A Cumbrian MP as well as a well known Border TV presenter Fiona Armstrong have this afternoon asked the Council of Ministers for their support in keeping a borders newsroom going.
The merger of Border with Tyne Tees is seen as a threat to local coverage.
Manx viewers are being asked to send in postcards to OFCom, the communications watchdog, to keep the coverage going.
Carlisle MP Eric Martlew:
Phone users told to 'pipe down' by Wetherspoons
Customers asked to switch their phones to silent or use earphones
Businesses at Grandstand hopeful of breaking-even as weather disrupts racing
MGP sessions disrupted due to conditions
Post Office starts procurement for PSM services
Follows closure of village's newsagent
£5K boost to charity helping people tackle cost-of-living pressures
Donated by Island energy provider
