Residents are being encouraged to step outside for a moment this evening to applaud the island’s care workers.

Following the rise of the show of support for medical staff in countries like Spain, a campaign has started to have people do the same across the British Isles as a small thank you for the they are doing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

People are asked to, at 8pm tonight, to step onto their doorsteps, into their gardens or open their windows and loudly applaud the Isle of Man’s health workers.