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Manx Radio is the Isle of Man's National Station. Broadcasting great music, local personalities, latest news, sport, entertainment, arts and culture. #iom
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NEWS: Government says it's committed to changing the Island's blood donor selection criteria to make it fairer and more inclusive. Manx actor Joe Locke, in a video recorded for Pride, called for a change in the rules for gay men. #News #IoM #ManxRadio
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BREAKING NEWS: The elms in St Marks which were under threat of being felled in a controversial planning application won't be chopped down. A solution was reached today between government and the owner of Ballavarvane Farm #news #iom #ManxRadio.
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Dean Harrison’s Dao Kawasaki after two separate bird strikes during today’s Senior Race. He still finished second!
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He’s done it! 19 marathons in 19 days, Christian Varley has just finished his incredible challenge at Tynwald Hill. He’s raised over £75,000 for the Manx Solidarity Fund. 👏👏 🇮🇲🇮🇲 🏃♂️🏃♂️. #iom #manxradio
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NEWS: Hickman pays visit to avid TT fan at Hospice IoM. Graham Whittaker got chance to meet Hickman and McGuinness this year. #news #iom #ManxRadio
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The Princess Royal has arrived in Peel. Her Royal Highness is currently at a Thanksgiving service at Cathedral Isle of Man, before moving onto the House of Manannan at approximately 1.15pm.
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This is the moment the new Bee Gees statue was unveiled on Loch Promenade. In the sunken gardens, the bronze work by sculptor Andy Edwards shows the brothers Maurice, Barry and Robin Gibb.
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The Isle of Man is experiencing a very impressive thunder and lightning storm tonight. This is the sky over Douglas. #iom #manxradio #thunder #lightning
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ICYMI: @ChrisGPackham petition to ban grouse shooting has the full support of a Manx bird group 🇮🇲. "The disgraceful situation requires the English, Welsh and Scottish parliaments to uphold their wildlife laws, once and for all'. Read more here 👇:
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Following comments on the Manx Radio Late Show last night, presenter Stu Peters will not be presenting the show further whilst the matter is investigated. George Ferguson will be presenting the Late Show.
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Her Majesty Queen Camilla meeting the crowds outside Douglas City Hall. She’s now moved onto a reception at Government House, before departing the Island later this afternoon. Our live coverage continues .🎧➡️
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Here we gooooooo - TT 2024 incoming! 🏍️🏍️🏍️. The Manannan has arrived in Douglas and the roads just got a whole lot busier! 👀. Fastyr Mie and welcome to the Island 🇮🇲
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BREAKING NEWS: Politicians have voted for progressing assisted dying legislation through the Island's parliament. The Assisted Dying Bill was put before today's sitting of the House of Keys for its second reading. MHKs voted 17 for and 7 against.
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And it’s a big thanks from some of your Radio TT crew for 2022. A huge thanks for joining us from all the Manx Radio engineers, news team, presenters and crew who made it all happen.
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The capital is Royal Ready!. We’re live at Douglas City Hall as HM Queen Camilla is about to arrive to officially declare Douglas a city. 🎧➡️
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From Heartstopper. to showstopper!🎂. Manx actor Joe Locke is competing on Channel 4's Celebrity Stand Up 2 Cancer Bake Off tonight. Will you be watching? 👀
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With sunrise at 6.27am and sunset at 6.28pm, we'll see more than 12 hours of daylight for the first time in 2021 today #iom #ManxRadio
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BUSINESS: Fynoderee has produced a 'World Health Organisation approved' hand sanitiser, to help combat global supply shortages. The distillery made its first 250-litre batch yesterday, which will be donated to government #news #iom #ManxRadio #coronavirus
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There he is! 👀. Netflix has shared this first look at Heartstopper series 3 starring our very own Joe Locke 🇮🇲🙌🍂👇.
🍂Heartstopper Season 3 is coming to Netflix on October 3! 🍂 . And no better way to announce it than with an exclusive snippet of @billieeilish's new song, Birds of a Feather!
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Today is Blue Monday, which is meant to be the saddest day of the year. So we thought we'd remind you just how beautiful our Island is to try and help those January blues 😍
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Did you notice a strange light in the #Manx skies on Monday evening?. If so, well done, you were watching the #Landsat9 rocket launch from @SLDelta30 Space Force Base in California on an Atlas V 401 launch vehicle. Awesome photo thanks to @DaveCorkish. #ManxRadio @TweetbeatIOM
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NEWS: Her Majesty Queen Camilla to visit the Isle of Man next week!. She'll be on the Island to officially declare Douglas as a city. Douglas Council says it's expecting a 'throng of crowds' to welcome her. Will you be there?
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Paul Atherton is the winner of the 2021 Manx Telecom Parish Walk!.👏👏👏. A first-time winner, Paul finished the race in 15h 23m 41s. Watch the full video from the finish line on our Facebook page. @mtparishwalk
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SPORT: McGuinness confirms new deal. Morecambe Missile will make his 100th start at 2022 TT races. #sport #news #iom #ManxRadio
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The men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay team broke the Island record by 10.01 seconds! They're through to the final this evening. 👏. Joel Watterson also smashed his own Manx record for 100m Freestyle by more than a second with a time of 50.65. Well done, lads! 🇮🇲
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Happy Birthday to Hector Duff - the Normandy veteran celebrates his 100th birthday today.
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SPORT: Ian Hutchinson recovering after suffering 'stroke' . Yorkshireman says he fell ill whilst cycling in Spain. #sport #news #iom #ManxRadio
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It’s a beautiful start for what’s set to be the hottest day of the year so far. temperatures later are expected to reach 26 Celsius 🌞🌞. #iom #manxradio
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BREAKING: Police have formally identified the two men who died at this week’s Southern 100 as rider Alan Connor, 50, from County Meath and marshal Liam Clarke, 66, from Wigan. More to follow.
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What a scary experience for everyone involved. The RNLI has shared this footage from a volunteer's head cam of a recent rescue mission near Port St Mary to highlight the work they do keeping us safe. Incredible work 👏👏👏
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Would you like to see sea links improve between the Isle of Man and Ireland? 🇮🇪. It's something the boss of the Steam Packet would. ⛴️. Currently the company offers some services to Belfast and Dublin.
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#manxradio The Manxman has arrived in Manx waters and crowds have already gathered on Douglas Head to greet her as she’s due to enter the harbour around 9am. Live coverage on air on DAB, FM and AM with John Moss from now until she berths alongside. #iom #manxman #manxradio
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The 2019 Manx Telecom Parish Walk winner is Liam Parker! . In a time of 15:44:06. a second time winner, huge congratulations to Liam!. #ParishWalk2019 #sport #iom
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It certainly wasn’t the best weather this evening, but great to see the Red Arrows over Douglas Bay #RedArrows #iom #iomtt
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The TT wouldn't happen without the amazing marshals who volunteer to help keep everyone safe. Paul Kermode is hanging up his chequered flag this year after dedicating more than 60 years to the festival. He's been sharing some of his memories with us 🏍️
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Well, that's it for another year! 🏍️🏍️🏍️. If you're leaving us today, we hope you had a great visit, and have a safe journey home. See you in 2025! 🤩. Cair vie! 👋
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If there's one thing you can count on the Manx public for, it's their generosity when it comes to helping others 💪. Manx Support Refugees has been so overwhelmed by donations for Ukrainian refugees that it's had to pause taking any more. Incredible effort by those involved 👏
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Extinction Rebellion supporters have been protesting outside this month's sitting of Tynwald. They believe allowing gas to be extracted from the Manx seabed would ruin the Island's chances of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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It's pretty rough out there!. With speeds of up to 80mph, #StormBarra is taking its toll across the Island. Police are urging everyone to stay indoors where possible so please stay safe!
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🇮🇲 Have we mentioned he’s from the Isle of Man? 🇮🇲 . 👏 CONGRATULATIONS SIR MARK CAVENDISH! 👏. The Manx Missile has just become the most successful Tour de France rider … EVER … after taking his 35th victory!🥇.
🤯 SIR MARK CAVENDISH MAKES HISTORY🤯. The Manx Missile wins a record-breaking 35th stage of the Tour de France. The tears are flowing 🥹. @LeTour | @MarkCavendish | #TDF2024.
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We can't wait to see @Collabro tonight at @VillaGaiety with @JA_IOM. Have a great time if you're going ! #collabro #IOM #SeeYouThere
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Huge congratulations to Karl Staniford who’s completed his two day kayak journey around the Island!. He arrived back in Peel earlier at 5.30pm. Karl is raising money for three local charities in memory of his brother Cameron. Tap here to find out more:.
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Check out those waves captured by Steve! 😲🌊.
Douglas promenade hosted an excellent 'Salty Car Wash' event today. #stormkathleen @isleofmantoday @ManxRadio @ILoveTheIOM
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A number of people at Tynwald today staged a flash mob “die in” in protest at climate change.
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To mark the retirement of a long serving crew member after 40 years of service, the Ben My Chree arrived into port this evening with a tug boat escort, water hoses spraying and a symphony of ship whistles. #iom #manxradio
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BREAKING: MHKs have voted to approve the Assisted Dying Bill after its third reading. It'll now be looked at by the Legislative Council after the summer recess.
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It’s now seven weeks since the Isle of Man closed its borders. But the Ben-my-Chree is still busy bringing freight to the Island each day - here she is arriving in Douglas this morning. #iom #manxradio
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What an incredible moment! Well done to all involved @manxnature. Good luck out there, Crunchie! 🦭
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"I'm now your local bin woman and I absolutely love it!". Clara's sacrificing her career to make recycling on the Island easier, and she has big plans too! ♻️
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From September, students at St Ninian's High School won't be allowed to have their mobile phones turned on at all during the school day 📱. Is this something you'd like to see introduced at your child's school?
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It’s certainly a beautiful sight across Douglas Bay for the final day of 2020. #iom #manxradio
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How cute is this! 🦭. We love this footage from Ian Judd of a very friendly seal he met while snorkelling at the Calf yesterday. He says it played with him for over an hour and wouldn't leave him alone. It even blew bubbles at him!
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NEWS: Water refill stations at Noble's Park and the Grandstand have saved around 60-80,000 single-use plastic bottles being used over the TT fortnight. #News #IoM #ManxRadio
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NEWS: TT 'will return strong' for 2022. McGuinness says fans looking forward to it. #news #iom #ManxRadio
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NEWS: 'Rough, tough' decisions needed over government headcount says Douglas North MHK. John Wannenburgh has told Manx Radio he voted against this year's Budget due to the 'spiralling costs' of civil service headcount. #News #IoM #ManxRadio
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A retired entrepeneur has donated £1 million to Hospice Isle of Man. Ivan Soulsbury says he recognised that the charity was in need of urgent funding to secure its future.
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WHO'S EXCITED?! 🚢🚢. Manxman confirmed to arrive in Douglas Bay on Sunday. #news #isleofman #manxradio
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Here’s an amazing Parish Walk story. Edward Kelly suffered a stroke at 21 and is taking part in the walk today. He’s just started and is aiming to get to Braddan to raise lots of money for the Manx Stroke Foundation. Search his Just Giving page to donate. #ParishWalk2019
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Manx actor Joe Locke is set to make his Broadway debut in the new year in an adaptation of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The Heartstopper star will take to the stage as the character Tobias, with shows starting on 31 January 2024.
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🎾 Big news for Manx tennis player Billy Harris! 🎾. The 29-year-old has been given a wildcard for the men's singles at Wimbledon next month!. We'll find out who he'll play in the first round when the draw takes place next Friday.
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NEWS: Cavendish knighted in King's Birthday Honours. And there's an MBE for Captain Carter and a BEM for Milky Quayle! . Read all about it by clicking the link below:
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Queen Camilla has delivered a speech at Douglas City Hall officially declaring the Island's capital a city 🇮🇲. Crowds gathered outside to greet Her Majesty as she arrived shortly after 12:30pm 👑
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The Southern 100 Motorbike Show is on today! Come down and participate in our Quayside Racing Competition!
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The Ben-my-Chree unloading in Douglas just after 5.30 this morning. Passengers on board were the last to arrive before the Island's borders close. Freight sailings will continue. #iom #ManxRadio
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Chief Minister - "At this moment of national grief, I ask you to support each other, to help each other. I will do everything I can to protect the lives of our people.".
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BREAKING NEWS: The 2021 Isle of Man TT races have been cancelled for a second year in a row. Government says the decision had to be made because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic #news #iom #ManxRadio
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Temperatures reached 27 Celsius today making it the hottest June day on record in the Isle of Man. And we're still basking in glorious hot sunshine this evening!! #iom #summer #hot #recordbreaking
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It's official!. Manx boy Conor Cummins has re-signed with Milenco by Padgett's for this year's TT 🇮🇲🏍️. Only 109 days to go. 👀
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Ronaldsway Air Traffic Control have just confirmed to Manx Radio that this evening's Spitfire display over Douglas Bay IS going ahead. The weather is looking good enough and the aircraft is serviceable. Enjoy and share your pics/videos here.Photo: Ed Miles & Joseph Williamson
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Would you like to see a statue erected on the Isle of Man of the Manx Missile? . Onchan MHK Julie Edge has suggested the idea after Sir Mark Cavendish became the greatest ever Tour de France rider.
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Sam Brand is happy with his time 53.45.77 finished 22/53 & enjoyed every minute of it! Well done @SamNBrand! @GC2018 @IOMCycling @teamnovonordisk #GC2018 #sharethedream #iom #sport
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NEWS: The Island is back to no active cases of Covid-19, for the first time since early September #ManxRadio #News #IoM #Coronavirus
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TT NEWS: 'Respect organisers' says Glenn Irwin, after Senior TT called off. TT newcomer says race officials 'constantly being challenged' on social media. #news #iomtt #iom #ManxRadio
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