Manx Radio’s management is asking the government for more money.

We report what they want and why in the Isle of Man Examiner today.

The shake-up at the station also sees the end of the current affairs programme, Mandate.

Also this week:

A Tynwald watchdog criticises the Douglas Promenade scheme and singles out minister Ray Harmer.

The government will have to guarantee loans for the Steam Packet to buy more boats.

The aftermath of the Laxey flood. Manx National Heritage gets involved and the warnings that went unheeded.

Island teachers of all grades are to get a pay rise.

Plans to stop the Post Office losing money include introducing pop-ups and self-service kiosks.

A woman in her 60s who was arrested during the Extinction Rebellion climate protests in London has told us what it was like to go to court.

The Treasury Minister insists recent job losses do not point to any economic downturn.

A defendant tells probation workers: ’She [his then partner] knows I would never hit a woman. The worst I’ve done is give her a dead arm.’

Motorcycle racing star Cal Crutchlow has been fined for having a vehicle with no licence.

Government inisters are set to attempt to tone down recommendations on accommodation for vulnerable young people contained within a hard-hitting report.

Following the news that the large-scale development in Ballasalla has been given the go-ahead, it appears another Manx cottage has been condemned to be demolished. Our Buildings at Risk series looks at the issue of the loss of traditional structures.

An already-banned motorist who was more than three times the legal drink-drive limit has been jailed and hit with an eight-year driving ban.

A woman from Glen Maye has been fined and banned from driving after she crashed her car into a field and left the scene.

A man whose mission is to record details about spiders in the island is looking for help.

A meeting of more than 400 Nigels.

We have two pages about how the island’s coastguard service operates.

Police dog Snoopy is retiring. We learn all about him.

Ramsey Town Band’s gala concert is to take place next month. We find out more.

Lots of photos from the Andreas Produce Show.

A plan for a new website to cover the south of the island.

The Peel Heritage Trust report.

The merger between the owners of PokerStars and Paddy Power loomed large at the 10th KPMG e-gaming summit attended by 300 of the gambling industry’s movers and shakers. Our business editor was there.

Plus there is lots of more coverage of sport, 10 pages of business news, your letters, Terry Cringle’s Times Past, the property sales column and a whole scutch of community news.

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