In this week’s Isle of Man Examiner: There were 20 petitions presented at the Tynwald Day ceremony.

We have talked to all the petitioners about what laws they hope to change.

The event had a royal visitor and we followed Princess Anne as she took part in the day’s events.

Inside the paper there is more from the day.

Also this week:

The Isle of Man has taken a big step towards a potentially massive shake-up of its tax system after it agreed to back a minimum global corporate tax rate.

The island’s next lieutenant governor, Sir John Lorimer, has a background in the top brass of the military.

Ash dieback disease could eliminate ’90% of all ash trees’ in the island over the next ’five to six years’.

A special event has been held to showcase how easy it can be for hackers to gain access to a company’s data.

David Ferran from Ramsey has walked the whole of the TT course to raise funds for the Manx Heart Foundation in memory of a friend.

A group of concerned Onchan residents are calling for a 20mph speed limit to be instated on the main road in the village from Corkill’s Garage through to Lakeside.

Teenager James Michael Reubens has been sentenced and banned from driving for three years for riding a moped after drinking.

Ronaldsway Airport’s vaccination hub has shut nearly six months after it first opened.

Peel’s new £2.2 million lifeboat, the Frank and Brenda Winter, has returned to the town after being stuck in Lancashire since August.

The elms in St Mark’s have been saved - for the time being at least.

In our Word on the Street feature, we ask people what they think of the way planning applications are made public.

Michael John Westhead, who punched a man at 1886 bar in Douglas has been punished for disorderly behaviour on licensed premises.

Local authorities will see contests in some areas but by no means all when they are supposed to go to the polls later this month. In many cases there weren’t enough candidates to even fill the seats available.

The time limit on how long MHKs have to elect a new chief minister after the general election has been extended.

Pamela Armillei from Douglas has taken to Instagram to document her journey living with cancer.

Peel’s new lifeboat has returned to the town. It was stuck in Lancashire because of the pandemic.

The Isle of Man leg of the UK-wide Great Horses for Health Relay took place on Friday with more than 40 horses and riders, cyclists, walkers and carriages taking part. We have photos in our Food and Farming pages.

In our front page from the past we remember a royal visit to Tynwald Day in July 1945. The King and Queen visited months after war in Europe ended and a month before VJ Day.

Working Week talks to Gary and Laura Peirce, owners of Hopes and Dreams nurseries.

We also find out about a company that helps people to get their babies to sleep.

There’s more about Mark Cavendish’s fantastic Tour de France victories on the back page.

There are 10 pages of sport in all.

In addition, there are also readers’ letters, a television guide, our popular crossword and plenty of community news.

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