Peel Coastguard was called out on Wednesday night to aid with a pollution incident in the town's harbour.
After reports of a 'large pollution spill' crews found it reached from the swing bridge right down the harbour, past the Museum to the boat park.
Volunteers saw a large amount of an orange pollution and oil sheen in the sea.
A boom was then placed around a vessel which was suspected to have caused the pollution, a sample of the spill was taken away for testing.
Around 140 government job vacancies
The government has around 142 unfilled posts in the latest figures available, according to Cabinet Office Minister David Ashford.
Coastguard recruiting videos cost under £2k
The Department of Infrastructure says safety and recruitment videos for the Island's coastguards cost just under £2,000.
Over £5.6m moved from banks to dormant assets
Banks gave the Island's dormant assets fund almost £5.6 million last year.
Road near TT course to become one-way
A road alongside the TT course in Douglas will be temporarily one-way from tomorrow.
Arabic interpreter needed for court
The Island's courts say they're looking for someone who can speak Arabic to help in proceedings.
MHK takes exception to "clowns" remark
An MHK's blasted a parliamentary colleague, after he seemed to call Tynwald members "clowns".
Two weeks left for free manx.net emails
There's just a fortnight left to move your manx.net email address before it's suspended.
Three bribery cases and 11 thefts reported to Treasury last year
The government saw a rise of more than 20 per cent in financial irregularities reported last year.
