In this week’s Manx Independent, we report on the end of a well-known Manx business on the front page.

We also reveal that jobs are at risk at an insurance company.

Inside:

An eight-page special about the Parish Walk, naming everyone who finished from Santon till the end.

On page three we have an inspiring story about a stroke survivor who took part in the Parish Walk.

An MHK asks who really benefits from government handouts to businesses.

A teenager has been to court after assaulting his mother and younger brother.

You’ll soon be able to buy a pizza from a vending machine.

Almost a year after St Thomas’ Church of England Primary School moved in with Scoill Vallajeelt, how’s it going?

A probation report rates a defendant as a high risk of harm to the public and high risk of reoffending.

A drink-driver who’s going to get a pay cut.

How did the Ben-my-Chree’s trip around the island go?

Rare penguins are born at the Wildlife Park.

A page feature about the island’s air ambulance.

We visit the new houses on the Clagh Vane estate in Ballasalla.

A rowdy party goer told a police officer: ’You’re a civil servant and I pay your wages.’

You might be unsurprised to hear he went to court.

A team of youngsters walk from Laxey to the summit of Snaefell for good causes.

The food and farming pages are full of news from the agricultural world and include a feature about an unusual breed of cow.

Photographer Dave Kneale came back into the office and said that they look like something from Star Wars.

Our Face in the Crowd feature includes photos from the Queen Elizabeth II High School 40th anniversary ball.

Peel’s commissioners are at loggerheads with their neighbours in Patrick over the sewage work plans.

Our Island Life section includes a look forward to an evening of ghost story telling on Douglas Head. It’s something to do this weekend.

The centre spread looks at a science magic show and includes lots of photos from the event.

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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