Viking-era ‘piggybank’ of 1,000-year-old silver coins is discovered by a metal detector enthusiast on the Isle of Man A metal detector enthusiast discovered 87 Viking-era coins on the Isle of Man Former police officer Kath Giles found them in April in a field Experts believe the coins, minted between 1000-1035 AD, were buried for safekeeping … Read more
‘I can’t wait to be there with you’: Sir Tom Jones says it will be ‘magnificent’ to perform again as he joins Isle Of Wight 2021 festival lineup By Isla Williams For Mailonline Published: 02:12 GMT, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 02:12 GMT, 27 March 2021 Sir Tom Jones has said it will be ‘magnificent’ … Read more
Where Britons most want to visit post-lockdown based on Tripadvisor searches: Portree on the Isle of Skye is the staycation No1 and Soufriere in St Lucia the top hotspot abroad Tripadvisor revealed its trending destinations for Britons based on year-on-year increases in search volumes It then drew up two top 10 tables – one for … Read more
Run your own island boozer! The only pub on Scotland’s ‘sunshine isle’ of Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides is up for sale for £650,000 The Colonsay Hotel in the Inner Hebrides has been listed for sale at £650,000 Jane Howard, who currently owns the hotel, says it was booked up last year She bought the … Read more
Isle of Man CLOSES all its schools two days after an island-wide circuit-break lockdown began after a surge in cases among the young Schools in the Isle of Man will be shut down from Friday to stop spread of Covid Comes after a circuit break lockdown came into force on the island this week Chief … Read more
Isle of Man goes into 21-day ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown due to rise in Covid cases linked to ferry crew member – a month after all restrictions were lifted including social distancing There have been 60 new Covid cases in the last two weeks linked to ferry worker It was announced the island will go into 21-day … Read more
The Isle of Wight Festival has been moved back by three months to September so it can still take place this year, after the planned end of coronavirus rules in June. The music festival had been due to take place from June 17 to 20 – but this would have been just before the Government … Read more
England’s Covid vaccine postcode lottery was laid bare today by figures that revealed towns on the Isle of Wight and in Devon have vaccinated nearly 20 times more people than an inner-city region of Sheffield. NHS statistics going up to February 21 show 90.3 per cent of all over-65s in England have had their first … Read more
Boris Johnson wants to build a giant roundabout under the Isle of Man that connects three tunnels to Northern Ireland, sources claim, but one aide dismisses it as a ‘bats***’ scheme. The latest extravagant transport idea backed by Boris Johnson could see three tunnels heading out from England and Scotland, arriving at a roundabout dubbed … Read more
DAVID GRAY: Skellig (Laugh A Minute) Rating: Verdict: Windswept and dramatic SG LEWIS: Times (PMR) Rating: Verdict: Kitchen dance party EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS: Hunter And The Dog Star (Thirty Tigers) Rating: Verdict: Pop with bark and bite When David Gray topped the charts with his fourth album White Ladder two decades ago, he was … Read more