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Splashing out for charities

Click to buy photos from our newspaper ➔ Printed and digital download photos available On beaches across the island people will be gathering to see the new year in by taking part in the traditional dip in the Irish Sea. Organised events include: People can sign up online and download sponsorship forms at: www.douglasdip.com Ramsey - 11am, registration at the Lifeboat House, South Promenade. The event is hosted by the RNLI and any money raised through sponsorship will benefit it and Bunscoill Rhumsaa. Peel - 12pm outside Peel Sailing and Cruising Club. Sponsor forms can be collected from Greens Jewellers at 37 Michael Street, to raise funds for Peel Lifeboat, Multiple Sclerosis and the Huntington’s Disease Association.

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Manx Utilities drops plans for sewage works

Four beaches rated top quality

Port St Mary beach has been rated ‘excellent’ for bathing under the highest European quality standards Click to buy photos from our newspaper ➔ Printed and digital download photos available Four beaches will become designated bathing waters next summer as the island introduces Europe’s highest water quality standards. In December 2019, Tynwald agreed a strategy for the adoption of the 2006 EU Bathing Water Directive, having already agreed the previous 1976 directive was ’inadequate’. Following the decision local authorities were consulted before being invited to apply for their beaches to be designated. The government received eight applications, of which four were approved for the next bathing season which begins on May 1.

Young Farmers tractor runs raise more than £2,500 for charities

The inaugural Isle of Man Young Farmers Southern Tractor Run passes Port Erin Click to buy photos from our newspaper ➔ Printed and digital download photos available Isle of Man Young Farmers Christmas tractor runs once again proved a bit hit over the weekend. ’It was just amazing to see how many people came out and how excited they were, especially the kids. It was really overwhelming,’ says Bryony Kneale, secretary of the Young Farmers’ Federation. The event seems to get bigger and better every year and this year there was not only one run but two. The first, on Friday evening, saw 30 tractors setting off from King William’s College and taking a tour around the south of the island for the first time.