This week’s Manx Independent covers a campaign for tougher sentences for people convicted of brutal assaults.

It comes after a court case the Examiner covered last week.

Also this week:

With a week to go till they’re supposed to start, the Snaefell trams have not been given the safety all-clear.

A teenager this week changed her plea in court and says she did cause the death of a cyclist.

Also in court, a father who went into court and had a row with a teacher has been punished.

A government minister has overturned a decision by a planning inspector and will allow development of a high-profile location (and eyesore) in Laxey.

Meanwhile, plans for buildings to replace the Waterfall pub in Glen Maye have been changed. We

Sewage works in Ramsey have led to a cleaner beach, experts say.

Pension rules are changing - so when will you be entitled to yours?

The island-based owner of a school in Cumbria has been found guilty of cruelty.

Fitness to work tests, that came in for heavy criticism, have been scrapped.

Castletown’s police station has been taken off the market after emergency intervention by Tynwald.

Changes to the refectory at University College Isle of Man will not affect students, the Department of Education says.

Did you know that about 40% of the families who use Ronald McDonald House at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool are Manx? We find out more.

Changes to how Freedom of Information responses are published have come under fire.

Our sports section leads of TT star John McGuinness’s decision to ride for Michael Dunlop’s MD Racing team.

In our 20-page Island Life leisure and entertainment section, we preview tomorrow’s Gary Numan gig in Douglas.

In addition, there’s a feature about the extraordinary contribution made to contemporary art by David Gilbert, Norman Sayle and David Fletcher.

Plus the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide, 12 pages of sport, two pages of business news, your letters, three pages or readers’ photographs, a page of pictures from the past and lots of community news.

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