In this week’s Manx Independent, we report plans to rebuild the TT Grandstand.

Inside:

A must for football fans: Our guide to the forthcoming season in FourFiveOne.

Why some six-year-olds are being taught in a mobile classroom at a high school.

A shortage of HRT drugs is hitting women in the island.

The first pizza vending machine in the British Isles opens.

Four accused of being involved in a plot to smuggle a phone into the prison have appeared in court again.

A report on the committee that’s looking into suicide in the Isle of Man.

Official TT drivers had been ’clearly warned’ about exceeding the safety-imposed speed limits, it has emerged. A statement has been issued by the Department for Enterprise following the front page story in this week’s Examiner about the departure of course inspection officer Shaun Counsell.

The new Deputy High Bailiff.

Teenager Kyle Moore, of Kirk Michael, who had cannabis sent to him in the post has been sentenced.

Vehicles are damaged in a rough ferry crossing.

Michael William Steven Hanger, of Victoria Street, Douglas, has been jailed after assaulting a man in the Woodbourne pub.

Castletown Commissioners have appealed against planners’ refusal of a plan to build at Knock Rushen.

Four out of five Manx residents have given their support to onshore wind generation in the island, a consultation says.

The best turned out kart in this year’s Douglas Soapbox Derby was an entry that came all the way from Japan. See what it looked like.

We talk to farmers about the potential effects of Brexit on their businesses in our Food and Farming section.

A care home in Ramsey has undergone a £5m upgrade. We take a look.

Level 42 is playing tonight (Thursday) and we preview the event in our Island Life section.

In that section, we include a photo special featuring the Our Island: Our World festival, which was held in Peel.

Plus there is the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide and a seven-day television guide inside.

There’s also your letters, the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide, a page of puzzles, a page of pictures from the past and a seven-day television guide and lots of community news.

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