In this week’s Manx Independent, reporter Sam Turton takes an in-depth look at the government’s strategic plan.

It’s a radical set of proposals, and the organiser that looked at it has even suggested legalising cannabis to boost tourism.

Also this week:

Photos of every Year Six – pupils about to leave primary school – children.

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The free schools meals programme for the summer ‘won’t reach every child that needs it’, says the Cabinet Office minister.

The owner of the Laxey Beach Cafe has said her business will be ‘severely’ affected by Garff Commissioners taking ownership of the public shelter next door.

Nearly a quarter of nursing posts in the island are currently vacant, according to figures provided in Tynwald this week by Manx Care.

Bank worker Paul Edward Mark Ewart who threatened a pub licensee at the Manx Arms in Onchan has been sentenced.

All island residents aged 50 and over, along with individuals in further at-risk groups, will be among those offered a Covid-19 booster and a seasonal flu jab this autumn to ensure increased protection ahead of winter.

The Covid figures were described as garbage by an MHK.

A new consultation has been launched into the proposed 2023 TT race schedule.

Sophie Michelle Susan Sinead Lane, who kicked a police officer in the face, has been sentenced.

The latest on flood defences in Laxey.

The Laxey Wheel will open to the public again later this summer.

Tynwald has backed a plan that should see the end of the dumping of raw sewage off the coasts of Peel and Laxey.

Motorist Alexander William Foster, aged 23, has been in court after he was caught speeding in his Audi R8 sports car.

This week’s paper includes our Green Life section.

In it we find out how gardening can help people’s mental health.

In Island Life, music and culture from all over the Celtic world will be on display over the next week, when the Yn Chruinnaght Celtic Gathering festival returns.

Manx author Nigel Kneale is remembered.

In the centre pages, we look back at the beach festival in Port Erin last week and feature a lot of photos.

On the back page, UCI Pro-Team rider Chris Lawless won the seventh annual Gran Fondo road race on Sunday, but only by a smidgen.

There is a total of 11 action-packed sports pages in total.

There is also plenty of community news, a page of your letters, our puzzles pages, the gig guide and a seven-day television guide.

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