This week’s Manx Independent leads with a story about the runaway Snaefell tram incident.

Seventeen months after it happened - it careered down the mountain after its brakes failed - it emerges that transport bosses have been ordered to take action before the start of the 2019 season.

The paper reports more.

Also this week:

The Illiam Dhone ceremony.

A rise in prices at the Energy from Waste plant (or incinerator) could cost ratepayers.

The first Manx baby of 2019.

After the Examiner highlighted problems with endoscopy at the hospital, a disturbing report has been published detailing what happened. We have a page about that.

Noble’s Hospital has lost a 10th of its beds over the last three years. They have dropped from 350 to about 314.

A man who spent most of the past month walking across the island had a night with the police for his trouble, but it’s not what you think.

How the initative to get people in the Isle of Man cycling more is going.

The little fairy houses have been enchanting island residents and making headlines around the world. But they seem to be crumbling. We report why.

Residents of Douglas have the chance to put their concerns to both their local authority and an MHK this weekend.

An initiative to highlight extra services or assistance offered by businesses in Port St Mary is being launched.

We’ve asked a lot of Manx charities what they’d like to see in 2019.

The Southern Swimming Club celebrates its 40th birthday next week and has invited all members past and present to its birthday bash in Castletown. We report where and when.

A talented harpist who is about to embark on a volunteering expedition to Africa has been entertaining residents of a Ballasalla care home.

There are four pages of business news this week. They include a report about how a bank has helped to a local telecoms business.

Our 16-page Island Life entertainment and leisure section includes details of Oie’ll Verree (old Christmas Eve) events this weekend and photos from the New Year’s Day dips, plus all its usual features.

The second part of the Year in Pictures special (the first part is in the Examiner, which is still on sale) is inside.

Plus there’s a look back at New Year sport and a look forward to the weekend’s events, a page of your opinions and lots of community news.

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