In this week’s Manx Independent: How we might be forced to implement a radical shake-up of our taxation system by President Biden.

Treasury Minister Alfred Cannan is ’going to market’ to raise £400m in a move he describes as stocking the Isle of Man’s war chest for the future.

The winners of the Sports Awards.

The government has apologised for some of the problems experienced by people filling in their census forms online over the weekend and advised that there is more time available.

A fire in a remote location near Niarbyl started by a discarded cigarette was an accident.

A service to commemorate the loss of nearly 30 Manxmen in one tragic day in 1940 took place in Port St Mary on Saturday. We print a picture special.

Our Face in the Crowd feature includes people who took part in the walk to the Tower of Refuge.

Father of two Paul Speller has reached his target of running 100km (62 miles) in 28 days to raise money for Henry Bloom Noble Primary School in Douglas.

Some island residents are having to wait for the dream of owning their own garden shed to come true. Find out why.

Mike Wade speaks to former Noble’s Hospital consultant Dr Sam about his remarkable life and the release of a book which records his story.

Around 150 trees could be removed from an area in south Douglas if plans to build 12 new homes are approved.

The Sefton Group is to go private after decades of being a public company following ’overwhelming’ support from shareholders for the move.

The Isle of Man Government would be ’criminally negligent’ if it failed to act to prevent the Indian variant of coronavirus from reaching our shores, a new resident has warned.

A preview of a new production of Roald Dahl’s The Twits.

Two days of music, games and spectacular tricks and skateboard skills will help officially open a new skate park in the south of the island at the weekend.

Rock, punk and heavy metal bands took part in an annual full day of music which raised hundreds of pounds for charity. See our coverage in the Island Life section.

The Island Life section is also where you’ll read about Kensington Road Youth Drama group perform the 18th century massacre on board the British-owned slave ship, the Zong, as part of the play ’Wind/Rush’, an entry in the National Theatre Connections drama festival.

The Mountain Marathon is on the back page and there’s lots of sports action inside.

There is also plenty of community news, a page of your letters, our puzzles pages and a seven-day television guide.

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