At Christmas time, geese are meant to be 'a-laying' – six of them, according to the 'Twelve Days of Christmas' – but five geese in Ronague chose escaping. The geese, who were destined for the dinner plate in the festive period, went AWOL in October.
The Oie'll Verree sevice at the remote Kerrowkeil Chapel, in Ronague, is Rushen Silver Band's longest standing annual engagement. Held on the eve of the Feast of Mary, it's a Manx traditional celebration of Old Christmas Eve that takes place on January 4.
Ronague snowboarder Zoe Gillings-Brier claimed two podiums over the weekend at the European Cup competitions in Lenk, Switzerland. Britain's number one snowboard-crosser took bronze on Saturday following a nail-biting photo finish before a ...