In this week’s Manx Independent we report on a remarkable record sale.

There are 50,000 discs altogether and you can go round to see them this weekend.

Also this week:

As the MERA Covid-19 benefit shrinks, we talk to a concerned recipient whose fears are likely to be shared by many.

The Manx Utilities Authority is now pondering what to do after the planning committee thwarted its proposal to build a sewage plant in Laxey.

But it also has good news regarding green power.

Will we review our open skies policy - in which any airline can fly to and from the island without any service guarantees? It looks likely.

A former physics teacher who is in isolation after returning to the island believes his human rights have been abused.

The developer of the Lord Street (former bus station) site in Douglas has a deadline to complete the work of building flats, a car park, shops and cinema.

Private landlords say they have not been properly consulted on plans to introduce mandatory registration.

The 10 candidates in the Douglas South by-election.

A man tells a court he was carrying a knuckle duster for protection.

Meanwhile, two Peel men appear in court after being filmed with a wooden bat.

After a long career that was at the forefront of the successful ’rebirth’ of the Manx language, teacher Annie Kissack has retired.

Pictures from an event at Government House to celebrate Dick Welsh’s MBE.

After spending music of his career investigating the remains of one of the most dramatic and imposing medieval fortifications anywhere in the British Isles, archaeologist Andrew Johnson admits that he still finds Peel Castle endlessly fascinating. Mike Wade writes more.

A new stage in Castletown is named after a man who was well known for decades in the island’s music scene.

A different kind of Higher Education Fair has taken place to give prospective university students a chance to ask questions.

In our Food and Farming pages, we find out how water quality is monitored, meet two men who work at the meat plant and hear why the Sulby show has been cancelled.

A page of photos from Ramsey’s tin bath races.

Why one Ramsey politician is not very happy about proposals for the town.

In Island Life, we meet a Manx musician who’s No1 in the country charts, find out when James Blunt is going to perform in the island again and look back at this year’s Yn Chruinnaght.

There’s also lots of sports action and plenty of community news in the Manx Independent, your letters, our puzzles page, a seven-day television guide and Pullyman’s popular column.

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