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Isle of Man Railway returns for summer period

The Isle of Man’s heritage rail network will partially reopen next week to coincide with the first visitors from Guernsey and the beginning of the school summer holidays. The service was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the summer…

Douglas South by-election

His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor has today, Thursday 16 July 2020, issued the writs for the House of Keys by-election in Douglas South. 
Nominations will be sought to fill the seats vacated by the death of Mr Bill Malarkey and the resignation of …

Isle of Man Food & Drink Festival to go ahead

This year’s Isle of Man Food & Drink Festival will go ahead in the Villa Marina Gardens in Douglas on 19 and 20 September.
The two-day event, which attracted more than 8,000 visitors in 2019, had been in doubt due to COVID-19 restrictions, but wit…

Survey to inform modernisation of Job Centre services

Changes to the way employment support is delivered at the Job Centre are improving the way services are delivered and the accessibility of support. 
The success of working with clients during lockdown through phone and video calls, email and text, rath…

No active cases of coronavirus – 4pm 15 July 2020

Since the last update (4pm Tuesday 14 July) there have been no further confirmed positive tests for coronavirus.
This means the Isle of Man has no active cases and the total number of confirmed cases remains 336.
There have been 7,332 concluded tests a…

Value Added Tax: Reduced rate of 5%

Following on from announcements made by the Treasury on 8 and 9 July 2020, the temporary reduced rate of 5% for certain supplies made by the hospitality industry and admissions to shows and other attractions has now come into operation.
The necessary l…

Higher Education Fair to go ahead thanks to student help

An annual event to help sixth form students learn more about life after school will go ahead thanks to support from local students.
The Higher Education Fair, now in its 34th year, is normally attended by representatives from more than 70 universities …

Statement from Dr Alex Allinson MHK following a statement from the Joint Trade Unions

Dr Alex Allinson MHK, Minister for Education, Sport and Culture has issued this statement following today’s (14 July) statement from the Joint Trade Unions. He said:

The Isle of Man Government has engaged in pay talks with representatives of all of th…

New protection for the Island’s waterways

The public is being consulted over the Isle of Man Government’s plans to improve water quality standards for the Island’s waterways.Water quality can be affected by many factors including agricultural run-off, domestic sewage and heavy metals from his…

No active cases of coronavirus – 4pm 14 July 2020

Since the last update (4pm Monday 13 July) there have been no further confirmed positive tests for coronavirus.
This means the Isle of Man has no active cases and the total number of confirmed cases remains 336.
There have been 7,261 concluded tests an…