This week’s Manx Independent reveals a legal row as a developer has taken the Department of Infrastructure to court.

It all centres on a failed attempt to redevelop the old bus station site in Douglas.

Also this week:

We got some flak last week after we printed an advertisement from an organisation promoting veganism. We explain why we had to run the ad and hear from Isle of Man Creameries about animal welfare.

Manx Radio’s future is secure.

After our story last week about Ramsey Grammar School’s term-time holidays policy, we ask the other state high schools what they do.

The Isle of Man has been named the third safest place in the world.

Controversial changes to benefits have been put on hold but the Treasury Minister has advice for parents.

How we helped the father of a bride to find his daughter’s old Volkswagen Beetle in time for her wedding.

Plans for a big redevelopment of Duke Street, Douglas, have moved a step further.

Meanwhile, at last, it looks as though something’s happening with Ramsey’s courthouse.

Port Erin residents have suffered a defeat over plans for Breagle Glen.

Liquidators of three failed investment funds have failed in their legal bid to question two former directors under oath. Three thousand investors had put in £171m into the funds.

After we exposed the dilapidated condition of some of the ’fairy houses’, the government says they will be maintained.

Refilling your water bottle when out and about has become a lot easier following the launch of a plastic-reducing scheme.

It’s caused a kerfuffle on social media, so what’s the truth about Bushy’s taking over the former Paramount City site? We find out.

We reveal when Oxfam’s Douglas charity shop will shut.

How you can nominate an officer for our police award.

We ask children at Bunscoill Ghaelgagh what they think about a report that described the Manx language as dead.

The island’s business community is watching after a rival jurisdiction has been hit by a wave of public sector strikes.

A teenager has admitted an unprovoked attack on a man in which he broke his victim’s nose.

The government is urging charities to apply for money to help fund international development projects. We report how - and it’s the subject of the Independent’s comment column.

Now that royal assent has been given to the Abortion Reform Act, we report reaction from pro-reform and anti, while political reporter Paul Speller writes a commentary about the issue.

In our Island Life entertainment and leisure section, we report on a plan to bring the West End to Peel next week.

The Manx Independent also features comprehensive sports coverage, our music guide, the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide, a page of pictures from the past, a seven-day television guide, your letters and lots of community news.

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