This week’s Manx Independent reveals plans for a new hotel and flats complex on the site of the old Castletown Golf Links Hotel.

It means more jobs too.

The story is inside the paper.

On the front page we talk to a former Manx Telecom boss who’s been found innocent in court of a charge relating to cannabis.

Also this week:

We still await a decision on whether OAPs will be charged for prescriptions.

The Isle of Man isn’t going to meet its green targets, a top politician admits.

We meet a man from the island who rescued people from crocodile-infested waters.

An MLC has appeared in court.

A man is jailed for hitting a police officer.

Checks at some gambling companies have found many haven’t fully complied with anti-money laundering regulations.

A Just Giving page has been set up to cover the wedding costs of a Peel woman with a life expectancy of five years.

There are fears of a mental illness epidemic in the island.

Pictures from yesterday’s Santa dash in Douglas.

Chris Thomas MHK says this government is all about doing, not talking.

The first GP who’s been fully trained in the Isle of Man.

The Isle of Man sports personality who’s in the running for the BBC’s award

Plus a look forward to the weekend’s sport, your letters, the Island Life entertainment and leisure centre, the island’s What’s On guide, your seven-day television guide and lots of community news.