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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationManx2 to launch new Isle of Man routesLow-cost airline Manx2 is to launch a service between the Isle of Man and Blackpool from July 15, with prices from £29 each way, excluding taxes and charges.The Blackpool route will fly at least twice a day and a quarter of the seats on each flight will be made available for less than £30, with these ticket being sold on a first-come, first-served basis. The airline also said it would begin a service from the Isle of Man to Belfast on July 15 and flights to Leeds Bradford Airport are due to begin on August 12. .HSBC Manx Youth GamesAfter 5 months of weekly sessions, the HSBC Manx Youth Games cricket competition took place on Saturday at Cronkbourne. 6 teams took part: Douglas North 1, Douglas North 2, Douglas South, West, North and South. The coaching sessions were taken by ECB qualified coaches from several clubs from around the Island, with clubs taking ownership of particular sessions. An example of this was the South (Castletown) & the North (Ramsey). As in previous years, many of these kids will be playing in the IOMCA U11 league, which is due to start on the 26th May. The standard of the MYG competition was high, and coming into the competition there was no clear favourite. The West, with players of experience from previous years, were identified early as one of the stand out sides, and the consistent Douglas South also shone.
Visit of IAM Assistant Chief Examiner on 6th JulyThe Assistant Chief Examiner of the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM), Stephen Mead, is to visit the Isle of Man on Thursday 6th July. The local group of Isle of Man Advanced Motorists have arranged for him to give a talk at the TT Hospitality Suite at 7.30pm which is open to everyone interested in driving or motorcycling. The Hospitality Suite is located in the Grandstand complex on Glencrutchery Road and there is ample parking nearby. Also, Isle of Man Police and Fire and Rescue Service vehicles are to be liveried with the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) logo. Although a similar association was established between the IAM and the North Wales Police last year, the Isle of Man is the first place where the IAM logo will be displayed by both the Police and Fire & Rescue Services. The association illustrates the mutual aim all three organisations to improve road safety by raising the standards of drivers and motorcyclists on the Island.Look back for angerThis week's number one single by Sandi Thom paints a wistful, nostalgic picture of the late-1960s and late-1970s. But what do today's twenty-somethings really know about these eras?"Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair, In '77 and '69 revolution was in the air," sings Sandi Thom in her nostalgic chart-topper - extolling the virtues of the rebellious days of punk rock and the psychedelic Sixties. In her musical history lesson, these glorious days were before pop music became an accountancy exercise and youth culture became an extension of corporate branding. But what do today's young people really know about these years? And what is it that gives them such an appeal? Is it just viewing the past through Che-tinted glasses? Love, peace and three TV channels In 1969, Britain's most high-profile example of student radicalism was the London School of Economics - with the university being shut down for three weeks after demonstrations and dozens of arrests.
Young Dubliners band together on latest CDIt wasn't until coming to the United States that Keith Roberts, lead singer for the Celtic rock band Young Dubliners, connected with his Irish musical roots."Growing up in Ireland I was far more exposed to English rock and American stuff," Roberts said. "Irish music was for the old guys in the pub. But when you leave Ireland, homesickness comes out in different ways." Missing home, he said he began singing Irish ballads in bars, something he'd never done before. Roberts' plan before leaving Dublin was to take his degrees in politics and sociology from University College Dublin and become a journalist. He said after his arrival in the late '80s he quickly learned through an internship at PBS it wasn't the right calling for him. He did, however, find another way to bring the news as he saw it to the public. Swap pain to achieve gainA Diploma of Remedial Massage, and acupressure, shiatsu and sports massage qualifications soon followed, giving Mr McCarthy a good understanding of the body before he studied a form of myotherapy in 1993, now called SLM Bodywork.With skills to treat pain and injury, he started to specialise in the treatment of pain and injury achieving great results. The treatment is a hands-on holistic massage which gives outstanding results to alleviate pain and injury, he said. Tight adherent muscles are the cause of many ailments. This treatment is one of the most thorough remedial treatments available. Mr McCarthy has a vast knowledge and interest in sports medicine and sports nutrition and also incorporates Chinese medicine in his philosophy and practice, which results in a mixture of Eastern and Western principles in his treatments. |
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