The lead story in this week’s Manx Independent is a report about a mother who has pleaded guilty to a charge of child neglect.

We report what the police officers saw when they entered her flat.

Also this week:

Tycoon Albert Gubay’s court victory - almost two years after he died.

An appeal to reach out to lonely people this Christmas.

The astonishing deficit of the government’s catering services.

The island is on the EU’s grey list - but this could just be a stay of execution.

A man who made nuisance 999 calls and demanded to be arrested has been jailed.

The government might spend more on airport security to cut queues.

Manx soprano singer Eileen Peters, whose voice was admired by thousands of island residents, has died aged 98. We pay a tribute.

A fisherman whose boat crashed into a yacht, capsizing it and catapulting the two people on board into the sea, has been to court again. Our reporter says what happened.

Manx space exploration company Excalibur Almaz has won a legal appeal against a Japanese entrepreneur.

The story behind the ice sculpture you might have spotted on Strand Street, Douglas.

Plus

Island Life, your 20-page leisure and entertainment section

A look forward to the weekend’s sport

Business news

Your letters

The Isle of Man’s What’s On guide

A page of pictures from the past

Readers’ photographs

and lots of community news

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