Isle of Man News from Thursday, July 31st, 2025

Douglas Council says there’s plenty of parking in the capital, and the issue instead is lack of public awareness. 

A planned closure of the Mountain Road for tomorrow, Friday, August 1, will no longer be going ahead.

It's the last chance for poets to apply to become the next Manx Bard. 

A fundraiser for a thermal drone to track down missing pets has raised over £3,000. 

The Mountain Road will be closed for around five weeks between the Creg ny Baa and Brandywell Corner from mid-September. 

A new petition has been launched calling for the re-use shed at a tip in the north to be brought back. 

Douglas Council will host an afternoon of family activities this weekend.

The Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture says a popular plantation has reopened.

A disused mine in Foxdale could get a temporary treatment plant as the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture plans to take contaminated silt there.

Questions about how the Island's hotels and guesthouses are doing are on the mind of an Onchan MHK.

Ramsey MHK Alex Allinson is urging people to have their say as the consultation into proposed 20mph zones for the north continues.

Peel coastguards were called out to the town's castle earlier this morning.

Do you have any maps or plans which could help tell the Island's story?

Garff Commissioners are to host a public meeting about an offshore wind farm planned off the Island's east coast.