This week’s Isle of Man Examiner leads on a story about the difficulty people in the island now find in getting a credit card.

Tesco has bad news for its customers.

Inside, in our MHK columns, it’s the turn of Alfred Cannan, not only MHK for Ayre and Michael but chief minister too, to write. He talks about lessons learned from the pandemic.

Also this week:

Dr Lee Keegan has been bound over to keep the peace after a row over him giving CPR to a family member who collapsed in Jaks ended up going to court.

Ramsey Commissioners have been given an update on the legal position regarding the controversial Three Legs of Mann on the side of North Barrule. And they are divided about what they think about it.

Data released in the Budget last week has revealed how the island dealt with the challenges coronavirus over the last 12 months.

Chef Noel Patrick Richards who groped a woman’s breast and smashed a pub window has appeared in court for sentencing.

The Treasury Minister is projecting a £36m deficit, reflecting a shortfall of £5m in projected income and £30m higher expenditure.

We have a number of Budget stories in our Working Week section and reporter Siobhan Fletcher talks to minister David Ashford and department member Sarah Maltby about their first Budget.

Is the Post Office shedding jobs?

The latest on the development in Duke Street, Douglas.

An additional £2.7 million has been earmarked for additional educational needs provision.

The Department of Health and Social Care has a new boss. It’s career civil servant Karen Malone.

Manx Care is to begin to reduce waiting lists across a further seven clinial specialisms.

Vanessa Marie Edwards has been sentenced for being drunk in charge of a vehicle.

Pictures from the storms at the weekend and last week.

The two charities we put in the Examiner spotlight are Remember Me and Wish Upon A Dream.

In a series of our fascinating features about old buildings, Dave Martin of the Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society looks at the multitude of uses for quicklime.

This week’s Big Picture was taken by James Blunt of his own audience at the Villa Marina.

In our page from the past, the Mona’s Herald from 1960 reports that the total amount spent on social security - £30,000 a week.

David Cretney writes about a number of subjects in his column and he’s hoping for help identifying those pictured in an old photograph of a children’s home.

A combination of storm force winds, an unexpected snow fall and heavy rain virtually decimated the weekend’s sporting calendar. But we’ve still got nine pages of sports coverage.

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

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