The main page one report in this week’s Manx Independent is a court story about a man who surreptitiously took photographs of women’s and teenage girls’ legs.

He has admitted harassment.

Also this week:

Teachers in the Isle of Man are being subjected to verbal threats and even physical violence outside the school gates by their pupils, their union says

The Chief Minister on Brexit

The patient transfer team will be the ‘first to know’ if there are any problems with the new taxi operator, Health Minister Kate Beecroft has pledged

Infrastructure Minister Ray Harmer MHK has defended the use of ‘virtual’ airlines on Isle of Man routes, after Citywing collapsed with debts of £1.8 million

The Manx Independent has discovered that troubled Manx fund manager now in liquidation had links to the Panama Papers

Long-established electrical shop Waltons is returning to Strand Street in Douglas

A Douglas couple have been jailed after lying to the police about a fight during which a man was knocked unconscious and stopped breathing

A glamping – glamorous camping ­– site will open in Port Erin if planners give their permission

The government recognises the importance of sporting facilities, Policy and Reform Minister Chris Thomas has pledged, amid fears they could be lost to make way for housing

St German’s Cathedral in Peel opened its new labyrinth at the weekend and we took a lot of photos

The boss of Woodgate Aviation tells us the company is ‘ready to hit the ground running’ after winning the contract to provide the island’s air ambulance service for the next three years

A group of St Ninian’s students donned hard hats and hi-vis jackets for a week of work experience in the island’s construction industry

We find out more about a weird-looking radio antenna in Jurby

An architecture expert tells us that the Summerland site should be redeveloped as part of a renaissance of Douglas’s seafront

In our Island Life section we report on three major music acts that have been announced to appear at the Villa Marina this year

Seven different plays from seven different theatre groups are heading to the Gaiety Theatre for this year’s Easter Festival of Plays

A mother and daughter stage a joint exhibition at the Sayle Gallery

We find out more about Phil Reynolds, a well-known figure in the island’s music scene for the last 30 years

The Gaiety Theatre is to be transformed into a swirling, frosty winter wonderland. We find out why

More than 40 youngsters danced, rapped and sang their way through the ‘Youth’ Got Talent’ show and we were there

A look forward to the weekend’s sport

Pullyman’s column

Letters

Your seven-day television guide

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