This week’s Isle of Man Examiner includes details of a court case in which the Department of Infrastructure was fined £18,000.

All the details are inside.

On page 1, the lead story is about worrying failings of the health service. They go back years.

Also this week:

Manx Radio’s bosses fear for the future of the station.

Talks to stop a post strike fail.

Dandara’s plan for more than 30 new houses in Ramsey.

Details of how the government is planning to sort out Peel marina’s silt problem and how it involves an old mine.

Spar has ditched three local food suppliers.

Flooding hits Laxey Football Club.

After all the fuss about Arron Banks’ business interests, the firm isn’t registered where it was said to be.

The Treasury Minister says what might happen if we broke the customs agreement we have with the UK.

What we’re doing to ensure the EU doesn’t blacklist us.

Flooding in the basements of Peel homes.

A group of young entrepreneurs selling bamboo toothbrushes boosted their company’s accounts by hosting variety concert A Night With The Stars. We have a page about it.

Our new political columnist Alistair Ramsay writes about Daphne Caine’s questions about offering homes to Syrian refugees and the government’s popularity (or lack thereof).

As a report suggests we might no longer get the BBC, we ask people what their favourite BBC programmes are.

A fascinating feature about church architecture in the island.

Santa makes a few appearances. The Big Picture featues a Father Christmas on a motorbike. He’s also been to the Santa trains and lots are preparing for a dash around Douglas.

In our 10 pages of business news, a campaigner tells us that the legalisation of cannabis for medical use could turn out to be a boost for the island’s economy.

Plus there’s a look back at the weekend’s sport, your letters, Terry Cringle’s nostagia pages, news from the courts and lots of community news.

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