In this week’s Manx Independent, the latest on the teachers’ dispute.

Education Minister Graham Cregeen didn’t have an easy time of it in the House of Keys.

What’s next on the unions’ agenda?

Also this week:

Photos of Nativity performances from lots of the island’s primary schools.

The fireman accused of making monkey chants gives evidence in his tribunal. We report what happened then on page 3.

More changes to the Douglas Promenade refurbishment timetable.

There’s also a warning about changes in traffic flow as Church Road Marina temporarily shuts.

Planning approval for a proposal to demolish a large part of Duke Street in Douglas and replace it with a six-storey building has been upheld at appeal.

Cystic fibrosis sufferers in the island are to benefit from three medicines to be made available through the health service within weeks.

The island could be part of a ’golden age’ of TV and film, a Tynwald committee was told.

Reporter Adrian Darbyshire talks to Deemster Mongomerie has he steps down from his role as a full-time judge.

’A waste of money’ is how the leader of Douglas Council referred to officers attending an off-island exhibition.

Tynwald members have insisted the rushing through of a new law on parliamentary privilege was not an attempt to cover up anything.

Two teenagers have been sentenced after a late-night attack in Strand Street.

Douglas Council has changed its decision-making structure ahead of the 2020 local authority elections and a cut in the number of councillors.

Fashion store Claire Christian Couture went full-on festive fabulous to take this year’s Best Dressed Christmas window competition.

Two pages of photos of amazing Christmas lights displays at people’s homes.

Former agricultural advisor John Harris of Ballaugh has died at the age of 89. We hear tributes.

Photos from Santas on a Bike.

Coverage of the festive tractor convoy that delighted onlookers at the weekend in our Food and Farming pages.

Also in Food and Farming, Graham Watterson gives us an insight into how to prepare an animal for successful showing.

In our Island Life entertainment and leisure section, it’s panto time. We preview the Gaiety show.

We also review an age-old Christmas tradition, featuring brightly-coloured knights fighting to the death, which took place at the weekend.

Our sports pages include a story on a Manx cricketer who’s doing well in Australia.

There are a total of 12 packed pages of sport.

The Independent also includes your letters, the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide, a page of puzzles, a page of pictures from the past, readers’ photos, a seven-day television guide and lots of community news.

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