Old News

As Port Erin Commissioners re-elect their chair for a sixth year, H looks back at some Commissioners' headlines from years long gone! It's another hotbed of political activity . .

The Mayor of Douglas is oft in the news but what stories have there been over the years? H looks back . .

H looks back at some coverage of the Guild over the decades - from thousands attending the Palace to Haydn Wood conducting and adjudicators' comments being published!

Taxis have been back in the news again after recent controversial price hikes - and it seems arguments over various aspects of the taxi industry have never been that far from the papers over the years!

There's just been a by-election there - but has this hotbed of political fireworks been much in the papers over the years? Of course it has . ..

As the Island sploshes its way through the joys of a sodden spring, H looks back at the papers to see if rain has always been something which has depressed us on the Island. What do you think the answer could be  . . .?

As a local grower announces they are to stop producing local potatoes, H looks back at how the humble spud has fared in the news over the years . 

H delves back into the papers to see how Easter has been reported over the years. And why did a "Special Correspondent" call it absurd in the IOM Times of 1939?

With Ballakermeen High School restricting students' access to lavatories during lesson times, the issue of young people's behaviour has been back in the news. Is it worse than hitherto? Or do we just like to think it is . . . .? H looks back

Coastal Erosion has been an issue for literally hundreds of years but we're still pondering what to do about it - and who should pay. No news there then . . .