This week’s Manx Independent has asked every Member of Tynwald what they do with the £7,000 no-questions-asked expenses that they receive as part of the job.

We devote three pages to their answers.

Two MHKs never got back to us.

Also this week:

St Ninian’s High School mourns a popular teacher.

The sports world has lost two well-known women.

Good news for Juan Turner, Energy FM boss and former MLC.

We all know that there are no snakes on the Isle of Man. Wrong!

It might have rained again, but how are farmers coping after the summer’s drought?

A famous part of Douglas - the Karina - is sailing away for good.

A researcher is looking at six Manx surnames in his attempt to find people with DNA of a Manx king.

The Children’s Centre’s chief executive is stepping down.

A shake-up at the island’s biggest brewery.

After a big year for netball in the island, enthusiasts hope for more success.

Beach Buddies’ Bill Dale makes some powerful points about marine pollution.

The latest on the Post Office dispute.

A man has been jailed after putting pot plants on top of cars and smearing faeces on the wall of a police cell.

Another Port Erin hotel has bitten the dust.

Theatre Fest is on at the weekend. Island Life has all the details.

Plus a look forward to the weekend’s big sporting fixtures, your letters, the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide, your seven-day television guide, readers’ photos and lots of community news.

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