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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationHistoric ship figurehead on showAn historic ship's figurehead, which was washed ashore in 1895, has gone on display on the Isle of Man.The figure was on view inside the main gate at the Curraghs Wildlife Park in Ballaugh, before being donated to Manx National Heritage last year. The figurehead has now been restored and is on show at the Nautical Museum in Castletown. It was commonly believed by sailors that a female form in a state of undress would pacify a raging sea. Curator Matthew Richardson said: "Unfortunately, continuous exposure to the elements threatened the long term survival of the figurehead, so MNH undertook to care for it as part of the national collections. "I am delighted to say that the figurehead is now back on public display, after some conservation treatment, undercover in the more appropriate surroundings of the Nautical Museum, alongside other artefacts illustrating the Isle of Man's links to the sea." The Nautical Museum is part of the award-winning Story of Mann.
Suffolk man arrested, had bomb on bodyA Suffolk man was arrested Sunday evening after leading Isle of Wight County Sheriff's Deputies on a pursuit.The chase began in the 15,000 block of Carrolton Boulevard at Ron's BP. Deputies responded to the gas station after receiving a call that a man had an improvised explosive device strapped to his body. A passerby told police she approached Frank L. Turner in the parking lot of the gas station just after 8 p.m., because she needed a lighter. The passerby says she saw the bomb on Turner's body. When deputies arrived, the 42-year-old got in his car and fled towards Suffolk. Turner eventually crashed at the intersection of Muddy Coast Circle and Carrolton Boulevard. Police say Turner threw the bomb device into a wooded area. The Virginia State Police bomb squad recovered the bomb.
Aoki Enlists For Mutant ChroniclesDevon Aoki, best known as the slinky Suki in 2Fast 2Furious and as the murderous Miho in Sin City, will play a battle-scared soldier in The Mutant Chronicles, alongside Thomas Jane and John Malkovich.She’s co-starring as Duval, a woman who shoves her duties as a solider battling evil NecroMutants higher in her priorities list than being a parent to her two young children. Working mothers, eh? The Tories would have a field day with her. Simon Hunter’s previously announced sci fi tale starts shooting this summer in London and on the Isle of Man. .Coldplay close Nokia Isle Of Wight FestivalColdplay have closed the Nokia Isle Of Wight Festival tonight (June 11), paying special tribute to England striker Peter Crouch. Including songs 'Yellow', 'Swallowed In The Sea', 'Fix You' and 'The Scientist' in their set, frontman Chris Martin unveiled his tribute to the lanky footballer. "I've got a secret to share with you," Martin told the crowd. "If England do well in the World Cup we're going to release a single called 'Do The Crouch'. So if England win the world cup we're going to get our first number one." Calling the song "very simple", Martin then revealed the lyrics: Get up off the sofa/ get up off the couch/ stop what you're doing and do the Crouch/. The band then worked the song about the former Queens Park Rangers man into several of their own tracks. On 'Don't Panic', which saw guitarist Johnny Buckland sing the second verse, Martin worked the lyrics into the final chorus, he did the same during 'Talk' and copied the striker's robotic dance during 'In My Place' Coldplay also paid tribute to Lou Reed covering his classic 'Perfect Day'.Mother of autistic toddler braces herself for new battle with ex-husbandLEEDS, UK: A mother is bracing herself for a fresh court battle with her former husband a year after he was jailed for torching her home as their autistic son slept upstairs.Andrew Baker, 31, has been freed from prison early less than a year after being sentenced for the arson attack on the home of his then wife, Lyndsey Foy, their autistic son Luke, four, and Lyndsey's son from a previous relationship Joshua, 12. Firefighters had to rescue Luke from his bedroom as flames and smoke took hold of the house in Belle Isle, Leeds, trapping the toddler inside. Baker is now demanding access to the son, whose life he put in such grave danger. Recalling the chilling moment she opened the solicitor's letter making the demands, Lyndsey told the Yorkshire Evening Post: "I thought it was some kind of sick joke.
Broadband operator Be bought by O2O2 became the third UK mobile operator in the last month to branch out into fixed-line broadband services, with an announcement today that it has bought broadband operator Be.Be expects to make its broadband network available to about half of the UK population by the end of this year, and 70 percent of the population by the end of next year. The deal values the company at £50m. O2 didn't reveal specific details of the broadband offering it plans to make in the UK, but it will meet with some stiff competition. Orange recently unveiled a service in the UK that offers free broadband connections to mobile subscribers on service plans that cost £30 or more per month. Carphone Warehouse also offers free broadband to its fixed-line telephone service subscribers.
Advantage Nicholls for BRC RallymastersThe third round of the BRC Rallymasters takes place in the Jim Clark National Rally and joint championship leader Will Nicholls has been handed an advantage heading to the event with the news that rival points leader Nigel Griffiths will not contest the tarmac event.BRC Rallymasters Astra Stages winner Nicholls and Pirelli National Rally winner Griffiths are tied on 36 points apiece heading to the tarmac of Kelso but work commitments have forced Griffiths to miss the event, meaning that all Nicholls needs to do is finish in the points to take the lead. Its a shame but work commitments have come up meaning I have to miss the Jim Clark, says Powys-based Griffiths. I dont think we would have been able to compete with Will on the tarmac anyway, but well give him a bit of a lead before we get back at him later in the season. Family: Suspect in crash needs helpLarry Jacobs' family said they were searching for him in North and South Carolina when they heard he had been arrested in connection with a collision with a motorcycle in Myrtle Beach.The 67-year-old businessman had vanished late Saturday from his home in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., without taking his medication for bipolar disorder and manic depression, said his daughter, Kimberly McGillewie. Jacobs remained jailed without bond Wednesday in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center. He was charged Sunday with assault and battery with intent to kill. Witnesses told police he plowed his car into a motorcycle driven by 27-year-old Makino Robinson that morning, then drove for several miles with Robinson's wrecked bike under his car. The family now wonders what more could have been done to help Jacobs before his arrest.
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