This week, the Manx Independent’s lead story is about a swindle that’s cost TT visitors thousands of pounds.

We find out more about the investigation and the company involved.

Also this week:

A report on the inquest into the death of TT star Dan Kneen.

A well-known sports star who’s admitted spying on a woman having sex.

Parents are being warned of a sinister suicide challenge craze that has swept the internet.

The dodgy diesel that transport bosses bought six years ago and which has never been in service is in the news again. It’s been put on wheels! Hoorah!

Why the Chief Minster isn’t putting Manx Gas on notice over regulations.

Brexit looks like it could be bad news for Manx fishermen.

After we reported fears of publicans about police cuts, one tells us what he thinks of an increase in the Chief Constable’s budget.

A political committee has been looking at the island’s harbour strategy. Is Douglas harbour big enough to cope in the future? They examine that question.

Businesses and nature conservationists must work together to keep the Irish Sea healthy, the Irish Sea Centre’s (ISC) open event heard.

We meet Manx dogs that are on their way to Crufts.

Volunteers behind the restoration of Ramsey Pier are keeping a keen eye on the weather forecast - as they are hoping to be able to fit new steelwork in the next few weeks.

A man has been jailed after his nephew’s toy gun was spotted in his car by a police officer.

Three people have appeared in court after a fight at the Union Hotel, in Arbory Street, in Castletown.

Positive Action Group members and guests heard from Treasury Minister Alfred Cannan. One of our reporters went along.

Two pages of pictures from the bonnag championship featuring cooking champion (and TT star) Dan Sayle.

Should hemp be grown commercially? That’s one of the questions we ask in our new Food and Farming pages.

If you’re looking for things to do this weekend, look at Island Life, our 16-page entertainment and leisure supplement.

It include a preview of Les Miserables.

Plus there’s the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide, a seven-day television guide, your letters, news from this week’s sitting of the House of Keys, a look forward to the weekend’s sport and lots of community news.

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