It is very difficult to start this week’s Blog on a positive footing, especially after two tragic deaths on the island in the past seven days. Last weekend the Isle of Man Constabulary reported a domestic incident in the North […]
The Island’s “Circuit Breaker” or “Second National Lockdown” continued this week, but the difference this time compared to March 2020 is the fact that we are all having to come to terms with wearing a face mask, which wasn’t a […]
We were only five days into the New Year and the Isle of Man was already facing its first major challenge of the year. After a sudden increase in the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases on the Isle of Man […]
Happy New Year, welcome to 2021…
As we welcome in a new year it is hard to describe how difficult the last nine months have been for so many businesses, individuals and families, not just here on the Isle of Man […]
A campaign has begun to overturn a planning decision to allow the demolition of a traditional Manx cottage in Niarbyl and replace it with a flat-roofed structure almost twice the size.
It comes after Rob Callister MHK – as a member […]
So Christmas Day is over for another year, and what year it has been…
I doubt parts of England have experienced a Christmas quite like this one, especially when more than 40 countries this week banned arrivals from the UK after […]
Former owner campaigns to overturn planning approval
The former owner of a Manx cottage in the west of the Island hopes the decision to demolish and replace it with a more modern structure will be overturned.
Bill Dale, who previously owned Ballacain in […]
One story certainly caught the attention of national (& international) newspapers and media outlets once again this week, and that story related to lovestruck Dale McLaughlan who rode his jetski from North Ayrshire in Scotland all the way to the […]
On Thursday at 13.00 the Isle of Man said farewell to much loved Hector Duff, OBE, MM, BEM, TH, LH at St. Peter’s Church in Onchan.
As I mentioned last week he certainly had a full life, having made it to […]
Treasury minister says much depends on border and vaccine
The treasury minister says the Manx economy faces both internal and external challenges entering the new year.
Alf Cannan points to many factors which will help recovery including safely opening the borders as soon as […]