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BBC News
2 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Price of a pint of Manx milk to increase by 5p in July
A pint of milk on the Isle of Man will increase in price by 5p to 90p from 1 July, the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture has the Milk Prices (Amendment) Order 2025, a litre will increase by 5p to £1.50, but a 1,750ml container's price will not milk produced on island is processed by the Isle of Man Creamery, which is a farmer-owned order confirmed the uplift was recommended to "secure the future of the Manx dairy industry, ensuring a continuing supply of fresh Manx milk" for the island's residents. Retail prices for milk on the Isle of Man are set by the Milk Marketing Committee, which is chaired by the environment minister and includes representatives from the Office of Fair Trading and the National Farmers' last increase was seen in January 2023, when a litre rose by 10p to £1.45 due to rising costs in the dairy order, which does not need to be voted on by MHKs, will go before Tynwald later this month. 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
3 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Opportunity to comment on Douglas and Onchan 20mph proposals
Detailed plans for the latest round of a scheme to introduce lower speed limits in residential areas have been put out for consultation. The move, brought forward by the Department of Infrastructure, will see the 20mph (32km) limits implemented in built up areas across the island over the next 18 living in Douglas and Onchan have been given until 4 July to submit feedback on the proposals for those areas ahead of the continuation of the Minister Michelle Haywood said her department was not to asking "whether there would be reduced speed limits, but which roads should be included". Last month Tynwald approved the Department of Infrastructure's plan for the scheme, which outlined increased public involvement and how the project would be put in said her department was "probably running one of the biggest consultation exercises that has ever been done", as the team aimed to engage with every local authority area over the coming months. 'Local knowledge' Maps have been made available to view at Onchan Commissioners' office, Onchan Library, Douglas City Hall, Douglas City Library and the Sea detailed maps have also been made available in an online portal, which allows people to leave feedback by selecting the road they wish to comment can also be sent by email to the traffic regulation order said Tynwald members had now approved the move three times, meaning she now needed to "deliver something that is the best for each residential area". "Our proposals are there, and they can contract or expand depending on local knowledge," she said while the department's engineers knew "what the road looks like in terms of highway designs", local residents were best place to comment on "how people use the road and how the traffic flows through the area".Roads near schools, hospitals and care homes, along with places "where we know there is an increased probability of people who are vulnerable", would be prioritised under the scheme, Haywood the department had gathered views and adjusted the proposals accordingly, the department would "feel we have the green light" to implement the reduced speed limits, she 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
21-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Call for 'gaslighting' remark withdrawal rejected by Tynwald
A committee's call for the Manx chief minister to withdraw comments that accused the former health minister of "gaslighting" has been rejected by the Cannan said Lawrie Hooper's resignation speech on 15 October was a "fabrication" of facts and accused him of "gaslighting" the Council of Ministers and the public over Manx Care's funding.A Tynwald Standards and Members' Interests Committee report found Cannan's language to be "unacceptable" and called for the remarks to be that recommendation, and a second that would have seen politicians given training on parliamentary language, were voted down by Tynwald members. When delivering his resignation statement in October, Hooper said he believed Cannan had an "ultimate aim to try and privatise our health service".A day later, when Hooper was not present, Cannan said the statement was a "fabrication" describing it as a "falsehood and a slur on the Council of Ministers".The remarks were reported to the committee by Hooper, which also considered comments from a failed motion of no confidence in the chief minister in the House of Keys on 29 that debate several members criticised Cannan's remarks about Hooper. In its latest report the committee concluded Cannan's language had been "unacceptable" and said it was "not acceptable parliamentary practice for one member to characterise what another member has said as fabrication, falsehood or gaslighting".It also suggested training should be undertaken by all members "in the principles of parliamentary language and debate".During the debate on the findings in the Manx parliament, Rob Callister MHK said he believed the "entire situation should never have escalated to a stage requiring reporting and recommendations".Julie Edge MHK said: "We need to stop pretending that we need training camps and start demanding basic decency." Committee chairman Juan Watterson SHK told members he thought they were "capable of making their point in debate without impugning character or using inappropriate language".He said it would be "right that we do as much as we can to learn from this episode and reduce the risk of any similar difficulties arising in future".However, the motion failed to gain enough voted in after the session, Watterson said, by not supporting the recommendations, they had "passed a motion that will allow acceptable standards of behaviour in our national parliament to be far lower". 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.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Extra government funding would 'protect hospice'
Increased government funding for Isle of Man's only hospice would help to "protect the service for the future", the chief executive has said. A sum of £1.75m from Manx Care's budget was provided to the organisation in 2025, a figure below the £2.4m it had requested to maintain core clinical services. Hospice Isle of Man chief executive John Knight said the uplift would have made it "feel very sustainable" as a way to offset increasing financial pressures and a fall in legacy donations. In April, Tynwald agreed that the funding awarded to third sector organisations, including the hospice, should be looked at as part of an ongoing healthcare reform review. Mr Knight said it was also "incumbent" on the charity to manage the current challenges "in different ways", such as the introduction of a private pain management clinic. Profits from the commercially-run Crowther Clinic, set to offer joint and headache pain relief services for private patients from 12 June, would be reinvested in the hospice's general services, including end of life care. In March, the organisation issued an open letter raising concerns that "increasing financial pressures" were "threatening the long term sustainability" of the service. It called for a review of the existing funding model and "early action to prevent any unnecessary reduction in specialist palliative and end of life care". That was someone that was reflected in the wider debate in the Manx parliament on the Manx Care mandate in April. Mr Knight said the organisation had made a deficit in five of the last six years, despite "false perceptions we are a wealthy charity", leaving it with reserves of about 12 months of funding. He said the staffing headcount had been reduced by 26 members to a team of 106 in recent years, which meant the charity was "now at the point where there is not much more by way savings in the support functions to be made". Mr Knight said he had also noticed a slow decline in legacy donations, which could be connected to the current economic climate, and a jump in costs "which are out our control" such as pay increases, and the cost of energy, medicines and other clinical supplies. The requested extra funding from government would have meant "we would be at that the tipping point into a very sustainable organisation" although it would still have to secure most of its funding via donations, he said. "We have to manage the pressures by fundraising in a different way, such as using skills we have internally to expand our portfolio and drive money back towards charitable activity," he said. That would protect the service for the future because population data suggested "demand is only set to grow", 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. Forget-me-not scheme a 'tribute to loved ones' Manx hospice 'predominantly' back to full services Hospice Isle of Man
BBC News
18-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Extra government funding would 'protect Manx hospice', boss says
Increased government funding for Isle of Man's only hospice would help to "protect the service for the future", the chief executive has said.A sum of £1.75m from Manx Care's budget was provided to the organisation in 2025, a figure below the £2.4m it had requested to maintain core clinical Isle of Man chief executive John Knight said the uplift would have made it "feel very sustainable" as a way to offset increasing financial pressures and a fall in legacy April, Tynwald agreed that the funding awarded to third sector organisations, including the hospice, should be looked at as part of an ongoing healthcare reform review. Mr Knight said it was also "incumbent" on the charity to manage the current challenges "in different ways", such as the introduction of a private pain management from the commercially-run Crowther Clinic, set to offer joint and headache pain relief services for private patients from 12 June, would be reinvested in the hospice's general services, including end of life March, the organisation issued an open letter raising concerns that "increasing financial pressures" were "threatening the long term sustainability" of the called for a review of the existing funding model and "early action to prevent any unnecessary reduction in specialist palliative and end of life care".That was someone that was reflected in the wider debate in the Manx parliament on the Manx Care mandate in April. Mr Knight said the organisation had made a deficit in five of the last six years, despite "false perceptions we are a wealthy charity", leaving it with reserves of about 12 months of said the staffing headcount had been reduced by 26 members to a team of 106 in recent years, which meant the charity was "now at the point where there is not much more by way savings in the support functions to be made".Mr Knight said he had also noticed a slow decline in legacy donations, which could be connected to the current economic climate, and a jump in costs "which are out our control" such as pay increases, and the cost of energy, medicines and other clinical requested extra funding from government would have meant "we would be at that the tipping point into a very sustainable organisation" although it would still have to secure most of its funding via donations, he said."We have to manage the pressures by fundraising in a different way, such as using skills we have internally to expand our portfolio and drive money back towards charitable activity," he would protect the service for the future because population data suggested "demand is only set to grow", 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.
