This week the Isle of Man Examiner is in the shops a day earlier than usual.

It is normally published on a Tuesday. However, this year New Year’s Day falls on a Tuesday so we’ve brought it forward a day.

In the paper:

Remember the flooding that causes so many problems for businesses on Peel Road, Douglas, a few years ago? What has been done to ensure that doesn’t happen again? Not much.

But that’s about to change. The story is on page one.

On the front page, we’ve also highlighted the terrible plight of a mentally ill man who was taken into custody. That’s the subject of the Examiner editorial comment column.

Inside:

The Chief Minister’s New Year message. No prizes for guessing that Brexit is mentioned.

The recipients of New Year honours.

Bad news from the Dutch. The Netherlands is blacklisting the Isle of Man.

We meet an intrepid fundraiser who’s walking around the British Isles. He’s spent weeks here.

Why the management at the Cherry Orchard Aparthotel in Port Erin are in the firing line from the village commissioners and tourism chiefs.

A list of the venues for New Year’s Day dips.

After the drone chaos at Gatwick Airport, Manx authorities have clarified the situation here. See a map in the paper.

Good news for young diabetics.

Two pages all about the traditional cammag game at St John’s.

Restored locomotive Sea Lion was the star attraction at Groudle Glen Railway over the festive period. We report on what happened and print a number of photos.

The 356th anniversary of the execution of Illiam Dhone is to be commemorated. We report the details.

A Peel man who hit his girlfriend in the face and grabbed her by the throat has been convicted of assault causing actual bodily harm.

How a row at a property in Douglas on Christmas Day escalated and led to the police being called.

A teenager admitted threatening to smash his ex-girlfriend’s windows with a baseball bat. The case has gone to court.

A photo special with our Year in Pictures. It’s a good reminder of the top news and sports stories of 2018.

On our nostalgia pages, Terry Cringle recalls the old rickety rollercoaster at White City.

Our sports team look back over the action over the weekend.

Plus there’s a page of your opinions, a special four-page report on a discussion we hosted with business leaders about many aspects of the Manx economy, the latest in our occasional series about buildings at risk in the island and lots of community news.

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