It should be good news for motorists, retailers and residents.

Douglas Promenade is going two-way again.

So that should make it easier to get in and out of the capital.

But it’s actually just returning to what was first planned.

This week’s Manx Independent has more.

Plus a change to a controversial traffic scheme elsewhere in Douglas.

Also this week:

We knew that fewer people were using the airport since lockdown. Now we have the figures.

EasyJet’s plans to return to Ronaldsway.

A huge new MRI scanner has been brought to Noble’s Hospital. See the photos we’ve taken of its installation.

Patients who want to see their GP will have to go through a triage questionnaire first.

PokerStars’ parent company Flutter Entertainment is no longer going to deal with China.

A daughter who used her mother’s bank card without permission has admitted two counts of theft.

A teenage mother who was drunk in charge of her child and assaulted a police officer has been in court again and sentenced.

St Ninian’s High School languages teacher Carole Laporte has broken the record for swimming round the Isle of Man. We celebrate her achievement.

Lee Abbot of Laxey, who struggled with police and then ran away, has been sentenced.

The winners of Isle of Man Newspapers’ Design an Ad competition.

Pictures from the Peel Gardeners’ Association Show.

The amount of money Event Lighting Services and Greenlight Television were paid to broadcast the government’s daily Covid-19 briefings.

Members of the headteachers’ union will resume their industrial action next week.

Our Food and Farming pages report that a ram with Manx genes has been sold for £367,500.

We also report from the vintage tractor show and look forward to the Food and Drink Show.

A satirical show about Manx news is to be performed in Peel.

Three colourful works of art have been installed along the banks of a river on the south of the island, as part of the works to create an arts trail.

Learning how to play some of the best-known Manx folk tunes has been made that little bit easier thanks to a series of tutorial videos.

Thousands of people took the opportunity to find out more about life in the seas around the Isle of Man at the weekend. We print a picture special.

This week we have 10 action-packed pages of sport.

There’s plenty of community news in the Manx Independent, as well as Pullyman’s column, our gig guide, our puzzles page and a seven-day television guide.

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