Last police prosecutor bows out
BBC News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The last police prosecutor on the Isle of Man receives an award to mark his long service as he retires from the force.
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Fatal crash road to be made safer
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Plans are being discussed to introduce safety measures at the spot where a woman was knocked over and killed on the Isle of Man.
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Methinks the Member of the House of Keys doth protest too much
Tax Research UK (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Manx Radio’s web site features an article entitled “Calls for BBC correction in Keys”. It notes: Comments about the Isle of Man, broadcast in a BBC television programme last weekend, will be raised in the House of Keys this week. Onchan MHK Peter Karran has described them as ‘damaging and inaccurate’ and will call on the treasury [...]
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What next for the Crown Dependencies and VAT?
Tax Research UK (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
The UK has now stopped the Isle of Man benefitting from the UK VAT system. So what’s next for the Crown Dependencies and VAT? It seems very obvious that Low Value Consignment Relief, which is extensively abused in Guernsey and Jersey should be next to go. The saving to the UK will be at least [...]
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SWIGZ.COM Pro Racing team to enter TTXGP series
AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , On Two Wheels , Racing The first new team to disclose that they will compete in the 2010 TTXGP electric superbike events has just thrown its hat into the ring. SWIGZ.COM Pro Racing and its AMA pro rider Chip Y ates will do battle at the Isle of Man event, the 4 scheduled UK races, the American race at Infineon and any as-yet-unannounced FIM international and American events....
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Columnist: Shipping Lines: tragic Ellan Vannin’s centenary
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
A SPECIAL trip to mark the centenary of the sinking of Isle of Man ship Ellan Vannin will be held next month.
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columns: Shipping Lines: tragic Ellan Vannin’s centenary
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
A SPECIAL trip to mark the centenary of the sinking of Isle of Man ship Ellan Vannin will be held next month.
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The Ogham Stones of Cornwall and Devon
BabelStone (Free subscription) | yesterday
In anticipation of next week's blog post, I thought it would be useful to present a brief survey of the known Ogham stone inscriptions in Cornwall and Devon. Although the large majority of Ogham stones are found in Ireland, a number of Ogham stone inscriptions are known from Scotland, the Isle of Man, Wales, and the south-west peninsula of England (the modern counties of Cornwall and Devon), as well...
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No plaudits for Jersey
Tax Research UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
A regular commentator on this blog – passing by the name of Jersey Girrl, who is, without doubt close to the Jersey establishment, has commented on this blog, saying: It interests me that Richard and John C find it impossible to acknowledge that the governments in Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man accept that they [...]
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Bragging rights for Robbie Callister?
manxathletics.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
I was flicking through the Sunday Times a little while ago and was amazed to find an article in the Culture Section headed "Got those Isle of Man blues". Its all about Davy Knowles of Back Door Slam and how they have been taking blues music from the Isle of Man to its homeland in the USA. It reviews their progress (400gigs in the states) and the launch of their new album tomorrow Coming Up...
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Tighter law on firework displays
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Firework displays past Bonfire Night must be registered, the Isle of Man government warns.
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Arrest over smoking area fight
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Police in the Isle of Man arrest two men after trouble breaks out in the smoking area of a nightclub.
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Manx officer resigns over conduct
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
A policeman in the Isle of Man is forced to resign after being found guilty of discreditable conduct.
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The taxman cometh to the Isle of Man
Tax Research UK (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The taxman cometh | Comment is free | The Guardian . In the 60s, the Isle of Man recast itself as an offshore tax haven. How will the Manx ‘nation’ react now that status is under threat? The Guardian considers the issue. And draws no conclusions. Apart, it seems, from the fact that the Tax Justice Network is unpopular [...]
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The taxman cometh
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
In the 60s, the Isle of Man recast itself as an offshore tax haven. How will the Manx 'nation' react now that status is under threat? Of all the ways to think about the Isle of Man – tax haven, motorbike race course, former birching capital of western Europe – the most difficult for the outsider to grasp and accept is the description "nation". How big is the nation? Thirty-three...
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Twine Powers: Media Networks - US HM Crown $1,000,000,000 HSBC Coutts Bank Offshore Organised Crime Syndicate Case
carrolltrust | 15/10/2009
Carroll Foundation assets world wide interests which have been the subject of criminal liquidation include the London & Central Properties Plc Carroll Industries Corporation Plc group which rumours abound that it was used within a fraudulent "name switch operation" to liquidate assets in excess of $1,000,000,000 (one billion dollars). The Carroll Global Corporation civilian and military industrial
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HM Crown Ministry of Defence - Home Security/Organised Crime - FBI SOCA Gerald Carroll Trust Case
carrolltrust | 29/06/2009
HM Crown Ministry of Defence interests with the Farnborough Aerospace Development Corporation a Carroll Foundation Global Group Structure are the victims in this formerly HM Government Carroll Trust owned research development facility which involved “just about every form of military aviation development you could imagine”. TAG Aviation presently located at Farnborough Airport executed major fraudulent
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TAG Aviation at Farnborough Airport in Carroll One Billion Dollars Scotland Yard Organised Criminal Conspiracy Case
carrolltrust | 17/06/2009
TAG Aviation at Farnborough Airport are the subject of major criminal allegations of serious corruption obstruction racketeering complicity in Britain's longest running largest organised criminal conspiracy and corruption case. Furthermore the Carroll Foundation Charitable Trust Case law enforcement "Direction and Control Sanctions" are being delayed and obstructed by Baroness Scotland QC Britain's
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