Sunken gardens maintenance to begin
Repairing the walls of the sunken gardens on Loch promenade has been given the go-ahead.
They were damaged by Storm Barra in December of last year and will cost in the region of £200k to put right.
Douglas Borough Council leader, Claire Wells, says it's taken until now to get the go-ahead from insurers to begin the work:
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John Boyer says they also found a second one in the same place a few days later