The Manx Independent is in shops now and available to buy as a digital edition.
This week, sixth-formers should be given free condoms, a campaigner tells us. We find out what the Education Minister thinks.
On page one, we report some bad news for the people masterminding the island’s sewage strategy. Where does that leave us?
Inside:
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More on the jet ski story. After appearing on page one of the Isle of Man Examiner, it has made headlines around the world.
Port Erin’s Cosy Nook cafe and the old Trafalgar pub in Douglas have been issued with Building Preservation Notices to temporarily protect their future.
Tynwald has agreed a moratorium on post office branch closures until government has agreed its strategy for community services.
A director of an an island-based wealth management firm is linked to a UK registered company which won a £122 million contract from the NHS for PPE which reportedly was never used.
Douglas councillors have, yet again, hit out at undeveloped brownfield sites in the capital being used for car parking.
Education Minister Alex Allinson says he ’regrets’ that the island’s biggest teaching union has rejected the government’s latest pay deal.
Castletown gets a wallaby.
The result of an investigation into an unsealed ballot box at a Douglas Council by-election.
Tina Louise Groom has been fined £400 after admitting disorderly behaviour at the Front Porch bar in Douglas.
Minor amendments are to be made to a raft of laws that span a century.
New rules to correct anomalies on the regulations for prescription medicine have moved a step closer.
Two pages of photos from the Santas on a Bike event.
Plus photos from Wednesday’s Santa Dash.
Four beaches will become designated bathing waters next summer as the island introduces Europe’s highest water quality standards. We report which.
It’s panto season. And Island Life has details of performances in Douglas and Peel.
The new album by Manx trad folk fusion group Mec Lir has gone straight to the top of the iTunes music charts on the day of its release.
The Isle of Man has a rich history of traditional folk music, dance and tales. Manx music officer Chloe Woolley takes a look at the stories that lie behind some of the best-known songs.
Eight pages of photos from school Christmas plays.
In sport, Gwilym Jones won the Aston International-sponsored Winter Hill League title at the first attempt with his second win of the series.
There are 10 pages of action-packed sport altogether.
The leisure and pleasure Island Life section also includes a gig guide and lists which films are at the pictures.
There is also plenty of community news, as well your letters, our puzzles page and a seven-day television guide.
The Manx Independent is in the shops now.
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