News from on and off island.
Image Credit: David Scott/RNLI
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Should We Bring in a Four Day Week?
The idea of having a three day weekend to boost employee happiness whilst maintaining productivity is gaining more and more traction after successful trials across the globe.
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Foodbank Sees Summer Holiday Struggles
The Isle of Man Foodbank has said they’ve seen an increase in requests for support by families struggling to feed children out of school for the holidays.
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Island Could be World Leader in Clean Energy
Dr Dave Quirk says that the Isle of Man is well placed to become a leader in the transition to a clean energy society thanks to the huge resource of wind in the Irish Sea.
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Gef’s Daily Roundup
News from on and off island.
Image: Sacha and Mark Horsthuis from Cycle360
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This Week at the Olympics
Team GB have had a successful first week at the Olympics
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Vaccine Kick-Off at Public Meeting
Protestors at a public meeting confronted ministers over their belief that the Covid vaccine causes magnetism.
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Loganair Cancels Heathrow Route
The airline will cease the route between the Isle of Man and Heathrow from August 11
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Female Athletes Fight Back
Recent controversies leading up the Olympics have seen a variety of female athletes criticised for the way they dress or held back from dressing how they want to.
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Southern Suffers Loss of Big Names
The agricultural event takes place this weekend in Ballasalla but three big organisations have pulled out.
Image Credit: Southern District Agricultural Society
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Speaker Will Seek Re-Election
The General Election is on Thursday, September 23.
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Taking the Full Force of a Perfect Storm
The Treasury department has announced a variety of benefits and grants to support businesses and self-employed people after a call for more help by the Isle of Man Chamber of Commerce.
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Manx Talent Behind Olympics Advert
Manx creative Rachel Miles has worked on campaigns for Strictly Come Dancing, The Hundred and now the BBC’s Tokyo 2020 coverage.
Image Copyright: BBC Creative & Nexus
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Chief Minister Feels ‘Unsafe’ With Manx Radio
The Chief Minister criticised the radio station for it’s coverage of his visit to Hospice Isle of Man less than 10 days after returning to the island.
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‘Unvaccinated But Not Second Class’
Protestors were outside Tynwald to call the island’s border policy ‘discriminatory’ against unvaccinated people.
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No Plans for Hosepipe Ban
Manx Utilities said a very wet May has lead to healthy water levels in the island’s reservoirs, despite the current heatwave.
Photo – Catharine Devine
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We Have Not Undermined EAG
Onchan MHK Julie Edge asked an urgent question about what advice CoMin had received from the EAG.
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Are We Missing Action On Young People’s Issues?
The Children’s Commissioner role has existed in the British Isles since 2001 and MHK Daphne Caine says it’s time we bring it to the Isle of Man.
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Sulby Headteacher Bows Out After 20 Years
The goodbye assembly was attended by an audience including ministers and the Chief Exec of the education department
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Are Our Pavements Accessible to All?
Disabled residents and pram users have said that the conditions of our pavements are atrocious and strike fear.
Image: A dropped kerb only accessible from the road. Stephen Underwood
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Museum Displays Viking Treasure
Over 100 pieces of Viking silver were found in the north of the island in April.
Image: Kath Giles and Allison Fox with the collection
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1,000 year old Viking Treasure Discovered
The haul of over 100 coins and hacked silver was discovered in the north of the island.
Image: Kath Giles with the find
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Post Offices and Libraries Could be Community Hubs
Pilot hubs have been successful in Ramsey and Peel.
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Rising From the Ashes
Whilst we’ve all heard the depressing stories of business closures during the Covid pandemic, it’s not been all doom and gloom. The world has seen a boom in small businesses as people make use of their time at home and the Isle of Man is no different.
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Fitness Leader Retires KUTA Exercise Group After 10 Years
The class has become an important part of life for many of its members with babies, relationships and marriages stemming from KUTA.
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Tynwald Bank Holiday – What’s On
It’s that time of the year again, the sun is shining through the clouds, the kids are almost finished with school and in the distance you can hear the faint sound of MHKs patting themselves on the back for a job, well, done. It’s Tynwald Day again. Whether you’re just […]
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Blood Donation Ban ‘Should Be Changed This Year’
Following the recent change to UK laws around men who have sex with men (MSM) being able to donate blood, Health Minister David Ashford MHK has said that the ‘long overdue’ change should be brought to the island this year. The UK move saw the rules altered in all four […]
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Elms in Keys
A planning application to cut down 25 elm trees from ‘one of Europe’s last elm tree tunnels’ to create a farm access road along Braaid Road in St Marks was debated in the House of Keys this morning amidst multiple protests, a petition and national media attention to opposition to […]