In this week’s Manx Independent, our investigation has uncovered that a pornography website has lifted social media photos from hundreds of young women and girls in the Isle of Man.
Also this week:
Shops are preparing to open again - if they get the go-ahead for May 14.
The health and safety experts advise on going back to work.
The latest on the ever-changing plans for the horse trams tracks. We also look back on the history of the issue.
Children of parents who work in more industries will now be allowed in ’hub’ schools.
The man who lost out on £1m because he didn’t know enough about the TT races.
How Bushy’s brewery is coping with lockdown.
Environment Minister Geoffrey Boot has overturned a planning decision to reject a government proposal for a new sea wall in Douglas.
The Law Society is calling for an urgent meeting with the prison authorities to raise ’serious human rights concerns’ about the treatment of inmates while the jail is in lockdown.
A big donation has been made to the Manx Solidarity Fund.
A Ballakermeen High School student will cycle for 24 hours in tribute to his teacher whose death was announced last week.
Shout outs from our readers to people who’ve made a difference during the lockdown.
An historic Manx stone cottage has been reduced to rubble as work carries on on the Ballasalla bypass.
Our Island Life section includes a look at local author Rona Halsall’s new book and the Arts Council’s Home is Where the Art Is lockdown project.
The Manx Independent also has your letters, What’s On, 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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