This week’s Manx Independent includes a report on a light aircraft crash after investigators released their findings.

It’s one of the stories on page one.

We also report there plans to build a new headquarters for the emergency services.

Inside:

Most people in the Isle of Man back the Black Lives Matter campaign, a survey has found.

The population of the island is down slightly but the number of over-65s has risen.

The future of Ramsey’s courthouse has been thrown into doubt.

Former MHK David Quirk is not popular with Onchan’s local authority after he complained. There’s a bit of a row going on.

More than £24m of ill-gotten gains from financial crime have been recovered since January last year.

The Friends of Michael School held a ball to mark the primary school’s 125th anniversary. We were there taking photos.

A bouncer who slapped a man who spat at him a the 1886 bar has been sentenced.

The relationship between Department of Education civil servants and teachers is ’fractured’, a damning report says.

Parents, pupils and staff will be able to view plans for a proposed new science and technology block at Queen Elizabeth II High School after they went on display at the school.

The price of milk rises.

Police inquiries into deaths at the Abbotswood care home are continuing.

Quality images of the Isle of Man, together with many well-known members of the community, are available for purchase in a silent auction taking place in Peel.

Flutter Entertainment, the gambling giant behind Isle of Man-based PokerStars, has appointed former Labour party deputy leader Tom Watson as an adviser to its board.

The Manx Solidarity Fund has donated £17,000 to Cruse Bereavement Care.

The average rent for a three-bedroom house in the public sector has increased by more than 10% in four years.

Infrastructure Minister Tim Baker has refused to give details of how much money his department spent during the lockdown.

Pictures from the Cronk-y-Voddy produce show.

This week sees the release of ’Throatbone’, a poetic pamphlet, containing 25 new and original poems by Simon Maddrell. It’s the front-page story in our Island Life entertainment section.

We also see who won the hotdog eating competition at the Food and Drink Festival.

Top comic Chris Ramsey is planning to perform in the island.

This week there are 10 pages of sport, plenty of community new, as well as Pullyman’s column, your letters, our gig guide, our puzzles page and a seven-day television guide.

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