In this week’s Manx Independent, we report what our politicians have been considering after the BBC’s announcement that it would no longer fund television licences for the over-75s.
The lead story is about hopes for a comeback for Bruce Anstey, the TT star who’s suffered cancer.
The island is to open its register of beneficial ownership to public scrutiny - eventually.
We look at the plans for Ramsey’s courthouse. The trustees need £500,000 to go ahead.
Tynwald has declared a climate emergency for the Isle of Man.
A consultation is to start on 5G telecommunications.
Knife crime has gone down in the island.
A proposed education law is against human rights, lawyers say.
Meanwhile, the Isle of Man’s rules for home educators was copied and pasted from an authority in the UK.
A man who punched his disabled brother has been to court.
So has the man who was said to have wielded an axe in an argument with TT marshals.
Past members of the Isle of Man Choral Society are being invited to celebrate a special birthday.
A Manxman was short listed for a United Nations award for his work to create sustainable life in the world’s poorest communities.
A court case involving Albert Gubay’s former right-hand man.
Nearly 700 food products now have the Isle of Man-made seal of approval.
Past members of the Isle of Man Choral Society are being invited to celebrate a special birthday.
A wildlife charity called in a hoist hire company to rescue a gull at the weekend.
A public inquiry into reducing the board size of both Port Erin and Port St Mary Commissioners is to take place soon. We talk to one commissioner who’s dead against it.
Port Erin’s TT fun day was boring, a resident says in a letter to the commissioners. It was discussed in their meeting.
A plasterer who got, well, plastered has been in court.
The producer from the Indian company making a Bollywood film set in the Isle of Man has spent three days reviewing locations and planning logistics.
One of the island’s local theatre groups have their eyes set on appearing at Europe’s largest festival of arts and culture, and are asking for sponsorship to help them get there.
A photo special featuring the governor’s visit to a mine.
A group of archaeologists and students will return to the Isle of Man next week for a four-week excavation of a prehistoric round mound.
A Manxman is officially the Fishmonger of the Year.
On the back page we look forward to one of the biggest events in the Manx calendar, the Parish Walk.
Our Island Life section is full or details of entertainment and leisure events.
We also explain some of the weirder traditions for Tynwald Day.
The Great Manx Shindig is previewed on the front page.
Plus there’s Isle of Man’s What’s On guide, a page of pictures from the past, a seven-day television guide and lots of community news.
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