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OLD NEWS 30 NOVEMBER 2025 Ice!

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12 minutes | Sunday, 30 November 2025
With icy weather having gripped the Island again recently, H looks back to see if it's something new for the papers to report. And you've guessed - it isnt! Some things never change . . . !
11 minutes | Sunday, 23 November 2025
With talk of the introduction of 20mph zones never far from the headlines of late it seems - H looks back at the papers to see if this concept is new. Spoiler alert - it isn't.
13 minutes | Sunday, 16 November 2025
Did you see the aurora recently? Did you know it was news in the Manx papers over a hundred years ago?! It was of course - it's old news!
13 minutes | Sunday, 9 November 2025
As the public decide to call a new tram horse foal "Mona", H looks back at how the "trammers" .. .as the horses are sometimes known, have featured in the papers over the years. Overworked? Or "a gentleman's life"?!
12 minutes | Sunday, 2 November 2025
As a local farmer asks for further restrictions on the use of fireworks, H looks back in the papers on how they have featured in the press over the years - both the good and the bad . . .
13 minutes | Sunday, 26 October 2025
As works take place to repair parts of the flues in the chimney at Peel Power Station, H looks back at stories featuring the facility which have appeared in the papers over the years
13 minutes | Sunday, 19 October 2025
As six years are marked since the terrible floods in Laxey, H looks back at other flood stories on the Island over the years - more than you'd think including one which was particularly bitter . .
16 minutes | Sunday, 12 October 2025
As we hear that the Island's population of choughs seems to be in decline, H looks back at how the iconic species have fared on the Island over the years as reported in the Manx papers
14 minutes | Sunday, 5 October 2025
As the iconic cottage hits the news again as it's reported work is to get underway to repair its rare earth and thatch roof following storm damage, H looks back at how it hit the headlines when it was first opened to the public in 1938
15 minutes | Sunday, 28 September 2025
As the OED lists Manx words which have been "borrowed" by the English language and are listed in the dictionary, H looks back at Manx words in the papers over the years. Pinjean anyone?!
11 minutes | Sunday, 21 September 2025
As a special mural is unveiled to celebrate 125 years of the Gaiety Theatre, H looks back at reporting on its opening and how some of its early entertainment was reported!
14 minutes | Sunday, 14 September 2025
As we hear the good news that Manx Shearwater numbers on the Calf of Man are bouncing back, H finds out how the iconic seabird has featured in the papers over the decades - and how it once featured on the Manx Christmas table . .!
10 minutes | Sunday, 7 September 2025
As an MHK says he wants to see local Ice Cream remain on the menu for primary school dinners, H looks at how Ice Cream has featured in the papers over the years. . .
14 minutes | Sunday, 31 August 2025
As primary school meals on the Island are made healthier, H looks back at how the provision of school meals has featured over the years in the papers . .
13 minutes | Sunday, 24 August 2025
From a cancellation before WW2 to selling the event in the UK, the MGP has never been far from the news . .
8 minutes | Sunday, 17 August 2025
A planned breakout from the internment camp in 1917 - partly foiled by artist Archibald Knox . .!
9 minutes | Sunday, 10 August 2025
In the last of the holiday mini-series of Old News, H looks back to happenings in 1921 . . including a drop in population and licensing issues
10 minutes | Sunday, 3 August 2025
H looks back at some news from 1911 . . a year which saw the first aeroplane to be seen on the Island . . taking off from Nobles Park . . . and strikes on the horse trams!
6 minutes | Sunday, 27 July 2025
In this week's edition, Howard looks back at a radio station planned for Creg-ny-Baa in 1938 and an event involving Laxey Wheel.
6 minutes | Sunday, 20 July 2025
H looks back at the incredible beaching of a massive whale on the Island, almost exactly 100 years ago!
7 minutes | Sunday, 13 July 2025
H looks back 100 years to news of 1925!
12 minutes | Sunday, 6 July 2025
It's Tynwald Day tomorrow - not on the 5th though . . but that's old news of course . .
16 minutes | Sunday, 29 June 2025
As PSM commissioners work to deal with the smell of rotting seaweed, H looks back at how it's been dealt with around the Island over the years. There's no shortage of it around the Island's coastlines - but is it a boon or a bane?
13 minutes | Sunday, 22 June 2025
As school attendance is raised in the Keys, H looks back at how attendance - or truancy - has featured over the years - and why blackberries used to be a problem. . .
10 minutes | Sunday, 15 June 2025
Never far from the news and looking for new members - how have the council fared in the press over the years? Pretty well it seems with a good row never far away . .!
12 minutes | Sunday, 8 June 2025
It's not always the case that the sun shines on the Isle of Man - ask any TT fan - but when it is sunny does it make the news? H looks back .
15 minutes | Sunday, 1 June 2025
H looks back at more stories from the past about the Island's most iconic sporting event
16 minutes | Sunday, 25 May 2025
H looks back again at how the TT has featured in the papers over the years. There's no shortage of old news here!
12 minutes | Sunday, 18 May 2025
H looks back at some of the thoughts recorded in the Island's newspapers over the years on the subject of warm weather. Get your flannels on and keep off the buses !
13 minutes | Sunday, 11 May 2025
As we celebrate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, H looks back at how it was celebrated here on the Isle of Man
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