The effects of the drought has become a crisis for the island’s farmers.

This week the Manx Independent has spoken to many to hear about their plight.

Also this week:

Ramsey roadworks are a waste of money, one resident complains.

There’s a plan for a single rate to cover leisure facilities such as parks and libraries currently run by local authorities.

The Manx government has prepared a document to show the EU that we have an economy of ’substance’ after coming close to being blacklisted last year.

Police found a man in the boot of a car in Peel. Find out what happened next.

More Scottish fishermen have been to court for flouting the rules in our waters.

Horse tram enthusiasts are fuming as one vehicle is transformed by a museum.

A co-operative linked to controversial religious sect that tried to set up a venture in the Isle of Man is creating a stir at its new base in Switzerland.

Foxdale’s heritage centre gets a boost.

A Castletown resident who crashed his friend’s car while he was twice the drink-drive limit has been banned from driving for three years.

A look forward to this weekend’s public walk to the Tower of Refuge.

Two mothers have teamed up to help combat the island’s plastic waste issue with an innovative business. We find out more.

A man has appeared in court accused of making 15 nuisance 999 calls in four days.

Isle of Man Newspapers is championing a campaign to raise £30,000 for a Manx charity’s 30th anniversary.

St Ninian’s pupil Adam Drummond came third out of 1.3 million people entered in a Microsoft competition.

There’s an opportunity to comment on plans for Port Erin to extend the village boundary.

Pictures from Castletown’s festival.

In the Island Life leisure and entertainment section, highlights include an interview with Feeder’s Grant Nicholas, ahead of the band’s Villa Marina gig and a review of the Gaiety production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

The Manx Independent is the home of the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide. It also includes a seven-day television guide.

Plus there’s 12 pages of sport, your letters, a page of pictures from the past, readers’ photos and lots of community news.

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