This week’s Isle of Man Examiner leads with an advocate’s opinion about jailings over the Covid-19 pandemic.

We’re pretty sure a lot of our readers will disagree with him.

Also this week:

Chris Robertshaw suggests that deaths at the Abbotswood care home could have been prevented.

On page 2 we report four cases in which people who used cannabis were taken to court.

There’s a great story on page 3 about a farmer who proposed to his girlfriend by writing on a sheep. You will probably guess our headline.

Four pages of coverage of the Royal Agricultural Show.

A licence has been approved to allow the removal of 30 trees which border properties on Wybourn Drive in Onchan. The move isn’t popular with many.

Offender Jacob Boruch Raby has been banned from licensed premises for six months after asking magistrates to make his ban longer.

We have a page on proposals to change the face of large parts of Douglas and Onchan with blueprints for future development.

A grey area in Great Britain’s driving licensing laws has been highlighted by one Manx student’s experience of having a Manx licence there.

This year’s Douglas Soap Box Race has been cancelled because of a lack of insurance.

There are plans to mark the 200th anniversary of the HMS Racehorse tragedy in which nine people died.

In his column, political commentator Alistair Ramsay asks what should we expect from the candidates seeking our support in next month’s general election to the House of Keys.

Our Word on the Street page comes from St Ninian’s High School. We ask GCSE students about their exams and their plans.

The Red Arrows are returning to Manx skies.

A Ramsey resident is appealing for information about an old clock that used to belong to the town.

Offender Matthew Jamie Cowin has appeared in court after he was in an altercation at the 1886 bar.

An LGBT+ educational group is hoping that people will donate resources to primary schools in the Isle of Man.

We continue to look at church buildings in our Buildings at Risk feature.

There’s a page of photos from beneath the sea in Manx waters.

Manx Care, yhe new body that runs day-to-day health services in the Isle of Man, has been shortlisted for an award.

Rushen Heritage Trust is opening 10 ’top secret’ gardens during its Port Erin in World War II event.

Our paper from the past comes from 1953. There was a record Royal Show attendance. One-time President of Tynwald Clare Christian appears there as a girl.

Rob Callister, owner of removals firm, Callisters, tells us how the company has overcome the challenges posed by Covid-19 and Brexit

Manx-born Verity MacLeod tells us about her dream job as assistant producer on Coronation Street - and about her favourite storyline.

In sport, there could be big changes for the Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT.

FC Isle of Man claimed their first win in the North West Counties Football League with a 3-0 victory over Alsager Town on Saturday.

There are 10 pages of sport altogether.

This week there is also an eight-page broadsheet supplement focusing on the economy after Covid.

It includes a page all about Isle of Man Newspapers' news and sport team.

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

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In his column, David Cretney talks about public footpaths and what’s needed to improve them.