The RingGo app has not been met with much enthusiasm by islanders.
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Gef’s Daily Roundup
Wednesday and Wolverhampton Wanderers both begin in W, bringing no hope at all to even the most optimistic Liverpool fans.
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Here’s What Your £70m is Being Spent on
The DoI has published a breakdown of the bill taxpayers have picked up for the new ferry terminal in Liverpool.
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Airport Parking Charges to Return Next Week
The new cashless payment is necessary as the DoI believes it is ‘impossible’ to get coin machines that will work with Manx coins
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Ex Airport Bosses go into Business Together
Jeremy Spake is back on TV tonight, BBC1, at 8.30pm.
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End of the Line for Coal Power?
Details were outlined in a planning application.
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Dr Taylor Plans Island’s First ‘Green Restaurant’
Dr Taylor is best known as an inventor, entrepreneur and horologist.
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New Airport Barriers Landing Soon
The new system should be in place inside six weeks.
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Where’s the Money Gone?
Tim Crookall also confirmed he will need to ask for extra cash for the scheme.
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Crookall ‘Not Hopeful’ Horse Trams Will Run
It was also revealed that the horses need to be ‘trained’ to go round the bends.
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Buses in One Way U-Turn
Castle Street in Castletown will become one-way north-bound to all traffic from 9.15am on Monday.
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All Change for Castletown Buses As Road Goes One Way
Bus services will be affected while the temporary arrangement is in place and will be reviewed regularly.
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Gef’s Daily Roundup
Why doesn’t the Easter Bunny have a marketing manager like Santa?
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Gef’s Daily Roundup
Nearly 1/4 of the year done already.
Photo by James Qualtrough, Unsplash.
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Flybe to Return to Manx Skies?
The airline’s previous incarnation collapsed in March 2020.
Image Credit: Flybe
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DoI Investigating Director’s Comments
Mr Longworth was appearing on a US based Youtube stream.
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Spake: I Was Subjected to Bullying and Harassment
Mr Spake made the comments on his LinkedIn page.
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Gov Confirms Spake’s Departure from Airport
Mr Spake had been in position since 2018.
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Ministers Visit Liverpool Terminal
Originally expected to cost £25 million, the scheme is now due to cost £70m.
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Finally Some Progress
DoI Minister Tim Crookall has signalled that Bus Vannin is moving closer to accepting class 2 mobility scooters. Douglas Central MHK Chris Thomas said during Tuesday’s sitting that he’d seen more progress in a few minutes of Keys questions than he had in years. Class 2 mobility scooters aren’t allowed […]
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Continental Castletown?
The motion will be debated on March 7.
Image credit: Betty Laurincova
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Prom Has Almost 400 Ongoing Defects
The DoI said the defects registered were correct as of February 1.
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Tram Delay Will ‘Damage the Island’s Reputation’
It is said it will cost £1.5m to finish the tracks to the Sea Terminal.
Image credit: Manx Electric Railway Society.
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Patient Transfer May Be Subsidising ConnectPorts
The report over two years in the making.
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Part of Mountain Road to Close for Six Weeks
Ramsey to the Bungalow will be closed for six weeks.
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Manx Trams a Runaway Success
Both of the winners picked up over half of the total votes in their categories.
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We Can’t Fall Behind in the EV Revolution
Ownership of electric cars has more than doubled in two years.
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Arrow Comes Sailing In
After the fog at the weekend caused sailing disruption in Heysham, the Steam Packet has chartered the return of MV Arrow to meet demand in the run-up to Christmas. The freight vessel is currently making her way up to the Lancaster port where she is due to arrive in the […]
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Stuck in the Fog of Heysham
Three sailings were lost to the fog over the weekend.
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Electric Vehicles are Powering Up
The steepest increase came between March and July this year.
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You Can’t Cycle on Pavements
The question came from Speaker Juan Watterson
Image credit: Phil Hearing
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Prom Parking Suspended from 7pm
Don’t let your car get a sea water jet wash.
Image: BBC Weather
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How’re You Getting Home?
Bus Vannin have also launched a new map service so you can track your bus.
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Pedestrians and Vehicles Have Equal Priority on Roundels
The roundels have been a bit marmite since they were installed by the DoI.
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Gef’s Morning Brief
Unemployment The number of people registered unemployed fell again in October, down 39 to 326. This has also dropped by 471 people compared to the same month last year (October 2020). The unemployment rate for October 2021 is 0.8%, down from 0.9% in September 2021. The International Labour Organisation estimates […]
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DoI Wants More Cash for Christmas
Mr Crookall’s predecessor had tried to get an extra £13.8m back in July.
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No Covid Bus Assessment
We also look back to when the former chief minister said people were ‘joyriding’ and ‘sightseeing’ during Lockdown 3.
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Unfairly Dismissed Bus Driver Awarded £60,000
The tribunal found that the investigation which led to Mr Corrin’s firing had been flawed.
Photo from Manx Forums.
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A Scheme That Keeps Going Off The Rails
Replacing the rails on the prom has never been a simple task.
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Brown Nominated for LegCo
Craig Brown, who until recently worked in the island’s finance sector, has been nominated for the Legislative Council. Mr Brown’s nomination is the fifth so far, with two short term seats up for grabs at a Keys sitting next month. He has been nominated by Treasury Minister David Ashford, seconded […]