In this week’s Isle of Man Examiner: Why did we pay more for replacement tram tracks than other organisations? We look at the figures.

The lead story is about the resignation of the two top civil servants at the Department of Health and Social Care. We talk to the minister.

After last week’s story about Ramsey Grammar School earning £20,000 a year from bottled water, one of our reporters has spoken to high schools about how much money they make from it.

The ’Word on the Street’ feature - in which we ask the public for views about current affairs - we ask what changes people have made in their own lives to become more environmentally friendly.

Living Hope Church’s income has fallen - but its directors’ pay has gone up. We take a look at its accounts.

It is now less than three weeks to go until the island goes TT mad, which means the return of Bushy’s TT Village for its second year. We find out what’s in store.

The government is offering more money to nurseries and childcare providers after an investigation revealed a chronic shortage was causing problems for parents.

What could have been a catastrophic runaway tram incident has been a wake-up call for the Snaefell Mountain Railway. Isle of Man Newspapers fought for the findings of the investigation on the incident to be made public. Now we take a look at what’s changed.

A man who admitted burgling his parents’ house in Douglas has been jailed.

During refurbishment work, the hospice will temporarily re-home some of its services, with the adult in-patient until moved to Southlands in Port Erin.

Volunteers are celebrating a major step forward in the restoration of Queen’s Pier, Ramsey.

Two motorists have been fined and banned after they were clocked speeding at 94mph in a 50mph zone in the south of the island.

Teenagers Claudia Lewthwaite and Scott Horne do the island proud in a dancing competition.

Coaches from Blackburn Rovers have returned to the island to train young players following the success of last year’s training camp.

A man who laid down in front of a social worker’s car and banged on her window has been to court to be punished.

A Castletown commissioner says he is exasperated by some of the things being done in town by the local authority. We find out why.

Two pages of pictures from the fundraising ’bubble rush’ at Mooragh Park in Ramsey.

Chrystals, the estate agency, is celebrating its 165th anniversary. We talk to the bosses.

In a full-page opinion piece, Julie Blackburn says why the government’s policy of attracting cruise ships to the island is flawed.

One of Netball Europe’s biggest annual tournaments will be held in the Isle of Man later this week. It’s the lead story on the back page.

The final results from the Guild.

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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