established sports.
Lesley Patterson, of Manx Sport and Recreation, said: ‘In line with our Strategy for Sport, we would like to encourage people back into a sport that they perhaps haven’t played for a while or to try something new.
‘Don’t worry if you aren’t at Olympic standard – this is about playing at your own level and enjoying what you do. We all have to start somewhere.’
For more info, call Lesley on 686852 or email Lesley.Patterson@gov.im | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/bid-to-get-adults-involved-in-sport-1-8082423 | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/74188d9ead84e16e2980b315956ec3872b5296ed998b751762cec44d09cd4205.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T06:49:43 | null | 2016-08-27T07:00:00 | There are a couple of new faces in the latest installment of Isle of Man Newspapers’ Team of the Week. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Ffootball-news%2Ftwo-new-faces-in-latest-isle-of-man-newspapers-team-of-the-week-1-8090687.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8090686.1472210208!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Two new faces in latest Isle of Man Newspapers’ Team of the Week | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | There are a couple of new faces in the latest installment of Isle of Man Newspapers’ Team of the Week.
The second weekend of fixtures in the Canada Life Premier League saw a plethora of high-scoring games, with no fewer than 40 goals being scored across the six matches.
As such, the hypothetical XI takes on an attacking look in a 3-4-3 formation, with two of those midfielders pushed slightly further up the pitch in advanced positions.
With so many goals being scored across the island, there was only one clean sheet kept in the top flight on Saturday, therefore St George’s goalkeeper Andy Perry dons the TotW gloves after shutting out Colby in his side’s 9-0 demolition of the league newcomers.
In front of Perry, the Geordies number one is joined by one of his fellow Glencrutchery Road stars in Johnny Myers, as well as a former team-mate in the shape of Alex Harrison while the back three is completed by Alex Maitland.
Myers continued his fine goalscoring start to the season and, having just missed out on last week’s TotW, the centre-back gets the nod this week after he netted twice against Colby.
His ex-defensive cohort Harrison now plies his trade at St Mary’s and helped his new team remain at the top of the table following a hard-fought 2-1 victory at home to Laxey, their third successive win.
Like Myers, Maitland only just missed out on a place in the first Team of the Week of the fledgling football season but this week makes the cut after a fine game for the Spaniards during their 5-1 win over Ramsey at Croit Lowey.
One of the aforementioned new faces takes his place in midfield, namely Jonathan Lund who starred during St George’s rout of the Moonlighters. In what is believed to be only his second season in Manx football, Lund impressed in the heart of midfield and helped himself to a goal against the southerners.
Joining him in the centre of the pitch is Maitland’s team-mate Matty Lamb as well as two Peel players who grabbed joint man of the match honours against Corinthians.
Lamb was in good fettle in front of goal on Saturday as he bagged a brace for the southerners in their dominant win over Ramsey to help Rushen remain second in the table.
The Spaniards held title hopefuls Peel to a draw last week but the westerners bounced back by overcoming a resilient Corinthians side 6-4 at Ballafletcher, with both Kelly and Christian playing a key role in the win.
Kelly pulled the strings in midfield and had a hand in several goals thanks to the pin-point accuracy of his trusty left foot, while Christian proved a handful for the Whites defence throughout and scored the vital fifth goal late on to break Corinthians’ resistance.
The second of this week’s new faces takes his place up front in the attacking trio.
Martin Cowan claimed the man of the match honours as he helped Premier League newcomers Douglas Athletic record their first ever victory in the top flight, a 6-2 win at Ayre United which saw them leap into the top half of the table.
Joining him in the attacking third are two other players who led the line well for their respective teams on Saturday, Luke Booth and Darren Hudgeon.
Booth helped Union Mills continue their unbeaten start to the season by grabbing a first-half goal during their 2-2 draw at home to DHSOB, a result which leaves the Garey Mooar outfit flying high in fifth place.
Old Boys’ former striker Hudgeon made the switch from Blackberry Lane to the Bowl during the summer and has already settled in well, grabbing his second and third goals during the Saints’ aforementioned victory over Laxey to take his place in Team of the Week.
Claiming the second refereeing honours of the new season is Andrew Lodge who impressed in the middle during the Ayre United v Douglas Athletic game in Andreas.
TEAM OF THE WEEK
Goalkeeper
Andy Perry
Defence
Alex Maitland (Rushen)
Alex Harrison (St Mary’s)
Johnny Myers (St George’s)
Midfield
Johnny Lund (St George’s)
Marc Kelly (Peel)
Matty Lamb (Rushen)
Kerron Christian (Peel)
Attack
Darren Hudgeon (St Mary’s)
Luke Booth (Union Mills)
Martin Cowan (Douglas Athletic)
Referee
Andrewe Lodge
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[] | 2016-08-27T06:50:07 | null | 2016-08-27T05:57:35 | Information about how to volunteer for the Samaritans will be available and a number of sessions next month. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fsamaritans-want-to-recruit-more-volunteers-1-8084658.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8084657.1471967890!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Samaritans want to recruit more volunteers | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Information about how to volunteer for the Samaritans will be available and a number of sessions next month.
Every six seconds Samaritans receives a call for help.
Samaritans offers confidential and judgement-free support to callers.
To find out more about volunteering and meet current volunteers come along to one of the information sessions which all start at 7pm with the exception of the session on September 3 which starts at 2pm.
Dates and locations are:
September 1 and 3: Samaritans office, 5 Victoria Place, Douglas
September 5: Civic Centre, Castletown
September 6: St Catherine’s Church Hall, Church Road, Port Erin
September 7: St Patrick’s Isle suite, House of Manannan, Peel
September 8: Ramsey Town Hall.
Sinead Nudd, Samaritans recruitment deputy, said: ‘We welcome anyone interested in volunteering to join us at the information sessions, ask as many questions as you like, and meet some of our current team. If you are unable to attend the information sessions but would like more information, please feel free to send us an email.
‘There’s no commitment if you come and meet us, it’s just a chance to find out how you could make a difference. We don’t ask for any specific “experience”, our volunteers are provided full training so we are well equipped when on duty.’
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[] | 2016-08-26T12:49:38 | null | 2016-08-26T05:22:09 | The historic wartime aircraft of the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will be doing a flypast at Jurby on Sunday and there will be a rare opportunity to see them on the ground when they land at Ronaldsway Airport to refuel. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fwhat-s-on%2Fmanx-entertainment-news%2Fchance-to-see-wartime-aircraft-as-they-refuel-1-8088698.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088697.1472131721!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Chance to see wartime aircraft as they refuel | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The historic wartime aircraft of the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will be doing a flypast at Jurby on Sunday and there will be a rare opportunity to see them on the ground when they land at Ronaldsway Airport to refuel.
The BBMF operates several wartime aircraft and at the time of writing it is not certain which of them will be coming to the island but it is likely that they will include the Avro Lancaster bomber, a Spitfire and a Hurricane.
They are scheduled to be at Ronaldsway between 10.30am and 11am on Sunday morning. They will refuel on the apron next to the Manx Aviation and Military Museum so there should be a good close-up view of them on the ground.
The time may change so for the latest news call the museum on 829294.
There is plenty of car parking at the museum which is open from 10 a.m. to 4.30 pm. every day and admission is free. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/what-s-on/manx-entertainment-news/chance-to-see-wartime-aircraft-as-they-refuel-1-8088698 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/922fa9f639e549e423f7f912d8db879bf2c5eaff25bb1c26bbd6a8ef97a5c7c2.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:15 | null | 2016-08-26T05:16:26 | A driver vented his frustration with TT traffic by accelerating up to Douglas Road Corner in Kirk Michael at double the speed limit, a court was told. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fdriver-did-double-the-limit-1-8084185.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8084184.1471958215!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Driver did double the limit | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The types of cookies we, our ad network and technology partners use are listed below:
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[] | 2016-08-28T06:50:37 | null | 2016-08-28T06:36:19 | A 41-year-old man from Ramsey has been ordered to perform 100 hours’ community service. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fcommunity-service-for-driver-with-no-licence-or-insurance-1-8090322.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8090321.1472204229!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Community service for driver with no licence or insurance | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A 41-year-old man from Ramsey has been ordered to perform 100 hours’ community service.
Mark Roberts, of North Shore Road, pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis and was also found guilty after a trial of driving without a licence or insurance.
He had his driving licence endorsed with six penalty points and was ordered to pay £750 costs.
Prosecutor Michael Jelski told the court how, on June 24 at 7pm, police stopped Roberts in a Mercedes on New Castletown Road.
They spoke to him and noted that his speech was slurred, he was pale looking and his breath smelled of alcohol.
Officers found a rolled joint in his pocket. He was arrested and made no reply after caution.
His vehicle was searched and a tin with a small lump of resin, later identified as cannabis was found.
Also in the side pocket of the car police found a lock knife.
In a police interview Roberts told police that the cannabis was for personal use and that he used it to alleviate back pain.
He said he had bought it for £25. Regarding the knife, Roberts said that it was a work knife he had in his pocket and he had put it in the car door compartment rather than carry it.
The total value of cannabis was said to be £33.52. He was also found to have no valid insurance or driving licence.
The knife matter was not pursued.
Defending Roberts in court advocate Paul Rodgers said: ‘It is not the most serious of matters. Perhaps the most unattractive matter is that my client took the driving offences to trial.
‘He passed his driving test shortly after this and now has all his documents. He became a father in October and he has completely turned his life around since that point. He is regularly tested for drugs.
‘He has served over 10 years custody in the past. The cannabis was for personal use and he was not using it while driving. He offered the knife up to the prosecution and they will dispose of it.’
Deputy High Bailiff Jayne Hughes said: ‘I give you full credit for your guilty plea to the cannabis charge but I can’t give you similar credit for the driving offences, you were convicted after a trial.There does seem to have been a slowing down in your offending and you have taken steps to legitimise your driving which is very much to your credit.’
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[] | 2016-08-30T04:51:37 | null | 2016-08-30T05:40:49 | A teenager from Ramsey has been sentenced to a two-year conditional discharge after he was caught with cannabis twice. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fteen-s-two-cannabis-busts-in-two-months-1-8094519.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8094518.1472478067!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Teen’s two cannabis busts in two months | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A teenager from Ramsey has been sentenced to a two-year conditional discharge after he was caught with cannabis twice.
Alexander James Kennaugh, of Richmond Road, pleaded guilty in a summary court to two counts of possessing the drug.
The court heard how, on June 29, police attended a shed in Ramsey Commissioners’ yard on Old River Road in Ramsey.
Kennaugh, 18, was there with six other men and on the table was some cannabis resin in a Tupperware box.
Police searched Kennaugh and found more cannabis in a bag in his pocket.
He admitted that the cannabis was his, saying it for personal use only, and that he had been smoking the drug daily for about two years
The amount of cannabis found in Kennaugh’s pocket was said to be 2.4 grams worth £12.70 while the amount in the Tupperware box was said to be too small to weigh.
In a second incident, on August 15, Kennaugh was detained for a search at Grove Mount in Bowring Road, Ramsey.
On this occasion police found two bags of cannabis bush in his pocket. A later search of his home found drug-related paraphenalia such as a grinder, a bong and a pipe. The cannabis weighed 1.2 grams and was said to be worth £24.
Kennaugh was also ordered to pay £175 prosecution costs.
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[] | 2016-08-30T04:51:36 | null | 2016-08-30T05:35:49 | A 48-year-old Onchan man has been convicted of driving while disqualified and driving with no insurance. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fmotorbike-ended-up-on-the-sefton-s-steps-1-8094511.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8094510.1472477784!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Motorbike ended up on the Sefton’s steps | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A 48-year-old Onchan man has been convicted of driving while disqualified and driving with no insurance.
Timothy John Betteridge, of St Catherine’s Terrace, had four other driving related charges against him withdrawn and will be sentenced on October 4.
The court heard how, on January 4 at 9.45pm, Betteridge was riding a Triumph 649cc motorcycle along Loch Promenade towards Tower House Road when he hit a metal cigarette bin and mounted the front steps of the Sefton Hotel.
The hotel’s deputy manager came out to help Betteridge and found him still sat astride the bike trying to restart the engine.
He was concerned the bike may catch fire as he could smell petrol and said that Betteridge kept closing and opening his eyes and was bleeding from the mouth.
The deputy manager said that he told Betteridge to get off the bike more than once but he just said ‘don’t call the police’ and carried on trying to start the engine.
He was said to be conscious but in an unresponsive state.
Betteridge was eventually helped off the bike and an ambulance was called which took him for treatment at Noble’s Hospital.
He was told to produce his driving licence at a police station within five days and did so, but only held a provisional licence which permitted him to ride bikes up to 125cc.
Betteridge was interviewed by police voluntarily and told them he thought he could ride bikes with low brake horse power.
He admitted that he had no insurance and hadn’t been displaying ‘L’ plates. He is also currently disqualified from driving.
Betteridge said that the rear brakes had locked causing him to crash.
Bail continues in the sum of £500 with a condition not to leave the island.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:21 | null | 2016-08-26T11:40:49 | You can read this week’s Isle of Man Courier online right now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fread-this-week-s-isle-of-man-courier-right-now-1-8090576.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8090574.1472208031!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Read this week’s Isle of Man Courier right now | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | You can read this week’s Isle of Man Courier online right now.
You can turn the pages, just like the paper version.
All you have to do is click here
It doesn’t work on all devices, unfortunately.
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[] | 2016-08-31T04:52:01 | null | 2016-08-31T05:37:44 | Manx charities have joined a worldwide Glow Gold campaign to raise awareness of children’s cancer. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fcharities-join-forces-to-fight-kids-cancer-1-8090324.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8090323.1472204284!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Charities join forces to fight kids’ cancer | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Manx charities have joined a worldwide Glow Gold campaign to raise awareness of children’s cancer.
Fiona Barker of ‘Bridge the Gap’ has brought together local charities, such as Hospice Isle of Man (including the children’s Hospice, Rebecca House,) Isle of Man Anti-Cancer Association, Manx Cancer Help, Oskar’s Dreams/Remember Jade, The Manx Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital and The Anthony Nolan Trust.
The ‘Glow Gold’ campaign will raise awareness of childhood cancer, including education on the warning signs to look out for. Iconic landmarks across the world will be glowing gold during the month of September and in the Isle of Man, the Tower of Refuge, Ramsey Swing Bridge and Pulrose Power Station will be glowing too.
Fiona said: ‘While people often prefer to support on-island charities, the reality is that every child or teen diagnosed with cancer on the Isle of Man will receive treatment off island in UK hospitals and this treatment will be based on research carried out in the UK or further afield.
‘Funds raised on island throughout this campaign will go towards this much needed research.’
Children’s Cancer and Leukemia Group (CCLG) ‘Be Bold Go Gold’ ribbons and wristbands will be available to buy in any Isle of Man Bank branches during the campaign for a suggested donation of £1.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:25 | null | 2016-08-19T11:33:58 | The fixtures computer has thrown up some potentially tasty clashes in JCK Division Two this weekend. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Ffootball-news%2Fpulrose-and-braddan-battle-it-out-for-early-supremacy-in-div-two-1-8078259.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8078258.1471602829!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Pulrose and Braddan battle it out for early supremacy in Div Two | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | The fixtures computer has thrown up some potentially tasty clashes in JCK Division Two this weekend.
One of the matches of the day could well be at Springfield Road where early leaders Pulrose United take on the side tipped by many for league glory this season, Braddan.
With Andy Glover leading the line, the Swans are expected to lead the charge for the title but Pully got their season off to a flier with a thumping 13-2 win over Governor’s Athletic so should be full of confidence.
The dark horses this season are Foxdale who face a tricky battle at home to Douglas Royal, two teams aiming for silverware. A win for either side could set the platform for a good season.
RYCOB and Marown both lost their opening games and will therefore be desperate to claim the spoils when they meet at Scoill ree Gorree on Saturday, while there’s a double header at Noble’s Park where Onchan play Douglas and District and Governor’s Athletic ‘host’ Castletown, while Michael United travel to Gymns. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/football-news/pulrose-and-braddan-battle-it-out-for-early-supremacy-in-div-two-1-8078259 | en | 2016-08-19T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/dd00f599c80bb02422e3e7aebe5f1a7f997b19f011b61d2de66eb31106ae30bd.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T04:50:10 | null | 2016-08-27T04:25:27 | Registered voters unable to vote in person at a polling station in the General Election on September 22 should apply for an advance vote. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fwhat-to-do-if-you-won-t-be-able-to-get-to-polls-1-8085570.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8085569.1472030821!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | What to do if you won’t be able to get to polls | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Registered voters unable to vote in person at a polling station in the General Election on September 22 should apply for an advance vote.
Advance votes enable electors to cast their votes before polling day, at a time and venue agreed with the constituency returning officer. This can be done on or off iIsland, provided it is within the British Island.
Advance votes should not be confused with proxy votes.
Advance and proxy vote application forms are available online at www.gov.im/elections, from constituency returning officers or from the Cabinet Office, 3rd Floor, Government Office, Buck’s Road, Douglas.
Completed application forms for advance votes should be forwarded to returning officers by September 16 for voters who wish to cast an advance vote within the Isle of Man and by September 12 for voters who wish to cast an advance vote elsewhere within the British Islands.
Students who are registered to vote but who will be off island on polling day may apply to cast an advance vote. Those at university/college in the British Islands may choose to have a ballot paper delivered to the term time address.
More information regarding the election can be found at www.gov.im/elections or by emailing elections@gov.im or phoning 685754. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/what-to-do-if-you-won-t-be-able-to-get-to-polls-1-8085570 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/d52bd631f9af34feb3a5636afaa0493d3d54054b71fb34351f2255aa955cd0f6.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:51 | null | 2016-08-26T11:14:57 | Julie Blackburn sits down to lunch with Chief Minister Allan Bell CBE, who has recently announced his retirement | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fbell-gets-down-to-business-at-end-of-a-career-in-politics-1-8084506.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8084503.1471964649!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Bell gets down to business at end of a career in politics | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Julie Blackburn sits down to lunch with Chief Minister Allan Bell CBE, who has recently announced his retirement
I’ve interviewed Allan Bell several times over the years, in his various ministerial roles in government, and he has always been very much ‘on message’, as they say in marketing circles, and very much on top of his brief.
Chief Minister Allan Bell with First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon earlier this year
But times change and life moves on and, having in his own words ‘agonised for months’, Mr Bell has taken the decision to leave the political arena.
So now we are sitting down to lunch in Samphire, overlooking North Quay in Douglas, and I am looking forward to giving him a chance to talk a little more freely than he has been able to in the past.
We start off by discussing the future and I am wondering if he can even imagine what it might be like without the life-consuming political pace he has been used to:
His answer is simple: ‘No. I’ve had this conversation with a few people and it’s almost going to be new territory because I got involved with politics really not long after I left school. It’s never been a job or a career for me, it’s something I passionately believe in.
Early days in politics - Allan Bell in the 1980s with, left, Charles Guard and Maurice Faragher
‘So the concept of simply switching off in early October and sitting at home, retired with my feet up… I just can’t conceive how I will possibly adjust to that.
‘I will always be taking an interest in politics. I’ll never lose that but I’m fit and healthy so I want to find something else to do – I’ll be looking for a new challenge.
‘I’m not quite ready for Jeremy Kyle and daytime television just yet!’
Listening to Mr Bell talk about a wide range of political issues reveals a somewhat contradictory mix of idealism and hard-headed commercial sense that probably reflects the essentially individual nature of the Manx political system where members don’t have to fit neatly into one political party or other.
This is a man who is passionate about seeking out and developing niche opportunities to grow the island’s economy. During his time in Government he was responsible for opening up new initiatives in space, eGaming and film sectors, for example.
If this were the UK you might immediately assume him to be a member of the Conservative party (an idea which, I suspect would make him shudder).
On the other hand, his one regret in terms of the things he didn’t manage to achieve in his long political career was to get the Equality Bill passed into law, although it is still alive and hopefully will be agreed by the incoming Tynwald. And listening to him talk about his passionate belief in social equality – the ideal that got him into politics in the first place - you couldn’t imagine him anywhere else but the Labour party.
In his mind there is no contradiction: ‘Economic development has always been another passion, largely driven from the fact that we had very high unemployment and I was able to see the tremendous damage that long term unemployment did to younger people in particular, to society and to people’s hopes and dreams. Unless you have a strong economy, unless you can create the jobs to give people a belief that they really do have a future, then there is always going to be fragility about the Isle of Man.
‘It’s not just growth for the sake of growth, but to give that security to the next generation of young people.’
We take a break to consult the menu and Mr Bell tells me that Stephen, his partner of 21 years, likes to cook spicy foods but he prefers traditional food in general, especially fish.
Does he ever cook himself? ‘Not if I can avoid it - if it wasn’t for Marks and Spencer and the man who invented the microwave I’d have been dead years ago!’
He orders the kipper pate and turns down the wine in favour of sparkling water.
We talk about music and Mr Bell tells me that his first musical passion was Tamla Motown in its earliest days in the 60s when he had to buy the records on import:
‘I’m a child of the 60s. I grew up with the Paris riots, the Vietnam war, President Kennedy, segregation: all that background helped to fire me up for politics. That was when I joined Mec Vannin - there was such a belief that we could change the world at that time.’
On the Isle of Man, the political landscape was unimaginably different from today. The ‘big new idea’ in government at the time was the New Residents Policy which brought in a wave of retirees and saw a rash of bungalows springing up everywhere. Not surprisingly, people on the island - and especially young people – could see very little benefit coming their way from this and saw Mec Vannin, which had over 2,000 paid up members at the time, as the answer.
‘My nationalist feelings came out of a passion for the Isle of Man, for our identity, for the fact that even our own government was not protecting us, and the lack of any imagination in government to stimulate the economy and bring about any social fairness. Equality was something that never passed anyone’s lips in those days,’ Mr Bell recalls.
His political career began with Ramsey Commissioners during the 1970s. In 1976 he stood in the general election as MHK for Ramsey and just failed to get in by a handful of votes. In 1984, a by-election gave him the chance to stand again.
His rather quirky occupation during those intervening years had given him the chance to see for himself the effect that a lack of economic opportunity had on young people:
‘In the early 80s I had my shop in Ramsey: I was the island’s sole supplierfor punk and New Romantic clothes and all the island’s punks used to descend on Ramsey on a Saturday afternoon!
‘It was an exciting time but it meant that an awful lot of young people came through the shop and I would see so many of them just coming up to leaving school really bright eyed and bushy-tailed and looking forward to life. A couple of years later they would still be coming in but with no chance of a job, no chance of a home of their own and no real opportunities here on the island. That was the final push that got me standing again.’
This time of course, he was elected and, again looking back it seems hard to imagine what the social and economic conditions on the island were like then. Government held just £1 million in reserves and unemployment was pushing 10 per cent. Hanging and birching were still on the statute books and, if you were gay, you could look forward to the prospect of life imprisonment. If you were a woman, you weren’t even guaranteed statutory maternity leave.
Mr Bell recalls: ‘The Isle of Man was an absolute basket case, economically and socially. I remember the first few Tynwald meetings that I attended there were job creation resolutions on virtually every agenda and if we’d been able to create a half dozen or a dozen jobs in that Tynwald sitting we’d have been doing well.
‘Today, the unemployment figures have come out and they’re the lowest for eight years at 1.4 per cent. It’s a different world altogether and it’s very difficult, if not impossible, for people today to reflect on what the Isle of Man used to be like.
‘One of the big worries about the exodus of experience from the House of Keys this time is the loss of that corporate memory as to where we came from. If you’re making decisions today you must never lose sight of your history, how we got here and just how fragile what we’re enjoying today could be - we’ve had to work 30 years to get to where we are. There will be no members left in the House of Keys with any memory of anything that goes back that far and that does cause me a concern.’
We take a break and both order the Samphire Luxury Fish Pie which is delicious and we take our time to enjoy it.
I ask Mr Bell about the passing of the Same Sex Marriage Act and whether he would now consider getting married.
‘Who knows? Stephen and I have been together for over 20 years so it’s been a long relationship but the job I’ve had intrudes into family life in a way most people can’t appreciate. It’s been very difficult for him as well to be in a relationship with the Chief Minister, which is high profile. Stephen is mixed race and that’s caused some comments -we’ve had to suffer a huge amount of pretty vile abuse on social media.’
Mr Bell went on to quash one of the rumours that has been doing the rounds for quite some time: ‘The one that had me owning a mansion in Perth - we know where it came from and it’s utter nonsense. It just shows the stupidity of some of the stuff you read on social media.
‘I don’t mind being criticised: I’ve got a thick skin and I take no notice. I get angry at times at the nonsensical rubbish you read but when family and friends get drawn into it as well it did make me think: “Do I really want the job any longer?”’
This also brings us on to the social changes that have been brought about during Mr Bell’s time in government.
‘Things like the Same Sex Marriage Act have been quite important: our social attitudes have done the Isle of Man so much damage over the years. We used to get absolutely battered in the UK media, we had the UK government at us for many years and there was a union boycott on holding conferences here so we lost a huge amount of business.
‘So it’s not just Allan Bell protecting his own narrow interest, it’s winning over friends in a much broader way which will help us at every level because, if the island’s economy is going to grow and we’re going to grow the population, we have to have the right social structure over here to make the Isle of Man attractive.’
Over coffee, we discuss Brexit and what future opportunities there may be to grow the island’s economy.
On Brexit, Mr Bell doesn’t mince his words: ‘The whole direction of the UK and the lives of 60 million people has changed on a string of lies and threats from both sides – I am just lost for words when I begin to describe my anger at the way that whole thing was handled. It’s the first time I’ve ever felt ashamed to call myself a politician.’
He adds that the politicians and civil servants he regularly meets with in London are of the opinion that it’s likely to take up to 10 years to unravel Britain’s membership of the EU so the ramifications could be felt for a long time. But when it comes to the island specifically and its future he says:
‘The challenge ahead isn’t going to be that different from what we’ve had over the last five years.
‘We absolutely need more people, but people of the right sort who are working and making contributions and that might just mean more of our own people staying here rather than leaving - it’s not boosting immigration for the sake of it.
‘If you look at our recent history we’ve been able to identify niche opportunities on a fairly steady basis the aircraft registry, shipping, eGaming, space, film – a whole raft of things.
‘These niche opportunities often come out of the blue and we’ve got to be fairly fleet of foot to be able to capitalise on them, and be willing to take a risk from time to time.
‘Not everything we try will come off: sometimes it will fail and we’ve got to accept that. Unless Tynwald changes its attitude and is prepared to accept failure from time to time we will not be able to take the ones which could work out.’
And, as a final thought about his years spent in government and the achievements in that time, he says: ‘I know we get criticised now, we get beaten up about all sorts of things. But what we have in the island today is incomparable to what the island was like 30 years ago. I think the island now does look outwards: it’s far more expansive, more tolerant, more inclusive. Equality is not entirely entrenched but it’s a lot better than it was and the rights of the individual are respected in a way that they weren’t before.
‘People forget what we went through, economically and socially, to get to where we got to today. It’s not been an easy journey by any stretch of the imagination.’
So as Mr Bell heads off into the sunset, will we look back on his time in government, in his various roles, as a golden era for the island, politically, economically and socially?
I wonder . . . hsitory will judge. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/bell-gets-down-to-business-at-end-of-a-career-in-politics-1-8084506 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/32c1ed9f339df1116a1f1030df9ce3493d80465a4c6895e17716c51ceee12991.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T10:50:58 | null | 2016-08-29T10:21:07 | Girl Guide leaders and senior section members overcame their fears to take part in an abseil down Maughold Head in memory of friend Ann Struthers. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fgirl-guides-take-on-abseil-challenge-in-memory-of-ann-1-8088988.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088985.1472134912!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Girl Guides take on abseil challenge in memory of Ann | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Girl Guide leaders and senior section members overcame their fears to take part in an abseil down Maughold Head in memory of friend Ann Struthers.
The team of 11 girl guiding members, from Garwick District, took on the challenge to raise money for The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and UK Sepsis Trust.
It was in memory of their friend Ann, who died in 2013 after contracting septicaemia. She would have turned 21 this year. The final total is still being counted but it is estimated that they have raised £2,000 for the UK Sepsis Trust and £660 for The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award fund.
Rosie Walker, leader of 5th Douglas St Thomas’s rainbow unit, said: ‘I am proud of each one of them for taking the leap of faith each time and conquering their fears.’ | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/girl-guides-take-on-abseil-challenge-in-memory-of-ann-1-8088988 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/933b1eb11c1eb4c2d650bce8d2bb8ce4ce4f75765b420a09250b410f9f0d5d13.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T04:50:53 | null | 2016-08-29T05:27:04 | A record 129 island residents were prosecuted last year for failing to pay the TV licence fees. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Ftv-licence-prosecutions-hit-129-1-8089027.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8089024.1472135262!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | TV licence prosecutions hit 129 | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A record 129 island residents were prosecuted last year for failing to pay the TV licence fees.
Of these 129, 85 were convicted but 44 were found not guilty or the case against them was dropped.
The figures were revealed following a Freedom of Information request by anti-licence fee campaigner Caroline Levesque-Bartlett.
She said: ‘Considering that a total of 125 were prosecuted between 2010 and 2014, the level of prosecution in 2015 (with 129 cases) is unprecedented.
‘Unfortunately, this new trend is continuing. For 2016, 33 cases have already been dealt with (25 have been convicted), and 105 are pending (55 women and 50 men).
‘In 2015 34 per cent of cases brought to prosecution in 2015 were unsuccessful (defendant found not guilty or case not proceeded) this is alarmingly high compared with the rest of the UK.’
Of those convicted last year, 56 were women and 29 men.
The typical fine was £200 (though £300 fines were not uncommon), usually with standard £120 costs. Only two people were not asked to pay costs in 2015.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the introduction of the TV licence fee.
Caroline believes it marks 70 years of ‘government endorsed extortion’.
She said: ‘Since June 1946, no one was able to think of a way of funding the BBC that would not involve a choice, for those who want to opt out, between withholding all TV channels and criminal sanctions.
‘On the contrary, the BBC’s power to charge and barge in to homes has been recently extended to cover the internet. The mind boggles. Playing devil’s advocate: shouldn’t the TV licence fee retire at 68, like the UK workforce? Don’t we need something progressive, flexible and tailored, more in tune with the changing world?’
From September 1, those aged 75 and over won’t be able to apply for a free TV licence in the island.
It’s a move which had angered many pensioners and veterans’ associations. A colour TV licence costs £145.50 and a black and white TV licence costs £49.
Ending the free TV licence on a universal basis was approved by Tynwald as part of last year’s Budget.
The Manx government said those aged 75 and older in receipt of income support will still be eligible for help in paying.
Across the British Isles, 200,117 people were charged for TV licence offences in 2015. Caroline said there still doesn’t seem to be a political will to challenge the BBC’s status quo but added: ‘With a new Secretary of state, maybe we can hope for some change to the Royal charter.’ | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/tv-licence-prosecutions-hit-129-1-8089027 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/61993921a4db01d86df46ea2298c9a3b1251539fed6c56a05319cd0403a80c58.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:12:26 | null | 2016-08-26T11:07:17 | For the last few weeks the Isle of Man Examiner has been asking a number of people what they want to see from MHKs ahead of the general election. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fone-mother-s-call-stop-targeting-the-young-and-the-elderly-with-funding-cuts-1-8090457.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8090455.1472206023!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | One mother’s call: Stop targeting the young and the elderly with funding cuts | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | For the last few weeks the Isle of Man Examiner has been asking a number of people what they want to see from MHKs ahead of the general election.
This week Paul Speller talked to Beth Sherwin.
Beth believes that politicians should do more to protect the vulnerable.
The 30-year-old mother from Onchan reflected on the performance of the government and the House of Keys over the past five years, which saw both ends of the age scale affected by cutbacks.
There was the closure of 11 state-run pre-school facilities and the off-loading by government of the Family Library and Mobile Family Library to a charity, while elderly people have also been affected.
The entitlement to a free TV licence for over-75s is to end from September, restrictions on free bus travel for pensioners, the halving of the Christmas bonus for pensioners and claims that the unpopular toilet tax was applied unfairly on some residents in sheltered housing.
In addition, the Manx pension supplement is to be phased out in favour of a single tier £170 per week and the retirement age is to be increased to 67.
‘What I have noticed over the last few years is when they are making cuts, anything that happens it is taken from the children or the old people,’ said Mrs Sherwin, who works in the private nursery sector.
‘It is always the vulnerable that are being hit.
‘The children have lost out on pre-schools and nurture teachers, things that I think are very important to have in schools.’
In 2013, the Department of Education and Children axed all 11 nurture teacher positions across the island – closing the teacher-lead nurture groups they ran – saying it was moving to a ‘whole-school’ approach using only educational support staff.
The decision sparked concern among the teaching unions.
A year earlier, the DEC controversially closed down the 11 state-run, teacher-led nurseries attached to schools.
Nursery and pre-school provision is now only available through the private sector, although some do still offer teacher-led provision.
A credit scheme was introduced to contribute towards parents’ costs in using the private sector, but was initially described as inadequately funded by the Social Affairs Policy Committee.
Both Peter Karran, education minister at the time, and current incumbent Tim Crookall, claimed the new system was fairer than the old regime, which did not cover all of the island.
However, during the final sitting of Tynwald this month, when members approved the increase of pre-school credit funding, from £800 to £1,700, DEC member Bill Malarkey appeared to criticise his own department when he said the scheme was unfair to those in deprived areas.
Mrs Sherwin said: ‘It is different for working parents who are sending their children to nurseries and the children are going out to get social experience and becoming school ready.
‘But there are people out there that do not have that opportunity to send their children to a private nursery.
‘The pre-schools offered that opportunity, where it was a free service, and the children could benefit in the same way. I think they are missing out.’
Class sizes in primary school are also a concern, said Mrs Sherwin, who has two daughters, aged seven and three.
The DEC has said that it is meeting its target pupil/teacher ratios of 20.7 in primary schools, although since giving that answer in the House of Keys, department member Mr Malarkey has emailed MHKs to clarify that the ratio is not the same as the class size and that, for primary schools, 27 was deemed ‘acceptable’, but there were circumstances where a larger size was allowed.
Figures released in Tynwald showed a number of schools where class sizes were higher than 27.
‘In the playground, parents are concerned about the class sizes and how they used to be so much smaller,’ said Mrs Sherwin, who added her praise for the work put in by teachers.
She said that most parents were heavily engaged in education matters and that sometimes it could seem that politicians under-estimated that level of involvement and interest.
As a parent, she admitted she had concerns about what the future might hold for her children.
‘We worry about what state everything will be in by the time they are grown up.
‘Will there be any jobs for them?’
Mrs Sherwin, who lives with her daughters and husband Bob in Ridgeway Road, Onchan, said she could not recall having any doorstep visits from prospective candidates in the run-up to the 2011 general election and has had no direct contact with any of Onchan’s three MHKs during the past five years.
She is hoping that the new House of Keys, which will switch to 12 two-member constituencies, might be able to provide improved communication.
‘I personally do not feel that I know enough about what their plans are. I think there are better ways to communicate, through social media and so on,’ she said.
‘There could be a lot more information getting put out there.’ | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/one-mother-s-call-stop-targeting-the-young-and-the-elderly-with-funding-cuts-1-8090457 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/8301e0d3561941b431ff804c7594f63ec3604088cc692ed38f0108310dae0b9e.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T06:49:33 | null | 2016-08-29T06:00:00 | modern life | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fletters%2Fletters-from-the-manx-independent-august-25-2016-1-8083990.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/letters/letters-from-the-manx-independent-august-25-2016-1-8083990 | en | null | Letters from the Manx Independent, August 25 2016 | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | modern life
Does your diet turn you gay?
I have been for days now bombarded by TV, media etc. about the problem of obesity.
Ban sugar – it is the cause of obesity! Nonsense!
My generation, now in our nineties, and the two generations who followed us had a far greater intake of sugar than the modern child.
Our first solid food consisted of a mashed banana, a little milk and a teaspoon of sugar.
Everything was laced with sugar to get us to eat our cereals etc. Athletes were advised to take plenty of sugar for energy.
There were no fat children or adults. We were lean and hard. Discount sugar intake.
Now for salt. In our youth, to preserve food, it was tinned or salted, butter, bacon, fish, even beef was salted and had to be well soaked in water before we ate it. We ate salt.
Those of us who served in warm countries were made to take salt tablets. When we had an opportunity to wash our clothes, if they were not done at once they dried white with salt. Discount salt as dangerous.
Move to fat. Two rashers of our salty bacon gave enough fat to fry our eggs. The whole lot was put on a plate and it took two rounds of bread to mop up the fat.
When we had our salt beef there were always dumplings heavy with salt. Our mothers bought rendering fat from the butchers so they had jars of fat in reserve.
A special treat was a round of bread spread thickly with dripping and laced with salt and pepper. If you have never tasted this you have never lived. We can now discount fatty foods.
We are living proof that you can eat anything without harm as long as you do enough exercise to burn off the fat.
We were a lean, hard and healthy people until possibly 20 or 30 years ago. We turned into milksops overnight. Was it the coming of the computer and electronic aids?
Go back to our childhood. We didn’t know the word ‘obese’; meningitis was rare, (I only knew of one case in the north of the island, happily the boy survived) today it is becoming a plague.
Diabetes again rare, now almost everyone has a form of it. Homosexuality again very rare. Now every second person is waving a flag and shouting they are gay. What has caused these changes?
Government demands children do more exercise. I agree, but when you have children of 16 years of age driving their own car to school what hope is there of educating them to take exercise?
With all the bad things we had to eat isn’t it surprising there are so many of us left (even though the war thinned our numbers) that we have become a menace to the economy.
Don’t worry, government, unless you can make (not persuade) people to get off their bottoms and get walking into the countryside you won’t have to worry about the elderly. There won’t be very many.
Bob Quayle
Little Mill Road, Onchan
taxation
Economy has to work for all of us
The UK Treasury is proposing tough fines for accountants and advisers who help people bend the rules to gain a tax advantage never intended by parliament.
In July Theresa May, pledged to crack down on tax avoidance, saying ‘tax is the price we pay for living in a civilised society... It doesn’t matter to me whether you’re Amazon, Google or Starbucks, you have a duty to put something back, you have a debt to fellow citizens and you have a responsibility to pay your taxes’.
To prevent any misunderstanding, I want to make it clear that I support the Isle of Man’s low rates of taxation. It is the role of government to create the right environment for businesses (and people) to flourish.
The level of personal income tax in the Isle of Man is very competitive with an upper limit of 20 per cent. In the UK, income over £43,000 attracts a tax rate of 40 per cent and this climbs to 45 per cent for higher earners. Most of the island’s companies have a tax rate of zero per cent compared with 20 per cent in the UK. Business leaders need to be confident that our tax rates will remain stable at their current levels.
But I do agree with Theresa May’s sentiments. We pay our taxes to provide pensions, infrastructure, police, firefighters, doctors, nurses, teachers and a range of other public services. We cannot have quality services if government does not receive adequate funding.
We cannot prevent depopulation and attract workers if we do not have quality services.
In the Isle of Man, we have competitive tax rates to attract inward investment – but we have a responsibility to pay these.
The UK Treasury estimates tax losses due to tax avoidance of around £3 billion per year. Some commentators think it is nearer £10 billion. We do not have a government estimate of the revenue lost due to tax planning in the Isle of Man.
In February Treasury Minister Eddie Teare said in his budget speech: ‘I am advised by the Assessor that she is now frequently seeing tax planning around our zero-10 regime. I do not consider this to be acceptable and I have asked the Assessor, when working with the private sector on proposals for a new tax strategy, to include devising simple ways to tackle this and other unfair behaviour.’
Now the Treasury Minister was not suggesting that this tax planning is illegal. This is about using legal loopholes to avoid liability to tax.
Our Zero-10 regime (with most companies paying no tax) creates tax avoidance opportunities for island residents that are simply not available in the UK.
On June 24 a Manx government press release announced that £4 million of undeclared income had been uncovered through the island’s network of Tax Information Exchange Agreements. This is likely to lead to payments of additional tax and penalties. The Treasury Minister was quoted as saying: ‘It is right that everyone should pay a fair share towards the running of the island’s public services and infrastructure’.
On July 18 this year, Mr Teare made the following comments on the Manx Radio Sunday Opinion programme: ‘I have asked the Assessor of Income Tax in the last budget to have a look at this to see whether we need to alter the legislation to ensure that everybody makes a fair payment.’ I fully support Mr Teare’s comments and recognise his suggestion that legislation may be needed.
A former Assessor of Income Tax, Mark Solly, has raised issues of tax avoidance within the Isle of Man on many occasions. On February 12 last year, Mr Solly was quoted by Isle of Man Newspapers as saying that ‘…the zero rate of company tax enables some residents, no matter how wealthy, who can channel their incomes into their companies, to pay no income tax at all… for the most part, only workers, small savers and pensioners are now required to pay Manx resident income tax calculated at 20 per cent.’
Mr Solly’s calculation of the tax revenue lost to the Treasury was £125 million per year – and that did not include National Insurance losses. This figure may be too high but it does add weight to the idea that we need to take steps to ensure that our taxation system is both fair and fit for the purpose of raising funds to pay for public services.
There are other issues too. In his February budget speech Mr Teare raised the ‘unfairness’ of ‘individuals who could reduce the amount of National Insurance they pay by paying dividends rather than a salary’.
He concluded that ‘more should be done’ to address this. Another issue was highlighted by the extension of the 10 per cent corporate income tax rate to major retailers, which appears to have brought lower tax returns than expected. How many company branches in the Isle of Man, retailers and others, earn profits here that are returned to UK parent companies? How much tax revenue is being generated for the UK, and other jurisdictions, from business taking place in the Isle of Man? We cannot afford to let this continue.
The best way to ensure that the island’s tax rates can remain unchanged is to ensure that tax at the existing low levels is paid in full.
The island’s current public tax strategy ends this year and the Assessor, when working on a new strategy, has been asked to place more emphasis on the fairness of our taxation system. Mr Solly has advocated the setting up of a ‘high-powered commission’ to review options and make recommendations.
The new tax strategy must be based on a thorough review of taxation with the aim of tackling the sort of tax and National Insurance planning, securing greater fairness and ensuring that we all make appropriate contributions to public services.
The economy has to work for everyone.
Paul Craine
Elm Bank, Glen Vine
The author is a candidate for the Middle constituency
politics
Making our problems worse
With the general election fast approaching all I seem to hear from most of the candidates is: ‘we need to grow the economy, attract more >people/businesses to move to the island, build more houses etc, give Allan Bell a job as a “government advisor”.’
What I want to know is, if they get elected, what are they going to do when they realise all the above haven’t fixed the island’s problems and in fact they have probably made them worse.
Andrew Jessopp
Old Castletown Road, Braddan
TRAVEL
Our nightmare with Easyjet
Your correspondent ‘Traveller’ makes some important points about the difficulties of running flights, particularly between the island and Gatwick. However, I cannot accept his closing sentiment ‘better to get there late than not at all’.
Recently my wife and I took the late flight to Gatwick as the first stage of our journey to Guildford, where we were booked into the Travelodge.
This was on a Friday and I already had train tickets booked from Gatwick to Guildford.
Our daughter had travelled on the same flight earlier in the week and it had been late too. Realising that if this happened to us we could miss both of the available trains I arranged a hire car instead.
Our flight arrived at Ronaldsway an hour late and once we’d boarded the attendant gave us his sob-story of delays in France and then in Italy and at Gatwick.
Then after a few more minutes the pilot announced that they needed fuel for the return trip and as Ronaldsway was closed we were now waiting for the bowser driver to come back from his home to do the necessary. When, the flight completed, we landed at Gatwick we had to wait for staff to arrive to push the exit steps up to the plane.
The shuttle bus to the car hire location had stopped running. When we arrived eventually at the hirers they’d gone home.
It cost us £70 in taxi fares to get to Guildford, arriving 2am.
We were able to use our train tickets for the return journey to Gatwick for the 1.20pm Sunday flight back to the island.
Surely a midday flight would be OK? We eventually got onto the plane somewhere about 3pm and settled down.
Shortly our pilot spoke ‘I was your pilot but we’ve run out of hours so there will be a further delay while we wait for a relief crew’.
Another 10 minutes or so and the (was) pilot spoke again.
‘We’re still waiting for the relief crew but in the meantime fog has come down at Ronaldsway so we’ll de-plane you.’
After an hour or so in the lounge several of us converged on the information desk. It turns out Easyjet don’t have any staff at this desk. They rely on Gatwick staff to provide a service. A man whose English was poor told us ‘they’ve all collected their luggage and gone to a hotel’.
When a fellow traveller asked how it was we didn’t know, the answer was ‘I shouted’. He couldn’t explain why he hadn’t used the loudspeaker system. Eventually we did get to our luggage and Easyjet arranged accommodation and a meal at the Hilton.
But that wasn’t the point, we wanted to be back on island on Sunday afternoon, not Monday morning with a 4am call so we could get the ‘delayed’ flight at 7am.
Finally the delay meant our planned travel arrangements from Ronaldsway to Ramsey were messed up. We had to leave our luggage behind and get to Ramsey by bus.
I hadn’t intended to give you all this detail, but it does support some of Traveller’s points about the problems for the airline but also for the passengers.
As the difficulties are so well known why on earth advertise a scheduled flight with apparently little prospect of it being achievable?
A cheap fare is of no use if there’s a strong likelihood that it will not fly to time. Once a scheduled flight takes off late it has in old railway parlance ‘missed its road’.
On arrival at its destination it may have to queue for a landing slot, on landing it may have to wait for ground crew baggage handlers, re-fuellers etc.
Because now it’s arriving slap in the middle of what was a planned schedule for the airport. And likewise it’s going to miss its next departure slot and so on.
Seriously Easyjet, take the late flight off the schedule if it’s the only answer.
Increase fares if necessary but please give us scheduled flights which run to schedule for something in the high 90s per cent of the time.
And let me just add that we do use your flights to and from Bristol regularly, though not frequently and I can’t recall a time when they didn’t run to schedule.
Philip Wedgwood
West Quay, Ramsey | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/letters/letters-from-the-manx-independent-august-25-2016-1-8083990 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/a77731444c610d926b25ff8724844c49c4be1e7ae443df65b1d5414cbcf13176.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:52:51 | null | 2016-08-20T06:00:00 | Prepare to display the best flowers, cakes and vegetables at Ballaugh Horticultural Show. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fbest-selfie-kids-category-at-ballaugh-horticultural-show-1-8078108.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8045450.1471609910!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Best Selfie kids’ category at Ballaugh Horticultural Show | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Prepare to display the best flowers, cakes and vegetables at Ballaugh Horticultural Show.
The show will take place on September 10 at Ballaugh Bowling Club. This year new classes have been added which include Best Selfie in the children’s photography category and bread not made in a bread maker.
Entries need to be taken to the club on the evening of Friday, September 9 or before 10am on show day. Doors open at 2pm. Entry costs £1 for adults and children go free. The prize presentation will start at 3pm and will be followed by an auction of entries. Proceeds will go towards children’s groups in the village.
For more details go to Ballaugh Horticultural Show on Facebook or call Helen on 495252, Gill on 405510 or Sarah on 465735. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/best-selfie-kids-category-at-ballaugh-horticultural-show-1-8078108 | en | 2016-08-20T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/8fb7845ed3098b4e8650f46b0a879ead97a763720f951b3f69d62eacb73b000b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:57:43 | null | 2016-08-21T18:15:00 | Erin McNulty’s experience of learning Manx gives her a unique frame of reference for studying linguistics | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fme-and-manx-a-linguistics-student-s-perspective-1-8078695.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8078694.1471611378!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Me and Manx: A linguistics student’s perspective | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Erin McNulty’s experience of learning Manx gives her a unique frame of reference for studying linguistics
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It is hard for me to remember a time when Manx wasn’t a part of my life.
My family and I moved over to the island a week before my sixth birthday, and I started learning Manx not long afterwards, as my parents thought it was important for me to understand and respect the culture of our new home.
Since then, Manx has been a major part of my life.
I continued my study of the language through secondary school, passing both the Teisht Cadjin Gaelgagh (GCSE equivalent) and Ard Teisht Gaelgagh (A-Level equivalent).
Through my study of Manx, as well as French, I became inspired to study language on a wider scale, and as a result of this I gained qualifications in Latin and Japanese with the help of my Manx teacher, Rob Teare.
As I grew older, my interest in language and linguistics only increased, leading me to successfully apply to study French and Linguistics at the University of Oxford.
Manx was a key part of my application, as it marked me out among the hundreds of talented applicants, so much so that I was asked about Manx in my academic interview.
Since starting at Oxford, Manx has been indispensable in my study of linguistics.
Gaelic languages have some weird and wonderful grammatical features that are rare in languages across the world, and having knowledge of Manx has given me a unique frame of reference for understanding these aspects of linguistics.
As well as the purely academic side of things, Manx has also helped with networking, due to the amount of interest in Manx at Oxford.
One incident that sticks with me is during a tutorial, when my tutor learned I was from the Isle of Man, and she asked me if I knew any Manx.
From the way she asked, I knew that she expected me to say ‘no’.
When I told her I did, her eyes lit up, she grabbed her notepad and pen, and started asking me questions.
I have been put in touch with many people in the University interested in Manx, building academic connections as a direct result of my status as a Manx speaker.
Manx has also been pivotal in opening up opportunities for me. Recently, I was asked to speak about my experience with Manx at a series of presentations on minority language revitalisation in Jersey.
This July, I was also fortunate enough to gain a place on a week-long Irish language course run by Oideas Gael, in Gleann Cholm Cille, Co. Donegal, thanks to the Kaneen Bursary Scheme, awarded by Culture Vannin to young, fluent Manx speakers in order for them to experience another Gaelic language. That week was as enjoyable as it was educative.
As well as gaining a firm handle on the basics of the Irish language, I was also able to enjoy the company of people from all around Europe, and even America, all of whom were extremely interested in the island and its language.
Over the week we got to experience the breath-taking scenery of the area, engage in cultural activities, such as music and poetry, as well as practice our language skills with local people in the Gaeltacht.
It was an extremely worthwhile experience, and it really put into perspective just how much we share with our Celtic cousins – not just the language, but also our culture and history.
If I were to sum up what learning Manx has meant to me, I would say that it has been a key part in shaping who I am today, giving me opportunities and facilitating academic success.
More importantly, however, learning Manx has also helped me appreciate the unique identity of our island, of which the language is such an integral part, as well as its place in the wider world. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/me-and-manx-a-linguistics-student-s-perspective-1-8078695 | en | 2016-08-21T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/aa6000190b0a09502c7d3c0f948b7563c77c2bc31dfb62e70bd9b8844954cf45.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:58:56 | null | 2016-08-25T20:00:00 | American rapper RZA elegantly sums up the fleeting nature of fame during his cameo appearance in Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone’s musical mockumentary. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fwhat-s-on%2Fmanx-entertainment-news%2Fpopstar-never-stop-never-stopping-half-of-one-of-the-best-comedies-of-the-year-1-8085511.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8085509.1472029760!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping - Half of one of the best comedies of the year | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | American rapper RZA elegantly sums up the fleeting nature of fame during his cameo appearance in Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone’s musical mockumentary.
“The higher you get, the harder you fall. Ask any coconut,” sermonizes the hip-hop superstar.
These words of wisdom are aimed at sweet, yet corruptible, Conner Friel (Andy Samberg), who sells out his childhood pals to land a solo record deal and secure his moment in the social media spotlight.
Part cautionary tale, part buddy comedy, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping gleefully lampoons music documentaries, including Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, by offering a fly-on-the-wall glimpse into the life of an icon as he prepares to launch his second album.
Schaffer and Taccone festoon their tongue-in-cheek expose with real-life music industry figures, plus colourful supporting performances including Justin Timberlake as a singing chef, who juliennes carrots with pride.
Thus Simon Cowell offers his glowing assessment of Conner - “I think he’s incredible. He’s the real deal!” - and the likes of Mariah Carey, Usher, Carrie Underwood and 50 Cent wax lyrical about his impact on their careers.
Andy Samberg as Conner4Real
For the first 40 minutes, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is hysterical, but then like the preened and polished subject, the film loses its way.
Conner and childhood buddies Lawrence Dunn (Schaffer) and Owen Bouchard (Taccone) achieved considerable success as the trio The Style Boyz.
However, it was clear to everyone in the cutthroat music business that Conner was the glittering star in the firmament.
He went solo and The Style Boyz disbanded.
Lawrence turned his back on celebrity to settle on a farm in Big Timber, Colorado, while Owen remained in the background as Conner’s DJ.
Following the rousing success of Conner’s debut LP entitled Thriller, Also, a documentary film crew shadows the pop icon in the days leading up to the release of the follow-up album, ConnQuest.
Flanked by an entourage including his manager Harry Duggins (Tim Meadows), acid-tongued publicist Paula Klein (Sarah Silverman) and “a guy who kicks him in the nuts so he remembers where he came from”, Conner feebly shoulders the mounting pressure flanked by actress girlfriend, Ashley Wednesday (Imogen Poots).
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is half of one of the best comedies of the year.
Opening scenes are a hoot.
“It’s like a tricycle. When you take away one of the wheels, what have you got?” scoffs Lawrence when someone suggests The Style Boyz could fracture.
Note-perfect music videos include Equal Rights featuring P!nk, which promotes same sex relationships, while Conner punctuates each line of the chorus with a defiant, “I’m not gay”.
Sadly, the filmmakers run out of ideas for a lacklustre second half and introduce outlandish new characters to sustain our interest.
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[] | 2016-08-29T04:50:52 | null | 2016-08-29T05:07:51 | A passenger on the steam train, a churchgoer, three men in a pub and even our own newspaper photographer were among those who agreed to be DNA tested by three Viking visitors. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fvikings-dna-quest-a-great-experience-1-8088910.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8088908.1472199987!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Vikings’ DNA quest a ‘great experience’ | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A passenger on the steam train, a churchgoer, three men in a pub and even our own newspaper photographer were among those who agreed to be DNA tested by three Viking visitors.
Norwegians Aage Harry Sørensen, Frode Myrheim and Trond Øyvidsson Lunde carried out free DNA testing on no fewer than 33 Manx residents during their visit last week as part a quest to trace our Norse ancestry.
Three Norwegians Trond �yvidsson Lunde , Aage Harry S�rensen and Frode Myrheim, carrying out DNA tests on Manx people Rosemary Kelly taking the DNA swab test
In all, the three men have DNA tested some 250 people in Norway. The tests carried out in the island will allow for comparison with the results from the Norwegian project.
Aage Harry Sørensen, 47, a medical radiographer at Vestfold Hospital, said: ‘We got 33 tests on the island. Two of them don’t know their father’s lines, one because he was a war baby.
‘We tested a lady of 80, a man from the top of Manx society and also all down the other way. We tested a man on the steam train to Ballasalla who could be the line back to William the Conqueror, a man in a church in Jurby and three in a pub, so it’s been a very great experience for us.
‘The only sad thing where that we didn’t see the Manx museum because it was closed on Sundays.’
During their visit, the Norwegian trio visited Rushen Abbey in Ballasalla which was founded through a grant of land from Olav the First.
The three also DNA tested Isle of Man Newspapers photographer Mike Wade.
They mainly use Texas-based www.familytreedna.com.
But with the three paying for the tests out of their own pockets, it could take a while to get the results unless a wealthy benefactor comes forward to help fund the project.
And Aage Harry added: ‘We also hope people who we didn’t test will order themself a test. Then other people will have this fantastic tool to look back in time of mankind.’
If you can help with sponsoring the project, contact Aage Harry at bernadiner34@hotmail.com | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/vikings-dna-quest-a-great-experience-1-8088910 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/0948372586355a596d18e94eabf108ad67974f12323d1059e8f269cae4463d55.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:51:10 | null | 2016-08-31T09:59:46 | St Mary’s put a dent in Peel’s Canada Life Premier League title aspirations on Wednesday evening. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Ffootball-news%2Ffootball-results-st-mary-s-beat-peel-1-8097298.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8097297.1472633964!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Football results: St Mary’s beat Peel | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | St Mary’s put a dent in Peel’s Canada Life Premier League title aspirations on Wednesday evening.
The Saints beat the westerners 1-0 thanks to Mattie Rennie’s goal to continue their own 100 per cent start to the season.
St George’s and Rushen remain the top-flight’s only other unbeaten sides. The latter weren’t in action, but the reigning champions beat Douglas Athletic 6-2 at Springfield Road.
Chris Bass Jr 3, Joey Morling, Jack McVey and an own goal made up the Geordies’ total with Daniel Sherry and Darren Shields on target for Brian Gartland’s Pinks.
Elsewhere, Ayre and Ramsey remain rooted to the foot of the division without a win.
United lost 9-2 at DHSOB, while Ramsey went down 5-0 at home to Corinthians.
Laxey beat Union Mills 7-3 in the division’s other high-scoring match.
In Division Two, Foxdale lost their 100 per cent record as they went down 4-3 to Douglas and District at Noble’s Park.
Daniel Clague-Stewart netted a brace joining Rob McCowliff and Sam Tipper on the scoresheet for D and D.
Braddan moved top of the second-tier standings after they beat Governor’s Athletic 11-0 at Victoria Road to record their 100 per cent start to the season.
Douglas Royal are also on nine points after they beat Gymns 3-2 at Ballafletcher, while Marown were 2-1 victors over Pulrose.
Youthie wracked up their biggest win since returning to Division Two, beating Michael 11-0 out west.
Onchan overcame Malew 5-0 in the division’s other match.
Tuesday, August 30
Canada Life Premier League
DHSOB 9-2 Ayre United
Douglas Athletic 2-6 St George’s
Laxey 7-3 Union Mills
Peel 0-1 St Mary’s
Ramsey 0-5 Corinthians
JCK Division Two
Braddan 11-0 Governor’s Ath
Douglas & District 4-3 Foxdale
Douglas Royal 3-2 Gymnasium
Malew 0-5 Onchan
Marown 2-1 Pulrose United
Michael United 0-11 RYCOB
Canada Life Combination One
Ayre United P-P DHSOB
Corinthians 13-0 Ramsey
Rushen United 2-1 St John’s
St George’s P-P Douglas Athletic
St Mary’s 3-1 Peel
Union Mills P-P Laxey
JCK Combination Two
Foxdale 5-0 Douglas & District
Governor’s 1-7 Braddan
Gymnasium 1-3 Douglas Royal
Onchan P-P Malew
Pulrose United 10-2 Marown
RYCOB P-P Michael United | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/football-news/football-results-st-mary-s-beat-peel-1-8097298 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/f4d83707c2abf2a0a3371072d640548c94f9b7e804df04d2838c3e84cdd93c98.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:09:30 | null | 2016-08-23T09:15:44 | After the frustration of Saturday’s cancelled session, the weather improved allowing a full qualifying session on Monday evening for the 2016 Classic TT presented by Bennetts. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fsport%2Fmotorcycling%2Fdunlop-sets-the-pace-in-superbike-qualifying-1-8083366.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8083365.1471940130!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Dunlop sets the pace in Superbike qualifying | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | After the frustration of Saturday’s cancelled session, the weather improved allowing a full qualifying session on Monday evening for the 2016 Classic TT presented by Bennetts.
Clerk of the course Gary Thompson got the session away at 6.25pm, advising competitors that there were a number of damp patches around the course, including Doran’s, Laurel Bank, Glen Helen, Sulby, 27th and Governor’s following the rain earlier in the day.
First away were the newcomers on their untimed speed controlled lap which was held over from Saturday, including Junior Classic TT competitor Ian Thompson from Northern Ireland on MB Racing Honda, Carl Salvage on the TZ250 Yamaha and Gary Hutton competing in the Senior on a Hutton Racing Honda.
The Classic TT Superbikes and Lightweight competitors had the first opportunity for timed qualifying laps. Notable early starters in the Superbike class included last year’s race winner Michael Dunlop on the Team Classic Suzuki XR69, Steve Mercer, looking for his first Mountain Course podium on the Mistral Racing Kawasaki and Ivan Lintin, recovering from an accident at Scarborough, on the Devitt/RC Express Racing Kawasaki.
Those three were the fastest in the session with Dunlop’s 121.133mph (18:41.317) topping the board with his only lap in the Superbike session from Mercer who posted 118.203 (19:09.107) on his second lap, with Lintin clocking 117.995 (19:11.136) to complete the top three.
Gary Johnson, a late replacement for the injured Dave Johnson on the Team York Suzuki, posted 117.805 on only his second lap on the bike with the Kawasaki’s of James Hillier (Greenhall Racing) and Dean Harrison (Silicone Engineering) completing the top six.
Alan Thomas from Wales was reported off at the Water Works during the Superbike session but was uninjured.
In the Lightweight session, Bruce Anstey was an early retirement at Kirk Michael on his opening lap on the much-anticipated Valvoline Racing by Padgetts Motorcycles 250 Honda. Welshman Ian Lougher (113.363mph) - on the Laylaw Racing Yamaha on which he won the 2014 F2 Race - was the fastest, from Phil Harvey (107.046) and Chris Moore (105.244).
The Junior (350’s) and Senior (500’s) Classic TT sessions got away on time at 7.10pm and all eyes were on Michael Dunlop, a late replacement for the injured Lee Johnston on the Black Eagle Racing MV, but he was reported as an early retirement.
Twenty-three time TT winner John McGuinness riding Roger Winfield’s Paton will be hoping to break his Classic TT duck and posted the evening’s fastest time in the class on his second lap of the night with 107.089 (21:08.362) from 2015 race winner Dean Harrison (106.746) riding the Black Eagle MV.
Michael Rutter on the Ripley Land Racing Seeley was the third fastest in the session with 104.373, while Conor Cummins enjoyed his first ride on the second Team Winfield Paton with an opening lap of 103.081.
Rutter, the 2015 350cc race winner, will again be the man to beat in the newly-named Junior Classic TT, topping the Junior board in the opening session on his Ripley Land Racing Honda with 99.501 (22.45.097) from fellow Honda riders Jamie Coward (Ted Woof) and Alan Oversby (Davies Motorsport). | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/motorcycling/dunlop-sets-the-pace-in-superbike-qualifying-1-8083366 | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/d212fa5053d7f6dd91664645a6eed00f020ea3bdcc38601538e43d11088b0114.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T08:51:24 | null | 2016-08-30T09:40:58 | A kayaker had to be rescued from rocks at the back of Peel Hill on bank holiday Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fkayaker-rescued-from-rocks-1-8095278.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8044156.1472546438!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Kayaker rescued from rocks | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | A kayaker had to be rescued from rocks at the back of Peel Hill on bank holiday Monday.
Malcolm Kelly, from Peel lifeboat said: ‘A pair of kayaks were at the back of Peel Hill when one was swamped by a wave and unable to bail out or get back in the craft.
‘They decided that they would beach under the cliffs and their partner return to Peel to raise the alarm.
‘The lifeboat was launched shortly after 11am. and was soon on the scene, one of the crew entered the water to assist the kayaker and return them to the lifeboat.
‘The ‘Ruby Clery’ then returned to Peel with the kayak and owner who was unharmed.
‘Coxswain Frankie Horne said: ‘The two kayakers were well-equipped and their actions were the safest course under the circumstances.’
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[] | 2016-08-31T10:51:51 | null | 2016-08-31T10:28:46 | Teams of determined walkers have raised £78,006 at this year’s Relay For Life Isle of Man on Saturday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fwalkers-raise-78-000-to-help-fight-cancer-1-8094494.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8094483.1472477356!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Walkers raise £78,000 to help fight cancer | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Teams of determined walkers have raised £78,006 at this year’s Relay For Life Isle of Man on Saturday.
Participants walked throughout the night to raise funds for Cancer Research UK.
Relay For Life at NSC in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Teams of eight to 15 members took turns to walk round the NSC track, while team members not on the track took time to sleep, eat and rest and also enjoy the range of activities on offer, which included games, bouncy castles, music and a family disco and silent disco.
The Relay For Life event started with a Survivors’ Lap of Honour and as dusk fell there was a poignant Candle of Hope ceremony.
Specially made Candle of Hope bags decorated with touching messages in memory or in celebration of loved ones were filled with sand and lit up with candles around the NSC.
Organisers thanked everyone for their hard work, enthusiasm and passion.
Relay For Life at NSC in aid of Cancer Research UK.
To find out more about Cancer Research UK go to www.cancerresearchuk.org
Relay For Life at NSC in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Relay For Life at NSC in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Relay For Life at NSC in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Relay For Life at NSC in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Relay For Life at NSC in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Relay For Life at NSC in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Relay For Life at NSC in aid of Cancer Research UK. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/walkers-raise-78-000-to-help-fight-cancer-1-8094494 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/1d1e9b36839a30dbe53263f98c9bc9ce04112548175ea6487cbff3be4187afa5.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:16 | null | 2016-08-26T05:55:40 | Paul Hodgson has done something remarkable in the world of motorcycling without mentioning it to anyone on the Isle of Man. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iomtoday.co.im%2Fnews%2Fisle-of-man-news%2Fpaul-smashes-land-speed-records-1-8084693.json | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/webimage/1.8084688.1471968739!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg | en | null | Paul smashes land speed records | null | null | www.iomtoday.co.im | Paul Hodgson has done something remarkable in the world of motorcycling without mentioning it to anyone on the Isle of Man.
The Lonan man served his apprenticeship building bikes and competing in speed trials all over the UK.
He does the design, electronics and engineering work on his record stealing machines from the basement of his house in Lonan.
Paul is best known as the chief engineer for the Manx bike that broke the land speed record in 2012 and was back at Bonneville Salt Flats last week.
Paul shipped a new bike to the USA over a year ago, but was frustrated by Speedweek cancellations.
Paul said: ‘It was a little frustrating having a bike sitting in the USA for so long without being able to improve it. I have many new ideas and probably would have changed a number of things if the bike had been on the same continent as me.’
This time Paul is not associated with any team, he is just doing what he loves and testing his theories to see if they work.
Paul added: ‘If you want to travel at over 180mph it’s difficult to find a safe test track.
‘The Salt Flats are an ideal testing ground, but a bit of a hike! It was worth it though, I have some new ideas and am looking forward to getting back home to improve this bike.’
During speed week Paul smashed four existing land speed records over different courses with different criteria.
‘It’s great to bring four more land speed records home to Lonan, but I think we could have achieved more if I could have spent more time on the bike,’ he said.
‘These things are always a work in progress,’ Paul added.
He said his next ‘major project’ would be his wedding but added: ‘I don’t think Bonneville has heard the last of Lonan!’
In the Isle of Man Examiner this week, there’s a report on Manx team that also went to Bonneville for the Speed Week.
However, their adventures had nothing to do with Paul’s, who was not a part of that team. | http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/paul-smashes-land-speed-records-1-8084693 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.iomtoday.co.im/7daba2d235df13ce67176cfab082325c3de311059d428487ca374703c6a95320.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T00:47:57 | null | null | Deux frères et un autre Canadien écopent de prison ferme pour un complot extrémiste en lien avec Daesh. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lematin.ch%2Ffaits-divers%2FTrois-peines-de-prison-pour-terrorisme%2Fstory%2F14079700.json | http://files.newsnetz.ch/story/1/4/0/14079700/teaserbreitgross.jpg | en | null | Canada Trois peines de prison pour terrorisme | null | null | www.lematin.ch | Ashton Larmond sentenced to 17 years, twin gets 7 years for terror-related offences https://t.co/rlfUsCVje2 pic.twitter.com/qhRCyQkutd | http://www.lematin.ch/faits-divers/Trois-peines-de-prison-pour-terrorisme/story/14079700 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.lematin.ch/253639092c1f10a67d80f98c33439b0cf0d7e5019cf3a80c21208bdd2bb9d3f3.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:17:18 | null | null | Un nouvel accident impliquant un autocar a fait 21 morts et seize blessés, vendredi dans le centre du pays. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lematin.ch%2Fmonde%2FUn-bus-plonge-dans-une-riviere-21-morts%2Fstory%2F28234825.json | http://files.newsnetz.ch/story/2/8/2/28234825/teaserbreitgross.jpg | en | null | Népal Un bus plonge dans une rivière, 21 morts | null | null | www.lematin.ch | #NepalBusAccident: 20 killed, 17 injured in bus accident in central #Nepal on Fri, says police pic.twitter.com/GUbTTAyEQK | http://www.lematin.ch/monde/Un-bus-plonge-dans-une-riviere-21-morts/story/28234825 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.lematin.ch/bf503a0bfe95ea142e6fae21548e48c794306b6de79a06d9d00440b9a4fbac99.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T14:51:01 | null | null | Un nouvel accident impliquant un autocar a fait 22 morts et seize blessés, vendredi dans le centre du pays. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lematin.ch%2Fmonde%2FUn-bus-plonge-dans-une-riviere-22-morts%2Fstory%2F28234825.json | http://files.newsnetz.ch/story/2/8/2/28234825/teaserbreitgross.jpg | en | null | Népal Un bus plonge dans une rivière, 22 morts | null | null | www.lematin.ch | #NepalBusAccident: 20 killed, 17 injured in bus accident in central #Nepal on Fri, says police pic.twitter.com/GUbTTAyEQK | http://www.lematin.ch/monde/Un-bus-plonge-dans-une-riviere-22-morts/story/28234825 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.lematin.ch/4eea26304e2a2e327ec303a13f146bc485bd3a2ddeceff3f5dc239fdf3cf0269.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T02:47:37 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | [사진]이성경,'가을화보가 따로없네' | http%3A%2F%2Fnews.chosun.com%2Fsite%2Fdata%2Fhtml_dir%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2F2016082800359.html.json | http://image.chosun.com/sitedata/image/201608/28/2016082800356_0.jpg | ko | null | [사진]이성경,'가을화보가 따로없네' | null | null | news.chosun.com | null | http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/08/28/2016082800359.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | news.chosun.com/8c2729a4e1195fadee4e775c84cb7cd1b1ba6a7e063304612ec547a0887d1837.json |
[
"ক শল ভট ট চ র য",
"অম ল নক স ম চক রবর ত",
"ক ষ ক বন দ য প ধ য য়",
"সন দ পন দত ত",
"স রভ ম খ প ধ য য়",
"র পম ইসল ম",
"ব",
"ল ল ইভ"
] | 2016-08-26T12:47:45 | null | 2015-08-25T11:35:49 | The small little things in life like being positive and always thinking that if you want something really bad, the whole universe conspire to bring it on | http%3A%2F%2Fbanglalive.com%2Fpassword-to-happiness%2F.json | http://banglalive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bhalo-thakar-password.jpg | en | null | The Happy Password To Happiness | null | null | banglalive.com | ০ = 0, ১ = 1, ২ = 2, ৩ = 3, ৪ = 4, ৫ = 5, ৬ = 6, ৭ = 7, ৮ = 8, ৯ = 9
্ = See example (Hasant/Viram) ় = * (Nukta) ʼ = ' (Urdhacomma) ঽ = & (Avagrah) ৺ = ~ (Isshar) ৹ = a~ (Bengali ana sign) ৲ = Rs~ (Bengali Rupee sign) ৳ = T~ (Taka sign) । = | (Devanagari danda) ॥ = || (Devanagari double danda) ₹ = Rs (Indian Rupee sign) 卐 = +~ (Swastika sign) Zero Width Joiner = ^ Zero Width Non Joiner = ^^
These symbols will type Bengali characters first but if "~" will be followed, it will remove previously typed Bengali character and then type the symbol.
Symbols & ~ * : ^ | ' have special meaning. You can type this way & = &~ ~ = ~~ * = *~ : = :~ ^ = ^~ | = |~ ' = '~
The English symbols [ ] { } ( ) < > - + / = ; . , " ? ! % \ _ $ @ # translate into the same symbols.
Example নমস্কার can be written by typing "namaskaar"
As per Rule # 3, ligature will be rendered. ZWJ and ZWNJ characters are used to produce alternate rendering of ligature.
A consonant followed by ZWJ character will produce half-formed consonant character.
Example
প্রশ্ন = prashn
প্রশ্ন = prash^n
A consonant followed by ZWNJ character will produce dead consonant character.
Example
প্রশ্ন = prashn
প্রশ্ন = prash^^n
If two english characters are making one Bengali Vowel (i.e. ai, au), then
ZWJ character is used to separate them into two different vowels. It will not
add ZWJ character but only considered as the separator between two
vowels. | http://banglalive.com/password-to-happiness/ | en | 2015-08-25T00:00:00 | banglalive.com/69ce9c1b007b269fe61969f61fde5090465f9f63eeef62a07ce5ee043a6084f7.json |
[
"ব",
"ল ল ইভ"
] | 2016-08-29T10:51:03 | null | 2016-08-29T16:02:26 | Girls Must Answer Questions On Period, Pregnancy To Enter This University In Rajasthan. | http%3A%2F%2Fbanglalive.com%2Fgirls-must-answer-questions-on-period-pregnancy-to-enter-this-university%2F.json | http://banglalive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/banasthaliuniversity.jpg | en | null | Girls Must Answer Questions On Period, Pregnancy To Enter This University | null | null | banglalive.com | ০ = 0, ১ = 1, ২ = 2, ৩ = 3, ৪ = 4, ৫ = 5, ৬ = 6, ৭ = 7, ৮ = 8, ৯ = 9
্ = See example (Hasant/Viram) ় = * (Nukta) ʼ = ' (Urdhacomma) ঽ = & (Avagrah) ৺ = ~ (Isshar) ৹ = a~ (Bengali ana sign) ৲ = Rs~ (Bengali Rupee sign) ৳ = T~ (Taka sign) । = | (Devanagari danda) ॥ = || (Devanagari double danda) ₹ = Rs (Indian Rupee sign) 卐 = +~ (Swastika sign) Zero Width Joiner = ^ Zero Width Non Joiner = ^^
These symbols will type Bengali characters first but if "~" will be followed, it will remove previously typed Bengali character and then type the symbol.
Symbols & ~ * : ^ | ' have special meaning. You can type this way & = &~ ~ = ~~ * = *~ : = :~ ^ = ^~ | = |~ ' = '~
The English symbols [ ] { } ( ) < > - + / = ; . , " ? ! % \ _ $ @ # translate into the same symbols.
Example নমস্কার can be written by typing "namaskaar"
As per Rule # 3, ligature will be rendered. ZWJ and ZWNJ characters are used to produce alternate rendering of ligature.
A consonant followed by ZWJ character will produce half-formed consonant character.
Example
প্রশ্ন = prashn
প্রশ্ন = prash^n
A consonant followed by ZWNJ character will produce dead consonant character.
Example
প্রশ্ন = prashn
প্রশ্ন = prash^^n
If two english characters are making one Bengali Vowel (i.e. ai, au), then
ZWJ character is used to separate them into two different vowels. It will not
add ZWJ character but only considered as the separator between two
vowels. | http://banglalive.com/girls-must-answer-questions-on-period-pregnancy-to-enter-this-university/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | banglalive.com/02b8410a4de5e49e511fbf1f49398fc16886a0a57a373d90eefd63a02224e3df.json |
[
"অভ ল ষ র য়",
"ব",
"ল ল ইভ",
"স য ক ত",
"চক রবর ত"
] | 2016-08-31T06:53:35 | null | 2016-08-31T10:30:58 | The Film Critic's film itself is devoid of any logical sense. Specially with a flawed script and screenplay, Pratim D Gupta's Saheb Bibi Golam becomes an headache of sorts. | http%3A%2F%2Fbanglalive.com%2Fsaheb-bibi-golam-review-in-bengali%2F.json | http://banglalive.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/saheb-bibi-golam-bengali-review.jpg | en | null | ধর্ষণটা যে আসলে মন্ত্রীর ছেলেই করেছে, সেটা জানা গেল কী করে? | null | null | banglalive.com | ০ = 0, ১ = 1, ২ = 2, ৩ = 3, ৪ = 4, ৫ = 5, ৬ = 6, ৭ = 7, ৮ = 8, ৯ = 9
্ = See example (Hasant/Viram) ় = * (Nukta) ʼ = ' (Urdhacomma) ঽ = & (Avagrah) ৺ = ~ (Isshar) ৹ = a~ (Bengali ana sign) ৲ = Rs~ (Bengali Rupee sign) ৳ = T~ (Taka sign) । = | (Devanagari danda) ॥ = || (Devanagari double danda) ₹ = Rs (Indian Rupee sign) 卐 = +~ (Swastika sign) Zero Width Joiner = ^ Zero Width Non Joiner = ^^
These symbols will type Bengali characters first but if "~" will be followed, it will remove previously typed Bengali character and then type the symbol.
Symbols & ~ * : ^ | ' have special meaning. You can type this way & = &~ ~ = ~~ * = *~ : = :~ ^ = ^~ | = |~ ' = '~
The English symbols [ ] { } ( ) < > - + / = ; . , " ? ! % \ _ $ @ # translate into the same symbols.
Example নমস্কার can be written by typing "namaskaar"
As per Rule # 3, ligature will be rendered. ZWJ and ZWNJ characters are used to produce alternate rendering of ligature.
A consonant followed by ZWJ character will produce half-formed consonant character.
Example
প্রশ্ন = prashn
প্রশ্ন = prash^n
A consonant followed by ZWNJ character will produce dead consonant character.
Example
প্রশ্ন = prashn
প্রশ্ন = prash^^n
If two english characters are making one Bengali Vowel (i.e. ai, au), then
ZWJ character is used to separate them into two different vowels. It will not
add ZWJ character but only considered as the separator between two
vowels. | http://banglalive.com/saheb-bibi-golam-review-in-bengali/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | banglalive.com/d99e2f230ef72a72025a9de4d4828e0c407dc4a6068e88a0d1127c53098a50c2.json |
[
"অম ত ভ গ প ত",
"দ ব শ ষ দ ব",
"ত ত স নন দ",
"ব",
"ল ল ইভ",
"অর প ত",
"র য়চ ধ র",
"ল ল ইভ ডট কম",
"র পম ইসল ম",
"অভ ল ষ র য়"
] | 2016-08-26T12:52:51 | null | 2015-08-25T12:29:22 | If you wish to go for a trek but do not have the physical or mental condition to cover long and tiresome distance then this is the ideal trek route for you | http%3A%2F%2Fbanglalive.com%2Fdhotrey-to-tonglu-trek%2F.json | http://banglalive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/trekking-dhotre-to-tumling.jpg | en | null | Dhotrey To Tonglu Trek Trvelogue | null | null | banglalive.com | ০ = 0, ১ = 1, ২ = 2, ৩ = 3, ৪ = 4, ৫ = 5, ৬ = 6, ৭ = 7, ৮ = 8, ৯ = 9
্ = See example (Hasant/Viram) ় = * (Nukta) ʼ = ' (Urdhacomma) ঽ = & (Avagrah) ৺ = ~ (Isshar) ৹ = a~ (Bengali ana sign) ৲ = Rs~ (Bengali Rupee sign) ৳ = T~ (Taka sign) । = | (Devanagari danda) ॥ = || (Devanagari double danda) ₹ = Rs (Indian Rupee sign) 卐 = +~ (Swastika sign) Zero Width Joiner = ^ Zero Width Non Joiner = ^^
These symbols will type Bengali characters first but if "~" will be followed, it will remove previously typed Bengali character and then type the symbol.
Symbols & ~ * : ^ | ' have special meaning. You can type this way & = &~ ~ = ~~ * = *~ : = :~ ^ = ^~ | = |~ ' = '~
The English symbols [ ] { } ( ) < > - + / = ; . , " ? ! % \ _ $ @ # translate into the same symbols.
Example নমস্কার can be written by typing "namaskaar"
As per Rule # 3, ligature will be rendered. ZWJ and ZWNJ characters are used to produce alternate rendering of ligature.
A consonant followed by ZWJ character will produce half-formed consonant character.
Example
প্রশ্ন = prashn
প্রশ্ন = prash^n
A consonant followed by ZWNJ character will produce dead consonant character.
Example
প্রশ্ন = prashn
প্রশ্ন = prash^^n
If two english characters are making one Bengali Vowel (i.e. ai, au), then
ZWJ character is used to separate them into two different vowels. It will not
add ZWJ character but only considered as the separator between two
vowels. | http://banglalive.com/dhotrey-to-tonglu-trek/ | en | 2015-08-25T00:00:00 | banglalive.com/a7fcf2ef2da05bd2e980395ec9af9bcd5ff309bf45f2a0f57aadf55b65324b4e.json |
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