This week’s Isle of Man Examiner leads on new figures on public sector sickness.

They’re worse than the UK’s.

Also this week:

The government’s public sector pension liability has rocketed

An inquest into the death of a Falklands veteran

The Steam Packet is now a step closer to losing its Liverpool home

A page on abortion law reform

Two government departments are going to change their names

A benefit fraudster has been sentenced by a court

We remember radio star Suzy Richardson

The OECD report that’s good news for the Isle of Man

The Manx designers praised by Michelle Obama

A 24-page special covering last week’s Isle of Man Newspapers Awards for Excellence

Plus: A look back at the weekend’s sport, your letters, Terry Cringle’s pages of nostalgia, the social diary and lots of community news