This week’s Isle of Man Examiner reports on which is the cheapest form of heating.

It comes as the island prepares to phase out gas and oil boilers to cut our carbon emissions.

We also look at work is being done to do that.

Also this week:

Forty Americans have cancelled a visit to the Isle of Man because they’re worried about coronavirus.

Our report on the court appearance of a boy who is alleged to have brandished a knife at school.

GPs at a Douglas practice, which is going to close, tell us of their fears for the provision of doctors’ services in the future.

Teachers in the island have been threatened that they may have their pay docked due to their industrial action.

A former boss of the Isle of Man Examiner is remembered.

The 100th birthday of war veteran John Stevenson.

A winding up application for island-based trust and corporate services firm Montpelier will be first heard in the high court later this month.

The latest climate change demonstration.

Staff at the House and Home store in Tynwald Mills lost their jobs in circumstances which should never have occurred, an employment tribunal has concluded.

The Cabinet Office has responded to the inspector’s recommendations for building in the east of the island. It wants looser population criteria, meaning developers could potentially build earlier.

The same page has news on revamping the TT access road.

A company has been in court for breaching fire regulations at the Falcon’s Nest Hotel in Port Erin.

The bell of a ship sunk by U-boats during the First World War has been retrieved from the Manx seabed.

A plan to convert one of the south’s railway stations into a toy museum and cafe has won the approval of the planning committee.

A puddle on a road near Kirk Michael keeps on growing, causing alarm among residents.

A website selling second-hand clothes has been set up to support small Manx charities that can’t afford a shop on the high street.

Policy and Reform Minister Chris Thomas has praised the action of charities in helping tackle poverty, hunger and homelessness. He tells us more about the issues.

Richard Ian Kissack of Douglas who kept Pava spray in his home has been sentenced.

As Tynwald is asked to crack down on the sale of fireworks, we ask people in the street for their views.

A teenager from Santon who punched his mother’s partner and had a knife on him has been sentenced.

A steam engine which hadn’t left the railway museum for more than 20 years has been moved ahead of a proposed overhaul.

A Hospice Isle of Man bid to get strangers talking to each other has won the support of Douglas Council.

Now seven have been nominated for membership of the Legislative Council.

Douglas Council’s regeneration committee has formulated a new charging policy in order to encourage events in Noble’s Park.

A new playground that encourages children to build dens, cook food and play with tools has opened in Douglas. We went along to find out more.

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