An Examiner investigation leads this week’s paper.

We have looked into how well the students loan system is actually working.

Also this week:

We list the biggest blunders of the Department of Infrastructure.

We reveal the biggest accident blackspots in the Isle of Man.

The state of emergency is officially over.

Police are investigating allegations that a group of visiting nursing care executives breached self-isolation rules by going out for a meal.

Heron and Brearley is trying - again - to get permission to knock down Glen Maye’s former pub.

A woman who smuggled cocaine into the island inside her body loses her appeal against her jail sentence.

Regeneration plans for Peel have been met with a mixed response.

One of our reporters has interviewed people she met in the street about the first things they did after lockdown ended.

Dogged campaigner Trevor Cowin has lodged no fewer than eight Tynwald Day petitions this year.

The Steam Packet is 190 years old today. We look back over its long history.

There have been a lot of inquiries about holidays in Guernsey after an ’airbridge’ was suggested.

It could be good news for sports teams too.

Meanwhile, a well-known travel agent is calling for an air bridge to Majorca to be set up.

Details have finally been released for the future of the Castle Mona as owners the Tevir Group plan ahead.

A government department has been fined £12,250 for breaching GDPR rules.

Lockdown restrictions on adult learning disability community homes are being eased in phases.

An operations manager from Douglas has raised £2,000 for the Friends of Noble’s Hospital by completing an unofficial Parish Walk.

In our Buildings at Risk feature, we look at the history of Douglas Head.

The High Bailiff has told a defendant she had no choice but to jail him - as there was no suitable accommodation for young offenders.

We look back to a 1961 copy of the Isle of Man Daily Times and Woman’s Magazine as we look back at this week in history.

The proposals for a controversial redevelopment of the Cosy Nook in Port Erin have been submitted to planners.

Ramsey Grammar School has awarded parents top marks for the way in which they rose to the challenge of being teachers during lockdown.

Car company boss James Mylchreest has stressed it is business as usual, even though the company is trying to rent out a 3,500 sq/ft showroom and office.

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

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