This week’s Isle of Man Examiner includes news of another government scheme that’s gone way over budget.

Also this week:

Douglas’s nightlife has got worse, a licensee tells us. But he has a plan to attract more punters.

But there’s bad news for drinkers at Heron and Brearley pubs.

The backers of a new pool at King William’s College reject criticism of their proposal.

Three operators have shown an interest in obtaining the Radio TT broadcasting contract. So it might not go automatically to Manx Radio.

Ahead of next week’s Budget, the Speaker of the House of Keys, Juan Watterson writes for us. He says why he thinks the process is so bad.

The President of Tynwald gets his OBE from Prince Charles.

An elderly woman has died after a flat fire.

Why the number of people attending the accident and emergency department at Noble’s Hospital has soared by 21% in four years.

The government has spearheaded an initiative to ’brand’ towns and villages. Port Erin’s and Laxey’s are the first. See what they’re like.

Plans to close the current pension scheme for Deemsters will go before Tynwald next week.

The skipper of a fishing boat that sank off the Manx coast has told how safety training saved his life and that of his crew mate.

Manx Utilities has submitted its controversial plans for a new sewage treatment works in Laxey despite opposition from residents.

The Ramsey man who has sailed across the Atlantic.

The ice cream kiosk in the sunken gardens on Douglas Promenade could get an indoor seating area, if approval is granted by planners.

The chairman of the Post Office replies to Malew Commissioners after they wrote to her about the closure of Ballasalla’s shop.

Two local charities have joined forces to add a £30,000 ’Kitten Scanner’ to the already impressive list of equipment they are providing for the new Cross Sectional Imaging Suite at Noble’s Hospital.

A convicted money launderer has filed an appeal against his three-year, two-month jail term.

An application new houses in Ramsey has been submitted by Forest Homes.

Student Jamie Daniel Trevor Watson from Douglas, who had a hunting knife in the boot of his car, has been sentenced.

The government’s tourism organisation recently announced the launch of digital detox holidays, where visitors can hand in their phones and enjoy an old-fashioned holiday. We ask people in the street what they think of the idea.

Farmer Albert Kermode, of Greeba, who crashed his tractor into a car has been sentenced.

The second phase of new sheltered accommodation in the west has been opened.

Another big name island company will be upping sticks soon to move to the 55 Athol Street office development.

After the likely departure of GVC Holdings, the government has moved to try to allay fears.

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