This week, the Examiner talks to the man who raised the possibility of a tunnel linking England with Ireland on a route via the Isle of Man.

How much work, if any, has been done on this idea?

The main story on page one concerns property prices. Officially, they’ve fallen.

Also this week:

The Department of Infrastructure is criticised over a planning application involving traffic around Ballakermeen High School.

The teachers’ unions are angry after the top civil servant in the Department of Education wrote to members directly.

A couple who moved from the island for a new life in Australia tell us how the bushfires have affected them.

There’s also an appeal to help wildlife in the area.

Kayleigh Joanne Jones of Castletown, who made up a story about an eight-year-old boy and conned the public with a fake online charity appeal, has been punished.

Still in court, Barbara Anne Coney of Ramsey has been sentenced for £21,670 benefit fraud.

A measure that would ban ’conversion therapy’ on gender identity and sexual orientation in the island has been approved.

A page on the Illiam Dhone ceremony.

Douglas Council’s talks with Tesco about car parking.

Taxi drivers in the north of the island are angry about the dial-a-ride bus service. Do they have a point? An official formal investigation has started.

We visit the ice rink that’s opened over the festive period.

We also have more photos from New Year’s Day dips, including some from the south and Laxey.

Talking of the dips, we meet a father and son who did dipped at 20 different beaches on January 1.

The latest on Ballasalla’s post office closure proposal. Public meetings are going to be held.

We look back at the weather statistics - and events - in 2019.

Douglas firefighter Rob Henwood is heading back into the recording studio with others from across the UK to take part in a major TV show and raise funds for charity.

Children on the Isle of Man have contributed to the understanding of the origins of the Manx population.

In our sports section, we look back over 50 years of the Mountain Marathon, plus reports on all the weekend’s action.

Plus there are your letters, the property sales columnm, the social diary, planning notices and lots of community news.

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