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Couple triking a little tenderness
A WELL-KNOWN Onchan couple got their week of 60th wedding anniversary celebrations off to a motoring start by taking a trike around the TT Course.
Government accounts show budget overspend
TWO government departments overspent on their budgets by a combined total of more than £0.8 million despite repeated warnings about fiscal prudence, latest draft government accounts show.
10 commentsSpreading the message of why dignity matters
NOBLE’S Hospital is helping to spread the dignity message to the island’s sixth form students.
Manx link with Eurovision star
AN Isle of Man management company is behind a performer taking centre stage at the Eurovision Song Contest grand finale.
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MSPCA celebrates birthday
THE ManxSPCA marked its 115th anniversary with a celebration at Douglas fashion store M&Co last week.
Sport
Geordies on brink of the Grand Slam
PEEL are the last team standing in the way of St George’s achieving an historic Grand Slam when the two sides go head-to-head in the final of the BCS Vinyl-sponsored Hospital Cup at the Bowl on Sunday afternoon.
Ramsey under pressure at the top
LEAGUE leaders Ramsey are under pressure in the Standard Bank Premiership.
Mixed fortunes for Manx boxers in Morecambe
TWO of the Manx Amateur Boxing Club’s most promising youngsters lined up to box on Lancaster Boxing Acadmey’s dinner show at Morecambe Football Club’s Globe Stadium last week.
Hat-trick of wins for Cav
MARK Cavendish claimed his third win of this year’s Giro d’Italia with another trademark sprint finish in the 13th stage today (Friday).
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MGP protesters lobby MHKs ahead of Tynwald sitting video
RIDERS past present and would-be future, along with marshals, members of the Manx Motorcycle Club, and general well-wishers turned out in force this morning (Tuesday) to lobby arriving MHKs about government proposals for the future of the Manx Grand Prix.
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Lifestyle
Fiddles to raise the roof
THERE is perhaps no instrument – in the world of Celtic music or beyond – as evocative, versatile, expressive or honest as the fiddle.
Strengthen your position
A RELATIVELY new and unknown treatment could leave you standing very much taller and brighter.
Kaleidophone’s TT tour
THE kaleidophone was invented in 1827 by English physicist Sir Charles Wheatstone, as an instrument to make sound waves visible and tangible. Kaleidophone the band was invented in 2008 in Kent, for – if you indulge in a bit of abstract thinking – much the same purpose.
The Manx Sound Exchange: Local bands doing their bit
LONG has rock’n’roll been used as a tool to fight the good fight, from George Harrison strumming humantitarian anthem Bangla Desh at Madison Square Garden in 1971, to Live Aid circus master Sir Bob Geldof demanding the generosity of a nation live from Wembley Stadium.
Nomination for Yashin
RAMSEY singer Harry Radford and his Glaswegian band Yashin have been nominated for Best British Newcomer at this year’s Kerrang Music Awards.
Community
Millions to be invested in Peel food park
WORK is now under way on the £3 million regeneration of the Isle of Man Food Park in Peel.
Planning applications: May 16, 2012
Latest planning applications from the Department of Infrastructure.
A sunny day for governor
THE rural parish of Bride was resplendent in spring sunshine for the visit of Lieutenant Governor Adam Wood.
Planning applications: May 9, 2012
Latest planning applications from the Department of Infrastructure.
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Sunday 20 May 2012
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