In this week’s Isle of Man Examiner:
The path out of lockdown
A man who says he should be allowed to stay with his fiancee during her isolation period.
An offender is jailed for breaching Covid-19 restrictions.
The tragic death of a young cyclist.
An investigation into a death in Andreas.
Students from the Isle of Man will pay the same fees as their UK friends to attend all English universities. However, the situation for those who go to university in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is up in the air.
The fire service has brought in additional measures to allow its personnel to carry out their operations while observing Covid-19 precautions.
Manxman Andrew Baker has just passed the Canary Islands in his bid to row the Atlantic for charity.
The 2021 edition of the Isle of Man International Darts Festival has been cancelled as a result of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Thousands of pounds’ worth of live Manx lobsters and fresh scallops have been sent 150 miles north from Heysham to Scotland en-route to the south coast of England after Brexit red tape disrupted the business.
Seventy-nine-year-old Charles Coole is raising money for those living alone throughout the lockdown by playing the card game patience.
Changes have been made to the Circuit Break Lockdown Coronavirus Business Support Scheme to provide support to more businesses and self-employed persons.
Now the gyms are shut, some tips about keeping fit from home.
The education department is set to spend almost £1m on an interim restructure to rebuild ’fractured’ relations with teachers.
Pharmacies across the island are asking people to be patient and adhere to measures put in place over lockdown.
How A-level students are coping with the uncertainty over lockdown.
A planning application has been submitted for the site of the former Marine Biological Station at Port Erin breakwater.
A Ramsey man who won a 75-inch flatscreen TV in an Isle of Man Newspapers competition has decided to donate it to the town’s Crovan Court nursing home.
Lockdown has made farming even more of an isolating business than usual and many farmers are also worried about income and caring for livestock. Our Food and Farming pages report.
Why KPMG could be recruiting more staff.
Fiduciary business ILS World is celebrating its 30th anniversary with the 30 people who work in its island office.
Plus sport, your letters, business news, our popular crossword, the Isle of Man Weekly Times front page from this week in 1953 and plenty of community news.
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