Author Archives: Isle of Man Government News

Flybe – Update from Patient Transfers

Patients who have missed appointments due to lack of flight today (Thursday 05/03/2020)
We are in the process of contacting the UK hospitals to rearrange all patients’ appointments. We will be liaising with the hospitals and these patients will be offe…

Former mining land at Cross Vein closed to public

An area of former mining land in the south of the Island will be closed to the public from Monday 9 March.
The Isle of Man Government is restricting all access to its land at Cross Vein in Foxdale, due to concerns caused by historic waste material from…

Leading sports coach Debby Sargent to deliver seminar

The importance of training female athletes as individuals will be the subject of the latest Isle of Man Sport Seminar to be held in Douglas on Saturday 21 March.
The talk will be delivered by Debby Sargent, who has been working with high performance at…

Hundreds of pupils set to embrace active travel during week of events

More than 300 pupils at Ballakermeen High School will be participating in an Active Travel Week that will include taking part in the Big Street Survey. The week will run from 9 to 13 March and will promote and encourage active travel.
The Big Street Su…

Statement on Flybe entering administration

Flybe has offered a great service to the Isle of Man for many years and we are really sorry to hear this announcement. Flybe has successfully operated the Island’s Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham routes for many years.
The Isle of Man Government’s…

Training session for Island GPs

The latest training session for Island GPs takes place on Friday 6 March and as usual it means routine appointments will not be available at most surgeries from late morning for the rest of the day.
Anyone who needs to see a doctor urgently should ring…

Response letter to opinion March 2020

I welcome and agree with the comments made by Mr P Christian, Isle of Man Climate Change Coalition (Isle of Man Examiner 25 February 2020, Opinions). Points raised by Mr Christian were against the misleading headline that stated the Isle of Man going e…

Financial Sanctions: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (1)

This news release is issued in respect of the restrictive measures directed against the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations.
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 has been amended with effect from 4 March 2020, following the publication of Commis…

Computer bus man Alex Townsend to retire

A teacher, who was once recognised by Apple for his unique Isle of Man computer bus service, is to retire next month – seeing an end to longest project of its type in the world.
Alex Townsend, known as the computer bus man, was teaching at St. Ninian’s…

Financial Sanctions: Proliferation

This news release is issued to publicise changes made to financial sanctions guidance issued on Proliferation.
A link to a report produced by the Institute for Science and International Security has been added to Section 9 of the guidance. The report h…