In your Manx Independent this week we report a court story of a man who’s truly a menace on our roads.
That’s the lead story.
Inside:
As inflation rises, the latest everyday goods to cost more are stamps and milk.
Business owner Sharon Kenny is shocked that construction works have returned to her end of Douglas promenade a year after they had finished there.
Oil contamination on a southside beach.
Why Manx stone is to be exported to North America.
The road leading to the Isle of Man Ferry Terminal in Liverpool has been named Triskelion Way by Liverpool City Council. But will Liverpudlians know how to pronounce it?
In the last year, 11 teachers under the age of 45 have left their jobs amid concerns for ‘good career opportunities’ in the island.
‘Likeable chap’ Michael Andrew Hoctor, who had to be carried out of the Outback pub, has been sentenced for disorderly behaviour on licensed premises.
The big fire on Peel Hill prompts a plea from firefighters.
News of a candlit vigil to take place in Douglas this evening in support of the people of Ukraine.
A Private Member’s Bill to recognise same sex couples’ parental rights has been proposed in the Legislative Council.
The Infrastructure Minister has said when speed reduction measures around Ballakermeen High School.
An already-disqualified driver, Richard William Miller, has been sentenced for dangerous driving.
Work has begun on the third shelter on Mooragh Promenade in Ramsey as part of the commissioners’ Shelter Art project.
A 32-year-old man who threw a brick at the windscreen of a police van in Ramsey has been sentenced.
Liverpudlian Thomas William Harrison has admitted trying to smuggle £47,530 in cash out of the island hidden in a secret compartment in a car.
The second part in our feature about women in politics in the Isle of Man as we mark International Women’s Day.
After last week’s unfortunate last-minute postponement, the latest musical to hit the Manx stage opens this weekend. We preview Sweeney Todd in our Island Life section.
The youth drama group from the Kensington Road Youth Arts Centre have their eyes set on a trip to York, to take part in a national UK theatre festival.
Iva Petrova, a pupil from Ballakermeen High School, has been named as the latest in a line of young poets of the Isle of Man.
On the back page we pay tribute to former island football manager Kevin Manning.
There are 12 action-packed pages of sport in total.
There is also plenty of community news, a page of your letters, the latest from the Manx Bard, our puzzles pages, the gig guide and a seven-day television guide.
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