This week’s Isle of Man Examiner leads with an interview of the Treasury Minister, Alfred Cannan.

He speaks to us ahead of about the post-lockdown challenges our economy faces.

Also this week:

A man has been in court charged with attempted murder.

Things are cheaper now than they were a year ago, according to official statistics.

Tributes to a father and son who drowned in a lake in Ireland.

A barn fire at a farm in Onchan is being investigated.

It’s the Isle of Man Examiner’s 140th birthday. We look back at some old front pages, including the very first.

There is to be an appeal against the ’lenient’ sentence handed to a paedophile.

A rapist has been denied a chance to appeal against his convictions.

A crooked former policeman is going to have to spend longer in jail.

Douglas Council has given the green light for a larger licensed area in Noble’s Park for TT and MGP festivals.

In our street interviews, we ask people what exercise they got up to during lockdown and whether they’ve been doing more since.

A fisherman f has pleaded guilty to causing more than £12,000-worth of damage to a government boat.

John Hall, a well-known former businessman and chairman of Peel Commissioners, has died at the age of 90. We pay tribute.

A drink-driver who lost control of his car, resulting in it ending up on its side on the Mountain Road, has now been jailed.

The MLC who is leading the Sexual Offences Bill through the upper house is distancing herself from some of its more controversial provisions.

The clash between Douglas Council and the government over car parks in the capital.

An inspector has been appointed to head a planning inquiry into the proposed regional sewage treatment works in the west of the island.

A meeting this week should finalise the future of the groynes on Douglas beach, after years of wrangling.

The issue of homelessness in the island is sadly as real as that in the UK, a 16-year-old Housing Matters volunteer tells us.

In our Buildings at Risk feature, we look at the Cosy Nook cafe in Port Erin and hear why many want it to be saved.

Onchan MHK Julie Edge has announced her resignation from the Department of Infrastructure - and criticised its new Minister.

Pictures from Kirk Michael’s scarecrow competition.

Teenager Thomas Roberts, who reversed into another vehicle, landing its driver in hospital, has been punished in court.

More than 30 island’s teenagers have been presented with their Duke of Edinburgh gold awards by the Lieutenant Governor. We picture them.

Does the lockdown mean we’re going to see more people working from home forever? Our business news section asks a number of companies.

Restaurateur Conor Sullivan has welcomed the VAT cut on food and attractions and believes it could be a recipe for success and a kickstart for the economy.

A decision on whether or not the 2021 NatWest Island Games is likely to go ahead in Guernsey will be taken at the end of September, our sports team reports.

Plus lots more sport, business news, your letters, our popular crossword and plenty of community news.

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