This week’s Isle of Man Examiner, we report good news for a man who gave a false name when he was questioned after he arrived in the Isle of Man at the start of the coronavirus crisis.
He has won an appeal against his conviction.
Also this week:
The farcical situation in which a plane flew from Guernsey to the Isle of Man but discovered that Ronaldsway was shut on the way is put down to a communication problem.
Good economic news from a big e-gaming company.
A Ramsey man who had hundreds of indecent images of children has been remanded in custody.
A Manx insurance firm has been fined nearly £90,000 for systemic and long-standing failings.
An MHK fears the defeat of unpopular plans for a sewage treatment plant in Laxey will lead to seawater in the bay not being clean for another six years.
A horse owning family has been ordered to buy back a pony and pay costs to the woman to whom they sold it after a dispute ended up in court.
James George Beech of Lonan, who bit a police officer during a Christmas night out, has been jailed.
Pictures from the marathon and half-marathon in Ramsey over the weekend.
We ask the public in Ramsey what name they’d suggest for the new Steam Packet vessel. One says "Casserole".
A 71-year-old fisherman from Ballaugh who vandalised a boat owned by the governement has been punished by a court.
Lee Paul Dodd, who bit a bouncer at the Courthouse bar, has been jailed.
Two pages featuring the history of Michael Street in Peel as part of our Buildings at Risk feature.
Political commentator Alistair Ramsay asks 10 questions he’d like to hear answered by the candidates in the forthcoming Douglas South Keys by-election.
We go back to 1954 for our Week in History. On the Examiner’s front page, there is outrage over the condition of the swimming baths in Victoria Street, Douglas, and the first evidence that myxomatosis has been imported to kill rabbits.
Fears for the future of shops in Douglas.
A Ramsey company’s plans to boost fishing and open a shop.
On the back page, we report that swimming star Charlotte Atkinson is retiring.
In the letters page, the Isle of Man Examiner itself receives some heavy criticism.
There are other points of view as well, of course.
Plus lots more sport, business news, our popular crossword and plenty of community news.
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