Buildings owned by government have been left to rot when they could have been used for the good of the island, Peter Karran says in this week’s Manx Independent.

The former MHK, who’s stayed out of the spotlight since he retired as an MHK last year, contacted us about the situation and we’ve followed it up in this week’s paper.

Also this week: Two pages of reports from the debate on the Abortion Reform Bill held in the House of Keys.

A man who said he found a gun in the sea has been sentenced in court.

Horse trams in Laxey. Yes, really.

A government minister admits that spending £400,000 on an American diesel loco was a mistake.

We talk to Manx Cancer Help about how its services are expanding.

A retail worker who attacked a customer in his own shop has been to court.

A report on the Holocaust memorial service held in Douglas.

A Manxman has spent six and a half days running 268 miles across mountains, moors and flooded rivers. We catch up with him.

There’s a great photo of the Chief Minister wearing a fez taking part in a dance at a fundraiser in his constituency on page one. There are lots more pictures of the event inside.

We find out about a Manx company that’s paid for more than 50 staff to visit Iceland.

Our two favourite letter headlines in the paper are "Mary Whitehouse was correct" and "Abort 67 should sue the Examiner". There are plenty more inside too.

Plus there are 12 pages of sport, Island Life (our 20-page entertainment and leisure supplement), the Isle of Man’s what’s on guide, a seven-day television guide, the latest nominee in our competition to find the community police officer of the year, a page of pictures from the past and lots of community news.

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