This week’s Isle of Man Examiner, we report on a pet shop scam which is said to be operating from the island.

The story begins on page one.

Also this week:

We talk to the local recipients of New Year’s honours.

We find out why parts of the Raad ny Foillan coastal footpath have been closed.

Part of Port Erin is about to undergo regeneration. The Examiner reports the details.

A farm connected with an MLC has been investigated over numerous pollution issues.

Paul Speller’s political review of the year.

Both the Chief Minister and the Bishop give their New Year’s messages.

Three months after it sank in Peel harbour, a former fishing boat could be converted into a gateway for a church.

Volunteers behind the ambitious plan to restore Queen’s Pier in Ramsey are celebrating a windfall that will enable major steel replacement work to begin.

Obituaries for Roy Kennaugh and Lord Randolph Quirk.

A Manx author who wishes to remain anonymous has published a book, ’Face the Music’, about a scandal that involved her family in the early 1900s.

A special supplement of the year in pictures.

Plus business news, sport, your letters, the social diary and lots of community news.

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