We have produced another joint Isle of Man Examiner and Manx Independent this week for the New Year.

This year has been like no other and we look back on one of the most extraordinary times in our history.

Our coronavirus feature this week will be a reminder for years to come about how the virus affected the island.

Also this week:

The virus features in both page one stories.

Should we have a vaccination ’passport’? Should we open our border only to those people who’ve had the jab?

And a father is campaigning for health bosses to buy PPE for children.

Inside:

Callum Duane Clarke, who racially abused a staff member at the Front Porch bar in Douglas, has been punished by a court.

Lewis Jack Moulder Kelly, who swore at an autistic child then assaulted two men in a mini crime spree, appeared in the same court.

Anyone in the island who has travelled to South Africa is being urged to have a Covid-19 test.

Early signs are that retailers have enjoyed a successful Christmas.

The Department of Infrastructure’s Bus Vannin has bought another 11 minibuses.

Businessman Richard Malcolm Powell has been punished after admitting threatening behaviour during the test drive of a Bentley car.

In our street interviews, we ask people what they’d like to see in 2021.

Part two of former MHK David Cretney’s life story - in his own words.

Good news from Andreas’s church.

Our Food and Farming section looks back on an extraordinary year for the sector.

The Chief Minister welcomes the Brexit deal.

Ramsey Commissioners’ bid to expand into neighbouring parishes continues despite their opposition.

No exemption certificate has been issued to jet ski Romeo Dale McLaughlan allowing him to return to the island.

Tynwald has approved new river and bathing water qualities standards. But a former government environmental protection officer tells us they may lead to the island breaking international law.

A charity campaign ’Manx for Mancs’ has been launched which will mean that island sales of a poetry book written by a homeless man from Manchester will raise funds for the city’s homeless charity ’Invisible Cities’.

A photo special celebrating the Boxing Day cammag match.

Enterprise Minister Laurence Skelly gives his verdict on the economy.

In sport, Corinthians clinch their second Railway Cup with a narrow, hard-fought win over Rushen United. That’s the main story on the back page.

The joint Examiner and Independent includes features that are normally only in one paper.

For example, business and farming news are normally just in the Examiner.

From the Manx Independent, there is the Island Life section, the television guide and Pullyman’s column.

Plus the Examiner’s crossword and the Independent’s puzzles page.

There is a total of 10 action-packed sports pages.

The papers features the Examiner’s crossword and the Independent’s puzzles page.

There is a seven-day television guide, the gig guide, readers’ letters, coverage of lots of events and lots of community news.

The special joint Isle of Man Examiner and Manx Independent is in the shops now.

But 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. It should be uploaded by 7.30am.

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 or watch the video below.

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