In this week’s Isle of Man Examiner, we hear that licensees fear for the future of many pubs in the Isle of Man.

The lead story is the latest situation with Covid.

Inside:

John and Patricia Moore, 72, who were jailed for a brazen VAT fraud, have had their ’prayer and a hope’ appeal against conviction dismissed.

Steam Packet crews have received death threats, been refused dental treatment and their children have been shunned in the playground.

Fifty-five-year-old Reynaldo Tagic Estoque, of Central Promenade, Douglas, has admitted groping a 17-year-old youth during an indecent assault.

We join Muslims as they celebrate the end of Ramadan.

Victoria Jane Ross, of Ballaradcliffe, Andreas, who got into a fight with her neighbour over a treehouse, has been sentenced to 80 hours’ community service.

A former senior police officer believes wider debate is needed about a potential road closure on Marine Drive.

Liberal Vannin leader Lawrie Hooper insists he is not considering standing for election for chief minister.

Juan Corlett, who was diagnosed with ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis), wants to see better services for patients of long Covid and other ’invisible’ illnesses.

Ashley Graham Kelly, a drink-driver who crashed his girlfriend’s car into the river in Ballaugh, has been sentenced.

Pupils at St John’s Primary School have raised more than £250 for a children’s charity.

In his column, David Cretney says we must improve what we offer to tourists.

Two pages of photos from the Manx Youth Games.

Goat yoga is back!

Entries are now open for both the summer’s major agricultural shows and, for the first time, the Royal Manx Agricultural Society has set up online entries for anyone wanting to bring their horses or livestock to compete. There are more details on our Food and Farming pages.

In our page from the past, we go back to 1960 and find out what was on the cover of the Isle of Man Daily Times.

We have revamped our business pages from today.

In fact, they’re not longer just about business.

We want them to be about going to work - so they’ll have more from the public sector.

On page one Julie Blackburn talks to millionaire Jim Mellon and asks him what he would have done differently.

On the back page, Ollie Lockley smashed the outright record for the 20-mile road running race round the perimeter roadway of the National Sports Centre.There is lots more sports coverage, business news, readers’ letters, a television guide, our popular crossword and plenty of community news.

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