Questions over what will happen if people don’t pay the new ‘toilet tax’ have been raised by MHKs.
In the House of Keys yesterday the chairman of the Water and Sewerage Authority came under the spotlight.
The £50 sewerage charge, which applies to anyone connected to the public sewer system, will be introduced on April 1st.
However South Douglas MHK Kate Beecroft says the legal process of collecting the charge is blurred from local authorities’ perspectives:
'Significant' snowfall expected this weekend
The Island's Met Office is warning people to be prepared for snow this weekend.
Shop to close in 'almost impossible retail landscape'
A shop in Douglas says it's closing down for good later this month.
Oil be back, say pollution-hit ducks
A bird charity says it's hopeful three ducks will make a full recovery and be released back into the wild after a pollution incident.
Firefighters free horse trapped in pipe
Fire crews were called out to an unusual incident on New Year’s Day.
Rising number of cats in charity's care
An Island animal charity says it looked after almost 500 cats and kittens last year.
Price hikes for dumping appliances at civic amenity site
Disposing of appliances at the Eastern civic amenity site is now more expensive.
A&E visits rise more than 35 per cent in a decade
The number of people turning up at Accident and Emergency at Noble's Hospital has risen by more than 35 per cent in the last decade.
Island gets northern lights show
Aurora watchers were treated to a show in Manx skies last night.
