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Old News
Views from the past on the Isle of Man news stories of the day with Howard Caine
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Episodes
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OLD NEWS 11 JANUARY 2026 Comets!
Sunday, 11 January 2026
As we hear that comet Schaumasse may be visible in Manx skies, H looks back to see how the heavenly visitors have featured in the papers over the years. More than you may think!
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OLD NEWS 04 JANUARY 2026 NEW YEAR 1926!
Sunday, 4 January 2026
As we start 2026 . .. . H looks back exactly 100 years to the start of 1926!
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OLD NEWS 28 DECEMBER 2025 Boxing Day!
Sunday, 28 December 2025
It may have just passed, but H looks at some wonderful Boxing Day traditions reported on in the Manx papers over the years. Bring back the Police v Clergy football match!
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OLD NEWS 21 DECEMBER 2025
Sunday, 21 December 2025
It's Christmas! As it has been at this time of year for generations. H looks at how it's featured in the papers over the years. Merry Christmas!
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OLD NEWS 14 DECEMBER 2025 Xmas Decorations!
Sunday, 14 December 2025
H looks back at Xmas lights and decorations reported in the papers over the years! And how "Ollick" found an "N" !
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OLD NEWS 07 DECEMBER 2025 Ramsey Cottage Hospital
Sunday, 7 December 2025
Ramsey Cottage Hospital: No closing or change of use contemplated. Recent news? Yes - but this headline was first used in 1961!
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OLD NEWS 30 NOVEMBER 2025 Ice!
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 . . . !
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OLD NEWS 23 NOVEMBER 2025 20mph limit
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.
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OLD NEWS 16 NOVEMBER 2025 Aurora
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!
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OLD NEWS 09 NOVEMBER 2025 Tram Horses
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"?!
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OLD NEWS 02 NOVEMBER 2025 Fireworks
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 . . .
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OLD NEWS 26 OCTOBER 2025 Peel Power Station
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
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OLD NEWS 19 OCTOBER 2025 Floods!
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 . .
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OLD NEWS 12 OCTOBER 2025 Chough!
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
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OLD NEWS 05 OCTOBER 2025 Harry Kelly's Cottage
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
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OLD NEWS 28 SEPTEMBER 2025 Manx words
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?!
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OLD NEWS 21 SEPTEMBER 2025 Gaiety Theatre
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!
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OLD NEWS 14 SEPTEMBER 2025 MANX SHEARWATERS
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 . .!
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OLD NEWS 07 SEPTEMBER 2025 Ice Cream
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. . .
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OLD NEWS 31 AUGUST 2025 School Meals
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 . .
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OLD NEWS 24 AUGUST 2025 MGP
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 . .
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OLD NEWS 17 AUGUST 2025 Knockaloe
Sunday, 17 August 2025
A planned breakout from the internment camp in 1917 - partly foiled by artist Archibald Knox . .!
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OLD NEWS 10 AUGUST 2025 1921!
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
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OLD NEWS 03 AUGUST 2025 . . . 1911
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!
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OLD NEWS 27 JULY 2025
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.
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OLD NEWS 20 JULY 2025 The 1925 Whale!
Sunday, 20 July 2025
H looks back at the incredible beaching of a massive whale on the Island, almost exactly 100 years ago!
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OLD NEWS 13 JULy 2025 - 1925
Sunday, 13 July 2025
H looks back 100 years to news of 1925!
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OLD NEWS 06 JULY 2025 Tynwald Day
Sunday, 6 July 2025
It's Tynwald Day tomorrow - not on the 5th though . . but that's old news of course . .
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OLD NEWS 29 JUNE 2025 - Seaweed
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?
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OLD NEWS 22 JUNE 2025 School Attendance
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. . .
