This week’s Isle of Man Examiner leads with a court report about a care worker who stole from a vulnerable elderly man.

Inside the paper there’s lots about the TT, including our street interviews with members of the Manx public about their views of the festival.

We also visit Bushy’s village as it opens.

The other big stories this week:

A pitch brawl mars a big football match.

A pregnant woman assaults a police officer.

A government minister admits that he doesn’t know how much the horse trams are worth to the island.

A doctor is punished for having cannabis sent to him in the post.

The Marine Drive could get special status - the question is when.

A thug who punched his victim and then urinated on him appears in court.

A whistleblower wins his case against Manx Utilities.

A project that spent £4m trying to drum up new business for the island attracted just 20 new jobs.

We meet Michael MacPherson a war hero who has recently turned 99.

How a hedgehog was rescued after a fall.

Why some people in the west of the island want a rethink on Peel’s new sewage works.

A potential setback for hopes for a wind farm in Manx waters.

A suggestion of making the buses free is dismissed.

Changes to benefits for low income families have been approved by Tynwald - despite criticism they target the vulnerable.

Sepsis survivor and mum-of-one Nicole Reilly has set her sights on completing the Parish Walk at her first attempt. We meet her.

A bitter row about the Post Office in Tynwald.

A further student protest about the climate emergency.

An unqualified motorist who got his car stuck on a grass verge as he tried to flee police has appeared in court.

Health Minister David Ashford says work continues to improve the reliability of the breast screening service, following problems highlighted last year.

The controversy over dogs being banned on Port Erin beach continues.

Ramsey Grammar School pupils meet war veteran Hector Duff as they learn more about D-Day.

Steam Packet captain Allan Albiston, who began his shipping life as a catering boy, is to end his career 50 years to the day since he first went to sea.

A worrying decline in seabirds has been recorded.

The lead story in our business section features the men behind the newest bar in Douglas.

Plus there’s the weekend’s sports action in our Final Whistle section, 10 pages of business news, your letters, Terry Cringle’s Times Past and lots of community news.

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