In this week’s Isle of Man Examiner, we report the concerns of people who are suffering Long Covid.

They have written a letter to the Health Minister.

We also report the government’s Island Plan. Does it really have any substance?

Inside:

Paul Speller’s Tynwald preview.

A two-page feature remembering former High Bailiff Michael Moyle.

We also remember John Keown MBE, who lost his life last month after he was hit by a car in Cyprus, and Adrian Earnshaw, once an MHK for Onchan and a government minister.

A Chamber of Commerce survey suggests that some companies want a relaxation of Covid rules. Most say their business has been affected.

Craig Phillip Teare, a 35-year-old man from Anagh Coar, has admitted trying to smuggle wraps of cocaine into the island hidden inside his bottom.

A group of environmental activists has welcomed a Tynwald motion which this week seeks a review of a 2014 government report into the island’s offshore energy opportunities.

And a demonstration is being planned against the potential exploitation of gas under the Manx seabed.

Face-to-face outpatient appointments have begun at Noble’s Hospital and Ramsey District Cottage Hospital following a switch to virtual appointments brought in as the Omicron variant took hold.

There is still a backlog for routine breast screening appointments, according to Manx Care. Health bosses want to clear it by the summer.

Proposals to increase the rates of the island’s minimum wage by 15% are to go before Tynwald. It would take the hourly rate to £9.50 per hour.

A planning application has been submitted for a 45-room residential care home to replace Cummal Mooar in Ramsey.

Pictures from the Cronk y Voddy ploughing match. And we look back at ploughing matches of the past in our Down Memory Lane feature.

Ralph John Walker has had his probation extended for attempting to breach a licensing ban.

The latest on the End Cafe building in Laxey.

Bird flu is in the island.

New members of staff at University College Isle of Man.

Hartford Homes is applying for planning permission for seven houses near the airport.

Kip McGrath, a company that provides English and maths tuition, is in the process of fully reopening after operating online for the past five months.

Motorcyclist Adam Simon Campbell has been fined for having no valid driving licence or insurance.

The Isle of Man Anti-Cancer Association is set to fund a three-year PhD in cancer research at the University of Liverpool for Elisabeth Non Gash.

In our series on various charities, this week we look at the TT Riders’ Association.

David Ashford writes a column for us as part of our new weekly series from MHKs.

In his column, David Cretney talks about the latest furry additions to his family.

In our Food and Farming pages, we meet the Coole Girls and find out about their free-range hens and eggs.

Ballakelly Farm has become the first farming business to gain UNESCO Biosphere Isle of Man accreditation.

Bryony Vernon has been elected as president of the Southern District Agricultural Society.

In our page from the past, we see how the Suez crisis hit the Isle of man.

In Working Week, we meet the men behind MyZone, a company that’s aiming to make people fitter around the world.

The new slimmed down version of the Manx Grand Prix has been confirmed by Manx Motor Cycle Club and the Department for Enterprise, as the Examiner predicted seven weeks ago.

That’s the main story on the back page.

There are 10 pages of action-packed sport altogether.

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

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