In your Manx Independent this week, the mother of a woman who was brutally killed talks to us ahead of the killer’s release from prison.

Inside:

The government still plans to drop all remaining legal coronavirus restrictions on March 31.

The Lieutenant Governor tells us about his first six months in the job – and says he’d like to allow TT fans to camp outside his home.

Tynwald has shown unanimous support for a motion to support Ukrainian sovereignty, democracy and independence.

A fundraiser held in St John’s Methodist Hall has raised more than £5,000 for charities helping Ukrainian refugees. We took lots of photos.

The Manx SPCA has spoken out after a wallaby was shot in the head and had to be put to sleep because of its injuries.

A huge rise in the price of electricity is announced.

The government has received planning approval to build 21 homes in Jurby.

Criminals Dean Anthony Whitehead and Jonathon Edward Myers, who stole electric toothbrushes and a Braun shaver from Boots, have been sentenced.

A sign that the new KFC restaurant is to open soon.

The world’s largest sailing yacht, which last April was anchored in Douglas bay, has been seized after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Tynwald has backed an interim target to cut carbon emissions by 2035 but there was some disappointment that it hasn’t gone far enough.

A government minister talks about the future of the Southern Swimming Pool.

Andrew Carl Yewdall, a 33-year-old groundworker, has been fined sentenced after assaulting a designated official at Sam Webb’s pub.

A six-month trial of the Isle of Man’s ‘enhanced emergency air bridge’ is now underway.

A draft Childcare Strategy has been published by the Isle of Man Government as part of its Island Plan.

Staffing problems for the airport.

Will the new London air routes, which have been subsidised by the government, continue indefinitely?

A long-delayed Office of Fair Trading report concludes the dial-a-ride minibus service is unlikely to be anti-competitive.

Motorist Pavel Dimitrov Naydenov was driving his car while holding a cable attached through its bonnet, magistrates have been told.

In Island Life, we preview the circus, which is coming to town soon.

Jazz music fans on the island are in for a special treat next weekend, with three days worth of concerts from a visiting top UK musician.

Each month, Breesha Maddrell, director of Culture Vannin, looks at 40 years of her organisation.

In the centre pages, the Battle of the Bands Isle of Man saw three bands of musicians aged under 11 and six groups aged under 18 fight it out in a friendly competitive night of music and performance, in front of a panel of judges.

On the back page Mark Cavendish sprinted to his third victory of the season at the Milano - Torino one-day race in Italy on Wednesday afternoon.

There are 12 action-packed pages of sport.

There is also plenty of community news, a page of your letters, our puzzles pages, the gig guide and a seven-day television guide.

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