This week’s Manx Independent looks at why the horse tram tracks are laid out slightly differently.

It seems that transport bigwigs are considering introducing vehicles that aren’t pulled by horses onto Douglas promenade.

Also this week:

A full report on the case in which a man is alleged to have wielded an axe in a row with marshals.

A visitor ends up in court for ’over-exuberant’ dancing in Jaks.

TT star Daley Mathison, who died earlier this week, saved Steve Mercer’s life, the injured rider says.

Castle Rushen High School pupils are campaigning for what they’d like to see at the rebuilt school.

Racing bikes powered by solar panels.

Why the Isle of Man will feature on Radio 4 at the weekend.

A man who says he was bullied into looking after drugs has been sent to jail.

One of our reporters spends the day with two police officers during their TT duties.

Inquests into the deaths of two men who’d been exposed to asbestos in their working lives.

There’s bad news for St John’s as an important part of the village is to disappear.

A reader from Foxdale writes about his village and praises it.

A page of pictures from the Ramsey Sprint and the Southern Vintage Engine and Tractor Club’s show.

Unlicensed TT merchandise is being offered for sale on-line by a Miami-based outfit.

The boss of a Douglas-based taxi firm has criticised the public transport access route to the airport as not being safe for passengers after a bus damaged a cab.

A Peel man has been sentenced after being thrown out of the town’s golf club.

A serious illness and two family tragedies have given Jurby West farmer Thomase Cleator a new sideline as a filmmaker.

World-renowned classical guitarist Craig Ogden will be performing in the island next month.

It’s time to whip out your pink bras and all your pink accessories for this year’s Isle of Man Bra Dash.

We look back at this year’s TT entertainment in Port Erin.

Plus there’s Isle of Man’s What’s On guide, a page of pictures from the past, a seven-day television guide and lots of community news.

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