In this week’s Manx Independent we lead with the story of a head of compliance of a finance sector company who has been jailed.

The official pardons for gay men convicted of crimes which are no longer crimes also features on page one.

Our Island Life section includes lots about the new exhibition that looks at all sorts of queer issues at the Manx Museum.

Inside, we report about an advocate who’s been charged with perjury.

We also reveal that a man has been charged with murder.

Stephen Graham Whittaker has appeared in court after trying to import cannabis to the island in the post. There have been scores of similar cases in the last two years.

A date has been set for the continuation of Dr Rosalind Ranson’s employment tribunal.

Money launderer Callum Davies appeared in court after he was caught carrying £5,495 in cash on the ferry.

A total of 63 Ukrainians refugees are now thought to be living in the island – and lots of families have offered to take more in.

A plan for flats on a site in Ramsey where a dangerous building was demolished.

A strategy to more than double the number of people learning and speaking Manx by 2032 has been launched.

The average waiting time for a first appointment for Manx Care services has gone up in two thirds of specialities compared to this time last year.

We have two very different opinion pieces.

An advocate asks whether the Isle of Man should have a Bill of Rights.

After CAMRA revealed its pub of the year, young reporter Tom Curphey tells us what his idea of a good pub is. You might not agree!

Charity Love Tech is hosting an event at the Isle of Man Met Office, which is based at Ronaldsway Airport, this weekend. Siobhan Fletcher meets forecaster Kirsty Pendlebury for a feature about her work.

The area plans have been issued for the north and west of the island. Sam Turton takes a look.

The first licence for growing and exporting medicinal cannabis in the Isle of Man has been issued.

Ramsey RNLI is holding a ‘lifeboat day’ and official naming ceremony for its new Shannon-class boat.

Noble’s Hospital is still operating without enough anaesthetists.

Pilot Lyle Weir will be attempting to fly around the UK and Channel Islands in one go, stopping briefly in the Isle of Man.

A radio play, featuring a series of interwoven vignettes of Manx life in the mid 1990s will be broadcast next week.

There are 10 pages of sport.

On the back page, Mark Cavendish looks set to miss out on this year’s Tour de France despite being crowned British National Road Race Champion last weekend.

There is also plenty of community news, a page of your letters, our puzzles pages, the gig guide and a seven-day television guide.

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