Isle of Man News

THE potential of the Isle of Man to play a significant role in exporting offshore renewable energy to the UK was discussed last week during the opening of the world's largest windfarm.

ConcocT a good story. Among your cast of characters include the late lamented auditors of Anglo Irish Bank, a dodgy semi-state transport company, a collection of Dublin city councillors, and an outfit owned by an offshore Isle of Man business.

To date, TransConflict's activities have primarily focused on Serbia and Kosovo, including efforts to improve minority rights protection for the Bosniak and Albanian communities, and to strengthen the policy-making capacity of political parties.

There's a number of reasons I never believe the figures we're given about drug busts.

Plans to close a residential care home for the elderly on the Isle of Man have prompted a union protest.

GIBRALTAR is following Tynwald's pioneering example by introducing voice-recognition technology to produce Hansard, the official record of parliamentary proceedings.

The Isle of Man Parkinson's Disease Society has been chosen as the BEST WESTERN Palace Hotel & Casino's charity for 2012.

The airport said that figures released today indicate a "fantastic" year on year increase in passengers booked to the end of January with some routes being over 50pc up against a UK market which is reported to be down 14pc.

Several days already sold out four months ahead of the event The main TT Races Grandstand on Glencrutchery Road has already sold out on three of the four race days ahead of TT 2012, with the only remaining day - Monday 4th June - showing a limited number of available tickets.

In the House of Keys, Education Minister Peter Karran revealed that 20 schools in the island had low risk asbestos products.

Latest figures reveal that lifeboat crews across the West Division - which includes Wales and the Isle of Man - spent 7,228 hours responding to emergency incidents in 2011 - the most ever.

THE Department of Economic Development has undertaken a detailed analysis of the costs directly associated with running the Manx Grand Prix Festival and the return on the investment that the event delivers.

The co-ordinator of an education and training centre for early school leavers in the city is urging young people to view education as the key to surviving the recession.

A POLICE officer has been asked to resign after being found guilty of two offences of neglect of duty and one of discreditable conduct.

Today, the Honourable Allan Bell, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, and the Minister of Economic Development, the Honourable John Shimmin, visited regulated corporate services group, Charterhouse Group International, at its headquarters in Ramsey.

The Lastminutecomedy Club returns to Hitchin and Letchworth GC with Rob Heeney from the Isle Of Man, Dutchman Wouter Meijs and Chris Purchase making the short trip from Milton Keynes to take to the stage.

Isle of Man Creamery is delighted to announce the launch of a new addition to its range of award-winning cheeses - Mature Cheese Light.

A QUICK survey of regular patrons to the Manx Co-op in Port Erin is enough to gather that staff member Peter Crebbin is the kind of guy for which nothing is too much trouble.

THE Isle of Man's loss of its prized triple-A credit rating could cost taxpayers half a million pounds - and leave ratepayers paying tens of thousands of pounds more.

A GOVERNMENT department has warned that compulsory redundancies cannot be ruled out as it restructures its operations following a review of staffing.