This week’s Isle of Man Examiner leads with the latest on the TT incident which left red-flagged racer Steve Mercer with life changing injuries. The Auto Cycle Union has admitted liability.
Also inside:
A hit and run victim, whose arm was broken after being clipped by a van’s wing mirror while out cycling, is appealing for witnesses to help police in their investigations.
A land battle dispute over Ballakilley estate in the south of the island has led to Rushen Commissioners feeling they have been left with no choice but to make a tit-for-tat application to extend its boundary.
A 28-year-old woman from Ballaugh, who sleeps more than 16 hours a day, hopes to have a normal life again with a specialised spinal operation. She’s set up a crowdfunding page to raise £56,000 for this.
A group of friends are journeying through 21 countries from the island to Mongolia in a fluffy rainbow car. Find out more about Team Mad Manx and their charity trip on page 9.
A re-think on the island’s harbours strategy is needed, a Tynwald committee report states.
There will be industrial action from head teachers at the start of the new school year - that’s if they support the move in a ballot which opened this week.
Five people were taken to hospital after a crash on the Mountain Road.
Three island students will have an experience that’s out of this world when they join NASA Space School in Houston, USA, this summer.
An island blogger will appear on BBC’s prestigious Gardener’s World programme. The episode was specially filmed at an allotment in Lonan.
We give the latest update on the Ramsey Queen’s Pier restoration. ’We are so close!’ a restoration trust’s spokesman says.
A husband and wife team visited the island’s heritage railways as part of their mission to see every railway station in the British Isles.
Lots of photos of the Festival of the Beach and Sea show what residents and visitors got up to in Port Erin at the weekend.
Plus Business News brings a story about one man’s idea becoming a reality through the Department of Enterprise’s Micro Business Grant Scheme. He is to launch his own bespoke clothing trade at Tynwald Mills after swapping his career in the motor industry.
In sport:
We catch up on the excitement of the Island Games, held in sunny Gibraltar. The Isle of Man came very close to topping the chart this year. Look at our back page for details.
Our sports team have also covered the Southern 100 races, Isle of Man Women’s Close Amateur Golf Championships and other weekend events.
You can also check out your letters, Terry Cringle’s Times Past and a whole lot more of community news.
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