Today’s Manx Independent reports on a Freedom of Information request that revealed that Manx gambling regulators have stayed in luxury hotels when representing the island abroad.

We ask the Gambling Supervision Commission about it and a spokesman describes the circumstances.

Also this week:

A police officer is suspended from the Manx force amid allegations of criminal activity.

In a separate case, a sex offender is jailed for nine years.

Oxfam’s tax haven blacklist DOES NOT include the Isle of Man but says that Ireland among others should be on a blacklist.

Remember James May’s Meccano TT motorcycle? An exhibition is to feature it.

The Chief Constable has warned that this year will be the first in a decade when the Manx force will spend more than it has been given by the government.

An MHK says that vehicles should be banned from the Millennium Way to protect the tracks there.

A row in the south of the island has led to two boards of commissioners threatening to pull out of funding the southern civil amenity centre (tip).

Students from Ramsey Grammar’s learning support unit have dedicated a bench to a fellow pupil who died in 2015.

"Intergenerational fairness" has leapt up the political agenda in the Isle of Man after an MHK raised the issue.

A lot of photos from the Christmas lights switch-on in Douglas.

A fiery exchange broke out in the House of Keys when an MHK challenged Treasury Minister Alfred Cannan over the action he was taking to address imbalances in government pension schemes. We were there to report what happened.

A 22-year-old Douglas man has been in court after admitting dealing cannabis from his garden shed.

Roachford is coming to the Isle of Man. He’s on the front page of Island Life, the Manx Independent’s 20-page leisure and entertainment supplement.

Island Life also includes a visit to the Peel Christmas art crawl and market and news about Manx theatre, music and arts.

The sports section includes a preview of what’s coming up at the weekend, plus there are your letters, the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide, readers’ photographs, your seven-day television guide and lots of community news.

The Manx Independent is in the shops now.