Isle of Man

Manx health staff get flu vaccine

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Isle of Man's swine flu vaccination programme is under way, health officials have said.

Island signs up to help seabirds

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Isle of Man's government has committed itself to help monitor Britain's seabird population.

Manx2.com promotes island through video

UK airports information blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Manx2.com has launched a video promoting travel to the Isle of Man. The short film, which is now live on Manx2.com’s home page www.manx2.com, gives potential visitors an insight into the island’s attractions, and explains how quick and easy it is to get here. Noel Hayes, Chairman of Manx2.com, said: “We hope that our new video will [...]

Aon appoints Gary Crease and Dave Picken to manage BT’s captive

News-Insurances (Free subscription) | yesterday

Aon Insurance Managers (Isle of Man), have been appointed as captive manager to the BT Group plc captive, Communicator Insurance Company Limited. The captive has moved from being self-managed and will therefore be able to take advantage of Aon’s expertise plus other benefits of outsourcing, including improved business continuity and succession planning, plus direct access to [...]

Racers motorbike dash to the palace - courtesy of the Press Association

Maria's Race Diary (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

The highest profile female racer in the UK was forced to resort to her favourite mode of transport in the rush to get to Buckingham Palace on time. Maria Costello got stuck in traffic being driven to receive her MBE from the Prince of Wales, so jumped on a motorbike - despite being dressed up for the royal occasion. Costello, who held the world record for being the fastest woman around the famous Isle...

Pair attacked on club dancefloor

BBC News (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Police are investigating an assault on a man and a woman at a nightclub in the Isle of Man.

Manx fans welcome Hollywood star

BBC News (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

About 200 fans wait to catch a glimpse and welcome back film star Zac Efron to the Isle of Man for the premiere of "Me and Orson Welles".

Awesome Orson, Strictly Christine and Sex down the tube | Trailer trash

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

> > Awesome Orson British actor Christian McKay is a revelation in Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles , which opens next month. McKay (below) seizes the chance of his first film to give a brilliant performance as young Orson, staging his legendary production of Julius Caesar at New York's Mercury Theatre in 1937. Awards surely await. McKay comes from Bury (Caesar, not to praise him...?)...

Speaking to East Yorkshire Conservatives

Andrew Allison (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Last night I was the speaker at a supper club meeting of East Yorkshire Conservatives in Bridlington, on the subject of Quangos. Most people there were genuinely shocked at the amount of money being spent by Quangos and how much our membership of the European Union costs us each year. I quoted the following from Dr Lee Rotherham’s book, Ten Years On: Britain without the European Union. While...

Police probe airfield car fires

BBC News (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Two cars are extensively damaged after being set alight near an airfield in the Isle of Man.

Zac Efron Stunned By Island Hopping Fans

The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Zac Efron’s fans are so obsessed with him they even traveled to an island to see him. The ‘High School Musical’ actor was shooting new movie ‘Me and Orson Wells’ on the Isle of Man, a small island located in the Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland, and was stunned to discover his legion of female [...]

• Zac Efron's island-hopping fans - The Earth Times Online Newspaper

Tax hike to pay for health budget

BBC News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Taxpayers will foot the bill for a multi-million pound shortfall in the Isle of Man's health budget.

Zac Efron's island-hopping fans

ExpoSay (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Zac Efron's fans are so obsessed with him they even travelled to an island to see him. The 'High School Musical' actor was shooting new movie 'Me and Orson Wells' on the Isle of Man - a small island located in the Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland - and was stunned to discover his legion of female fans had even managed to hunt him down there.

Zac Efron's Island-hopping Fans

Celebrity - Female First (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Zac Efron's fans are so obsessed with him they even travelled to an island to see him.The 'High School Musical' actor was shooting new movie 'Me and Orson Wells' on the Isle of Man - a small island located in the Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland - and was stunned to discover his legion of female fans had even managed to hunt him down there. He...

Death of Bettine Viscountess Gort, widow of the 8th Viscount

Peerage News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

_.Bettine Viscountess Gort, who died in the Isle of Man, 17 Nov, 2009, at the age of 91, was the widow of the 8th Viscount Gort (1916-95). She was b circa 1918 as Bettine Mary Mackenzie Green, dau of Godfrey Green, of Douglas, and former wife of Arthur Henry Jarrand, and married Colin Leopold Prendergast Vereker in 1946. He succeeded to the peerage (cr Peerage of Ireland 1816) in 1975; she was widowed,...

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wwdlu | 19/11/2009

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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

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