This week’s Isle of Man Examiner features tributes to a young woman who died in a road tragedy.
The report is the main front page report in this week’s paper.
Also this week:
Lloyds Bank announces the closure of two branches.
A proposed major redevelopment of the South Quay in Douglas is given the go-ahead even though one member of the planning committee described it as grotesque.
Why one of Onchan’s commissioners has quit.
A protest against fracking.
Health Minister David Ashford has refused to release the business cases for why the government has ended some ’consumable’ supply contracts.
A new law on organ donation is being dedicated to a young man who lost his life in 2007.
The work on Douglas Promenade is to drag on for another six months longer than first promised.
A calendar featuring hunks from a northern gym has launched in aid of a Manx charity. They pose for us.
A nurse who travelled to Scotland to give evidence in a court case that had already been cancelled is hundreds of pounds out of pocket.
Freedom Travel is back in business after a huge setback when Thomas Cook went under.
A man with a broken leg was punched in a post-football match fracas, a court has been told.
Sinead O’Connor is to perform a gig at the Villa Marina soon.
After just under 50 years of volunteering with Douglas RNLI, coxswain Neal Corran is sailing into a well-earned retirement.
Alistair Ramsay is likely to upset quite a lot of people in his column. It’s about nimbys who oppose building houses in the countryside.
Coverage of Princess Anne’s visit to the island.
A toy museum has been proposed for a prominent building in the south of the island.
Tesco’s latest planning application.
A man who harassed his ex-girlfriend and threatened to reveal explicit images of her has been punished by a court.
Guests had a chance for the first time to take a look around a new £5m facility for adults with learning disabilities at Noble’s Hospital. We find out more.
Boxes and boxes of winter clothing are on their way to desperate refugees in Greece and France after the island responded with overwhelming generosity to an appeal for help.
A teenager who admitted stealing two cars and a bag of potatoes has been to court.
Professional boxer Danny Roberts, 28, has set himself a target of climbing the equivalent height of Mount Everest - 8,850 metres (29,035 feet) - by running from Laxey beach to Snaefell’s summit (6,673 metres or 2,034 feet)and back 14 times continuously.
Residents in Crosby are ’sorely disappointed’ over the building of a new estate in the heart of the village, says the chairman of Marown Commissioners.
Fashion for Life 2019 hit the stage at the Villa on Saturday night, an extravaganza of fashion, comedy and entertainment that is, above all, a celebration of life. We have two pages of photos from the event.
In our business pages, we report on a takeover in the island’s IT sector that means some senior management will lose their jobs.
Our lead story on the back page is about a young Manxman’s debut for Arsenal.
Plus there is lots of more coverage of sport in our Final Whistle section, 10 pages of business news, your letters, Terry Cringle’s Times Past, the property sales column and a whole scutch of community news.
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