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The government has confirmed Gary Cobb has been appointed Airport Director at the Isle of Man Airport.

Ramsey MHK Dr Alex Allinson will ask House of Keys members to introduce a bill - which would enable adults who are terminally ill - to request assisted dying.

Temporary two-way traffic lights will be in place this week as the Fairy Bridge is fixed.

A Liverpool man who broke a bone in a taxi driver’s face during a drunken attack will be sentenced in June.

Government is asking people to stop using poisonous slug pellets to protect their gardens. 

Manx Gas is holding 'Meet the CEO and MD' drop in sessions this week.

A woman who didn’t tell benefits staff her husband was living with her was wrongly paid more than £17,800 in benefits.

Ramsey Town Commissioners are under fire for apparently 'stifling' local businesses.

The Department for Enterprise is offering businesses a grant to help them become more accessible for those with disabilities.

Nine local food and drink producers have completed a series of marketing workshops.

Applications for the Co-op Local Community Fund are now open to local causes across the Island.

The Chamber of Commerce has launched a questionnaire to see how businesses are being sustainable.

The Island's inflation rate hit 9% last month.

Staff at KPMG have raised over £6,000 for mental health charity Isle Listen.

International Financial Group Limited has been appointed the official Sustainability Partner of the Parish Walk.

A local law firm has issued advice over sanctions against Russia in a video on Youtube.

Tory MPs have criticised photos of Boris Johnson drinking with colleagues during lockdown ahead of the Sue Gray report into parties being published.

The "serious systemic failures" of the Afghanistan evacuation by the Foreign Office lowered the UK's global standing, a cross-party group of MPs has said.

Chief constables have admitted they were "ashamed" of continuing racism in policing - as they launched an action plan to stamp it out.

"We had to do something, Godfrey," Jeanette Ward tells her husband, "because, it's like you said, we couldn't have managed another winter."

A Russian soldier who pleaded guilty to murdering an unarmed 62-year-old civilian has been sentenced to life in prison in the first war crimes trial of the conflict.

President Joe Biden has said that the US would intervene militarily if China attacks Taiwan.

Russia's blockade of Ukraine will lead to worsening starvation, famine and instability around the world if it cannot be lifted, the World Food Programme has said.

The cast of Mamma Mia! the Musical are among the stars taking part in next month's Platinum Jubilee parade.

Amber Heard's loss of earnings could be as high as $50m due to negative statements made by Johnny Depp and his attorney, an industry expert has told her libel trial.

Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts has said "being diagnosed with cancer has meant I've learned to appreciate my body" as she appeared on the cover of a magazine with a visible stoma bag.

Pep Guardiola declared that he and his Manchester City side are "legends" after winning a fourth Premier League title in the last five seasons.

Aston Villa have signed Boubacar Kamara on a five-year contract with the midfielder joining on a free transfer when his Marseille contract runs out.

Kurt Zouma has been charged with three offences under the Animal Welfare Act after video emerged in February of him allegedly kicking and slapping his cat.

The governor of the Bank of England has hit back at criticism that its decisions have contributed to the highest inflation in 40 years.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for maximum sanctions against Russia and the end of all business and trade with Moscow at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Boris Johnson has conceded that the cost of living crisis "is going to go on" but said people asking what more the government will do to help will "just have to wait a little bit longer".

A child actor who starred in the blockbuster 1975 film Jaws has become a police chief on the island where it was filmed.

Parasitic worms have been sucked into the gender bias row after a report claimed the naming of the creatures was sexist.

Supermarkets, cars and lifts are just some of the unusual birth places reported for babies who have made speedy entrances into the world.