A union leader says one of the real problems at the hospital is the number of locum doctors it employs.

He tells the Manx Independent that they’ve been milking the system while health chiefs struggle to recruit permanent doctors and face another big deficit.

Also this week:We talk to the family of a two-year-old Douglas girl about how she’s recovering after a heart transplant.

The law firm that was hacked and whose information was leaked to journalists, leading to the Paradise Papers, says it’s going to sue The Guardian.

Our House of Keys correspondent reports on the debate that led to MHKs stripping MLCs of the right to vote for the chief minister.

Sending patients to the UK for treatment costs the NHS millions every year. The paper reports more details.

A visitor to the island who assaulted a woman has been jailed and will be banned from the island when he’s completed his term.

Silting up in Peel harbour is getting worse. We talk to people affected.

The family of liver transplant patient Ann Fox has donated a lot of money to the health service.

The route of pedestrians in Ballabeg is to become far safer with new traffic calming measures and crossing if new proposals work.

Just over £2,500 was spent on a fact-finding trip to the Alps by three public transport officials.

The secret is out â?¦ or at least it’s coming to Castletown in the form of the Secret Pizza Company.

A 20-year-old Peel man has been punished in court after he swore at police and ran away from them. PAVA spray was used in order to calm him down.

Island Life, our leisure and entertainment section, features a Manx choir that’s going to perform in the USA and lots of photos from the Gaiety Theatre pantomine.

The sports section looks forward to the weekend’s events, plus there are your letters, the Isle of Man’s What’s On section, a page of pictures from the past, a seven-day television guide and lots of community news.