This week the Isle of Man Examiner leads with the sentencing of seven men, including a prison officer, who were involved in a drugs ring.

Heavy jail terms were handed out to members of the Liverpool and island-based gang behind a plot to import £0.5m of cannabis.

Also this week:

Tynwald gave almost its entire support to appointing an Auditor General.

An Isle of Man to Heathrow air link will resume next month.

A couple in their 70s have been convicted of a ’brazen’ VAT fraud worth over £4.6m.

A 13-year old from Peel has just been signed with one of London’s biggest modelling agencies.

The prom scheme is pushed back even further, with June now looking possible.

A 38-year-old man who punched a bouncer at a Douglas bar has been fined £250.

The final chapter could about to be played out in the saga of a village’s controversial redevelopment project.

When do you put your decorations up? Our reporter goes to Douglas to find out what the great Manx public think about putting up the baubles.

A debris catcher designed to prevent trees, branches and other vegetation from causing flooding issues in Laxey has been completed.

Charity Live at Home has launched a community initiative to combat loneliness.

Environment Minister Geoffrey Boot has come under fire for refusing to commit to setting carbon budgets for government departments.

School leaders in the island have voted to accept a new pay offer to end their long-standing dispute.

The latest on how Brexit will impact the island.

Our Business News this week leads with an island company securing an export order for 870 tonnes of sand for an exclusive golf course in the Inner Hebrides.

A Douglas hotel has diversified and taken on a world of virtual reality.

Plus much more on esports, the airline industry, the fresh faces that represent the future of accountancy in the island and much more.

In Food and Farming we look at distillery operation out of a converted barn in Andreas, look ahead to a Christmas market and look around for the innovative approach to livestock sales from Scotland which may benefit Manx farmers.

On the back pages Mark Cavendish was at Portimao in Portugal to watch close friend, Cal Crutchlow, make his final bow in MotoGP on Sunday.

Sam Lowes battled through the pain barrier to secure a podium finish in the final Moto2 race of the season and third overall in the championship.

And a round up of all this weekend’s sport including football, rugby and hockey.

Plus lots more sport, business news, your letters, our popular crossword, plenty of community news and one of the vouchers needed to win our 12 Gifts of Christmas competition.

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