A travel watchdog says the effective nationalisation of the Steam Packet is a golden opportunity to make changes.

This week’s Isle of Man Examiner finds out more.

Also this week:

We ask the Living Hope church about allegations concerning the content of sermons at a conference in which it was involved.

A debate about what cuts should be carried out. The MER could lose the line from Laxey to Ramsey under options explored by consultants.

So far £3m has been spent on an enterprise scheme designed to entice business to the island. Just 11 jobs have been created.

Lots of people are affected by the temporary closure of the hyperbaric chamber.

A campaign to get treatment for young diabetics that’s available in the UK but not here.

A page on the latest findings of an exteral review of Manx health services.

A row about library funding in which the government and Douglas Council have clashed.

Relief for pupils at Castle Rushen High School whose teachers taught them a text that wasn’t on the exam board’s syllabus.

Plans for a bowling alley in Onchan.

The inquest into baby Max Colley’s death found there were missed opportunities and individual and systemic failures amounting to neglect. His parents share their views in their own words.

The Manx government’s update of data protection rules in the wake of European GDPR legislation has suffered a setback.

Liam Rice, who works for the MSPCA, finds love on a television programme.

TT week festivities got out of hand for one man, who ended up having to be restrained using Pava spray after running from police. We were in court to find out more.

We ask for the public’s views about the use of mobile phones in the classroom.

Lots of photos from the Parish Walk and coverage in the sports section of the paper.

Plus: A look at all the weekend sport, your letters, business news, the social diary and lots of community news.

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