The lead story in this week’s Isle of Man Examiner features a couple’s legal fight after they were injured as spectators in the TT races.
As you’d expect, inside we give comprehensive coverage to the coronavirus pandemic and its effects on the island.
We report on dentistry, plans for summer schools, help for pupils working online and the statistics of people who caught the virus by age.
Our sports team report on the number of sports that have had restrictions lifted.
As some conditions change for islanders returning home, we find out about the plight of one 27-year-old.
Pubs say they need government support after weeks being shut and no early prospect of them being able to open again.
An emergency scrutiny session of the Public Accounts Committee grilled Chief Minister Howard Quayle, chief secretary Will Greenhow and two senior health officials about government plans to exit out of lockdown. We have a full report.
A terminally ill man has married his partner in a special service in the hospice under unusual lockdown circumstances.
How are children’s nurseries working during lockdown? We find out.
Motiv8 Addiction Services has seen a rise in demand for its services during the Covid-19 pandemic with a total of 556 appointments being offered in April alone. We discover more.
Tynwald Day is going to be held in July. But it will be very different from normal.
A regeneration plan for Peel town centre.
How you can give your view to a Tynwald committee about the works on Douglas prom.
New plans for a cycle path near Pulrose in Douglas.
Clare Shimmin celebrates her 100th birthday. She is one of the few living residents of the island who saw service in the war.
St Peter’s Church in Onchan is in desperate need of repairs.
Tributes to farmer Geoffrey Quirk.
Roughly one in every 15 troops evacuated from Dunkirk was carried on Manx ships.
This week marks the 80th anniversary of the rescue and in today’s Examiner, Dave Kneale looks back.
The front page we reprint this week comes from an Examiner of 1960, when plans for a new £400,000 Sea Terminal were agreed.
Our business section leads with news for a company for which lockdown has been good news.
In our sports section, John Watterson recalls the company that made the Peel P50 micro-car and its connections with sport.
Plus your letters, our popular crossword and plenty of community news.
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