This week’s Isle of Man Examiner tells the story of a woman who was reunited with her daughter after she was forced to have her adopted.

Siobhan Fletcher talks to her for a feature inside.

Also this week:

The number of people in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 is putting a strain on services.

Tributes have been paid to Attorney General John Quinn, whose death was announced at the weekend.

The brand new flumes at the National Sports Centre (NSC) in Douglas have already run into issues.

A photographer has documented some fascinating changes over a decade in Peel. At the end of October, over 150 shops and businesses were photographed in the town after first being recorded in 2011.

Negligence at Noble’s Hospital led to patient David Scrutchings suffering a stroke in 2012, a court has ruled.

Restaurant manager Mahmoud Hassan and pensioner Samuel Joseph Boyd have both been convicted of drink driving.

We continue to shine a light on the lesser known charities in the Isle of Man. This week we look at Forget Me Not, which improves the support available in the island for dementia sufferers and their families.

New Year’s Day was the warmest on record. We also report the Met Office’s review of 2021.

Three people from the island were recognised in the New Year’s honours.

We went to the ceremony at Hango Hill in Castletown to chronicle this year’s commemoration for Illiam Dhone, the Manx martyr.

The Lieutenant Governor plunged into the sea in the New Year dips. See two pages of photos inside.

Plans for the site of the old Ballacallin pub in Dalby.

Ever heard of the the Douglas Coal Fund? We find out what the island’s oldest charity does.

We also meet Loki, a dog who helps former serviceman Matthew Elliott with his PTSD.

For our Food and Farming pages Julie Blackburn asked a few people in the food and farming sector about their plans and hopes for 2022. A common theme for our farmers is the massive increase in costs, specifically feed and fertiliser. But there is still an appetite for improving and innovating, with the purchase of a new cattle monitoring system and the launch of the island’s first chilli farm.

In Working Week we talk to architects who are trying to cut the use of plastic.

Former Ballakermeen High School student Joe Burrows has qualified as an advocate.

We go back to 1959 to see what made the front page of the Isle of Man Weekly Times in our paper from the past.

David Cretney writes about housing policy in his column.

In 10 action-packed pages of sport, super veteran Lloyd Taggart extended his record tally of wins to 10 in the New Year’s Day Fell Race at an unseasonably mild St John’s.

There is also our letters page, the crossword, a television guide and community news.

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