In this week’s Isle of Man Examiner, we talk to one of the businessmen behind the multi-million pound development for Lord Street, Douglas.

He tells us about some stumbling blocks faced by the company and of his frustration with the government.

Also this week:

A protest demanding harsher sentences for paedophiles.

The government has refused to give full details of its lockdown deal with the Comis hotel. But it says it wasn’t being used as a detention centre.

Douglas’s two MHKs say what’s on their agendas.

A finance sector take over is going to cost some people their jobs.

Lots of photos from the Supermanx weekend and a page on the service of reflection that remembered those who have died during the pandemic.

A delay to a housing scheme for the north of the island is concerning local politicians.

An MHK says it’s time we thought about setting up a state-owned airline.

A Ramsey man who headbutted one police officer and made lewd comments to a policewoman has been punished.

Our street interviews this week ask people what parts of the island they love. Do you agree?

Tributes to Gwen Watterson, who was well-known for running the Copyshop in Douglas.

The Chief Constable has praised the latest teenagers to pass the Isle of Man Police Youth Scheme.

The project to restore Ramsey’s Queen’s Pier has passed a big milestone.

The hospital is to get a new MRI scanner.

The Ben-my-Chree is going to be out of action for at least a week.

A woman has been rescued from a fire on Douglas Promenade.

Improvements to education for prisoners.

The aim of telecommunications regulations is sustainable competition, a government minister says.

How green energy has been boosted at a business park in the north of the island.

The big story on the back page concentrates on the Gran Fondo and cycle races.

In the centre pages, our popular feature showing the front page of an old newspaper takes us back to the Mona’s Herald in 1949.

The Chief Constable was concerned about rising crime.

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

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