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MANX NEWSCAST: 

• New silent book club offering residents 'dedicated' quiet reading hour

  A new silent book club is offering people with busy lives a dedicated reading hour in 'peace and quiet'.This evening (April 23), Douglas City Library is hosting the event from 6:45pm until 8pm to give residents 'uninterrupted' time to read their own book with refreshments.Readers are able to bring a book in any format including audiobooks, e-readers, paperbacks, manga or comics.It’s been arranged to coincide with World Book Night’s 'Reading Hour' project, and the library's official membership of the international Silent Book Club.The club will then continue as a 'regular reading retreat' for users on the last Wednesday of every month from 6.30pm–8pm.Deputy Librarian Sophie Goodwin and City Librarian Jan Macartney have been speaking to Local Democracy Reporter Emma Draper.

MANX RADIO MANNIN LINE:

• Mannin Line - Friday 24th April 2026

  Do you need an insurance certificate or not to tax your vehicle, the census and do you support the need for photo ID at the ferry? All on today's Mannin Line with Alex

PERSPECTIVE:

• Perspective 19.4.26 - what does the Department of Education’s Manx Language Service do? You might be surprised.

  Since 1992 the Department of Education has been teaching Manx to the Island’s children. For just over a third of a century now most children have been learning a bit of Manx at primary school, and some have been learning a lot more at secondary school. As part of Blein ny Gaelgey - Year of the Manx Language - Perspective continues its series of talks with the movers and shakers of the Manx language with head of the Department of Education’s Manx Language Service, Cathy Clucas. Cathy Clucas has been at the heart of the Manx language revival for three decades - she must have been very young when she started …

MANX RADIO SPORT:

• Friday Sport Preview (24-4-26)

  In tonight's programme:The first rounds proper of the Hospital Cup and Junior Cup form the majority of this weekend's Isle of Man football agendaIn rugby, a trio of Island sides are on the road for the final games of their respective seasons - In Counties 3 ADM Lancashire/Cheshire Minor Conference League, both Vagabonds and Ramsey are on the road, with Ramsey's game having some important extra meaning, and Vagabonds Ladies are rounding out a steady campaign in Women's NC2 North (South) with a journey to the league championsAnd in hockey the 2026 Manx season has its grand finale this weekend with six trophies up for grabs across two days of action for this year's Isle of Man hockey cup finals weekend
  Rob Pritchard is joined by Tony Mepham, Dave Christian and Ben Cunningham

 

 AGENDA: 

• Agenda 20.4.26 - Paul Craine is back to consider the policy implications of his second IoM population atlas.

  About a month ago Paul Craine told Agenda about the quite stark findings of his second IoM population atlas. The statistics showing a significantly aging population were bad enough in Mr Craine’s first population atlas but the latest version tells an increasingly concerning tale. So what’s to be done? Find out on this week’s Agenda. Have we been too focussed on policies to keep growing the economy and the public services we need and enjoy? Should we instead be developing policy that leads to a happier, more contented society that’s not forever chasing its tail. Anyone out there bold enough to have a dream?!

MANX RADIO UPDATE:

• Update Friday 17 April 2026

  The MHK behind assisted dying is ‘disappointed’ the UK government blocked a move to grant it Royal Assent in its current form.Peel Commissioners have met for the first time since a row broke out last month.Amazon MGM Studios will be on Island soon, filming for an upcoming TT movie.
  

 

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