Heron and Brearley, the company that owns a brewery and lots of convenience shops, is featured on the front page.

It has accused its auditors of negligence after figures made it appear it was more profitable than it actually was.

Inside:

An MHK’s attack on the government minister responsible for the NSC pool, work on which is still not completed.

The government minister in question, Graham Cregeen, is also on page 3 in a story in which a teachers’ union says it is unhappy with the way an investigation into alleged bullying has been handled.

Talking of teachers’ unions, a mass meeting of members was held this week and members say they are prepared to strike. The paper reports why.

Up to 100 students and teachers are believed to be off sick from an island primary school.

The question of how to make it easier to develop ’brownfield’ sites in Douglas - rather than building on the countryside- - has been examined in a new report. Its authors say a development agency and the ability to give tax breaks could be the answer.

A man who sold his neighbour’s van for scrap to get rid of an eyesore.

Domestic abuse victims would not have to face court questions from their alleged attacker, under a proposal revealed this week.

Work on the taxpayer-funded £38m ferry terminal in Liverpool has begun.

It’s the end of an era after the Laxey blacksmith wielded his hammer for the last time.

Policy and Reform Minister Chris Thomas has given an assurance that over-75s in the Isle of Man will get the same free television licence provision as those in the UK.

A man who grew cannabis plants in the loft of his Port Erin home has been to court and sentenced.

Garff commissioners are asking residents to submit their views on the future of the postal service in the area amid fears of more post office closures.

Changes to Castletown’s Christmas celebration have annoyed many people in the town.

Israeli foodstuffs have been donated to the Isle of Man Foodbank to provide people, who are facing struggle, with a chance of trying something different.

An American charitable organisation has donated more than £100,000 to help buy a new hyperbaric chamber in the Isle of Man.

Staff from the children’s ward at Noble’s Hospital will be hosting a celebration for nine-year-old Chloe Rollit, who raised £12,000 towards new adjustable beds.

A review of the Pubwatch scheme has concluded that it does not fall foul of data protection rules - but practices do need to be tightened.

More than 80% of respondents to a Manx National Heritage consultation on the future of the former Castletown police station think taxpayers should pay for it.

A page of pictures taken at the Christmas lights switch-on in Ramsey.

Our two Food and Farming pages are full of news from the agricultural community and includes a guide on where you can buy your real Christmas tree.

In Island Life, our 16-page entertainment and leisure section, we look forward to the pantomime in Peel, which is on this weekend.

There are also 12 packed pages of sport.

The Independent also includes your letters, the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide, a page of puzzles, a page of pictures from the past and a seven-day television guide and lots of community news.

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