A police officer who resigned from the force after she was caught drink-driving has been sentenced.

The story is on page one of this week’s Isle of Man Examiner.

The lead story is another court story. A paedophile rapist is sentenced.

Inside:

Teenage driver Benjamin William Long has been punished by a court after damaging land on a hill near Kirk Michael.

Isle of Man Post Office has recorded a half a million pound loss. But the latest accounts show that increased turnover and significant cost savings have reduced losses.

Jersey’s Covid-19 statistics are worrying. We look at the differences between the Channel island and the Isle of Man.

Samatha Barks, the home-grown star who has wowed audiences in the West End and New York, is to appear on television.

Part of the red concrete corridor on Douglas Promenade has been dug up again after a track welding fault was identified.

The largest teaching union - NASUWT - has rejected the government’s pay deal. It has described the proposed offer as ’derisory and unacceptable’.

Five people have been arrested as part of a police investigation into the Covid deaths of 20 care home residents.

Global gaming operator and technology company Playtech says it is keeping its office in the Isle of Man despite proposals to move its tax residency from the island to the UK.

Southern 100 organisers say the races should go ahead as usual.

Two staunchly local food enterprises opened new venues last week, just in time for Christmas: Versa in Port Erin and the Black Dog Oven in Peel. This week, we have more details in our Food and Farming pages.

The Manx civil war probably took place on Peel golf course.

Our page from the past looks back to 1952 and how the Mona’s Herald reported the death of its own editor.

An Alternative Christmas Tree Festival took place in Port Erin Methodist Church and we sent our photographer along.

Tyler Jack Snape has been fined £200 after raising his middle finger to police and swearing at them.

Jonathan James Elliott, who pushed a man through a window at Pizza Hut, has been sentenced.

In our Word on the Street feature we ask people what they think about the cancellation of next year’s TT.

There are eight action-packed sports pages in all this week.

Plus property prices, your letters, business news, our popular crossword and plenty of community news.

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