This week’s Isle of Man Examiner reveals how many near-misses the Manx Electric Railway has been involved in since March.

It’s one of the stories on page one.

We also talk to two police officers who helped to save the victim of a heart attack.

Inside:

An MHK has won a prize as a top politician in the UK.

When reporter Adrian Darbyshire asked everyone else in the newsroom to guess who it was, our journalists suggested several names but didn’t get the right one.

Manx.net is to be scrapped and replaced by Manx Telecom.

Many months after the island’s VAT arrangements for corporate jets hit the headlines and Panorama, the UK still hasn’t told the Isle of Man whether it thinks we’re abiding by joint rules on the tax.

An FBI chief praises the island.

The Hooded Ram might not have been able to open its tent at the TT but it still has to pay ’rent’ for the site.

After a survey of people in the Isle of Man revealed they’d back the growing of hemp, we ask a farmer what he thinks about it.

Ramsey’s commissioners have signed a deal over the future of the town’s courthouse building.

Councillor David Christian, the leader of Douglas Council, is angry about parking on the promenade walkway. Find out why.

A Picasso painting has been on display in Douglas.

Why a rethink might be necessary for the incinerator.

A Manx folklore trail map is due to be launched this summer.

Motorist Charles Edward Jessup, of Colby, hit two cyclists after being blinded by the sun, a court has heard.

Climate change is an issue which is going to impact all aspects of our lives, including our homes and how they are built and run. Julie Blackburn takes a look at a proposed development in Castletown which has put sustainability at the heart of its design concept.

Teaching unions have criticised the Department of Education over what they see as a lack of engagement about a change in the law.

A feature about Archibald Knox’s influence on Douglas.

The changes at the hospice during refurbishment work.

How the Internet of Things is being developed at one island business.

We ask people in the street whether they’d back a national speed limit. It’s not good news for petrol heads.

The south bids farewell to another prized cultural institution with the closure of Gansey Pottery.

Sarah Louise Molyneux, aged 42, has been handed a suspended sentence for a £8,152.44 benefit fraud.

A picture special on the bra dash in Douglas.

Plus there are 10 pages of business news, your letters, Terry Cringle’s Times Past and lots of community news.

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