A unique sporting event will get underway in the south of the Island this weekend.
The annual World Tin Bath Racing Championships will be held in Castletown on Saturday afternoon.
The event sees solo and team races across the harbour as well as a number of other activities on the day - all money raised goes to charity.
Organiser Dave Collister says the countdown is well and truly on:
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Around 140 government job vacancies
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