This week’s Isle of Man Examiner is one of those papers that some people like to keep as a reminder of an historic event.

It’s the first paper since lockdown ended.

We note that people all over Europe are looking at us with envy as restrictions were lifted.

Also this week:

One hundred and forty-five arrests over the pandemic. We have the statistics.

Chris Thomas MHK hits out at the way the government has handled the Manx Gas deal.

Doreen Callister’s appeal to get 100 birthday cards sent to her mother for her 100th birthday has been successful.

The government has reiterated that people should not be ringing the 111 for clinical advice.

Good news about Port St Mary’s post office.

The RNLI is highlighting the generations of families who help to keep the vital charity afloat through their volunteering and fundraising. Read our feature about it.

A new Sexual Assault Referral Centre should be completed by the summer.

A driver had to be cut from his car with suspected head and neck injuries after a wave struck it on Douglas Promenade on Saturday lunchtime. See our dramatic photos.

Charity Beach Buddies was the focus of an interview by the University of Central Florida on their ’global perspectives’ programme.

Health and care services island-wide are returning to their pre-lockdown states after the lifting of lockdown restrictions.

A planning application has been submittedfor the creation of traffic calming measures near the roundabout at Victoria Road in Castletown.

Rates are rising in three of our biggest local authorities.

A UK Food Hygiene Rating Scheme could be introduced in the island.

A damages claim by a spectator injured in crash in the 2013 TT has been settled out of court.

An alliance of groups that campaign on environmental issues wants a new climate change law to be strengthened.

Flags are flying at half mast at the island’s police stations following the death of former deputy chief constable John Platt.

The island’s college has teamed up with IT experts to work on projects involving everyday communications and sensors.

Among the stories covered in the food and farming pages is good news about the Southern Agricultural Show.

The front page from the past is from 1938. See what the island’s big stories were then.

Billionaire entrepreneur and island resident Jim Mellon believes the Isle of Man could lead the way in an ’amazing new industry’ which has implications for the future of agriculture and the food industry.

Tax consultant Paul Hotchkiss, who is managing drector of Hotchkiss Associates, talks about the blacklist threat from the EU.

Plus sport, your letters, business news, our popular crossword and plenty of community news.

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