In this week’s Manx Independent: The architect of the revamped health service says how he thinks things are going now.

We report the latest figures about how many people have been vaccinated.

Plasterer Kalam Lee Blundred has been in court after crashing his car on the Mountain Road then attempted to hide the cannabis in a grass verge.

The Department of Infrastructure has withdrawn its planning application to develop Ramsey’s West Quay following objections from the town’s commissioners.

People on low incomes who do not receive any income-related social security benefit payment can now claim a lump-sum to assist with home heating costs.

The new Justice Minister, Jane Poole-Wilson, is expected to signal proposals for a major reform to the Manx legal system.

We learn about Yn Draamey, a youth theatre project which aims to advance the performing arts in the Isle of Man.

Stephanie Gomaa and Sharon Stevenson have climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

James Quayle, from Onchan, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to the community during the pandemic.

Taxi driver Peter Michael Birchall has been fined £500 for threatening behaviour after a row at the airport.

Businesswoman Michelle Mone and her billionaire husband Douglas Barrowman have been accused of being secretly involved in a PPE business that she referred to the Cabinet Office which was then awarded over £200m in government contracts.

Our fitness columnist Danny Kane gives advice on how we should keep to our New Year’s resolutions.

Tynwald’s Commissioner for Administration has refused to investigate a complaint made by a resident who was not allowed to return to the island during the border lockdown.

West End actor and singing personality John Owen-Jones is to perform at the Guild.

The government says its measures to help businesses created 284 jobs, separate from help from Covid-related schemes.

A documentary which aired on Monday night appeared to show a link between the island and an infamous art theft.

Fiddle player Aaron Catlow is set to play his second concert in three months on the island this weekend. We find out more in Island Life.

Musician Ellie Quayle is to host a night she has entitled ’A Smile and a Song’ in Laxey on Friday.

Poet Hazel Teare’s debut publication, ’Life and Other Inconveniences’, has been published.

In the centre pages, we take a look at an exhibition that looks at a vast range of tools and curios that would have been commonplace at one time around the island, but have since faded from memory.

The local cross-country season reaches its climax on Sunday with the fourth and final round of the Law Trust-sponsored league.

That news is on the back page - plus a celebration of youngsters’ success in Lancashire.

There is also plenty of community news, a page of your letters, the latest from the Manx Bard, our puzzles pages, the gig guide and a seven-day television guide.

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