On the front page of this week’s Isle of Man Examiner, we reveal a blunder that has cost Douglas’s ratepayers dear.

Inside:

Prices in pubs are rising.

There is ’little doubt’ that gas tariffs ’will increase in the short-term’, the regulator of the gas market in the Isle of Man says.

Chief Minister Alfred Cannan has been to Liverpool to see how construction of the new ferry terminal, which is being paid for by the Manx taxpayer.

Why the airport car park barriers aren’t working and how much that’s costing the Department of Infrastructure.

Lewis Jack Moulder Kelly, a 22-year-old from Douglas, has been jailed after an assault during which he used homophobic language.

Taxi driver Martin Conde Robert Moore has been sentenced after a row over him parking untaxed vehicles at his address.

Ramsey’s new Shannon-class lifeboat, the Ann and James Ritchie II has arrived. See a photo on page 2.

Tributes have been paid to Stinker the ferret, who was voted Isle of Man Newspapers’ Pet of the Year and had thousands of followers on social media.

Twelve men and women have been appointed to a board with a mission to attract 500,000 visitors to the Isle of Man every year.

Former Marine Christopher Mooney, who refused to provide a sample of breath, has to court and been sentenced.

In our charity feature we find out about an organisation that helps people with eating disorders.

Our photographer has been to Sulby to a scarecrow festive.

Pride is to return in the summer.A stay of execution for Tesco’s credit cards in the Isle of Man.

Meet two women who are trying to help people to sleep better and therefore feel and work better.

Karen Walker has been awarded for her ’outstanding contribution’ to Girlguiding.

With England having completely removed its Covid-19 restrictions and the Isle of Man due to follow on March 31, we asked the public how they felt about living without any measures in place in our Word on the Street feature.

Plasterer Desmond Fitzgerald, who punched a glass panel in a door at Jaks, has been punished by a court.

New trainees working for Manx Care.

Seasoned political commentator Alistair Ramsay gives his verdict on the Budget.

And Ann Corlett MHK gives us her views in the MHK column this week.

Meanwhile, David Cretney goes back in time to his early days as a DJ. Check out the photos!

March 14 sees the start of #manxmarch 2022 which challenges us to eat only local, seasonal and sustainable produce for a week. We have a feature in our Food and Farming pages.

Precisely one week after the most tragic incident in Manx aviation history, two of the survivors of Winter Hill returned home to the island in March 1958. See how the Isle of Man Weekly Times reported that in our front page from the past.

Coping with mental health problems is our main feature in our Working Week section.

There are 10 pages of action-packed sport.

There is also our letters page, puzzles a television guide and community news.

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There is also our letters page, puzzles a television guide and community news.

The Isle of Man Examiner is in shops now.

You don’t have to go to a shop to buy a copy.

You can also read it online if you buy the digital edition.

To find out how to buy it, go to the ’Digital Editions’ section of the website on the grey line near the top of this site and watch the video below.

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