In this week’s Manx Independent, the owner of the Mannin Hotel, Keith Lord, says the new seasonal worker migrant visa for hospitality businesses isn’t enough to help the staffing crisis that many businesses are facing.

On page one we report why 16 police were called out after a hoax call.

The government has announced that the Isle of Man’s vaccination programme will offer an additional booster vaccine to those most vulnerable.

The troublesome flume at the National Sports Centre (NSC) in Douglas remains closed.

Industrial action is being considered by nurses in the Isle of Man as part of a pay dispute with health chiefs.

The chief minister will visit the site of Castle Rushen High School next week.

Plasterer Alexander Arminson Okell, who broke glass in a door at the Outback and refused to leave, has been sentenced.

MHK John Wannenburgh says the Royal Air Force has used the island’s airspace to train for bombing campaigns.

Drink-driver George Arthur Horner has completed only two hours out of a 140-hour community service order.

Professor Angela W. Little will present ’One hundred and fifty Years of "Education for All"’ at an event in the south of the island.

The deadline is fast approaching for Daniel Richardson to vacate the cabin he has built for himself in a part of Nut Glen above Ramsey.

Elizabeth Josephine Barton has been sentenced for careless driving after crashing her car into a wall in Port Erin.

Our next charity in our series of features is the United Nations Association of the Isle of Man, which has been registered here since 1987.

We spoke to the group’s secretary, Christina Corkill, about the work it does.

In our Green Life section, the chair of the Isle of Man Climate Change Transformation Board, Daphne Caine MHK, highlights the next steps to tackle environmental issues after more than £40m was allocated to fighting climate change in the Budget.

Island Life reports on an arts programme campaign to combat prejudice against the LGBTQ+ community while celebrating its achievement and diversity and making it more visible.

We find out what Port Erin’s Basking Shark Trail is.

Author Rob Cowley released ’RED: A Manx Dragon called Rufus’ last weekend, and said that the book has proven popular with Isle Listen, the charity for which it is raising funds.

In sport, FC Isle of Man face North West Counties Division One title rivals West Didsbury & Chorlton in a second versus first clash at the Bowl.

There nine action-packed pages of sport in total.

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

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