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BBC News
16-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Views gathered on future Market Square vehicle ban
People are being encouraged to share their views on the future pedestrianisation of a town square after a bid to ban vehicles during winter previously divided opinion.A consultation, which will run until 26 August, has been launched by Castletown Commissioners on its future policy on banning vehicles in Market new local authority board said it planned to keep the summer closure but reverse previous plans to extended that to winter, instead only shutting the space for community consultation also includes plans to shorten the period of time the square is shut under the summer closure. Under the proposals, the summer closure would begin from the first Saturday in May instead of the current 1 reinstatement of parking would also be brought forward to the first Monday in September from the end of that month. However, the space is proposed to be closed during the Easter weekend each year. The local authority said it planned to put movable barriers in place to enforce the existing vehicle ban on Arbory Street and Malew local authority is also proposing to provide general disc parking within Barracks Square, including disabled parking and delivery bays for services to businesses and properties within pedestrianised of Castletown Commissioners Tony Brown said the board "believes it is important to consult with the town regarding major proposals such as this that will have an impact on residents and businesses".The process will run alongside another wider consultation on parking in the local authority said it would consider feedback and publish its final proposals before implementing the changes, which were hoped to be put in place in of the proposals have been made available at Castletown Town Hall and online. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
Irish Independent
14-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Champions Castletown get the job done against Starlights
Champions Castletown didn't need to be any more than adequate to record a comfortable victory over Starlights in Group A of the Dominic Smith Electrical Senior football championship in Chadwicks Wexford Park on Friday. It was a seven out of ten performance at best, but it was the ideal way for the holders to ease themselves into competitive fare with the minimum of fuss.
BBC News
09-07-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Chance for racing fans to hear from past Southern 100 champions
Racing fans have the chance to hear memories of the Southern 100 Road Race's 70-year history at a special run on 14 July 1955, the race has grown into a four-day event which attracts more than 300 entries to compete on the 4.25 miles (6.8 km) Billown Course in the south of the Isle of mark the milestone, several past champions will be sharing their stories and reflections during a special chat show in the Fanzone in Castletown's Market Square from 13:30 will also include the chance for fans to get photographs taken with the riders and secure autographs. Known as "the friendly races", the event consistently attracts many of the top names in road racing, with Michael Dunlop, Davey Todd and Dean Harrison all on this year's start the 18 champions visiting the island to take part in the celebrations is 91-year-old Ron Langston, who won the solo championship in past champions, include fan favourites Charlie Williams, Ian Lougher and Ryan Farquhar. Phil Edge who is on the organising committee said the level of affection for the event was down to the "hard work of our predecessors" who designed the course and built up a good reputation for "treating everybody involved as equal".The 2025 event got under way on Monday with a full evening of qualifying was an initial delay to the start of Tuesday's action at the request of Manx Care as Noble's Hospital was working to discharge a high number of patients, however the session did get under way a short time Todd continued to set the fastest pace in practise, however the planning opening two races of the event had to be postponed after rain showers on parts of the course. Wednesday evening race programme includes four solo contests and the first sidecar race, with the action due to begin at 18: around the course are set to close at 18:00 and reopen no later than 21: at the event, which is being streamed live online for the first time this year as well as being shown on a big screen in Market Square, continues until Thursday. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
02-07-2025
- BBC News
Review of Castletown parking provision to be carried out
A review of parking provision across a town in the south of the Isle of Man is set to be carried out by the local authority for the Commissioners voted in favour of undertaking a strategic plan of the town's short-term, medium-term and long-term follows public feedback, sparked by previous plans to pedestrianise Market Square during the winter, that there was not enough parking in the centre or close to the John Cringle said there was a "finite" amount of parking in he town and it was "really important" different areas were considered for designation. The review is due to be completed in the autumn. 'Finding a balance' The plan, which will consider the views of local residents, would run alongside a separate review into the future parking provision at Market Square. Cringle said it was about "finding the balance" so residents felt they were "not disadvantaged by having to park miles away from their home, but equally that visitors can feel they can have a period of time where they can walk around and go to the shops."He said a new plan would be open to change and the commissioners would be "big enough" to acknowledge if it had not worked or if there were areas for had not been a "significant review" into the town's parking before, but there was a feeling that the current provision "was not being used efficiently", he idea was to have the shorter-term parking in the town centre, with more medium and longer-term parking further out, he added. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
27-06-2025
- BBC News
Bus services to Manx beauty spot reinstated in new route
Bus services to a beauty spot on the Isle of Man are set to be restored as part of a new route linking the west and south of the Vannin is launching the 8S route, which is expected to run every day, year-round, from Peel to The Sound via Cregneash from 21 July, subject to approval by the Road Transport Licensing government said the decision to introduce the service was taken to "meet passenger requirements" and would "fill a gap in bus services" identified in consultation responses to a recent bus service follows the government's decision to scrap a seasonal service to Cregneash last year after being deemed not financially viable. A subsequent backlash, including the decision being dubbed "short-sighted" by Arbory and Rushen commissioners, led to Infrastructure Minister Michelle Haywood committing to review the is set to serve Peel, Foxdale, the airport, Castletown, Port Erin, Port St Mary and The government said the route would be reviewed once in place and might change based on the passenger said she was "delighted" that Bus Vannin was able to introduce the route, adding the service was "good news for residents and visitors to our island". Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
