This week’s Manx Independent includes a number of stories about police officers who have won awards from the Chief Constable in an annual ceremony.
One is on the front page. They’re a reminder of what the boys and girls in blue do for the community.
Also this week:
Photos of every reception class in the Isle of Man.
In our Tynwald coverage, the Chief Minister’s state of the nation speech.
How an early-completion bonus could be awarded to contractors working on Douglas Promenade.
The 14th person to be jailed for breaking coronavirus isolation rules.
Education Minister Alex Allinson has said sorry to teachers for the way they have been treated and to pupils for the impact of long-running industrial unrest on their learning.
The Department of Education’s plans for remote learning, in case schools have to close.
Tynwald members have refuted the suggestion that they are voting themselves a pay rise. Some are blaming the media for stirring things up.
An award for Mooragh Park.
There are plenty of events on over the half-term week to help celebrate Hop Tu Naa and give the family a spooky and fun-filled time. See our guide inside.
An employment tribunal chairman has cut the award made to a former employee who was unfairly dismissed by a store in Port Erin.
The island’s school roll casts doubt on government claims of population growth.
Flybe could return to the skies next year after it was bought out of administration.
A 24-year-old man has been jailed for 20 weeks for punching his sister in the face during a row.
Union Mills author James Collier, otherwise known as J.C. Williams, has released his 14th novel. We talk to him for our Island Life section.
Davy Knowles, one of the island’s most famous musical exports, will revisit some of his oldest songs during an online concert.
Artist Bruno Cavellec is to open a highly personal exhibition this weekend.
Indie rock three-piece Sunset Jet played out of their skins to win the 2020 band Battle competition. We have two pages of highlights.
David Knight has competed in virtually every form of off-road motorcycling in his long and highly-successful career, except desert racing. Now he has realised that dream. The story is on the back page.
This week there are 11 pages of sport, plenty of community news, as well as Pullyman’s column, your letters, our gig guide, our puzzles page and a seven-day television guide.
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