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Dancer glad to find work in hospital canteen

Coronavirus restrictions have left more than 1,300 out of work

A Manx woman who was due to return to her job as a dancer in Europe before the coronavirus lockdown came in to force says she's thankful to have found work at the hospital.

Micha Quayle has been working in the canteen after the global restrictions meant she was unable to take up an eight-month contract in Portugal.

The impact of coronavirus on the Manx economy has seen unemployment rise to more than 1,300.

Ms Quayle says it's been a relief to find alternative employment:

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