Hopes for a major leisure complex, to be sited on the former Summerland site in Douglas, have been dashed.
Talks between the Manx government and the Sefton Group have broken down, without agreement on the next crucial stage of the proposals.
John Moss reported live on the issue on Mandate at One:

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