After the Environment Minister rejecting advice from this own officers on a care home in Onchan, he says that it’s his job to do that sort of thing.

Geoffrey Boot explains all in this week’s Manx Independent.

Also on page one is an illustration of how much of a subsidy our various forms of public transport get.

Inside:

Why the Post Office chairman refused to answer a House of Keys question.

It’s time for the people who accompany patients to overnight hospital appointments to get more money from the health service.

What is being done to sort out the Groudle Glen water wheel?

A government minister defends the decision to increase school bus fares.

An 11,000-year-old rib bone has been found by a five-year-old when out cleaning a beach.

We talk to Jacksons, the big motor dealer, about its mistakes and how it says it wants to improve.

Campaigners in the north of the island tell us why they’re opposed to the erection of a 5G telephone mast.

Houses made to help the Little People of the island move into Laxey can now be spotted around the village.

How much money do you have to have to become a ’high-net worth’? (We’d love to know too.)

MHKs have accepted the decision by unelected MLCs to throw out one of their proposals for charity rules.

A Peel cook gives us her recipe for Easter cakes.

A teenager has appeared in court after ringing 999 and saying ’Yo, yo, yo’.

Why a sports coach has lost his driving licence.

New sewage works for Ballaugh.

A man who bruised a policewoman’s leg is jailed.

A 25-year-old has been in court after an angry rant in Jaks bar, Douglas, over a drinks bill.

In our Food and Farming section, the drive to promote Manx meat and a profile of Emma Corkill, 30, the managing director of Andreas Meat Company.

In the 16-page Island Life section, a preview of the Easter Festival of Plays is the cover story.

Inside there is a photo special of Alice in Wonderland at The Gaiety.

Plus 12 pages of sport, the 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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