This week’s Manx Independent has seven pages devoted to the flooding in Laxey this week.

Our reporters have been to the village to speak to residents affected and a lot of them believe the situation could have been avoided.

We’ve also been inside homes and seen how they have been affected.

Our photographers have taken lots of good pictures of the places affected.

Also this week:

The takeover of Poker Stars. We report on the ’merger’ and an expert writes a commentary about what it might mean.

Also this week:

The Chief Minister insists his administration remains committed to its climate change response.

A petition has been launched to save the folklife gallery in the Manx Museum.

A former aviation security officer tells us the privatisation of the service has come at a great cost.

Emergency services were called out to deal with a fire in Peel.

An 81-year-old driver, Maureen Janet Stewart, has been sentenced after knocking down a school caretaker in her car.

Anthony Michael Oates has been banned from driving and put on probation after crashing his mother’s car on the Mountain Road.

A massive art work will be created in Port St Mary in the coming months and the village’s primary school celebrates its 25th birthday.

A Samaritans volunteer who is attempting to walk to all 201 branches of the charity in the UK and Ireland will visit the Isle of Man this week.

In our farming coverage, Paul Crocker talks about combining a career in investment management with farming and why a carbon tax could be good news for Manx farmers.

Young people’s hard work has been recognised at the annual Duke of Edinburgh’s Award presentation.

Glen Maye Chapel held its annual Harvest in the Barn service at Ballacreggan Farm, Glen Maye. Our photographer was there.

A feature about Major Robert Cain, who gained a VC after his heroism at the Battle of Arnhem, which happened 75 years ago.

Secondary school students are being equipped with skills that will help them deal with mental health issues. We find out more.

Our 16-page Island Life section looks forward to a burlesque night in Peel among many articles about leisure and entertainment in the Isle of Man.

There’s also 12 pages of sport, your letters, the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide, a page of puzzles, a page of pictures from the past and a seven-day television guide and lots of community news.

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