Councillors are concerned about the future of Douglas after so many businesses have left the town.

This week’s Isle of Man Examiner highlights the issue on the front page.

Also this week:

A look forward to this week’s Budget.

The top boys’ and girls’ name, according to official Manx statistics.

The Creamery has been given a deadline to stop pumping whey out to sea.

The number of passengers flying and sailing to the island has soared.

A BAFTA tribute to Manxman Steve Christian.

Planning approval for the Douglas Promenade scheme.

The Lord Street redevelopment proposals are welcomed.

We talk to the boss of Douglas’s Oxfam shop about the scandal that has engulfed the charity.

A green campaigner’s petition aimed at curbing plastic bag use has attracted lots of support.

EBut nvironment, Food and Agriculture Minister Geoffrey Boot has warned against forcing producers on tight margins to implement any ‘uncompetitive’ measures to reduce the use of plastic.

Port St Mary’s CCTV has been ruled unlawful.

And the village’s ratepayers are far from chuffed about the latest rates rise.

There’s a page on Children’s Champion Daphne Caine MHK’s report to Tynwald.

A man who harassed his ex with texts has ended up in court.

We’ve asked people what they think about the Ballasalla bypass.

The Manx SPCA fears that it’s finding it hard to raise money because it’s so well known.

Our photographer was there when the organisation Manx Birdlife told children about wildlife.

An island charity has welcomed a crackdown on ‘bet now’ television advertisements under new standards issued by the advertising watchdog.

Plus 10 pages of business news, your Final Whistle sports pullout, your letters, the social diary, Terry Cringle’s nostalgia pages and lots of community news.

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