The Manx Independent this week includes a story in which politicians advocate that cyclists should be breathalysed after an accident on the roads.

We suspect that will lead to a lot of comment.

Also this week:

A long story about the petitions presented to Tynwald yesterday and an explanation of the striking photo on page one.

Mark Cavendish crashes out of the Tour de France.

As the UK pulls out of a fishing agreement, leaving ministers here wondering what will happen to the Isle of Man, have we caught a glimpse of what will happen with every Brexit decision that affects the island?

We ask the criticised Attorney General’s Chambers what it’s done to improve itself after a critical report. They don’t say much.

A man who had approaching 3,000 pictures of children stored on discs and hard drives was unmasked after he broke up with his wife and left the marital home.

An MHK rejects criticism from the chief minister and stands by her view that government ministers should intervene on planning matters only when it is in the national interest.

The endoscopy rumbles on this week it’s claimed that a backlog of endoscopy examinations was a ’crisis’ that risked patient safety.

A party of Costain family members, visiting the island from America for Tynwald, went to see the grave of one of their ancestors in Foxdale and we found out more.

Staying in Foxdale, village residents are being given a final chance to save their post office.

A cleaner from Douglas has been sentenced to community service for stealing a phone and DVDs from a couple who employed her.

Culture Vannin officially opened its new offices and we hear more about them.

The government is stepping in after a private sector company announced it was shutting its care home in Ramsey.

Plus:

Great photos from the hospice ’Bubble Rush’ in which members of the public ran or walked through bubbles, a page about Laxey fair, community news, your letters, a look forward to the weekend’s sport, readers’ photographs, a look forward to the weekend’s sport, your seven-day television guide and the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide.

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