24 July 2026
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NSC will reopen at 4pm

The National Sports Centre (NSC) will reopen today (April 9) at 4pm, the facility has been shut due to the water level of the river and for flood defences to be put on the buildings.

The river has now significantly dropped, meaning staff can start taking down the flood barriers.

NSC

Aqua Adventures course in the pool will be going ahead at 4pm.

A picture from the NSC earlier today.

The centre will reassess after any rainfall overnight and announce at 7.30am tomorrow (April 10) morning if there are any disruptions to Wednesday’s activities.

Rainfall

A yellow warning was issued last night for heavy rain and localised flooding into today; the warning was in place from Midday yesterday until 11am today.

Tomorrow is looking like band of quite heavy rain arriving during the morning which will clear for a time in the afternoon.

Although it could still be rather dull, before rain returns in the evening or at first in the night before finally clearing away.

The fresh southerly winds strengthen as the rain arrives. Top temperatures of 12°C.

Mostly dry but fairly cloudy on Thursday, with perhaps some rain overnight.

Moderate to fresh southwest winds and top temperatures of 15°C.

Charlie Morrey is a Broadcast & Multi Media Journalist for Manx.News and also is a Presenter on Energy FM. Charlie has previously written for Isle of Man Newspapers, magazines and also started her broadcasting career with Manx Radio.

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