There has been a big outcry after last week’s Isle of Man Courier reported that a paedophile had been spared prison.
The Isle of Man Examiner follows up the situation. A petition has been launched and a protest is planned.
Also this week:
Attempting to post phones into the prison and smuggling over £30,000 worth of drugs to the island has landed a man with an 11-year jail sentence.
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A plan to rebuild railway bridges in Glen Wyllin, Glen Mooar and Ballaleece.
The Tynwald Day petitions.
A tribute to Manx culture champion Dollin Kelly.
An eight-year-old boy with Cerebral Palsy plans to walk up Snaefell for a good cause.
A burglar who broke into a home while its occupants were sleeping has been jailed for two years.
In our Word on the Street feature we ask people whether they think it’s time to open our border again.
The new leader of the Manx Labour Party talks to us.
Laxey residents who are opposed to plans for the village’s beach huts have been told it is too late to stop commissioners leasing them.
An island cabbie is calling for taxis to be allowed to use the new bus and cycle lane on Glencrutchery Road, Douglas.
A summary of June’s weather highlights, including that thunderstorm.
First Deemster Andrew Corlett has dismissed an appeal from the government to prevent a tribunal hearing being concluded.
The 100th anniversary of the Manx Co-op.
A look back at the front page of the Isle of Man Examiner for Tynwald Day, 1934, in our regular nostalgia feature.
Plus sport, business news your letters, our popular crossword and plenty of community news.
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